-----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, LK64wWUHuiWgNevNXkGaDwXQYA0RBvN3Ktej4R5aExpcTRL8x/2j3QPFxxMwQw08 YG0pMsrqPcqGszvRfjkMpA== 0000950144-07-003623.txt : 20070420 0000950144-07-003623.hdr.sgml : 20070420 20070420165454 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-07-003623 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070418 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070420 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070420 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EQUITY ONE, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001042810 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 521794271 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13499 FILM NUMBER: 07779500 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1600 N E MIAMI GARDENS DRIVE CITY: NORTH MIAMI BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33179 BUSINESS PHONE: 305-947-1664 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1600 N E MIAMI GARDENS DRIVE CITY: NORTH MIAMI BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33179 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EQUITY ONE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970723 8-K 1 g06824e8vk.htm EQUITY ONE INC. Equity One Inc.
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2007
EQUITY ONE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
001-13499   52-1794271
 
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
1600 NE Miami Gardens Drive, North Miami Beach, Florida 33179
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(305) 947-1664
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

ITEM 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
     On April 18, 2007, Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), completed its previously announced offering of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes are guaranteed (the “Guarantees,” and collectively with the Notes, the “Securities”) by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). The Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be sold except in a transaction registered under, or exempt from, the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Securities were issued pursuant to a supplemental indenture (“Supplemental Indenture No. 11”) dated April 18, 2007 to the indenture dated September 9, 1998 among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The foregoing description of the Supplemental Indenture No. 11 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference hereto.
     On April 18, 2007, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to register the Securities under the Securities Act and consummate an exchange offer no later than 270 days after the closing of the offering or to file a shelf registration for the resale of the Securities if they cannot effect an exchange offer within that time period. If this requirement is not met, then the annual interest on the Notes will increase by .25 percentage point for the first 90 days following the end of such 270 day period and .25 percentage point for each subsequent 90 day period, up to a maximum of 1.0 percentage point until the exchange offer is complete or until the shelf registration statement is declared effective. The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 2.03     Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
     The description of the Notes contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03. The Notes bear interest at 6.00% per annum, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2007. The Notes mature on September 15, 2017. The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time for cash. The redemption price for the Notes will be the sum of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption price plus a certain Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the Indenture), if any, with respect to the Notes.

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ITEM 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits
     (d) Exhibits
  4.1   Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated April 18, 2007, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
 
  4.2   Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 18, 2007, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  EQUITY ONE, INC.


 
 
Date: April 20, 2007  By:   /s/ Gregory R. Andrews    
    Gregory R. Andrews   
    Chief Financial Officer   

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description
       
 
  4.1    
Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated April 18, 2007, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
       
 
  4.2    
Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 18, 2007, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.

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EX-4.1 2 g06824exv4w1.htm EX-4.1 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE EX-4.1 Supplemental Indenture
 

EXHIBIT 4.1
EQUITY ONE, INC.,
ISSUER,
THE
GUARANTORS
SET FORTH ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES ATTACHED HERETO
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
TRUSTEE
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 11
DATED AS OF APRIL 18, 2007
 
$150,000,000
6.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017

 


 

     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 11, dated as of April 18, 2007 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among Equity One, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company”), each of the Guarantors set forth on the signature pages attached hereto (the “Guarantors”), and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to SunTrust Bank), a national banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
R E C I T A L S
     WHEREAS, the Company, as successor by merger to IRT Property Company, and the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of September 9, 1998 (the “Original Indenture” and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities of the Company;
     WHEREAS, Section 901(7) of the Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as provided by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;
     WHEREAS, the Guarantors will provide the guaranty herein set forth (the “Guaranty”) of the Obligations (as defined herein);
     WHEREAS, Sections 901(6) and 901(10) of the Indenture permit the Company and the Trustee to enter into indentures supplemental thereto without the consent of any Holder of Securities to evidence the Guaranty of each Guarantor and to make any change to the Indenture, provided that such change does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
     WHEREAS, each Guarantor has determined that its execution, delivery and performance of this Supplemental Indenture directly benefits, and are within the purposes and best interests of, such Guarantor;
     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Guarantor has duly adopted resolutions authorizing such Guarantor to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and
     WHEREAS, all other conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.
     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
     For and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Guarantor agrees as follows:

 


 

ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
     Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:
          (a) capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture;
          (b) all references herein to Articles and Sections refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture; and
          (c) as used herein the following terms have the following meanings:
     “Acquired Debt” means Debt of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.
     “Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(a) hereof.
     “Annual Service Charge” for any period means the maximum amount which is payable during such period for interest on, and the amortization during such period of any original issue discount of, Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the amount of dividends which are payable during such period in respect of any Disqualified Stock.
     “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or in the City of Atlanta are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
     “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interest, participations or other ownership interest (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase any thereof.
     “Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Earnings from Operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (a) interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (b) provision for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (c) amortization of debt discount, (d) provisions for gains and losses on properties and property depreciation and amortization, (e) the effect of any noncash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period and (f) amortization of deferred charges.
     “Debt” of the Company or any Subsidiary means any indebtedness (without duplication) of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed

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or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, or security interest of any kind existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary (each securing such debt, an “Encumbrance”), (iii) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, (iv) the principal amount of all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or (v) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligations by the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), Debt of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
     “Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock), (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Debt or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock), in each case on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes.
     “Earnings from Operations” for any period means net income excluding gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items, and net property valuation losses, as reflected in the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
     “Encumbrance” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Debt” set forth in this Section 1.1.
     “Exchange Notes” means any Securities issued by the Company (pursuant to the Exchange Offer or otherwise) to be offered to Holders of Initial Notes in exchange for such Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and containing terms identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes for which they are exchanged except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Initial Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from the date of issuance of the Initial Notes, (ii) the Exchange Notes will not contain the legend appearing on the face of the Initial Notes in the form recited in this Supplemental Indenture and will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions and (iii) the Exchange

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Notes will not contain terms with respect to the payment of Additional Interest for failure to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of the Exchange Notes for Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 1009 of the Indenture.
     “Guaranteed Securities” means the Notes issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
     “Initial Notes” means the Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture which are not Exchange Notes.
     “Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each Dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of each such Dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis (on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made to the date of redemption or accelerated payment, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or paid.
     “Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.
     “Obligations” means (x) all payment and performance obligations of the Company (i) under the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities, (ii) under the Guaranteed Securities and (iii) as a result of the issuance of the Guaranteed Securities and (y) the obligation to pay an amount equal to the amount of any and all damages which the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may suffer by reason of a breach by either the Company or any other obligor of any obligation, covenant or undertaking under (i) the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities or (ii) the Guaranteed Securities.
     “Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 hereof.
     “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the April 18, 2007 among the Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and Deutsche Bank of Securities Inc. as representative of the several initial purchasers of the Notes, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
     “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
     “Reinvestment Rate” means .20% (one fifth of one percent) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month)

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corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.
     “Restricted Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2 hereof.
     “Restricted Security” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2 hereof.
     “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
     “Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 hereof.
     “Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Shelf Registration Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(b) hereof.
     “Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination hereunder, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Company.
     “Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other Person the majority of the shares, if any, of the nonvoting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company and/or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company and/or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries and (ii) any Person the accounts of which are consolidated with the Company’s accounts.
     “Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
     “Total Unencumbered Assets” means the sum of (i) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money and (ii) all other assets of the

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Company and its Subsidiaries not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
     “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
     “Unsecured Debt” means Debt which is not secured by any Encumbrance upon any of the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary
ARTICLE TWO
THE SERIES OF NOTES
     SECTION 2.1. Title of the Securities.
     There shall be a series of Securities designated the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”). For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, the term “Notes” shall include the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Supplemental Indenture. For purposes of the Indenture, as amended by this Supplemental Indenture, all Initial Notes and Exchange Notes shall vote and consent together as one series of Securities and shall not have the right to vote and consent as a series separate from one another on any matter under the Indenture, as so amended by this Supplemental Indenture.
     SECTION 2.2. Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount.
     The aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be limited to $150,000,000 (the “Initial Original Principal Amount”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, by Board Resolutions or indentures supplemental to the Indenture from time to time may reopen such series of Notes and issue additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount as set forth in any such Board Resolution or indenture supplemental to the Indenture which additional Notes shall be fungible with any previously issued Notes to the extent set forth in such Board Resolutions or indenture supplemental to the Indenture. Except as provided in this Section, any such Board Resolutions or indentures supplemental to the Indenture and in Section 306 of the Indenture, the Company shall not execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver Notes in excess of the Initial Original Principal Amount.
     Nothing contained in this Section 2.2 or elsewhere in this Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of the Notes under the circumstances contemplated in Sections 303, 304, 306, 906 and 1305 of the Indenture.
     SECTION 2.3. Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of Notes.
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for, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2007 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “Regular Record Date”). Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable on any Note which is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the relevant Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Special Record Date or other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.
     If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.
     The Notes will mature on September 15, 2017.
     SECTION 2.4. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.
          (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest calendar quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
          (b) In addition to the limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 2.4 the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5:1, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period; (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (iii) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt

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incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and (iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.
          (c) In addition to the limitations set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.4, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt secured by any Encumbrance, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which is secured by any Encumbrance is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest calendar quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
          (d) The Company and its Subsidiaries may not at any time own Total Unencumbered Assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
          (e) For purposes of this Section 2.4, Debt shall be deemed to be “incurred” by the Company or a Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.
     SECTION 2.5. Optional Redemption.
          (a) Subject to this Section 2.5, the Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes (the “Redemption Price”). If (i) notice has been given as provided in Sections 2.5(b) and (c) and (ii) funds for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption shall have been made available as provided in the Indenture on the redemption date referred to in such notice, such Notes will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice, and the only right of the Holders of the Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of the Notes in accordance with such notice.

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          (b) Notice of any optional redemption of any Notes will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, in addition to the items required by the Indenture, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes held by each Holder to be redeemed.
          (c) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, the Company will notify the Trustee in writing at least 45 days prior to giving the notice of redemption required by Section 2.5(b) (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and their redemption date. The Trustee shall select not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, in its sole discretion, Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.
     SECTION 2.6. Places of Payment.
     The Places of Payment where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to and upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and the office or agency for such purpose shall initially be U. S. Bank Corporate Trust Services, 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005.
     SECTION 2.7. Method of Payment.
     Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payments of principal and interest on the Notes may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto located inside the United States.
     SECTION 2.8. Currency.
     Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in Dollars.
     SECTION 2.9. Registered Securities; Global Form.
     The Notes shall be issuable and transferable in fully registered form as Registered Securities, without coupons. The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Securities. The depositary for the Notes shall be DTC. The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except as provided in Section 305 of the Indenture.
     SECTION 2.10. Form of Notes.
     The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

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     SECTION 2.11. Security Registrar and Paying Agent.
     The Trustee shall initially serve as Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.
     SECTION 2.12. Defeasance.
     The provisions of Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture, together with the other provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes. The provisions of Section 1403 of the Indenture shall apply to the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 of this Supplemental Indenture.
     SECTION 2.13. Registration Default.
          (a) In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Registration Rights Agreement, is not declared effective on or prior to January 13, 2008, the interest rate on the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period thereafter, and the amount of such additional interest will increase by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.0% per annum over the original interest rate on the Notes (“Additional Interest”). At the time the Exchange Offer is consummated, the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, the interest rate on the Notes shall revert to the original interest rate on the date of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Guarantors shall no longer be required to pay Additional Interest.
          (b) If a Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights Agreement, has been declared effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, then the interest rate on the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period thereafter, and the amount of such additional interest will increase by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.0% per annum over the original interest rate on the Notes (“Shelf Registration Additional Interest”). At the time that the Shelf Registration has again been declared effective or the prospectus contained therein again becomes useable, the interest rate on the Securities shall revert to the original interest rate on the date of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Guarantors shall no longer be required to pay Shelf Registration Additional Interest.
ARTICLE THREE
GUARANTY
     SECTION 3.1. Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Trustee and the Holders full and prompt payment and performance when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Obligations. Each Obligation shall rank pari passu with each other Obligation.

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     SECTION 3.2. Obligations Several. Regardless of whether any proposed Guarantor or any other Person or Persons is, are or shall become in any other way responsible to the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for or in respect of the Obligations or any part thereof, and regardless of whether or not any Person or Persons now or hereafter responsible to the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for the Obligations or any part thereof, whether under the Guaranty or otherwise, shall cease to be so liable, each Guarantor hereby declares and agrees that the Guaranty provided thereby is and shall continue to be a several obligation (as well as a joint one), shall be a continuing guaranty and shall be operative and binding on such Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation under the Guaranty, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, unless and until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee to be credited and applied upon the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, but subject to the provisions of Section 3.7 hereof.
     SECTION 3.3. Guaranty Final. Upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto, this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be finally executed and delivered by the parties hereto and shall not be subject to or affected by any promise or condition affecting or limiting any Guarantor’s liability, and no statement, representation, agreement or promise on the part of the Trustee, the Holders, the Company, or any of them, or any officer, employee or agent thereof, unless contained herein forms any part of this Supplemental Indenture or has induced the making hereof or shall be deemed in any way to affect any Guarantor’s liability hereunder. The Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations shall have been paid in full.
     SECTION 3.4. Dealings With the Company. The Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may, from time to time, without exonerating or releasing any Guarantor in any way under the Guaranty, (i) take such further or other security or securities for the Obligations or any part thereof as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem proper, consistent with the Indenture, (ii) release, discharge, abandon or otherwise deal with or fail to deal with any Guarantor of the Obligations or any security or securities therefor or any part thereof now or hereafter held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem proper, consistent with the Indenture, or (iii) consistent with the Indenture, amend, modify, extend, accelerate or waive in any manner any of the provisions, terms, or conditions of the Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities, all as the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may consider expedient or appropriate in their sole discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of Section 3.5 hereof, it is understood that the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may, without exonerating or releasing any Guarantor, give up, or modify or abstain from perfecting or taking advantage of any security for the Obligations and accept or make any compositions or arrangements, and realize upon any security for the Obligations when, and in such manner, as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem expedient, consistent with the Indenture, all without notice to any Guarantor.

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     SECTION 3.5. Guaranty Unconditional. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that no change in the nature or terms of the Obligations, the Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities, or other agreements, instruments or contracts evidencing, related to or attendant with the Obligations (including any novation), nor any determination of lack of enforceability thereof, shall discharge all or any part of the liabilities and obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty; it being the purpose and intent of the Guarantors, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders that the covenants, agreements and all liabilities and obligations of the Guarantors hereunder are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees that until each and every one of the covenants and agreements of this Supplemental Indenture is fully performed, such Guarantor’s undertakings hereunder shall not be released, in whole or in part, by any action or thing which might, but for this Section 3.5, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor, or by reason of any waiver or omission of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, or their failure to proceed promptly or otherwise, or by reason of any action taken or omitted by the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, whether or not such action or failure to act varies or increases the risk of, or affects the rights or remedies of, such Guarantor or by reason of any further dealings among the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, or any other guarantor or surety, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives and surrenders any defense to its liability hereunder, or any right of counterclaim or offset of any nature or description which it may have or which may exist based upon, and shall be deemed to have consented to, any of the foregoing acts, omissions, things, agreements or waivers.
     SECTION 3.6. Bankruptcy. Each Guarantor agrees that upon the bankruptcy or winding up or other distribution of assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than such Guarantor) or of any other Guarantor or surety or guarantor for the Obligations, the rights of the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, against such Guarantor shall not be affected or impaired by the omission of the Trustee or the Holders, or any of them, to prove its or their claim, as appropriate, or to prove its or their full claim, as appropriate, and the Trustee and the Holders may prove such claims as they see fit and may refrain from proving any claim and in their respective discretion they may value as they see fit or refrain from valuing any security held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, without in any way releasing, reducing or otherwise affecting the liability to the Trustee and the Holders of such Guarantor. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities of any series is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities of that series shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee made at the written request of the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Guaranteed Securities of that series. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Security or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, any other Guarantor or otherwise, the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

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     SECTION 3.7. Application of Payments. The Trustee hereby acknowledges and agrees, and each Holder shall be deemed to hereby acknowledge and agree, that to the extent any of the Existing Senior Obligations (as defined below) is then in default, any funds, payments, claims or distributions (the “Guaranty Proceeds”) actually received hereunder shall be made available for distribution equally and ratably (based on the principal amounts then outstanding) among (a) the holders of the Obligations and (b) the holders of the Existing Senior Obligations. For purposes hereof, “Existing Senior Obligations” shall mean Debt for borrowed money owed or guaranteed in connection with any unsecured and non-subordinated Debt for borrowed money of the Company or the Guarantor (aa) issued in offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or in placements exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S thereunder, or (bb) otherwise incurred, which is, in either case, outstanding on the date hereof or incurred hereafter in accordance with the Indenture (including, without limitation, the Debt of the Company incurred in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 17, 2006, as amended or supplemented from time to time, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, and the lenders named therein, and certain other lenders party thereto from time to time, or any replacement facility thereof). This Section 3.7 shall not apply to any payments, funds, claims or distributions received by the Trustee or any Holder directly or indirectly from the Company or any other Person other than from the Guarantors hereunder. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees with the Trustee and each Holder as follows:
          (a) to the extent any Guaranty Proceeds are distributed to the holders of the Existing Senior Obligations, the Obligations shall not be deemed reduced by any such distribution (other than a distribution made in respect of the Guaranteed Securities), and the Guarantors will continue to make payments pursuant to the Guaranty until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full after taking into effect any distributions of Guaranty Proceeds to the holders of Existing Senior Obligations;
          (b) nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, modify or alter the rights of the Trustee and the Holders or be deemed to subordinate the Obligations to the Existing Senior Obligations, nor give to any holder of Existing Senior Obligations any rights of subrogation;
          (c) nothing contained herein shall be deemed for the benefit of any holders of Existing Senior Obligations nor shall anything be construed to impose on the Trustee or any Holder any fiduciary duties, obligations or responsibilities to the holders of the Existing Senior Obligations; and
          (d) the Guaranty is for the sole benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns, and any amounts received by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, from whatever source and applied toward the payment of the Obligations shall be applied in such order of application as is set forth in the Indenture, if any.
     SECTION 3.8. Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby expressly waives: (a) notice of acceptance of the Guaranty, (b) notice of the existence or creation of all or any of the Obligations, (c) presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices whatsoever, (d) all diligence in collection or protection of or realization upon the Obligations or

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any part thereof, any obligation hereunder, or any security for any of the foregoing and (e) all rights of subrogation, indemnification, contribution and reimbursement against the Company, all rights to enforce any remedy the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may have against the Company, and any benefit of, or right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereinafter held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, in respect of the Obligations, even upon payment in full of the Obligations. Any money received by any Guarantor in violation of this Section 3.8 shall be held in trust by such Guarantor for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders. If a claim is ever made upon the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for the repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received by any of them in payment of any of the Obligations and the Trustee or the Holders repays all or part of such amount by reason of (a) any judgment, decree, or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over the Trustee or the Holders or any of its or their property, or (b) any good faith settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Trustee or the Holders with any such claimant, including the Company, then in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement, or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor, notwithstanding any revocation hereof or the cancellation of any promissory note or other instrument evidencing any of the Obligations, and such Guarantor shall be and remain obligated to the Trustee and the Holders hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received thereby.
     SECTION 3.9. Remedies Cumulative. No delay by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No action by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, permitted hereunder shall in any way impair or affect the Guaranty. For the purpose of the Guaranty, the Obligations shall include, without limitation, all Obligations of the Company to the Trustee and the Holders, notwithstanding any right or power of any third party, individually or in the name of the Company or any other Person, to assert any claim or defense as to the invalidity or unenforceability of any such Obligation, and no such claim or defense shall impair or affect the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.
     SECTION 3.10. Miscellaneous. The Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. In the event of a demand upon any Guarantor under the Guaranty, such Guarantor shall be held and bound to the Trustee and the Holders directly as debtor in respect of the payment of the amounts hereby guaranteed. All reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, in obtaining performance of or collecting payments due under the Guaranty shall be deemed part of the Obligations guaranteed hereby. The provisions of the Guaranty are for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and may not be relied upon or enforced by any other Person and, as to enforcement, may only be enforced in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture.
     SECTION 3.11. Benefit to Guarantor. Each Guarantor expressly represents and acknowledges that the issuance and sale of the Guaranteed Securities under the Indenture has been, and will be, of direct interest, benefit and advantage to such Guarantor.

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     SECTION 3.12. Solvency. Each Guarantor expressly represents and warrants that as of the date hereof and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Indenture (a) the capital of such Guarantor will not be unreasonably small to conduct its business; (b) such Guarantor will not have incurred debts, or have intended to incur debts, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature; and (c) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Guarantor is greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liabilities (including debts) as they become absolute and matured. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (x) the right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, or (y) the right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
     SECTION 3.13. Additional Guarantors; Release of Guarantors. Any Subsidiary of the Company or any other entity may become a party to this Guaranty by executing and delivering a Supplemental Indenture providing for a guaranty of the Obligations under the terms of this Article Three, provided that such Supplemental Indenture conforms to the requirements of Article Nine of the Indenture. Under certain circumstances, a Guarantor may be released by the Trustee of its obligations under this Guaranty. Each other Guarantor consents and agrees to any such releases and agrees that no such release shall affect its obligations hereunder, except as to the Guarantor so released.
     SECTION 3.14. Contribution Agreement. To the extent that any Guarantor shall, under the Guaranty, make a payment (a “Guarantor Payment”) of a portion of the Obligations, then, without limiting its rights of subrogation against the Company, such Guarantor shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the other Guarantors and the Company (each of the foregoing referred to herein individually as a “Contributing Party” and collectively as the “Contributing Parties”) in an amount, for each such Contributing Party, equal to a fraction of such Guarantor Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such Contributing Party’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Contributing Parties.
     As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of each Contributing Party shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability which could be asserted against such Contributing Party hereunder with respect to the applicable Guarantor Payment without (i) rendering such Contributing Party “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(31) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or Section 2 of either the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (the “UFTA”) or the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (the “UFCA”), (ii) leaving such Contributing Party with unreasonably small capital, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (iii) leaving such Contributing Party unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA or Section 6 of the UFCA or in any case, any successor to the Bankruptcy Code or any such section thereof or any successor to the UFTA or the UFCA or any such sections thereof.

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     This Section 3.14 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Contributing Parties, and nothing set forth in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Guaranty.
     The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets in favor of each Guarantor to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.
     This Section 3.14 shall continue in full force and effect and may not be terminated or otherwise revoked by any Contributing Party until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full (in lawful money of the United States of America) and discharged and the Indenture and Guaranteed Securities shall have been terminated.
     SECTION 3.15. NO NOVATION. THE PARTIES DO NOT INTEND THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, NOR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, TO BE, AND THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OR WAIVER OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING BY ANY GUARANTOR OF ANY OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY GUARANTY IN EXISTENCE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
ARTICLE FOUR
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
     SECTION 4.1. Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
          (a) The transfer and exchange of global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a global Security shall deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in the global Security. The Security Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct the Depositary to credit to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the global Security and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the global Security being transferred.
          (b) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of the Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.
     SECTION 4.2. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.3 hereof, each global Security that is an Initial Note shall bear the following legend (the “Restricted Legend”) on the face thereof (each a “Restricted Security”):

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THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER:
          (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS AWARE THAT THE TRANSFER TO IT IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S SECURITIES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
          (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES] TWO YEARS [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES, 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH EQUITY ONE, INC. (“EQUITY ONE”) OR AN AFFILIATE THEREOF WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO EQUITY ONE OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH RESALE OR TRANSFER; AND
          (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) OR 2(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN [TWO YEARS][40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH EQUITY ONE OR AN AFFILIATE THEREOF WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS SECURITY TO THE TRUSTEE (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE). IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR

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OTHER INFORMATION AS EQUITY ONE OR THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) OR 2(E) ABOVE OR THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH EQUITY ONE OR AN AFFILIATE THEREOF WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY.
     SECTION 4.3. Removal of Restricted Legend. If a transfer of a Restricted Security is to be made pursuant to clause 2(D) above within two years after the original issuance of the Notes, the holder must furnish to the Trustee such certifications, legal opinions or other information as the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or in a transaction not subject to the Securities Act. The Restrictive Legend will be removed upon the earlier of the transfer of the Notes pursuant to clause 2(D) or 2(E) of the Restrictive Legend or the Company’s determination (upon the advice of counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that any Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or a successor provision) and that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of such Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act.
     SECTION 4.4. Preservation of Information. The Trustee will retain copies of all certificates, opinions and other documents received in connection with the registration of transfer or exchange of a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) in accordance with its customary policy, and the Company will have the right to inspect and make copies thereof at any reasonable time upon written notice to the Trustee.
     SECTION 4.5. Acknowledgment of Restrictions; Indemnification; No Obligation of Trustee.
          (a) By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on registrations of transfer of such Note set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will register the transfer of such Note only as provided in this Supplemental Indenture. The Security Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. In connection with any registration of transfer of Notes, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish the Security Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such registration of transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Security Registrar shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

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          (b) The Security Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to the Indenture in accordance with its customary policy. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Security registrar.
          (c) Each Holder of a Note agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the registration of transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Note in violation of any provision of this Supplemental Indenture and/or applicable United States Federal or state securities law.
          (d) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any registrations of transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among members of, or participants in, the Depositary or beneficial owners of interests in any global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
ARTICLE FIVE
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     SECTION 5.1. Ratification of Indenture. Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and effect and is in all respects confirmed and preserved.
     SECTION 5.2. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. This Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
     SECTION 5.3. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 5.4. Notices. Any notice required or permitted hereunder or under the Indenture to be given or made to the Company or a Guarantor shall be given or made in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, (i) to the Company or (ii) to such Guarantor care of the Company, at the address of the Company set forth below its signature hereon, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee and the Company by such Guarantor, with a copy to the Company given or made in accordance with Section 105 of the Indenture.
     SECTION 5.5. Successors and Assigns. This Supplemental Indenture shall be binding upon the Company and each Guarantor, and their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders.

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     SECTION 5.6. Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence with regard to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of their respective obligations hereunder.
     SECTION 5.7. Rights of Holders Limited. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the rights of Holders with respect to this Supplemental Indenture and the Guaranty shall be limited in the manner and to the extent the rights of Holders are limited under the Indenture with respect to the Indenture and the Securities.
     SECTION 5.8. Rights and Duties of Trustee. The rights and duties of the Trustee shall be determined by the express provisions of the Original Indenture and, except as expressly set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, nothing in this Supplemental Indenture shall in any way modify or otherwise affect the Trustee’s rights and duties thereunder. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the validity of this Supplemental Indenture and, except insofar as relates to the validity hereof with respect to the Trustee specifically, the Trustee shall not be liable in connection therewith. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in any offering or disclosure document related to the sale of the Securities, except for such information that specifically pertains to the Trustee itself, or any information incorporated therein by reference as it relates specifically to the Trustee.
     SECTION 5.9. Amendment and Waiver. This Supplemental Indenture shall not be amended unless such amendment (i) complies with the terms of the Indenture, (ii) is in writing and (iii) is executed by each of the parties hereto. No alteration or waiver of this Supplemental Indenture or of any of its terms, provisions or conditions shall be binding upon the parties against whom enforcement is sought unless made in writing and signed by an authorized officer of such party or its general partner, as applicable.
     SECTION 5.10. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.
         
  EQUITY ONE, INC., Issuer
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey S. Olson    
    Name:   Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer  
    Address: 1600 N.E. Miami Gardens Drive
Miami, Florida 33179 
   
 
  GUARANTORS:

Cashmere Developments, Inc.
Centrefund (US), LLC
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Commonwealth) Inc.
Equity One (Delta) Inc.
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (North Port) Inc.
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Point Royale) Inc.
Equity One (Sky Lake) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management Texas, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey S. Olson    
    Name:   Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Title:   President   

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  EQY (Southwest Portfolio) Inc.
Gazit (Meridian) Inc.
IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
Louisiana Holding Corp.
Prosperity Shopping Center Corp.
Shoppes at Jonathan’s Landing, Inc.
Southeast U.S. Holdings Inc.
The Meadows Shopping Center, LLC
The Shoppes of Eastwood, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey S. Olson    
    Name:   Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  IRT Partners, L.P.
 
 
  By:   Equity One, Inc.    
       
       
 
     
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Jeffrey S. Olson   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ George Hogan    
    Name:   George Hogan   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

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EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
     [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER:
     (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS AWARE THAT THE TRANSFER TO IT IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S SECURITIES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
     (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES] TWO YEARS [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES, 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH EQUITY ONE, INC. (“EQUITY ONE”) OR AN AFFILIATE THEREOF WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO EQUITY ONE OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH RESALE OR TRANSFER; AND
     (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) OR 2(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN [TWO YEARS][40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH EQUITY ONE OR AN AFFILIATE THEREOF WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS SECURITY TO THE TRUSTEE (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE). IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE (OR ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER

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INFORMATION AS EQUITY ONE OR THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) OR 2(E) ABOVE OR THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH EQUITY ONE OR AN AFFILIATE THEREOF WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY.]1
     Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Company (as defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
         
Registered No.   Principal Amount   CUSIP No.:
-001-   [$150,000,000]   [294752AE0]
        [U2948DAA7]
        [294752AF7]
EQUITY ONE, INC.
6.00% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2017
Unconditionally Guaranteed By The Guarantors Described Below
     EQUITY ONE, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (herein referred to as the “Company” which term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS on September 15, 2017, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount thereon from April 18, 2007, or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2007, at the rate of 6.00% per annum[, and any Additional Interest or Shelf Registration Additional Interest, if applicable,]2 until the entire principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
 
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provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payments of principal and interest on the Notes may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account of the Person entitled thereto located inside the United States.
     [The Holders are entitled to registration rights as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. The Holders shall be entitled to receive additional interest in certain circumstances, all as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.]3
     Securities of this series (herein called the “Notes”) are one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture, dated as of September 9, 1998, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of September 9, 1998, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 1, 1999, Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of February 12, 2003, Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of March 26, 2004, Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of April 23, 2004, Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of May 20, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of September 20, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 8 dated as of December 30, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of March 10, 2006, Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of August 18, 2006 and Supplemental Indenture No. 11 dated as of April 18, 2007 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 11”) (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, as successor to IRT Property Company, the Guarantors listed in such Supplemental Indenture No. 11, and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to SunTrust Bank, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated in the first page hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $150,000,000, except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture.
     The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes (the “Redemption
 
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Price”). If (i) notice has been given as provided in the next paragraph and (ii) funds for the redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been made available as provided in the Indenture on the redemption date referred to in such notice, such Notes will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice, and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes in accordance with such notice.
     Notice of any optional redemption of any Notes will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes held by each Holder to be redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, the Company will notify the Trustee in writing at least 45 days prior to giving notice of redemption (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and their redemption date. The Trustee shall select not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, in its sole discretion, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.
     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Security.
     If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such written notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities then Outstanding affected

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thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment where the principal of and interest on this are payable duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of that amount. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

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     All capitalized terms used in this Security which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
     Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused “CUSIP” numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of such Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EQUITY ONE, INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
     Dated: April 18, 2007
         
  EQUITY ONE, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
  [Corporate Seal]
 
 
  Attest:      
    Arthur L. Gallagher   
    Secretary   
 
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
     This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    George Hogan   
    Vice President   
 

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GUARANTY
     Each guarantor listed in Supplemental Indenture No. 11 (the “Guarantors”), dated as of April 18, 2007 among Equity One, Inc., as successor to IRT Property Company (the “Company”), the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to SunTrust Bank), as trustee (the “Trustee”) to the Indenture dated as of September 9, 1998, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of September 9, 1998, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 1, 1999, Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of February 12, 2003, Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of March 26, 2004, Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of April 23, 2004, Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of May 20, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of September 20, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of December 30, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of March 10, 2006, Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of August 18, 2006 and Supplemental Indenture No. 11 dated as of April 18, 2007 (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), has unconditionally guaranteed to the Trustee and the Holder of the Guaranteed Securities upon which this Guaranty is endorsed full and prompt payment and performance, when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of (x) all payment and performance obligations of the Company, (i) under the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities, (ii) under the Guaranteed Securities and (iii) as a result of the issuance of the Guaranteed Securities and (y) the obligation to pay an amount equal to the amount of any and all damages which the Trustee and the Holders, or any part of them, may suffer by reason of a breach by either the Company or any other obligor of any obligation, covenant or undertaking under (i) the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities or (ii) the Guaranteed Securities (collectively, the “Obligations”). Each Obligation shall rank pari passu with each other Obligation.
     This Guaranty shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Note upon which this Guaranty is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture.
     All capitalized terms used in this Guaranty which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.
     This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have caused this Guaranty to be duly executed under seal
Dated: April 18, 2007

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  GUARANTORS:


Cashmere Developments, Inc.
Centrefund (US), LLC
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Commonwealth) Inc.
Equity One (Delta) Inc.
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (North Port) Inc.
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Point Royale) Inc.
Equity One (Sky Lake) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management Texas, Inc.
EQY (Southwest Portfolio) Inc.
Gazit (Meridian) Inc.
IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
Louisiana Holding Corp.
Prosperity Shopping Center Corp.
Shoppes at Jonathan’s Landing, Inc.
Southeast U.S. Holdings Inc.
The Meadows Shopping Center, LLC
The Shoppes of Eastwood, LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Title:   President   
 

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  IRT Partners, L.P.
 
 
  By:   Equity One, Inc.    
       
       
 
         
     
  By:      
    Name:   Jeffrey S. Olson   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   

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ASSIGNMENT FORM
     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
     
 
   
Please Insert Social Security Or Other Identifying Number Of Assignee
  (Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)
the within Security of Equity One, Inc. and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoints                                                                                  Attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
     [In connection with any transfer of the Note prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) (other than any transfer pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act), the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:
     o To Equity One, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries; or
     o To a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or
     o Through offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
     o Pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available; or
     o Pursuant to a Registration Statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act and which continues to be effective at the time of such resale or transfer.
     Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof.]4
     Dated:                                         Signature:                                                              
     NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
 
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EX-4.2 3 g06824exv4w2.htm EX-4.2 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT EX-4.2 Registration Rights Agreement
 

EXHIBIT 4.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
     This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of April 18, 2007 (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”), and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“JPMorgan”), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”).
     The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.00% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”) which will be guaranteed on an unsecured basis by each of the Guarantors. As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
     In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
     “Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
     “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.
     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
     “Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
     “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

 


 

     “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
     “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.
     “Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Registrable Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
     “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any Guarantor’s successors.
     “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.
     “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of September 9, 1998, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of September 9, 1998, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 1, 1999, Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of February 12, 2003, Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of March 26, 2004, Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of April 23, 2004, Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of May 20, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of September 20, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of December 30, 2005, Supplemental Indenture No. 9 dated as of March 10, 2006, Supplemental Indenture No. 10 dated as of August 18, 2006, and Supplemental Indenture No. 11 to be dated as of April 18, 2007 among the Company (in some cases as successor to IRT Property Company), the Guarantors, as guarantors, and U. S. Bank National Association (as successor to SunTrust Bank), as trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
     “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
     “Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiii) hereof.
     “JPMorgan” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

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     “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.
     “Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
     “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.
     “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
     “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities are eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act or (iii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding.
     “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and

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distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.
     “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.
     “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
     “Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
     “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.
     “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.
     “Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

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     “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.
     “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.
     “Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.
     “Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.
     2. Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement remain effective until 180 days after the closing of the Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date.
     The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:
(i)   that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;
 
(ii)   the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (each, an “Exchange Date” and collectively, the “Exchange Dates”);
 
(iii)   that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest (but not any Additional Interest) but will not retain any rights under this Agreement;
 
(iv)   that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

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(v)   that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged.
     As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
     As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
(i)   accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
 
(ii)   deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities surrendered by such Holder.
     The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff.
     (b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by January 13, 2008 or (iii) the Exchange Offer has been completed and the Initial Purchasers upon the advice of counsel determine that a Registration Statement must be filed and a Prospectus must be delivered by the

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Initial Purchasers in connection with any offering or sale of Registrable Securities because the Securities held by it are or were not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC.
     In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to file and have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.
     The Company and the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) (or any similar rule then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act with respect to the Registrable Securities or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) and the Exchange Offer is consummated on a date that is later than January 13, 2008, upon the completion of the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors will no longer be required to make effective or continue the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, except as may be required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or (iii).
     (c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

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     (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC.
     In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is not declared effective on or prior to January 13, 2008, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period thereafter, and the amount of such additional interest will increase by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.0% per annum over the original interest rate on the Securities (“Additional Interest”). At the time the Exchange Offer is consummated, the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, the interest rate on the Securities shall revert to the original interest rate on the Closing Date and the Company and the Guarantors shall no longer be required to pay Additional Interest.
     If the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has been declared effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period thereafter, and the amount of such additional interest will increase by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.0% per annum over the original interest rate on the Securities (“Shelf Registration Additional Interest”). At the time that the Shelf Registration has again been declared effective or the Prospectus again becomes useable, the interest rate on the Securities shall revert to the original interest rate on the Closing Date and the Company and the Guarantors shall no longer be required to pay Shelf Registration Additional Interest.
     (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.
     3. Registration Procedures. (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as possible:
     (i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the

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Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;
     (ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rule 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;
     (iii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;
     (iv) use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC; cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;
     (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, counsel for such Holders and counsel for the Initial Purchasers promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a

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Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (4) if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate;
     (vi) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;
     (vii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);
     (viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;
     (ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(v)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the

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Company and the Guarantors shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;
     (x) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, file any Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) shall reasonably object;
     (xi) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement;
     (xii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;
     (xiii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by the Holders of Registrable Securities and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and the Guarantors, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all

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information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter);
     (xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements;
     (xv) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; and
     (xvi) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by the Company and the Guarantors to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the

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Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.
     (b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing. In addition, each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required under Item 507 of Regulation S-K. So long as any Holder fails to furnish such information in a reasonably timely manner after receiving the request in writing (but in any event, such Holder shall have not less than 10 days to respond to such request), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) have no obligation under this Agreement to provide for the disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration Statement in respect to which such information was requested, (ii) not be required to provide for the disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in any post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or any future Shelf Registration Statement that is not otherwise required to be filed and (iii) not be required to pay any Additional Interest as provided in Section 2(d) hereof. Each Holder including Registrable Securities in a Shelf Registration Statement shall agree to furnish promptly to the Company all information regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by the Holder of such Registrable Securities required under Regulation S-K.
     (c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(3) or 3(a)(v)(5) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(ix) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.
     (d) If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period during which such Shelf Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in the aggregate during any 365-day period.

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     (e) The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in such offering, subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
     4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
     The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
     (b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such date or period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and (ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to the Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions

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of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to the Exchange Offer Registration, the Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be JP Morgan unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment to supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
     (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
     5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing through JPMorgan or any selling Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement.

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     (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement and any Prospectus.
     (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 5 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 5. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person upon the advice of counsel shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by JPMorgan, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any

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control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
     (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
     (e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any

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other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to indemnification or contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
     (f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
     (g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.
     6. General.
     (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
     (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments,

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modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.
     (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.
     (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.
     (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.
     (f) Rule 144A. The Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any

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prospective purchaser of such Registrable Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
     (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Facsimile signatures shall constitute original signatures for all purposes of this Agreement.
     (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     (i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
     (j) Miscellaneous. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
         
  EQUITY ONE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory R. Andrews    
    Name:   Gregory R. Andrews   
    Title:   Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
  GUARANTORS:

Cashmere Developments, Inc.
Centrefund (US), LLC
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Commonwealth) Inc.
Equity One (Delta) Inc.
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (North Port) Inc.
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Point Royale) Inc.
Equity One (Sky Lake) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management Texas, Inc.
EQY (Southwest Portfolio) Inc.
Gazit (Meridian) Inc.
IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
Louisiana Holding Corp.
Prosperity Shopping Center Corp.
Shoppes at Jonathan’s Landing, Inc.
Southeast U.S. Holdings Inc.
The Meadows Shopping Center, LLC
The Shoppes of Eastwood, LLC
 
 
     
     
     
 
     
  By:   /s/ Gregory R. Andrews    
    Gregory R. Andrews   
    Executive Vice President and CFO   

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  IRT Partners, L.P.
 
 
  By:   Equity One, Inc., its general partner    
       
       
 
     
  By:   /s/ Gregory R. Andrews    
    Gregory R. Andrews   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
         
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
 
 
By:   /s/ Robert Bottamedi    
  Name:   Robert Bottamedi   
  Title:   Vice President   
 
         
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
 
 
By:   /s/ Jared Birnbaum    
  Name:   Jared Birnbaum   
  Title:   Director   
 
         
   
By:   /s/ Anguel Zaprinov    
  Name:   Anguel Zaprinov   
  Title:   Director   
 
For themselves and the other several Initial Purchasers.

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Schedule 1
Guarantors
Cashmere Developments, Inc.
Centrefund (US), LLC
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Commonwealth) Inc.
Equity One (Delta) Inc.
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (North Port) Inc.
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Point Royale) Inc.
Equity One (Sky Lake) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management Texas, Inc.
EQY (Southwest Portfolio) Inc.
Gazit (Meridian) Inc.
IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
IRT Partners L.P.
Louisiana Holding Corp.
Prosperity Shopping Center Corp.
Shoppes at Jonathan’s Landing, Inc.
Southeast U.S. Holdings Inc.
The Meadows Shopping Center, LLC
The Shoppes of Eastwood, LLC

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