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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The information set forth in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On November 5, 2021, Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP (the “Issuer”), a Delaware limited partnership and the principal operating subsidiary of Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), closed an underwritten public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”).
The 2028 Notes
The 2028 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “2028 Guarantees”), jointly and severally, by the Company, Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the sole general partner of the Issuer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “General Partner”), and IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“IH Merger Sub” and, together with the Company and the General Partner, the “Guarantors”). The terms of the 2028 Notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of August 6, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a second supplemental indenture, dated as of November 5, 2021 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2028 Notes Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The 2028 Notes Indenture contains various restrictive covenants, including requirements to maintain a certain percentage of total unencumbered assets by the Company. Copies of the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, including the form of 2028 Notes and the 2028 Guarantee, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, are attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Under certain circumstances, the 2028 Notes Indenture will require certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (other than the Issuer, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) to guarantee the 2028 Notes in the future if, and for so long as, such subsidiary, directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of the Issuer’s revolving credit facility.
The purchase price paid by the underwriters for the 2028 Notes was 99.246% of the principal amount thereof. The 2028 Notes are the Issuer’s senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Issuer’s other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. However, the 2028 Notes are effectively subordinated in right of payment to: (i) all of the Issuer’s existing and future mortgage indebtedness and other secured indebtedness (to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness); (ii) all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, whether secured or unsecured, of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the 2028 Notes and of any entity the Issuer accounts for using the equity method of accounting; and (iii) all preferred equity not owned by the Issuer, if any, in any of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the 2028 Notes and in any entity the Issuer accounts for using the equity method of accounting. The 2028 Notes bear interest at 2.300% per annum. Interest is payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning May 15, 2022, until the maturity date of November 15, 2028.
The 2028 Notes will be redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:
• | 100% of the principal amount of the 2028 Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but not including, the redemption date; and |
• | a make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the 2028 Notes Indenture. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any of the 2028 Notes are redeemed on or after September 15, 2028 (two months prior to the maturity date of the 2028 Notes), the redemption price will not include a make-whole premium.
Certain events are considered events of default, which may result in the accelerated maturity of the 2028 Notes, including:
• | default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest under the 2028 Notes; |
• | default in the payment of the principal amount or any other portion of the redemption price due with respect to the 2028 Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; |
• | failure by the Issuer or any Guarantor to comply with any of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s respective other agreements in the 2028 Notes, the 2028 Guarantees or the 2028 Notes Indenture with respect to the 2028 Notes upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the 2028 Notes then outstanding and the Issuer’s failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after the Issuer receives such notice; |
• | failure to pay any Debt (as defined in the 2028 Notes Indenture) (other than Non-Recourse Debt (as defined in the 2028 Notes Indenture)) for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Company or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in the 2028 Notes Indenture) in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50.0 million at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) is, or has become, the primary obligation of the Issuer or the Company and is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within 60 days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding 2028 Notes); |
• | the 2028 Guarantee of any Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the 2028 Notes Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the 2028 Notes Indenture or its 2028 Guarantee, except by reason of the release of such 2028 Guarantee in accordance with provisions of the 2028 Notes Indenture; or |
• | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or all or substantially all of their respective property. |
The 2034 Notes
The 2034 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “2034 Guarantees”), jointly and severally, by the Guarantors. The terms of the 2034 Notes are governed by the Base Indenture, as supplemented by a third supplemental indenture, dated as of November 5, 2021 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2034 Notes Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The 2034 Notes Indenture contains various restrictive covenants, including requirements to maintain a certain percentage of total unencumbered assets by the Company. Copies of the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, including the form of 2034 Notes and the 2034 Guarantee, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, are attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Under certain circumstances, the 2034 Notes Indenture will require certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (other than the Issuer, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) to guarantee the 2034 Notes in the future if, and for so long as, such subsidiary, directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of the Issuer’s revolving credit facility.
The purchase price paid by the underwriters for the 2034 Notes was 99.134% of the principal amount thereof. The 2034 Notes are the Issuer’s senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Issuer’s other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. However, the 2034 Notes are effectively subordinated in right of payment to: (i) all of the Issuer’s existing and future mortgage indebtedness and other secured indebtedness (to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness); (ii) all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, whether secured or unsecured, of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the 2034 Notes and of any
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entity the Issuer accounts for using the equity method of accounting; and (iii) all preferred equity not owned by the Issuer, if any, in any of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the 2034 Notes and in any entity the Issuer accounts for using the equity method of accounting. The 2034 Notes bear interest at 2.700% per annum. Interest is payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning July 15, 2022, until the maturity date of January 15, 2034.
The 2034 Notes will be redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Issuer’s option, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:
• | 100% of the principal amount of the 2034 Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but not including, the redemption date; and |
• | a make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the 2034 Notes Indenture. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any of the 2034 Notes are redeemed on or after October 15, 2033 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 2034 Notes), the redemption price will not include a make-whole premium.
Certain events are considered events of default, which may result in the accelerated maturity of the 2034 Notes, including:
• | default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest under the 2034 Notes; |
• | default in the payment of the principal amount or any other portion of the redemption price due with respect to the 2034 Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; |
• | failure by the Issuer or any Guarantor to comply with any of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s respective other agreements in the 2034 Notes, the 2034 Guarantees or the 2034 Notes Indenture with respect to the 2034 Notes upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the 2034 Notes then outstanding and the Issuer’s failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after the Issuer receives such notice; |
• | failure to pay any Debt (as defined in the 2034 Notes Indenture) (other than Non-Recourse Debt (as defined in the 2034 Notes Indenture)) for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Company or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in the 2034 Notes Indenture) in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50.0 million at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) is, or has become, the primary obligation of the Issuer or the Company and is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within 60 days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding 2034 Notes); |
• | the 2034 Guarantee of any Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the 2034 Notes Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the 2034 Notes Indenture or its 2034 Guarantee, except by reason of the release of such 2034 Guarantee in accordance with provisions of the 2034 Notes Indenture; or |
• | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or all or substantially all of their respective property. |
The descriptions of the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture in this Current Report on Form 8-K are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, respectively.
The Notes were offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2021 (Registration Nos. 333-258290, 333-258290-01, 333-258290-02 and 333-258290-03), a base prospectus, dated July 30, 2021, and a prospectus supplement, dated November 1, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On November 1, 2021, the Issuer and the Guarantors entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to the offering of the Notes, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2021, among the Issuer and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and J Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, on the other hand | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2021, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, including the form of the Guarantee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on August 6, 2021) | |
4.2 | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2021, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, including the form of the 2028 Notes | |
4.3 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2021, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, including the form of the 2034 Notes | |
5.1 | Opinion of Venable LLP | |
5.2 | Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP | |
23.1 |
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
23.2 |
Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2) | |
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SIGNATURE
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.
INVITATION HOMES INC. | ||||||
Date: November 5, 2021 | By: | /s/ Mark A Solls | ||||
Name: Mark A. Solls | ||||||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | ||||||
and Secretary |
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
$600,000,000 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028
$400,000,000 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034
Underwriting Agreement
November 1, 2021
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Company), Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (INVH), Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, the Co-Guarantors), confirm their respective agreements with you and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the Underwriters), for whom you are acting as representatives (the Representatives), with respect to the sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of (i) an aggregate of $600,000,000 principal amount of the Companys 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the 2028 Notes) and (ii) an aggregate of $400,000,000 principal amount of the Companys 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (the 2034 Notes and, together with the 2028 Notes, the Securities). The 2028 Notes will be issued by the Company pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture) between the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), as previously amended, and as further amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of November 5, 2021 (the Second Supplemental Indenture), and the 2034 Notes will be issued by the Company pursuant to the Base Indenture, as previously amended, and as further amended by a Third Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of November 5, 2021 (together with the Base Indenture and the
Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), and will each be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of INVH and the Co-Guarantors (the Guarantees). As the Representatives, you have advised the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the principal amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter. To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives or Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors.
Each of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors jointly and severally represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
(a) An automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-258290, 333-258290-01, 333-258290-02 and 333-258290-03) with respect to the Securities and the Guarantees has been prepared by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), the rules and regulations (the Rules and Regulations) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) thereunder and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Trust Indenture Act) and has been filed with the Commission and became effective upon filing. The Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the transactions contemplated by this underwriting agreement (this Agreement) meet the requirements and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3, including the transaction requirements set forth in General Instruction I.B.2 of such form. Such registration statement meets the requirements of Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act and complies in all material respects with said rule. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the base prospectus (meeting the requirements of the Rules and Regulations) contained therein (the Base Prospectus) and the exhibits (but excluding Form T-1), financial statements and schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company or INVH to you. Such registration statement (but excluding Form T-1), together with any registration statement filed by the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (Rule 462(b) Registration Statement), is herein referred to as the Registration Statement, and shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act and contained in the Prospectus referred to below. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. Prospectus means the Base Prospectus together with the final prospectus supplement filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Act. Any preliminary prospectus relating to the Securities and the Guarantees, including any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities and the Guarantees filed with the Commission, together with the Base Prospectus is herein referred to as a Preliminary Prospectus. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing documents shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Exchange Act), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and, in the case of any reference herein to the Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission by the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors after the date of filing of the final prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b) under the Act, and prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities by the Underwriters.
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(b)As of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date (as defined below), none of (i) the General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, including the term sheet referenced on Schedule II hereto, and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the General Disclosure Package), and (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors make no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 12 hereof.
As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
Applicable Time means 3:50 p.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed to by INVH and the Representatives.
General Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than a bona fide electronic road show, as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) that is identified on Schedule II hereto.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, relating to the Securities or the Guarantees, including without limitation any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, (ii) a road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) excepted from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the filers records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
Statutory Prospectus as of any time means the Base Prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to such time and the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities and the Guarantees, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof.
(c) INVH has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, each of the Co-Guarantors has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, in each case with requisite power and authority to own or lease such entitys properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
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Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), each of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company (collectively, the Subsidiaries) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or similar entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the results of operations, business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (the occurrence of any such effect being referred to as a Material Adverse Effect). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) the outstanding ownership interests in each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and such ownership interests owned by INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or another Subsidiary are free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims, other than any such liens or encumbrances arising pursuant to indebtedness or financing arrangements described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (y) no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(d) The terms of this Agreement, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture (collectively, the Transaction Documents) conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) The outstanding shares of INVHs common stock, $0.01 par value (the Common Stock), have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
(f) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which financial information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise disclosed therein or in this Agreement, none of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company has: (i) issued any securities (other than shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the terms of IH Merger Sub, LLCs 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022); (ii) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, which is material to INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (iii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect to its capital stock.
(g) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act has been instituted or, to INVHs, the Co-Guarantors or the Companys knowledge, threatened by the Commission. On the effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, on each deemed effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act and on the date hereof, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto did, does and will comply, and as of the date each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, respectively, in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendments or supplements thereto) complied, comply or will comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
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Exchange Act. On the effective date of the Registration Statement, on each deemed effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act and on the date hereof, the Registration Statement did not, does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not, does not and will not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; on its date, on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors make no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 12 hereof.
(h) No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
(i) INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company have not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Act and consistent with Section 4(b) hereof.
(j) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the date hereof (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), INVH was not and is not an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, without taking into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not necessary that INVH be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Securities and the issuance of the Guarantees as contemplated by the Registration Statement. In addition, (i) at the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated document filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time INVH or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, and (iv) as of the Applicable Time, INVH was and is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act).
(k) The consolidated financial statements of INVH, together with the related notes and schedules thereto, as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and the related notes and schedules have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted principles of accounting (GAAP), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary and selected consolidated financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, if any, present fairly, on
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the basis stated therein, in all material respects the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company, as applicable. Any pro forma financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements, have been properly compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding non-GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any variable interest entities within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46). There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not included as required. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has in all material respects been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(l) Deloitte & Touche LLP who has certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company, an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the PCAOB) as required by the Act.
(m) Solely to the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange thereunder (collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) have been applicable to INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or the Subsidiaries, there is and has been no failure on the part of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company have taken all necessary actions to ensure that they are in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are in effect and with which INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company are required to comply (including Section 402 related to loans).
(n) There is no legal, governmental, administrative or regulatory investigation, action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, threatened against INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to which any property of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or the Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, would reasonably be expected to be, subject, before any court or regulatory or administrative agency or otherwise, which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and/or the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, have legal, valid and defensible title to all of the real properties described as owned or leased by them in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (individually, a Property and collectively, the Properties), in each case free and clear of all liens, security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, mortgages and defects, except such as (i) are pursuant to indebtedness or financing arrangements described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or are otherwise disclosed therein, (ii) are Permitted Encumbrances or (iii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the leases and subleases relating to the Properties, if any, material to the business of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary has received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary under any such leases. INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company, each of the Subsidiaries and each of their Properties complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including, without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to the Properties, homeowners association laws, rules and regulations and the Fair Housing Act and its state law counterparts), except for such failures to comply that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company have no knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation proceedings, zoning change or other proceeding or action that will in any material manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on or access to the Properties, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the mortgages and deeds of trust that encumber the Properties are not convertible into equity securities of the entity owning such Property and said mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any property other than other Properties, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, as applicable, directly or indirectly, has obtained title insurance on the fee or leasehold interests, as the case may be, in each of the Properties, in such amounts as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its Properties and as is prudent and customary for companies engaged in similar businesses, and all such policies of insurance are in full force and effect; and except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, any tenant of any of the Properties is in default under (x) any tenant lease (as lessor or lessee, as the case may be) relating to any of the Properties, (y) any of the mortgages or other security documents or other agreements encumbering or otherwise recorded against the Properties or (z) any lease, sublease or operating sublease relating to any of the Properties, whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any of such documents or agreements. Permitted Encumbrances shall mean each of the following: (i) mechanics, carriers, workers, repairers, materialmens, warehousemens and other similar liens and encumbrances for construction in progress or which have otherwise arisen in the ordinary course of business; (ii) liens for taxes not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which there are adequate reserves on the financial statements of the owner of the applicable Property; (iii) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected Property or interfere with the ordinary course business of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; and (iv) liens arising under conditional sales contracts and equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business.
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(p) INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure to so file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus ) and have paid all taxes indicated by such returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due, except for any such taxes and assessments (i) that are currently being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves or accruals have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (ii) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(q) Since the date of the most recent financial statements of INVH included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there has not been any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is probable of being entered into by INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or the Subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented, and (iii) except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority.
(r) None of the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or charter, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, and, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Subsidiary is in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, charter, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable. None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of or in default under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound or (ii) in violation of any law, order, rule or regulation judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their properties or assets, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, (i) do not and will not conflict with the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, charter, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company and (ii) do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is a party or by which INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company, the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is bound, or of the certificate or articles of
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incorporation or organization, charter, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, of the Subsidiaries or any law, order, rule or regulation judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their properties or assets, except in the case of clause (ii) only, for such conflicts, breaches or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(s) Each of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, respectively, is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(t) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors enforceable against the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions); and on the Closing Date the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
(u) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of INVH and the Co-Guarantors, respectively, and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be a valid and legally binding obligation of each of INVH and the Co-Guarantors, enforceable against each of INVH and the Co-Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company, the Co-Guarantors and INVH of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Guarantees and compliance by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i) the registration of the Securities and the Guarantees under the Act, (ii) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
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(w) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries (i) hold all licenses, registrations, certificates and permits from governmental authorities (collectively, Governmental Licenses) which are necessary to the conduct of their business, (ii) are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, and all Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, and (iii) have not received any written or other notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental License.
(x) INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, inventions, trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, copyrights, licenses, trade secrets and know-how (including unpatented and unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the Intellectual Property) reasonably necessary to conduct their business as presently conducted, except where the failure to own or possess such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has received any communication or notice alleging any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with the asserted rights of others in connection with the Intellectual Property which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (i) none of the Intellectual Property or technology (including information technology and outsourced arrangements) employed by INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company or, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, the Subsidiaries, is being used by INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or the Subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees; (ii) INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries own or have a valid right to access and use all computer systems, networks, hardware, software, databases, websites and equipment used to process, store, maintain and operate data, information, and functions used in connection with the business of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted (the Company IT Systems) and (iii) the Company IT Systems are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
(z) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of the Company IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (Personal Data)) used in connection with their businesses as currently conducted, and, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to the same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of the Company IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of the Company IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
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(aa) None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, any of their affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(bb) Each of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities contemplated hereunder and the application of the net proceeds thereof, will not be, required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(cc) INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company each maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto. None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company is aware of any material weaknesses in their internal controls over financial reporting.
(dd) INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); INVHs, the Co-Guarantors and the Companys disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by INVH in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Exchange Act, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to INVHs management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(ee) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors reasonably and in good faith believe are reliable and accurate in all material respects, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
(ff) The operations of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including without limitation, those of Title 18 U.S. Code section 1956 and 1957, the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, otherwise known as the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries conducts business and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries thereunder (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, threatened.
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(gg) None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, any director, officer, agent, controlled affiliate, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (i) is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or imposed by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce, or the U.S. Department of State) (collectively, Sanctions); (ii) is owned or controlled by an individual or entity that is currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, or is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (a Sanctioned Country) (including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria); (iii) is designated as a specially designated national or a blocked person by the U.S. government. None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company will directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding or facilitating, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country in violation of Sanctions or (iii) in any other manner which would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of Sanctions against any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as an initial purchaser, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(hh) None of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled affiliate, or other person acting on behalf of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the subsidiaries, has taken any action on behalf of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company, the Subsidiaries and controlled affiliates have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(ii) INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance, from insurers of recognized financial responsibility, in such amounts and covering such risks as is prudent and customary for companies engaged in similar businesses; and INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company have no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their business at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(jj) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA)) for which INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (defined as any organization that is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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amended (the Code)) would have liability (each a Plan) is in compliance with all presently applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code; (ii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (a) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred; and (b) none of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any member of its Controlled Group has incurred or expects to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for contributions to the Plan or premiums payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in each case in the ordinary course and without default); (iii) no Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standard within the meaning of such sections of the Code or ERISA; and (iv) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(kk) Except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries: (i) are in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local statutes, rules and regulations relating to pollution or to the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, or to the manufacture, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or threatened release of hazardous or toxic substances, pollutants, contaminants or wastes or the arrangement for such activities (Environmental Laws); (ii) have obtained and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, authorizations or other approvals required of them under Environmental Laws to conduct their business; and (iii) have not received written notice of any actual, pending or threatened claim or potential liability under Environmental Laws in respect of its past or present business, operations (including the disposal of hazardous substances at any off-site location) or facilities or real property (whether owned, leased or operated) and INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company are not aware of any facts or conditions that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such claim or liability.
(ll) There are no relationships or related-party transactions involving INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which have not been so described as required.
(mm) Except as provided under the terms of any indebtedness of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or the Subsidiaries disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary.
(nn) No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company, is contemplated or threatened, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(oo) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company, the Subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
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(pp) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2013, INVH (as successor to the real estate investment trust (REIT) election of IH2 Property Holdings Inc. in connection with INVHs initial public offering in February 2017) has been and is organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT, and its current organization and current and proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for the taxable year ending December 31, 2021 and thereafter.
(qq) There are no franchises, contracts or other documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits thereto, that are not so filed or described. The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings Description of Debt Securities, Description of Notes, and Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings in all material respects.
(rr) No person has the right to require INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement or the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities other than pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2016, among INVH, as successor in interest to Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, and the other parties named therein. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company do not have any material lending or other relationship with any Underwriter or, to their knowledge, any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any Underwriter or, to its knowledge, any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(ss) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and/or the Subsidiaries holds the lessors interest under the leases with any tenants occupying each Property.
(tt) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds received by the Company from the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(uu) Any certificate signed by any officer, general partner, managing member or other authorized representative of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any Subsidiary and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel to the Representatives pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Representatives as to the matters covered thereby.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto, (i) in the case of the 2028 Notes, at a price equal to 99.246% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from November 5, 2021 to the Closing Date and (ii) in the case of the 2034 Notes, at a price equal to 99.134% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from November 5, 2021 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.
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(b) Payment for the Securities to be sold hereunder is to be made in federal (same day) funds to the Company to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (DTC), for the account of the Underwriters, of the global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the Global Notes). Each of the 2028 Notes and the 2034 Notes will be evidenced by one or more separate Global Notes. Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on November 5, 2021 or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the Closing Date. As used herein, business day means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for business and are not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.
3. Offering by the Underwriters.
The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the General Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
4. Covenants of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors.
The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors will (A) prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Act a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act, and will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Schedule II hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act, (B) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing in a timely manner or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations and (C) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by INVH with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities.
(b) The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors will (i) not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433 under the Act unless the Representatives approve its use in writing prior to first use (each, a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus); provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free
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Writing Prospectuses identified on Schedule II hereto and any road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) under the Act that has been reviewed and approved by the Representatives, (ii) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(c) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will advise the Representatives promptly (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become effective, (ii) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed, (iv) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, (vi) of the occurrence of any event or development within the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required under the Act (the Prospectus Delivery Period) as a result of which the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. INVH, the Co-Guarantors, and the Company, as applicable, will use their best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order referred to in clause (v) or (vii) of this paragraph and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(d) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign limited partnership or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representatives may reasonably request for distribution of the Securities.
(e) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representatives as many copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), and of all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(f) The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and INVH will comply with the Exchange Act, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities and issuance of the related Guarantees as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event or development shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any applicable federal or state securities law, the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, as the case may be, promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
(g) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any applicable federal state or law, the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, as the case may be, promptly will prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package.
(h) INVH will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, an earnings statement or statements (which need not be audited) which shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act, which obligation may be satisfied by filing such earnings statement or statements with the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.
(i) During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors and having a tenor of more than one year.
(j) The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(k) INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company have not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
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(l) The Company shall apply the net proceeds of the sale of the Securities as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
5. Costs and Expenses.
The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (i) accounting fees of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company; (ii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company; (iii) all costs and expenses related to the preparation, transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon (if applicable); (iv) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of INVH, the Co-Guarantors or Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (v) the cost of printing and delivering to, or as reasonably requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Transaction Documents, the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, the Prospectus, any Blue Sky survey, and, in each case, any supplements or amendments thereto; (vi) the filing fees of the Commission; (vii) the filing fees and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities in an amount not to exceed $5,000; (viii) any costs relating to the Global Notes, if any, representing the Securities; (ix) the costs and charges of any depositary; (x) the expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters) incurred in connection with the qualification of the Securities under foreign or state securities or blue sky laws and the preparation, printing and distribution of a blue sky memorandum (including the related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) in an amount not to exceed $5,000; (xi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (xii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (xiii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties).
The Company shall not be required to pay for any of the Underwriters expenses (other than those related to qualification under FINRA regulation and state securities or blue sky laws) except that, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 10 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is due primarily to the default or omission of any Underwriter, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representatives for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder; provided that the Company shall not in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Securities.
6. Conditions of Obligations of The Underwriters.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors contained herein, and to the performance by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors of their respective covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
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(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective and the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required shall have been filed as required by Rules 424, 430A, 430B, 430C or 433 under the Act, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to its reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or Section 8A under the Act shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date, which would prevent the sale of the Securities.
(b) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date the (i) legal opinion and 10b-5 statement of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors, (ii) the legal opinion of Venable LLP, Maryland counsel for INVH, and (iii) the tax opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special tax counsel for the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors, each dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters and substantially in the form of Annex B, Annex C and Annex D hereto, respectively.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, a legal opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Representatives shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, letters dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as applicable, a letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, of Deloitte & Touche LLP, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate or certificates of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of INVH, on behalf of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company, to the effect that, as of the Closing Date, each of them severally represents as follows:
(i) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act have been taken or are, to his or her knowledge, contemplated or threatened by the Commission;
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors, as applicable, contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date; and
(iii) Since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(f) The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents confirming the representations and warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters as the Representatives may reasonably have requested.
(g) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of INVH, dated the Closing Date, in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
(h) Subsequent to the date hereof or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the results of operations, business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(i) The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(j) The Indenture and the Guarantees shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Trustee, as applicable, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notifying the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors of such termination in compliance with Section 9 hereof prior to the Closing Date.
In such event, the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Section 5 and Section 7 hereof).
7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree:
(i) to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Act (each, an Affiliate)), the directors and officers of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or any such Affiliate, director, officer or controlling person may
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become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 12 hereof; and
(ii) to reimburse each Underwriter, each Underwriters directors and officers, and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Securities, whether or not such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally judicially determined that the Underwriters were not entitled to receive payments for legal and other expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, the Underwriters will promptly return all sums that had been advanced pursuant hereto.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company, each of their respective directors, members or general partner, as applicable, each of the officers of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls INVH, the Co-Guarantors or the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company, or any such director, member, general partner, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the Company or any such director, member, general partner, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
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liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 12 hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 7, such person (the indemnified party) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the indemnifying party) in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) or (b) hereof shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 7(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 7(a) or (b) hereof. In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action or (iv) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof and by the Company, INVH and/or the Co-Guarantors, as the case may be, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof. The indemnifying party 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 party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
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effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or (b) hereof in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or unavailable for any reason then each indemnifying party shall contribute on a several basis to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the (i) total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (ii) the difference between (x) the aggregate price to the public received by the Underwriters and (y) the aggregate price paid by the Underwriters to the Company for the Securities, bear to the aggregate price to the public received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any 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, INVH or the Co-Guarantors on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations in this Section 7(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each Affiliate, director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement, each director of the Company or INVH, the general partner of the Company and the sole member of each of the Co-Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors, as applicable, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
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(e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 7 hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan and (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, agrees that process issuing from such courts may be served upon it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or general partner, INVH, its directors or officers, the Co-Guarantors, each of their respective sole members or officers, or any persons controlling the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, (ii) acceptance of any Securities and payment therefor hereunder and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or general partner, INVH, its directors or officers, the Co-Guarantors, each of their respective sole members or officers, or any person controlling the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 7.
8. Default by Underwriters.
If on the Closing Date any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Securities which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors) you, as the Representatives, shall use your reasonable efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours you, as the Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the principal amount of Securities agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective aggregate principal amount of Securities which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors or you as the Representatives will have the right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors except to the extent provided in Section 5 and Section 7 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section
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8, the Closing Date may be postponed for such period, not exceeding five business days, as you, as the Representatives, may determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term Underwriter includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 8 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
9. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if to the Representatives, to: c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Transaction Management (e-mail: tmgcapitalmarkets@wellsfargo.com); c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Leveraged Debt Capital Markets, with a copy to 1 Columbus Circle, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: General Counsel, fax: (646) 374-1071; c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Registration Department; as well as a copy to Goodwin Procter LLP, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, Attention: Scott C. Chase, fax: 617-321-4413. Notices to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors shall be given to them at 1717 Main Street, Suite 2000, Dallas, Texas 75201, Attention: Chief Legal Officer, with a copy to Sidley Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Jason A. Friedhoff, fax: 212-839-5599.
10. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors (a) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material adverse change in or affecting the results of operations, business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism) or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your judgment, make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on any such exchange; (iv) the declaration of a banking moratorium by the United States or New York State and other jurisdictions as applicable authorities; (v) any downgrading in the rating of any of INVHs, the Co-Guarantors or the Companys debt securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any public announcement by any such organization that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of INVHs, the Co-Guarantors or the Companys debt securities; or (vi) the suspension of trading of INVHs, the Co-Guarantors or the Companys securities by the New York Stock Exchange, the Commission or any other governmental authority; or (b) as provided in Sections 6 and 8 of this Agreement.
11. Successors.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors, general partner, members and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase.
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12. Information Provided by Underwriters.
The Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the first paragraph under the heading UnderwritingCommissions and Discounts, in the third sentence of the first paragraph under the heading UnderwritingNew Issue of Notes and in the first and second paragraphs under the heading UnderwritingShort Positions and Stabilizing Transactions, in each case in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus, and any information furnished by the Underwriters for inclusion in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
13. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime (as defined below), the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate (as defined below) of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights (as defined below) under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) For purposes of this Section 13, a BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
14. Compliance with USA Patriot Act15. . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
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15. Miscellaneous.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors, their directors, officers or controlling person thereof, as the case may be, and (c) delivery of and payment for the Securities under this Agreement.
The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors acknowledge and agree that each Underwriter in providing investment banking services to the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors in connection with the offering, including in acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, has acted and is acting as an independent contractor and not as a fiduciary, and the Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors do not intend such Underwriter to act in any capacity other than as an independent contractor, including as a fiduciary or in any other position of higher trust. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company, INVH and the Co-Guarantors shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company, INVH or the Co-Guarantors.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between, the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., a pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising from this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.
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The Underwriters and the Company (on its own behalf and, to the extent permitted by law, on behalf of its unitholders), INVH (on its own behalf and, to the extent permitted by law, on behalf of its stockholders) and the Co-Guarantors (on each entitys own behalf and, to the extent permitted by law, on behalf of each entitys members) waive any right to trial by jury in any action, claim, suit or proceeding with respect to your engagement as underwriter or your role in connection herewith.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company, INVH, the Co-Guarantors and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Ernest M. Freedman | |
Name: Ernest M. Freedman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief | ||
Financial Officer | ||
Invitation Homes Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Ernest M. Freedman | |
Name: Ernest M. Freedman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief | ||
Financial Officer | ||
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Ernest M. Freedman | |
Name: Ernest M. Freedman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief | ||
Financial Officer | ||
IH Merger Sub, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Ernest M. Freedman | |
Name: Ernest M. Freedman | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief | ||
Financial Officer |
(Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement)
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Carolyn Hurley | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
As Representatives of the several | ||
Underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto |
(Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement)
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ John C. McCabe | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
By: | /s/ Kevin Prior | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
As Representatives of the several | ||
Underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto |
(Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement)
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Raffael M. Fiumara | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
As Representatives of the several | ||
Underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto |
(Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement)
SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF UNDERWRITERS
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Principal Amount of 2028 Notes |
Principal Amount of 2034 Notes |
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
$ | 96,000,000 | $ | 64,000,000 | ||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
$ | 87,000,000 | $ | 58,000,000 | ||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
$ | 87,000,000 | $ | 58,000,000 | ||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
$ | 38,400,000 | $ | 25,600,000 | ||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 38,400,000 | $ | 25,600,000 | ||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
$ | 38,400,000 | $ | 25,600,000 | ||||
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
$ | 38,400,000 | $ | 25,600,000 | ||||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
$ | 38,400,000 | $ | 25,600,000 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
$ | 12,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | ||||
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
$ | 12,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | ||||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
$ | 12,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | ||||
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
$ | 12,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | ||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
Capital One Securities, Inc. |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
Regions Securities LLC |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
$ | 9,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | ||||
Academy Securities, Inc. |
$ | 6,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | ||||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
$ | 6,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | ||||
Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. |
$ | 6,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | ||||
Total |
$ | 600,000,000 | $ | 400,000,000 | ||||
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Schedule I-1
SCHEDULE II
1. | Pricing Term Sheet, dated November 1, 2021, substantially in the form of Annex A. |
Schedule II-1
ANNEX A
Pricing Term Sheet
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP
$600,000,000 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028
$400,000,000 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034
November 1, 2021
Issuer: | Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP | |
State of Formation: | Delaware | |
Guarantors: | Invitation Homes Inc. Invitation Homes OP GP LLC IH Merger Sub, LLC | |
Expected Ratings* (Moodys/S&P/Fitch): | ****/******/**** | |
Security: | 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the 2028 Notes) 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (the 2034 Notes) | |
Aggregate Principal Amount: | 2028 Notes: $600,000,000 2034 Notes: $400,000,000 | |
Maturity Date: | 2028 Notes: November 15, 2028 2034 Notes: January 15, 2034 | |
Interest Rate: | 2028 Notes: 2.300% per annum 2034 Notes: 2.700% per annum | |
Interest Payment Dates: | 2028 Notes: May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2022 2034 Notes: January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2022 | |
Price to Public: | 2028 Notes: 99.871% of the aggregate principal amount 2034 Notes: 99.809% of the aggregate principal amount | |
Yield to Maturity: | 2028 Notes: 2.320% 2034 Notes: 2.718% | |
Benchmark Treasury: | 2028 Notes: 1.375% due October 31, 2028 2034 Notes: 1.250% due August 15, 2031 | |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | 2028 Notes: T + 87 basis points 2034 Notes: T + 115 basis points | |
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield: | 2028 Notes: 99-16 / 1.450% 2034 Notes: 97-04 / 1.568% | |
Optional Redemption: | 2028 Notes: Prior to September 15, 2028 (two months prior to the Maturity Date of the 2028 Notes), make-whole redemption at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined) plus 15 basis points (calculated as though the actual Maturity Date of the 2028 Notes was September 15, 2028), plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. On and after September 15, 2028 (two months prior to the Maturity Date of the 2028 Notes), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. See the preliminary prospectus supplement for the definition of Adjusted Treasury Rate and for further terms and provisions applicable to optional redemption and the calculation of the redemption price.
2034 Notes: Prior to October 15, 2033 (three months prior to the Maturity Date of the 2034 Notes), make-whole redemption at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined) plus 20 basis points (calculated as though the actual Maturity Date of the 2034 Notes was October 15, 2033), plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. On and after October 15, 2033 (three months prior to the Maturity Date of the 2034 Notes), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. See the preliminary prospectus supplement for the definition of Adjusted Treasury Rate and for further terms and provisions applicable to optional redemption and the calculation of the redemption price. |
Trade Date: | November 1, 2021 | |
Settlement Date: | November 5, 2021 (T+4); under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes prior to the date that is two business days preceding the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially settle in T+4 to specify an alternate settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to trade the Notes during such period should consult their advisors. | |
CUSIP/ISIN: | 2028 Notes: 46188BAB8 / US46188BAB80 2034 Notes: 46188BAC6 / US46188BAC63 | |
Minimum Denomination: | $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC BofA Securities, Inc. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA LLC PNC Capital Markets LLC | |
Co-Managers: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC BMO Capital Markets Corp. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC Capital One Securities, Inc. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Regions Securities LLC Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Academy Securities, Inc. Comerica Securities, Inc. Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. |
Addition to page S-46 of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated November 1, 2021 related to this offering:
In addition to the selling restrictions beginning on page S-43 in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 1, 2021, the following selling restriction also applies to the 2028 Notes and the 2034 Notes:
Notice to Prospective Investors in South Korea
The notes have not been and will not be offered, delivered or sold directly or indirectly, or offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in South Korea or to any resident of South Korea except pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations of South Korea, including the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act and the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law and the decrees and regulations thereunder. The notes have not been registered with the Financial Services Commission of South Korea for public offering in South Korea. Furthermore, the notes may not be re-sold to South Korean residents unless the purchaser of the shares complies with all applicable regulatory requirements (including but not limited to government approval requirements under the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law and its subordinate decrees and regulations) in connection with their purchase.
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ANNEX B
Form of Sidley Austin LLP Opinion
ANNEX C
Form of Venable LLP Opinion
ANNEX D
Form of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Opinion
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Exhibit 4.2
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
INVITATION HOMES INC.,
INVITATION HOMES OP GP LLC
AND
IH MERGER SUB, LLC,
AS PARENT GUARANTORS,
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 5, 2021
TO INDENTURE DATED AUGUST 6, 2021
$600,000,000
OF
2.300% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028
CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Relation to Base Indenture | 1 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II. TERMS OF THE SECURITIES |
10 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Title of the Securities | 10 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Price | 10 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Limitation on Initial Aggregate Principal Amount; Further Issuances | 11 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Interest and Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of Notes | 11 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Method of Payment | 11 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Currency | 12 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Additional Notes | 13 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Redemption | 13 | ||||
Section 2.9 |
No Sinking Fund | 13 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE III. FORM OF THE SECURITIES |
13 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Global Form | 13 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Transfer and Exchange | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
20 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Optional Redemption of Notes | 20 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Notice of Optional Redemption, Selection of Notes | 20 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Company | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE V. GUARANTEE |
22 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Note Guarantee | 22 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee | 24 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Limitation of Guarantors Liability | 24 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantors | 24 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Release of Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor | 25 | ||||
ARTICLE VI. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
25 | |||||
Section 6.1 |
Limitations on Incurrence of Debt | 26 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Existence | 28 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale | 28 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 30 |
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Section 6.5 |
Provision of Financial Information | 31 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Maintenance of Properties | 31 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Insurance | 32 | ||||
Section 6.8 |
Subsidiary Guarantors | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
32 | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Events of Default | 32 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 34 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
35 | |||||
Section 8.1 |
Without Consent of Holders | 35 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
With Consent of Holders | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE IX. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES |
37 | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called | 37 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings | 38 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings | 38 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Quorum; Action | 38 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings | 39 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
40 | |||||
Section 10.1 |
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee | 40 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
No Recourse Against Others | 41 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls | 41 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Governing Law | 41 | ||||
Section 10.5 |
Counterparts | 41 | ||||
Section 10.6 |
Successors | 42 | ||||
Section 10.7 |
Severability | 42 | ||||
Section 10.8 |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc | 42 | ||||
Section 10.9 |
Ratifications | 43 | ||||
Section 10.10 |
Effectiveness | 43 | ||||
Section 10.11 |
The Trustee | 43 |
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THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Second Supplemental Indenture) is entered into as of November 5, 2021 among Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Company), Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Parent), Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the General Partner), IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (IH Merger Sub and, together with the Parent and the General Partner, the Parent Guarantors), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent Guarantors have delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Securities in one or more Series;
WHEREAS, Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any Series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, each of the Company and each of the Parent Guarantors desires to execute this Second Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and to provide for the issuance of a Series of the Companys senior notes designated as 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the Notes), in an initial aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Parent, on behalf of the Parent and in its capacity as the sole member of each of IH Merger Sub and of the General Partner, as the sole general partner of the Company, has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company and each Parent Guarantor to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all of the other conditions and requirements necessary to make this Second 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.
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Series of Securities provided for herein by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Securities of such Series, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Relation to Base Indenture.
This Second Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes.
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Section 1.2 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Second 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 Base Indenture; and |
(b) | All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Second Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document. |
Acquired Debt means Debt of a Person (1) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (2) 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 Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under the Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.3, 2.7 and 8.1 hereof, as part of the same Series as the Initial Notes.
Adjusted Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date: (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Par Call Date (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Par Call Date shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Company on the third Business Day preceding the date the notice of redemption is given.
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Annual Service Charge means, for any period, without duplication, the maximum amount that is payable for interest expense on, and the amortization during such period of any original issue discount of, the Parents and its Subsidiaries Debt in such period, but excluding: (1) interest reserves funded from the proceeds of any loan; (2) amortization of deferred financing costs, including gains or losses on early extinguishment of debt; (3) prepayment penalties; (4) non-cash swap ineffectiveness charges; and (5) any expenses resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness or fair value adjustments of interest rate hedges in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Authentication Order means a Company Order to the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes, signed in the name of the Company by the General Partner by an Officer of the General Partner.
Bankruptcy Law shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1.
Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the place of payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), including partnership or limited liability company interests, whether general or limited, in the equity of such Person, outstanding as of any date, including all options, warrants or other rights issued by such Person to purchase Capital Stock of such Person.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.
Company Order means a written order signed in the name of the Company by the General Partner by an Officer of the General Partner.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the U.S. Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
Confidential Datasite shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.5.
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Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication):
(a) | interest expense on Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries; |
(b) | provision for taxes of the Parent and its Subsidiaries based on income; |
(c) | impairment losses; |
(d) | depreciation and amortization including, without limitation, amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs and amortization of right-of-use assets associated with finance leases of property; |
(e) | credit losses and gains recognized on financial assets and certain other instruments not measured at fair value; |
(f) | extraordinary, non-recurring and other unusual items (including, without limitation, any costs and fees incurred in connection with any debt financing or amendments thereto, or any acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or similar transaction (regardless of whether such transaction is completed), casualty gains and losses and severance); |
(g) | gains and losses resulting from the extinguishment of debt; |
(h) | the effect of any non-cash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period; |
(i) | gains or losses on derivative financial instruments; |
(j) | non-controlling interests (other than with respect to cash dividends and distributions actually received and included in the definition of Earnings from Operations as set forth below); |
(k) | all other non-cash items (including, without limitation, amortization of deferred charges, share-based compensation expense and provisions for unrealized gains and losses); and |
(l) | with regard to unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, plus amounts which have been deducted and minus amounts which have been added for the activity types referred to above (excluding interest expense) included in arriving at equity in income of unconsolidated entities. |
Debt of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries means any indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any accrued expense or trade payable, whether or not contingent, in respect of:
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(a) | borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments; |
(b) | indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (1) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (2) the fair market value of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(c) | the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued and drawn or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement; or |
(d) | any lease of property by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee that is reflected on the Parents consolidated balance sheet and classified as a finance lease in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that in the case of this clause, Debt excludes operating lease liabilities on a Persons balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; |
and to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under clause (a) and clause (c) immediately above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Parents consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however, that the term Debt shall not include: (1) Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries until they become primary obligations of, and payments are due and required to be made thereunder by, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or (2) any Debt or other obligations evidenced pursuant to security certificates issued in connection with securitization transactions and retained for risk retention purposes to the extent that (a) such security certificates are issued by Persons other than the Parent and all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent, (b) such security certificates are held by the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent and (c) such Debt and other obligations are included as Liabilities on the Parents balance sheets.
Defaulted Interest shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 3.2, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes, The Depository Trust Company and any successor thereto.
Earnings from Operations means, for any period, net income excluding gains and losses on sales of assets and investments (including investments in unconsolidated joint ventures), net, as reflected in the financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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Encumbrance means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries securing Debt, other than a Permitted Encumbrance.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Event of Default shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as used in the United States applied on a consistent basis as in effect from time to time.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 3.2(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under the Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Guarantee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.1(a).
Guarantors means collectively the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, and the Parent Guarantors.
Holders shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, and as further supplemented, amended or restated.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the first $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Second Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.
interest means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.
Interest Payment Date shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
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Non-Recourse Debt means Debt of a joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or an entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is directly or indirectly secured by real estate assets or other real estate-related assets (including Capital Stock) of the joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is the borrower and is non-recourse to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than pursuant to a Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantee and other than with respect to the joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is the borrower); provided further that, if any such Debt is partially recourse to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than pursuant to a Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantee and other than with respect to the joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is the borrower) and therefore does not meet the criteria set forth above, only the portion of such Debt that does meet the criteria set forth above shall constitute Non-Recourse Debt.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each of the Parent Guarantors of the Companys obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture, and the Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture, the form of supplemental indenture attached hereto as Exhibit B and any Notation of Guarantee.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Second Supplemental Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and any Executive Vice President or Vice President of any Parent Guarantor, as the case may be.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Company or any two Officers of any Parent Guarantor, as applicable.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Parent Guarantor. The opinion may contain customary limitations, conditions and exceptions.
Par Call Date means September 15, 2028 (two months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes).
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to The Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Permitted Encumbrances means operating leases, Encumbrances securing taxes, assessments and similar charges, mechanics liens and other similar Encumbrances.
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Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees means customary completion or budget guarantees, indemnities or other customary guarantees provided to lenders (including by means of separate indemnification agreements, carve-out guarantees or pledges of the equity interests in the borrower) under such Non-Recourse Debt in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in financing transactions that are directly or indirectly secured by real estate assets or other real estate-related assets (including Capital Stock) of a joint venture or Subsidiary of the Parent (or an entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member), in each case that is the borrower in such financing, but is non-recourse to the Parent or any of its other Subsidiaries, except for such completion or budget guarantees, indemnities or other guarantees (including by means of separate indemnification agreements or carve-out guarantees or pledges of the equity interests in the borrower) as are consistent with customary industry practice (such as environmental indemnities and recourse triggers based on violation of transfer restrictions and other customary exceptions to non-recourse liability).
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Primary Treasury Dealer means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.
Quotation Agent means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Record Date shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Redemption Date means, with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, the date fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
Redemption Price shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1.
Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any Redemption Date, each of (1) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, (2) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., (3) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC or (4) any one other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the Reference Treasury Dealers referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) above ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the notice of such Redemption Date.
Remaining Life means, with respect to any Notes to be redeemed, the remaining term of such Notes to be re redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date.
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SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
Significant Subsidiary means, on any date of determination, each Subsidiary or group of Subsidiaries of the Parent (other than the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) whose total assets as of the last day of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter were equal to or greater than $250,000,000, calculated in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that all such calculations shall be determined in the aggregate for all Subsidiaries of the Parent (other than the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) subject to any of the events specified in Sections 7.1(d), 7.1(f), 7.1(g) and 7.1(h)).
Stated Maturity shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4(c).
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity 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 such Person and/or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of such Person and which is required to be consolidated with the accounts of such Person. For the purposes of this definition, voting capital stock means capital stock having voting power for the election of directors, trustees or managers, as the case may be, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of capital stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.8.
Total Assets means, as of any date, the sum of (1) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of the Parents and its Subsidiaries other assets, in each case, excluding accounts receivable, right-of-use operating lease assets and non-real estate intangibles and, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Total Assets does not include assets evidenced pursuant to security certificates issued in connection with securitization transactions and retained for risk retention purposes to the extent that (a) such security certificates are issued by Persons other than the Parent and all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent, (b) such security certificates are held by the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent and (c) such assets are included as assets on the Parents balance sheets.
Total Unencumbered Assets means the sum of the Parents and its Subsidiaries Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and the value determined in accordance with GAAP of all of the Parents and its Subsidiaries other assets, excluding accounts receivable, right-of-use operating lease assets and non-real estate intangibles, in each case not subject to an Encumbrance; provided, however, that Total Unencumbered Assets does not include (1) investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities and (2) assets evidenced pursuant to security certificates issued in connection with securitization transactions and retained for risk retention purposes to the extent that (a) such security certificates are issued by Persons other than the Parent and all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent, (b) such security certificates are held by the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent and (c) such assets are included as assets on the Parents balance sheets.
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Triggering Indebtedness means Debt under the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated December 8, 2020, by and among the Company, as borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lending institutions that are parties thereto, as it may be amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, refunded or replaced (in whole or in part, including with any new credit agreement or facility) from time to time.
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets, loans secured by real estate assets, right-of-use assets associated with leases of property required to be reflected as finance leases on the balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and related intangibles of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization charges, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Undepreciated Real Estate Assets shall not include right-of-use assets associated with leases of property required to be reflected as operating leases on the balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act means any applicable federal, provincial or state fraudulent conveyance legislation and any successor legislation.
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act means any applicable federal, provincial or state fraudulent transfer legislation and any successor legislation.
Unsecured Debt means Debt of the types described in clauses (a) and (c) of the definition thereof that is not secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or security interest of any kind upon any of the properties of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE II.
TERMS OF THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Title of the Securities.
There shall be a Series of Securities designated the 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028.
Section 2.2 Price.
The Initial Notes shall be issued at a public offering price of 99.871% of the principal amount thereof, other than any offering discounts pursuant to the initial offering and resale of the Notes.
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Section 2.3 Limitation on Initial Aggregate Principal Amount; Further Issuances.
The aggregate principal amount of the Notes initially shall be limited to $600,000,000. The Company may, without notice to or consent of the Holders, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of the Indenture.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.3 or elsewhere in this Second Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of Notes under the circumstances contemplated by Section 3.2 of this Second Supplemental Indenture or Sections 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6 of the Base Indenture.
Section 2.4 Interest and Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of Notes.
(a) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 2.300% per year. Interest on the Notes will accrue from November 5, 2021 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2022 (each such date being an Interest Payment Date), to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered in the security register (the Holders) at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date (each such date being a Record Date). Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(b) If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or Redemption Date 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 the payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, until the next Business Day.
(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be November 15, 2028 (the Stated Maturity).
Section 2.5 Method of Payment.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, initially located at 13737 Noel Road, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75240. The Company shall pay interest (1) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the security register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2,000,000 may specify by written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in such notice, or (2) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
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(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be sent to each Holder at its address as it appears in the security register, not less than 10 calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b) of this Section 2.5.
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.6 Currency.
Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in U.S. Dollars.
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Section 2.7 Additional Notes.
The Company will be entitled, without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, upon delivery of an Officers Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order to the Trustee, and subject to its compliance with Section 6.1, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to the Initial Notes issued on the date of the Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price, the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and, if applicable, the initial Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if such Additional Notes will not be fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number. Such Additional Notes will rank equally and ratably in right of payment and will be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company will set forth in a Board Resolution of the sole member of the General Partner acting on behalf of the Company and an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture; and
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.
Section 2.8 Redemption.
The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity as provided in Article IV.
Section 2.9 No Sinking Fund.
The provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
Section 2.10 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Trustee shall initially serve as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.
ARTICLE III.
FORM OF THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Global Form.
The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Notes that will be deposited with, or on behalf of the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, subject to Sections 2.7 and 2.14 of the Base Indenture. So long as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the Global Note, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole Holder of the Notes represented by the Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture.
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The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except as provided in Section 3.2(a) of this Second Supplemental Indenture. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, authenticate and hold each Global Note as custodian for the Depositary. Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Registrar or the custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Participants of the Depositary shall have no rights either under the Indenture or with respect to the Global Notes. The Depositary or its nominee, as applicable, may be treated by the Company, the Parent Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Parent Guarantors or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Notes for all purposes under the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Parent Guarantors or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or its nominee, as applicable, or impair, as between the Depositary and its participants, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Notes.
Section 3.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for a Global Note or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of the notification to the Company or of the Company becoming aware of the Depositary ceasing to be so registered;
(2) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable; or
(3) upon request from such Depositary if there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note.
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Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.8 2.11 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.2 or Section 2.8 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 3.2(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 3.2(b) or (c).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 3.2(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 3.2(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
both:
(A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(B) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
both:
(C) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
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(D) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (b)(1) above.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 3.2(g).
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2(b)(2) and written notice to the Trustee, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 3.2(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and, upon the receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to the previous sentence at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 3.2, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon the written request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.2(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 3.2(e). A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a written request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
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(f) Legend. Each Global Note issued under the Indenture, unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of the Indenture, will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2(a) OF THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP (THE COMPANY) AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY 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 MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.
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(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11 and 9.6 of the Base Indenture and Section 4.3 of this Second Supplemental Indenture).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days before the delivery of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption under Article IV and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery;
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(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 3.2 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(i) In connection with any proposed transfer outside the book-entry system, there shall be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045. The Trustee may conclusively rely on the information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
(j) None of the Trustee or any Agent shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) 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, the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(k) None of the Trustee or any Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of optional redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes.
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ARTICLE IV.
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture, as amended by the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.
Section 4.1 Optional Redemption of Notes.
The Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, in whole or in part, at a redemption price (the Redemption Price) in cash calculated by the Company and equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360- day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points (0.15%), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part on or after the Par Call Date and, if the Notes are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price in cash will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). The Company shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.1 on any date the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date.
Section 4.2 Notice of Optional Redemption, Selection of Notes.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.1, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be sent, the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed, or sent by electronic transmission, a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen calendar days but not more than sixty calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its last address as the same appears on the
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security register; provided that if the Company makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee, provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Company. Such mailing shall be by first class mail or by electronic transmission. The notice, if sent in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or electronic submission or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
(b) Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (1) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; (2) the CUSIP number or numbers of the Notes being redeemed; (3) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day); (4) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed; (5) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes; and (6) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(c) On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 4.2, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 4.2 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price (it being acknowledged that the Trustee has no obligation to invest any such deposit).
(d) If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, on a pro rata basis, by lot or such other method it deems fair and appropriate or as required by the Depositary for Global Notes, subject to Applicable Procedures (in the case of Global Notes), the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Notes or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof). The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.
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Section 4.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Company.
(a) If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 4.2, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable and if the Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, then on and after such date (1) such Notes will cease to be outstanding, (2) interest will cease to accrue on any Notes called for redemption at the Redemption Date, (3) on and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under the Indenture and (4) the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. Such will be the case whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes in book-entry form is made and whether or not the Notes in certificated form, together with necessary endorsements, are delivered to the Paying Agent; provided, however, if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption).
(b) Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.
ARTICLE V.
GUARANTEE
Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 hereof shall replace Sections 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes and the Note Guarantee. Section 5.5 shall supersede clause (a)(i)(A) of Section 12.4 of the Base Indenture; provided that the remaining provisions of Section 12.4 of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5.1 Note Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article V, for value received, each Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees, on a joint and several basis (each a Guarantee), to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes, and interest, if any, on, the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or the Notes (including fees and expenses of counsel) will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms under the Indenture or the Notes; and
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(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, each Guarantor will be obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes are full and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Indenture or the Notes, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions of the Indenture or the Notes, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of such Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that in the event of a default in payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes entitled to the Guarantee, whether at the Stated Maturity or upon acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 6.7 of the Base Indenture, by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against such Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company. Each Guarantor hereby (1) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever, (2) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee without notice to it and (3) covenants that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Indenture and the Notes.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or such Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VII for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VII, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
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Section 5.2 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 5.1, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Second Supplemental Indenture and a Notation of Guarantee will be executed on its behalf by one of its Officers and such Notation of Guarantee shall be affixed to the Notes. If an Officer whose signature is on this Second Supplemental Indenture or Notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which the Notation of Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Second Supplemental Indenture on behalf of such Guarantor.
Section 5.3 Limitation of Guarantors Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of each Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to the Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 5.4 Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantors.
(a) For purposes of any provision of the Indenture which provides for the delivery by any Guarantor of an Officers Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.2 shall apply to such Guarantor as if references therein to the Company or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, were references to such Guarantor.
(b) Any notice or demand which by any provision of the Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes to or on any Guarantor may be given or served as described in Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.
(c) Upon any demand, request or application by any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture, such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as are required in Section 10.1 as if all references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.
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Section 5.5 Release of Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(a) A Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically released and relieved from its obligations under its Guarantee and the Indenture, any supplemental indenture and Notation of Guarantee, in the following circumstances:
(1) such Subsidiary Guarantor no longer guaranteeing or otherwise being an obligor (or which guarantee or obligation is being simultaneously released or will be immediately released after the release of the Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of the Notes) in respect of Triggering Indebtedness, provided that any release of such Subsidiary Guarantors Guarantee pursuant to this Section 5.5(a)(1) will not limit the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to Guarantee the Notes at any time after such release if such Subsidiary subsequently, directly or indirectly, guarantees, or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of, Triggering Indebtedness;
(2) such Subsidiary Guarantor consolidating with, merging into or transferring all of its properties or assets to another Guarantor, and as a result of, or in connection with, such transaction such Subsidiary Guarantor dissolves or otherwise ceases to exist;
(3) if the Company exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Notes (as provided in Section 8.3 and Section 8.4, respectively, of the Base Indenture) or if the Companys obligations under the Indenture with respect to the Notes are discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (as provided in Section 8.1 of the Base Indenture);
(4) upon the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of such Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(5) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor;
provided, however, that in the case of Section 5.5(a)(4) and Section 5.5(a)(5) above, (1) such sale or other disposition is made to a person other than the Parent or any of its other Subsidiaries and (2) such sale or disposition is otherwise permitted by the Indenture.
ARTICLE VI.
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 6.3(a) hereof shall replace Article V of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes. The covenants set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.3 and 4.4 of the Base Indenture and the following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Notes so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding.
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Section 6.1 Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.
(a) Aggregate Debt Test. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all the Parents outstanding Debt and that of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 65% of the sum of (without duplication):
(1) the Parents Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Parents Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and
(2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any debt or 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
(b) Debt Service Test. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries 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 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that:
(1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Parent or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such period, had occurred at the beginning of such period;
(2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt (other than Debt repaid or retired with the proceeds of any other Debt, which repayment or retirement shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(1) and not this Section 6.1(b)(2)) by the Parent or 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, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period);
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(3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 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
(4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions in excess of $100 million since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition and 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.
If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the calculation described in this Section 6.1 or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate (to the extent such Debt has been hedged to bear interest at a fixed rate, only the portion of such Debt, if any, that has not been so hedged), then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt will be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate that would have been in effect during the entire such period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
(c) Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Parent 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 Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(d) Secured Debt Test. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest upon any of the Parents property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, 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 of the Parents outstanding Debt and the outstanding Debt of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on the Parents property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication):
(1) the Parents Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Parents Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and
(2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any debt or 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
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For purposes of this Section 6.1, Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries whenever the Parent or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof. Furthermore, nothing in the covenants described under this Section 6.1 shall prevent the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of Debt between or among the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 6.2 Existence.
Except as permitted by Section 6.3, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises, each Parent Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises and each Subsidiary Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises; provided, however, that none of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor will be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Parent determines that the preservation of the right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of the Companys, such Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiary Guarantors business, as the case may be.
Section 6.3 Merger, Consolidation or Sale.
(a) The Company and any Parent Guarantor may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its respective assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity, provided that the following conditions are met:
(1) the Company or any Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Company or such Parent Guarantor, as the case may be) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and, in the case of the Company, shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in the Indenture or, in the case of any Parent Guarantor, shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture the payment of all amounts due under its Guarantee of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of a Parent Guarantor in the Indenture and the Guarantee, as the case may be;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(3) an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel each stating that the conditions precedent relating to such supplemental indenture have been met, and such supplemental indenture is permitted under the Indenture shall be delivered to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) above, any Subsidiary of any Parent Guarantor (including any such Subsidiary that is a Parent Guarantor, but other than the Company) may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to such Parent Guarantor and neither an Officers Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered.
In the event of any transaction described in and complying with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.3(a), but not a lease, in which the Company and/or any Parent Guarantor is not the continuing entity, the successor person formed or remaining shall succeed, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company and/or such Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Company and/or such Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be discharged from its or their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable.
(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of such Subsidiary Guarantors respective assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity, provided that the following conditions are met:
(1) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture the payment of all amounts due under its Guarantee of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of such Subsidiary Guarantor in the Indenture and the Guarantee, as the case may be; provided, that the foregoing requirement will not apply in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor (x) that has been disposed of in its entirety to another person (other than to a Parent Guarantor or an affiliate of such Parent Guarantor), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of capital stock or has sold, leased or conveyed all or substantially all of its assets or (y) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its capital stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(3) an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel each stating that the conditions precedent relating to such supplemental indenture have been met, and such supplemental indenture is permitted under the Indenture shall be delivered to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding Section 6.3(b) above, any Subsidiary of any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any such Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor) may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to such Subsidiary Guarantor and neither an Officers Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered.
In the event of any transaction described in and complying with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.3(b), but not a lease, in which such Subsidiary Guarantor is not the continuing entity, the successor person formed or remaining shall succeed, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be discharged from its obligations under its Guarantee and the Indenture.
(c) This Section 6.3 shall not apply to:
(1) a merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among any Parent Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, however that the foregoing clause shall not apply to any merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets involving the Company where the Company is not the continuing entity or the successor entity; or
(2) a merger between any Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, respectively, and an affiliate of such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary incorporated or formed solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary in another state of the United States.
Section 6.4 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company and the Parent will each pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged before it becomes delinquent: (a) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed on it or any of its Subsidiaries or on its or any such Subsidiarys income, profits or property; and (b) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a material lien upon its property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, neither the Company nor the Parent will be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith. If a tenant or borrower of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries fails to meet a contractual obligation to pay taxes, assessments or governmental charges related to property leased from or financed by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, it will not constitute a violation if the Parent pays or discharges or causes to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment or charge promptly following its actual awareness of such failure.
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Section 6.5 Provision of Financial Information.
The Parent shall, so long as any Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Parent is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For so long as the Notes are outstanding, if at any time the Parent is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Parent will, at its option, either (1) post on a publicly available website, (2) post on IntraLinks or any comparable password protected online data system requiring user identification and a confidentiality acknowledgement (a Confidential Datasite) or (3) deliver to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, in each case, within 15 days of the filing date that would be applicable to a non-accelerated filer at that time pursuant to applicable SEC rules and regulations, the quarterly and audited annual financial statements and accompanying Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that would have been required to be contained in annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, respectively, had the Parent been subject to such Exchange Act reporting requirements. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether or not such reports, information, statements or documents have been filed, posted or delivered. If the Parent elects to furnish such reports via a Confidential Datasite, access to the Confidential Datasite will be provided upon request to Holders, beneficial owners of and bona fide potential investors in the Notes.
Reports, information and documents filed with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this Section 6.5; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants relating to the Notes (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 6.6 Maintenance of Properties.
The Parent will cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of the Parents business or the business of any of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order, normal wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted, and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements of the Parents and its Subsidiaries material properties, all as in the Parents judgment may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that the Parent and its Subsidiaries will not be prevented from (1) removing permanently any property that has been condemned or suffered a casualty loss, if it is in the Parents or such Subsidiarys best interests, (2) discontinuing maintenance or operation of any property if, in the Parents or such Subsidiarys reasonable judgment, doing so is in the Parents or such Subsidiarys best interest and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes or (3) selling or otherwise disposing for value the Parents or its Subsidiaries properties in the ordinary course of business.
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Section 6.7 Insurance.
The Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain (either directly or indirectly by causing its tenants to maintain), with responsible companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations in accordance with prevailing market conditions and availability.
Section 6.8 Subsidiary Guarantors.
Following the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Parent shall cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) if, and for so long as, such Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of Triggering Indebtedness, to, jointly and severally with the Parent Guarantors and any other Subsidiary of the Parent that guarantees the Notes, fully and unconditionally guarantee the Companys obligations under the Notes, including the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, whether at Stated Maturity, upon acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture to the Indenture, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto, and a Notation of Guarantee, attached as Exhibit A to the Base Indenture, that provides for the Guarantee within thirty calendar days and to affix such Notation of Guarantee to the Notes and, pursuant to such supplemental indenture and Notation of Guarantee, such Subsidiary shall fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation in Article V of this Second Supplemental Indenture (each such Subsidiary, unless and until such time such Subsidiary is released from its obligations under the Indenture and its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, a Subsidiary Guarantor).
ARTICLE VII.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof shall replace Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 7.1 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein or in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) | default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; |
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(b) | default in the payment of the principal amount or any other portion of the Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; |
(c) | failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with any of the Companys or any Guarantors respective other agreements in the Notes, the Note Guarantee or the Indenture with respect to the Notes upon receipt by the Company of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Companys failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after it receives such notice; |
(d) | failure to pay any Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) for monies borrowed by the Company, the Parent or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) is, or has become, the primary obligation of the Company or the Parent and is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within 60 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee (or to the Company and the Trustee from Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); |
(e) | the Note Guarantee of any Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or the Note Guarantee, except by reason of the release of such Note Guarantee in accordance with provisions of the Indenture; or |
(f) | the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: |
(i) | commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary; or |
(ii) | consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary; or |
(iii) | consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially of its property; or |
(iv) | makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or |
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(g) | an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or |
(h) | a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: |
(i) | is for relief against the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding; |
(ii) | appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary; or |
(iii) | orders the liquidation of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary, in each case in this clause (h), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days. |
The term Bankruptcy Law means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors.
Section 7.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, which shall result in an automatic acceleration), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) shall occur with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Notes shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
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At any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.13 of the Base Indenture, if: (a) the Company or the Parent has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, plus the reasonable compensation and reimbursement for the Trustees expenses, disbursements and advances pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture; and (b) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Company shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.3 of the Base Indenture and the steps to be taken to cure such Event of Default.
ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 hereof shall replace Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 8.1 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, when authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Parent, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental without the consent of the Holders of the Notes hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture; provided that this action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;
(b) to evidence a successor to the Company as obligor or to any Guarantor as guarantor under the Indenture with respect to the Notes;
(c) to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes then outstanding;
(d) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture;
(e) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee;
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(f) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;
(g) to reflect the release of any Guarantor, as guarantor, in accordance with the Indenture;
(h) to secure the Notes;
(i) to add guarantors with respect to the Notes; and
(j) to conform the text of the Indenture, any Guarantee or the Notes to any provision of the description thereof set forth under the captions Description of Notes and Description of Debt Securities in the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Parent certified by the corresponding Secretary or Assistant Secretary, authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 8.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.2.
Section 8.2 With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, the Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note so affected:
(a) reduce the principal amount of the Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including Defaulted Interest) on the Notes;
(c) reduce the principal of, or premium, if any, on, or change the Stated Maturity of, the Notes;
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(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes payable in any currency other than that stated in the Notes;
(f) make any change in Section 6.8 of the Base Indenture, 6.13 of the Base Indenture or Section 8.2(f) of this Second Supplemental Indenture (this sentence);
(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to the Notes; or
(h) release any Guarantor as a guarantor of the Notes other than as provided in the Indenture or modify the Note Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Parent certified by the corresponding Secretary or Assistant Secretary, authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of an Officers Certificate certifying receipt of the requisite consent of Holders as aforesaid, upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by the Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate or both stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture, that all conditions precedent to the execution of such supplemental indenture have been complied with, and that the supplemental indenture is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors as applicable, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
ARTICLE IX.
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES
Section 9.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article IX to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act provided by the Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.
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Section 9.2 Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders for any purpose specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, the Parent or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders for any purpose specified in Section 9.1, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company, the Parent, if applicable, or the Holders in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 9.2.
Section 9.3 Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders, a person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more outstanding Notes, or (b) a person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders; provided, that none of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders or be counted for purposes of determining a quorum at any such meeting in respect of any Notes owned by such persons. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, any representatives of any Guarantor and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 9.4 Quorum; Action.
The persons entitled to vote at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
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adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 9.2, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2, any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which the Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Any such resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders duly held in accordance with this Section 9.4 shall be binding on all the Holders, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 9.5 Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 9.2(b), in which case the Company, any Guarantor or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting, each Holder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder or proxy.
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(d) Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to Section 9.2 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 9.6 Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 9.2 and, if applicable, Section 9.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and the Guarantors, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee.
This Section 10.1 shall replace Sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate in a form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that all covenants and conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such covenants and conditions precedent have been complied with. The Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel provided for in the Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in the Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person making such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel is based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.
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Section 10.2 No Recourse Against Others.
This Section 10.2 shall replace Section 10.8 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article V of this Second Supplemental Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article IV) or premium, if any, or interest on any Note or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Second Supplemental Indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any director, officer, employee, stockholder or limited partner (past or present), as such, of the Company or any Guarantor and such parties shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section 10.3 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Second Supplemental Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 10.4 Governing Law.
THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEE, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE NOTE GUARANTEE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 10.5 Counterparts.
This Second Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. The words execution, signed, signature, and
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words of like import in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, pdf, tif or jpg) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing, and anything in this Second Supplemental Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) any Officers Certificate, Company Order, Opinion of Counsel, Note, Note Guarantee, opinion of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means and formats, (b) all references in Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, Section 5.2 of this Second Supplemental Indenture or elsewhere in the Indenture to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Note, any Guarantee endorsed on any Note, or any certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Note by means of a manual or facsimile signature shall be deemed to include signatures that are made or transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means or formats, and (c) any requirement in this Indenture that any signature be made under a corporate seal (or facsimile thereof) shall not be applicable to the Notes or any Note Guarantees. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions.
Section 10.6 Successors.
All agreements of the Company and each Guarantor in this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 10.7 Severability.
In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.8 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Section 10.9 Ratifications.
The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
Section 10.10 Effectiveness.
The provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.
Section 10.11 The Trustee.
The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Company. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and the Indenture.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, as the Company | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
Invitation Homes Inc., as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
IH Merger Sub, LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
U.S. Bank National Association, as the Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Michael K. Herberger | |
Name: Michael K. Herberger | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2(a) OF THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP (THE COMPANY) AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY 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 MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
2.300% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028
Certificate No. []
CUSIP No.: []
ISIN: []
$[]
Exhibit A-1
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] MILLION DOLLARS ($[ ])[, or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note,] on November 15, 2028 at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2022, to the Holder in whose name the Note is registered in the security register on the preceding May 1 or November 1, whether or not a Business Day, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the security register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2,000,000 may specify by written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in such notice, or on any Global Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually or by facsimile by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
Exhibit A-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated: [ ], 20[ ]
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit A-3
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
Dated: [ ], 20[ ]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Authorized Signatory |
Exhibit A-4
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
2.300% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, designated as its 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (herein called the Notes), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2021 (herein called the Base Indenture), among the Company, the Parent Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the Trustee), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2021 (herein called the Second Supplemental Indenture, and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Holders of the Notes. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) of the Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, which shall result in an automatic acceleration) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) of the Second Supplemental Indenture occurs with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section 8.2 of the Second Supplemental Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default, subject to exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as among the Company and the Holder of the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency prescribed herein and in the Indenture.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Exhibit A-5
The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.
The Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Article IV of the Second Supplemental Indenture.
The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund.
The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XII of the Base Indenture as amended by Article V of the Second Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article V of the Second Supplemental Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price (as defined in Section 4.1 of the Second Supplemental Indenture) upon redemption pursuant to Article IV of the Second Supplemental Indenture) or premium, if any, or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any director, officer, employee, stockholder or limited partner (past or present), as such, of the Company or any Guarantor and such parties shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Note, the Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of this Note.
Exhibit A-6
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignees legal name)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee*:
* | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
Exhibit A-7
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in principal amount at maturity of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in principal amount at maturity of this Global Note |
Principal amount increase) |
Signature of |
* | This Schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. |
Exhibit A-8
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO BY SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of ________ __, 20__, among __________________ (the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) and a Subsidiary of the Parent (as defined below), Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Parent), Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Company), Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the General Partner), IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (IH Merger Sub and, together with the Parent and the General Partner, the Parent Guarantors), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture) providing for the issuance from time to time of Securities in one or more Series;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore entered into a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 5, 2021 (the Second Supplemental Indenture), amending and supplementing the Base Indenture and establishing a Series of Securities designated as the Companys 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture and Notation of Guarantee pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation in Article V of the Second Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, and as further supplemented from time to time, including without limitation pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, is referred to herein as the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of Notes as follows:
Exhibit B-1
ARTICLE I.
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Relation to Indenture.
With respect to the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
Section 1.2 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
Section 1.3 General References.
Unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, (1) all references in this Supplemental Indenture to Articles and Sections refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture and (2) the terms herein, hereof, hereunder and any other word of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Section 2.1 Agreement to Guarantee.
The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees all of the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation in Article V of the Second Supplemental Indenture, and the Notation of Guarantee.
ARTICLE III.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Certain Trustee Matters.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes or any Guarantee or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company or any Parent Guarantor.
Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing in this Supplemental Indenture shall alter the duties, rights or obligations of the Trustee set forth in the Indenture.
Exhibit B-2
Section 3.2 Continued Effect.
Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture, in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 3.3 Governing Law.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.4 Counterparts.
This Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, pdf, tif or jpg) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
Section 3.5 Effect of Headings.
The Article and Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
[Signature Pages Follow]
Exhibit B-3
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.
[Name of Guaranteeing Subsidiary] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, as the Company | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Invitation Homes Inc., as Guarantor | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
IH Merger Sub, LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit B-4
U.S. Bank National Association, as the Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit B-5
Exhibit 4.3
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
INVITATION HOMES INC.,
INVITATION HOMES OP GP LLC
AND
IH MERGER SUB, LLC,
AS PARENT GUARANTORS,
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 5, 2021
TO INDENTURE DATED AUGUST 6, 2021
$400,000,000
OF
2.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034
CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Relation to Base Indenture | 1 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II. TERMS OF THE SECURITIES |
10 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Title of the Securities | 10 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Price | 10 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Limitation on Initial Aggregate Principal Amount; Further Issuances | 10 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Interest and Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of Notes | 11 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Method of Payment | 11 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Currency | 12 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Additional Notes | 12 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Redemption | 13 | ||||
Section 2.9 |
No Sinking Fund | 13 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE III. FORM OF THE SECURITIES |
13 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Global Form | 13 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Transfer and Exchange | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
20 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Optional Redemption of Notes | 20 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Notice of Optional Redemption, Selection of Notes | 20 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Company | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE V. GUARANTEE |
22 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Note Guarantee | 22 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee | 24 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Limitation of Guarantors Liability | 24 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantors | 24 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Release of Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE VI. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
25 | |||||
Section 6.1 |
Limitations on Incurrence of Debt | 25 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Existence | 28 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale | 28 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 30 |
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Section 6.5 |
Provision of Financial Information | 30 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Maintenance of Properties | 31 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Insurance | 31 | ||||
Section 6.8 |
Subsidiary Guarantors | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
32 | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Events of Default | 32 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 34 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
35 | |||||
Section 8.1 |
Without Consent of Holders | 35 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
With Consent of Holders | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE IX. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES |
37 | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called | 37 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings | 37 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings | 38 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Quorum; Action | 38 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings | 39 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
40 | |||||
Section 10.1 |
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee | 40 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
No Recourse Against Others | 41 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls | 41 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Governing Law | 41 | ||||
Section 10.5 |
Counterparts | 41 | ||||
Section 10.6 |
Successors | 42 | ||||
Section 10.7 |
Severability | 42 | ||||
Section 10.8 |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc | 42 | ||||
Section 10.9 |
Ratifications | 42 | ||||
Section 10.10 |
Effectiveness | 43 | ||||
Section 10.11 |
The Trustee | 43 |
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THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Third Supplemental Indenture) is entered into as of November 5, 2021 among Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Company), Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Parent), Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the General Partner), IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (IH Merger Sub and, together with the Parent and the General Partner, the Parent Guarantors), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent Guarantors have delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Securities in one or more Series;
WHEREAS, Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any Series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, each of the Company and each of the Parent Guarantors desires to execute this Third Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and to provide for the issuance of a Series of the Companys senior notes designated as 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (the Notes), in an initial aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Parent, on behalf of the Parent and in its capacity as the sole member of each of IH Merger Sub and of the General Partner, as the sole general partner of the Company, has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company and each Parent Guarantor to execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all of the other conditions and requirements necessary to make this Third 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.
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Series of Securities provided for herein by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Securities of such Series, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Relation to Base Indenture.
This Third Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes.
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Section 1.2 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Third 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 Base Indenture; and |
(b) | All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Third Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document. |
Acquired Debt means Debt of a Person (1) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (2) 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 Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under the Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.3, 2.7 and 8.1 hereof, as part of the same Series as the Initial Notes.
Adjusted Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date: (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Par Call Date (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Par Call Date shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Company on the third Business Day preceding the date the notice of redemption is given.
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Annual Service Charge means, for any period, without duplication, the maximum amount that is payable for interest expense on, and the amortization during such period of any original issue discount of, the Parents and its Subsidiaries Debt in such period, but excluding: (1) interest reserves funded from the proceeds of any loan; (2) amortization of deferred financing costs, including gains or losses on early extinguishment of debt; (3) prepayment penalties; (4) non-cash swap ineffectiveness charges; and (5) any expenses resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness or fair value adjustments of interest rate hedges in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Authentication Order means a Company Order to the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes, signed in the name of the Company by the General Partner by an Officer of the General Partner.
Bankruptcy Law shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1.
Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the place of payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), including partnership or limited liability company interests, whether general or limited, in the equity of such Person, outstanding as of any date, including all options, warrants or other rights issued by such Person to purchase Capital Stock of such Person.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.
Company Order means a written order signed in the name of the Company by the General Partner by an Officer of the General Partner.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the U.S. Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life of such Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
Confidential Datasite shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.5.
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Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication):
(a) | interest expense on Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries; |
(b) | provision for taxes of the Parent and its Subsidiaries based on income; |
(c) | impairment losses; |
(d) | depreciation and amortization including, without limitation, amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs and amortization of right-of-use assets associated with finance leases of property; |
(e) | credit losses and gains recognized on financial assets and certain other instruments not measured at fair value; |
(f) | extraordinary, non-recurring and other unusual items (including, without limitation, any costs and fees incurred in connection with any debt financing or amendments thereto, or any acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or similar transaction (regardless of whether such transaction is completed), casualty gains and losses and severance); |
(g) | gains and losses resulting from the extinguishment of debt; |
(h) | the effect of any non-cash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period; |
(i) | gains or losses on derivative financial instruments; |
(j) | non-controlling interests (other than with respect to cash dividends and distributions actually received and included in the definition of Earnings from Operations as set forth below); |
(k) | all other non-cash items (including, without limitation, amortization of deferred charges, share-based compensation expense and provisions for unrealized gains and losses); and |
(l) | with regard to unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, plus amounts which have been deducted and minus amounts which have been added for the activity types referred to above (excluding interest expense) included in arriving at equity in income of unconsolidated entities. |
Debt of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries means any indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any accrued expense or trade payable, whether or not contingent, in respect of:
(a) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;
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(b) | indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (1) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (2) the fair market value of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; |
(c) | the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued and drawn or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement; or |
(d) | any lease of property by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee that is reflected on the Parents consolidated balance sheet and classified as a finance lease in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that in the case of this clause, Debt excludes operating lease liabilities on a Persons balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; |
and to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under clause (a) and clause (c) immediately above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Parents consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however, that the term Debt shall not include: (1) Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries until they become primary obligations of, and payments are due and required to be made thereunder by, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or (2) any Debt or other obligations evidenced pursuant to security certificates issued in connection with securitization transactions and retained for risk retention purposes to the extent that (a) such security certificates are issued by Persons other than the Parent and all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent, (b) such security certificates are held by the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent and (c) such Debt and other obligations are included as Liabilities on the Parents balance sheets.
Defaulted Interest shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 3.2, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes, The Depository Trust Company and any successor thereto.
Earnings from Operations means, for any period, net income excluding gains and losses on sales of assets and investments (including investments in unconsolidated joint ventures), net, as reflected in the financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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Encumbrance means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries securing Debt, other than a Permitted Encumbrance.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Event of Default shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as used in the United States applied on a consistent basis as in effect from time to time.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 3.2(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under the Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Guarantee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.1(a).
Guarantors means collectively the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, and the Parent Guarantors.
Holders shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, and as further supplemented, amended or restated.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the first $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.
Interest means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.
Interest Payment Date shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
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Non-Recourse Debt means Debt of a joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or an entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is directly or indirectly secured by real estate assets or other real estate-related assets (including Capital Stock) of the joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is the borrower and is non-recourse to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than pursuant to a Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantee and other than with respect to the joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is the borrower); provided further that, if any such Debt is partially recourse to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than pursuant to a Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantee and other than with respect to the joint venture or Subsidiary of the Company (or entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member) that is the borrower) and therefore does not meet the criteria set forth above, only the portion of such Debt that does meet the criteria set forth above shall constitute Non-Recourse Debt.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each of the Parent Guarantors of the Companys obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Base Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, and the Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Base Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture, the form of supplemental indenture attached hereto as Exhibit B and any Notation of Guarantee.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Third Supplemental Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and any Executive Vice President or Vice President of any Parent Guarantor, as the case may be.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Company or any two Officers of any Parent Guarantor, as applicable.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Parent Guarantor. The opinion may contain customary limitations, conditions and exceptions.
Par Call Date means October 15, 2033 (three months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes).
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to The Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Permitted Encumbrances means operating leases, Encumbrances securing taxes, assessments and similar charges, mechanics liens and other similar Encumbrances.
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Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees means customary completion or budget guarantees, indemnities or other customary guarantees provided to lenders (including by means of separate indemnification agreements, carve-out guarantees or pledges of the equity interests in the borrower) under such Non-Recourse Debt in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in financing transactions that are directly or indirectly secured by real estate assets or other real estate-related assets (including Capital Stock) of a joint venture or Subsidiary of the Parent (or an entity in which the Company is the general partner or managing member), in each case that is the borrower in such financing, but is non-recourse to the Parent or any of its other Subsidiaries, except for such completion or budget guarantees, indemnities or other guarantees (including by means of separate indemnification agreements or carve-out guarantees or pledges of the equity interests in the borrower) as are consistent with customary industry practice (such as environmental indemnities and recourse triggers based on violation of transfer restrictions and other customary exceptions to non-recourse liability).
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Primary Treasury Dealer means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.
Quotation Agent means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Record Date shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Redemption Date means, with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, the date fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
Redemption Price shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1.
Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any Redemption Date, each of (1) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, (2) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., (3) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC or (4) any one other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the Reference Treasury Dealers referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) above ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the notice of such Redemption Date.
Remaining Life means, with respect to any Notes to be redeemed, the remaining term of such Notes to be re redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date.
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SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
Significant Subsidiary means, on any date of determination, each Subsidiary or group of Subsidiaries of the Parent (other than the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) whose total assets as of the last day of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter were equal to or greater than $250,000,000, calculated in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that all such calculations shall be determined in the aggregate for all Subsidiaries of the Parent (other than the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) subject to any of the events specified in Sections 7.1(d), 7.1(f), 7.1(g) and 7.1(h)).
Stated Maturity shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4(c).
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity 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 such Person and/or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of such Person and which is required to be consolidated with the accounts of such Person. For the purposes of this definition, voting capital stock means capital stock having voting power for the election of directors, trustees or managers, as the case may be, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of capital stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.8.
Total Assets means, as of any date, the sum of (1) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of the Parents and its Subsidiaries other assets, in each case, excluding accounts receivable, right-of-use operating lease assets and non-real estate intangibles and, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Total Assets does not include assets evidenced pursuant to security certificates issued in connection with securitization transactions and retained for risk retention purposes to the extent that (a) such security certificates are issued by Persons other than the Parent and all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent, (b) such security certificates are held by the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent and (c) such assets are included as assets on the Parents balance sheets.
Total Unencumbered Assets means the sum of the Parents and its Subsidiaries Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and the value determined in accordance with GAAP of all of the Parents and its Subsidiaries other assets, excluding accounts receivable, right-of-use operating lease assets and non-real estate intangibles, in each case not subject to an Encumbrance; provided, however, that Total Unencumbered Assets does not include (1) investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities and (2) assets evidenced pursuant to security certificates issued in connection with securitization transactions and retained for risk retention purposes to the extent that (a) such security certificates are issued by Persons other than the Parent and all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent, (b) such security certificates are held by the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent and (c) such assets are included as assets on the Parents balance sheets.
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Triggering Indebtedness means Debt under the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated December 8, 2020, by and among the Company, as borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lending institutions that are parties thereto, as it may be amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, refunded or replaced (in whole or in part, including with any new credit agreement or facility) from time to time.
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets, loans secured by real estate assets, right-of-use assets associated with leases of property required to be reflected as finance leases on the balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and related intangibles of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization charges, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Undepreciated Real Estate Assets shall not include right-of-use assets associated with leases of property required to be reflected as operating leases on the balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act means any applicable federal, provincial or state fraudulent conveyance legislation and any successor legislation.
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act means any applicable federal, provincial or state fraudulent transfer legislation and any successor legislation.
Unsecured Debt means Debt of the types described in clauses (a) and (c) of the definition thereof that is not secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or security interest of any kind upon any of the properties of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE II.
TERMS OF THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Title of the Securities.
There shall be a Series of Securities designated the 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034.
Section 2.2 Price.
The Initial Notes shall be issued at a public offering price of 99.809% of the principal amount thereof, other than any offering discounts pursuant to the initial offering and resale of the Notes.
Section 2.3 Limitation on Initial Aggregate Principal Amount; Further Issuances.
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The aggregate principal amount of the Notes initially shall be limited to $400,000,000. The Company may, without notice to or consent of the Holders, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of the Indenture.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.3 or elsewhere in this Third Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of Notes under the circumstances contemplated by Section 3.2 of this Third Supplemental Indenture or Sections 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6 of the Base Indenture.
Section 2.4 Interest and Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of Notes.
(a) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 2.700% per year. Interest on the Notes will accrue from November 5, 2021 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on July 15, 2022 (each such date being an Interest Payment Date), to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered in the security register (the Holders) at the close of business on January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date (each such date being a Record Date). Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(b) If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or Redemption Date 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 the payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, until the next Business Day.
(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be January 15, 2034 (the Stated Maturity).
Section 2.5 Method of Payment.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, initially located at 13737 Noel Road, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75240. The Company shall pay interest (1) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the security register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2,000,000 may specify by written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in such notice, or (2) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
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(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be sent to each Holder at its address as it appears in the security register, not less than 10 calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b) of this Section 2.5.
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.6 Currency.
Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in U.S. Dollars.
Section 2.7 Additional Notes.
The Company will be entitled, without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, upon delivery of an Officers Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order to the Trustee, and subject to its compliance with Section 6.1, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to the Initial Notes issued on the date of the Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price, the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and, if applicable, the initial Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if such Additional Notes will not be fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number. Such Additional Notes will rank equally and ratably in right of payment and will be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture.
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With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company will set forth in a Board Resolution of the sole member of the General Partner acting on behalf of the Company and an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture; and
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.
Section 2.8 Redemption.
The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity as provided in Article IV.
Section 2.9 No Sinking Fund.
The provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
Section 2.10 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Trustee shall initially serve as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.
ARTICLE III.
FORM OF THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Global Form.
The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Notes that will be deposited with, or on behalf of the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, subject to Sections 2.7 and 2.14 of the Base Indenture. So long as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the Global Note, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole Holder of the Notes represented by the Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except as provided in Section 3.2(a) of this Third Supplemental Indenture. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, authenticate and hold each Global Note as custodian for the Depositary. Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
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aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Registrar or the custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Participants of the Depositary shall have no rights either under the Indenture or with respect to the Global Notes. The Depositary or its nominee, as applicable, may be treated by the Company, the Parent Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Parent Guarantors or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Notes for all purposes under the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Parent Guarantors or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or its nominee, as applicable, or impair, as between the Depositary and its participants, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Notes.
Section 3.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for a Global Note or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of the notification to the Company or of the Company becoming aware of the Depositary ceasing to be so registered;
(2) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable; or
(3) upon request from such Depositary if there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note.
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Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.8 2.11 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.2 or Section 2.8 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 3.2(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 3.2(b) or (c).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 3.2(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 3.2(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
both:
(A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(B) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
both:
(C) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(D) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (b)(1) above.
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Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 3.2(g).
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2(b)(2) and written notice to the Trustee, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 3.2(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and, upon the receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to the previous sentence at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 3.2, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon the written request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.2(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 3.2(e). A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a written request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
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(f) Legend. Each Global Note issued under the Indenture, unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of the Indenture, will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2(a) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP (THE COMPANY) AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY 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 MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.
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(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11 and 9.6 of the Base Indenture and Section 4.3 of this Third Supplemental Indenture).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days before the delivery of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption under Article IV and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
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(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 3.2 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(i) In connection with any proposed transfer outside the book-entry system, there shall be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045. The Trustee may conclusively rely on the information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
(j) None of the Trustee or any Agent shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) 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, the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(k) None of the Trustee or any Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of optional redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes.
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ARTICLE IV.
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture, as amended by the provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.
Section 4.1 Optional Redemption of Notes.
The Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, in whole or in part, at a redemption price (the Redemption Price) in cash calculated by the Company and equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360- day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points (0.20%), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part on or after the Par Call Date and, if the Notes are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price in cash will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). The Company shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.1 on any date the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date.
Section 4.2 Notice of Optional Redemption, Selection of Notes.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.1, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be sent, the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed, or sent by electronic transmission, a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen calendar days but not more than sixty calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its last address as the same appears on the security register; provided that if the Company makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee, provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Company. Such mailing shall be by first class mail or by electronic transmission. The notice, if sent in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or electronic submission or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
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(b) Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (1) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; (2) the CUSIP number or numbers of the Notes being redeemed; (3) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day); (4) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed; (5) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes; and (6) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(c) On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 4.2, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 4.2 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price (it being acknowledged that the Trustee has no obligation to invest any such deposit).
(d) If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, on a pro rata basis, by lot or such other method it deems fair and appropriate or as required by the Depositary for Global Notes, subject to Applicable Procedures (in the case of Global Notes), the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Notes or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof). The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.
Section 4.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Company.
(a) If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 4.2, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable and if the Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, then on and after such date (1) such Notes will cease to be outstanding, (2) interest will cease to accrue on any Notes
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called for redemption at the Redemption Date, (3) on and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under the Indenture and (4) the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. Such will be the case whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes in book-entry form is made and whether or not the Notes in certificated form, together with necessary endorsements, are delivered to the Paying Agent; provided, however, if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption).
(b) Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.
ARTICLE V.
GUARANTEE
Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 hereof shall replace Sections 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes and the Note Guarantee. Section 5.5 shall supersede clause (a)(i)(A) of Section 12.4 of the Base Indenture; provided that the remaining provisions of Section 12.4 of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5.1 Note Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article V, for value received, each Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees, on a joint and several basis (each a Guarantee), to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes, and interest, if any, on, the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or the Notes (including fees and expenses of counsel) will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms under the Indenture or the Notes; and
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(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, each Guarantor will be obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes are full and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Indenture or the Notes, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions of the Indenture or the Notes, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of such Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that in the event of a default in payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes entitled to the Guarantee, whether at the Stated Maturity or upon acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 6.7 of the Base Indenture, by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against such Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company. Each Guarantor hereby (1) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever, (2) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee without notice to it and (3) covenants that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Indenture and the Notes.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or such Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VII for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VII, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.
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Section 5.2 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 5.1, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Third Supplemental Indenture and a Notation of Guarantee will be executed on its behalf by one of its Officers and such Notation of Guarantee shall be affixed to the Notes. If an Officer whose signature is on this Third Supplemental Indenture or Notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which the Notation of Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture on behalf of such Guarantor.
Section 5.3 Limitation of Guarantors Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of each Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to the Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 5.4 Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantors.
(a) For purposes of any provision of the Indenture which provides for the delivery by any Guarantor of an Officers Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.2 shall apply to such Guarantor as if references therein to the Company or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, were references to such Guarantor.
(b) Any notice or demand which by any provision of the Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes to or on any Guarantor may be given or served as described in Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture as if references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.
(c) Upon any demand, request or application by any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture, such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as are required in Section 10.1 as if all references therein to the Company were references to such Guarantor.
Section 5.5 Release of Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(a) A Subsidiary Guarantor will be automatically released and relieved from its obligations under its Guarantee and the Indenture, any supplemental indenture and Notation of Guarantee, in the following circumstances:
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(1) such Subsidiary Guarantor no longer guaranteeing or otherwise being an obligor (or which guarantee or obligation is being simultaneously released or will be immediately released after the release of the Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of the Notes) in respect of Triggering Indebtedness, provided that any release of such Subsidiary Guarantors Guarantee pursuant to this Section 5.5(a)(1) will not limit the obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to Guarantee the Notes at any time after such release if such Subsidiary subsequently, directly or indirectly, guarantees, or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of, Triggering Indebtedness;
(2) such Subsidiary Guarantor consolidating with, merging into or transferring all of its properties or assets to another Guarantor, and as a result of, or in connection with, such transaction such Subsidiary Guarantor dissolves or otherwise ceases to exist;
(3) if the Company exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Notes (as provided in Section 8.3 and Section 8.4, respectively, of the Base Indenture) or if the Companys obligations under the Indenture with respect to the Notes are discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (as provided in Section 8.1 of the Base Indenture);
(4) upon the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of such Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(5) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor;
provided, however, that in the case of Section 5.5(a)(4) and Section 5.5(a)(5) above, (1) such sale or other disposition is made to a person other than the Parent or any of its other Subsidiaries and (2) such sale or disposition is otherwise permitted by the Indenture.
ARTICLE VI.
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 6.3(a) hereof shall replace Article V of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes. The covenants set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.3 and 4.4 of the Base Indenture and the following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Notes so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding.
Section 6.1 Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.
(a) Aggregate Debt Test. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds of such additional Debt on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all the Parents outstanding Debt and that of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 65% of the sum of (without duplication):
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(1) the Parents Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Parents Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and
(2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any debt or 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
(b) Debt Service Test. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries 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 to 1.0, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that:
(1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Parent or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt since the first day of such period, had occurred at the beginning of such period;
(2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt (other than Debt repaid or retired with the proceeds of any other Debt, which repayment or retirement shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(1) and not this Section 6.1(b)(2)) by the Parent or 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, line of credit or similar facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period);
(3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries 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
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(4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions in excess of $100 million since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition and 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.
If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the calculation described in this Section 6.1 or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate (to the extent such Debt has been hedged to bear interest at a fixed rate, only the portion of such Debt, if any, that has not been so hedged), then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt will be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate that would have been in effect during the entire such period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period.
(c) Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Parent 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 Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(d) Secured Debt Test. The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest upon any of the Parents property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, 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 of the Parents outstanding Debt and the outstanding Debt of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on the Parents property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication):
(1) the Parents Total Assets as of the end of the latest fiscal quarter covered in the Parents Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the SEC (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, furnished to the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and
(2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any debt or 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 Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
For purposes of this Section 6.1, Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries whenever the Parent or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof. Furthermore, nothing in the covenants described under this Section 6.1 shall prevent the incurrence by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of Debt between or among the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
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Section 6.2 Existence.
Except as permitted by Section 6.3, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises, each Parent Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises and each Subsidiary Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises; provided, however, that none of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor will be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Parent determines that the preservation of the right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of the Companys, such Parent Guarantors or such Subsidiary Guarantors business, as the case may be.
Section 6.3 Merger, Consolidation or Sale.
(a) The Company and any Parent Guarantor may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its respective assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity, provided that the following conditions are met:
(1) the Company or any Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Company or such Parent Guarantor, as the case may be) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and, in the case of the Company, shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in the Indenture or, in the case of any Parent Guarantor, shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture the payment of all amounts due under its Guarantee of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of a Parent Guarantor in the Indenture and the Guarantee, as the case may be;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel each stating that the conditions precedent relating to such supplemental indenture have been met, and such supplemental indenture is permitted under the Indenture shall be delivered to the Trustee.
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Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a) above, any Subsidiary of any Parent Guarantor (including any such Subsidiary that is a Parent Guarantor, but other than the Company) may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to such Parent Guarantor and neither an Officers Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered.
In the event of any transaction described in and complying with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.3(a), but not a lease, in which the Company and/or any Parent Guarantor is not the continuing entity, the successor person formed or remaining shall succeed, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company and/or such Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Company and/or such Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be discharged from its or their obligations under the Indenture and the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable.
(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of such Subsidiary Guarantors respective assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity, provided that the following conditions are met:
(1) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture the payment of all amounts due under its Guarantee of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of such Subsidiary Guarantor in the Indenture and the Guarantee, as the case may be; provided, that the foregoing requirement will not apply in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor (x) that has been disposed of in its entirety to another person (other than to a Parent Guarantor or an affiliate of such Parent Guarantor), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of capital stock or has sold, leased or conveyed all or substantially all of its assets or (y) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its capital stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel each stating that the conditions precedent relating to such supplemental indenture have been met, and such supplemental indenture is permitted under the Indenture shall be delivered to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding Section 6.3(b) above, any Subsidiary of any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any such Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor) may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to such Subsidiary Guarantor and neither an Officers Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered.
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In the event of any transaction described in and complying with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.3(b), but not a lease, in which such Subsidiary Guarantor is not the continuing entity, the successor person formed or remaining shall succeed, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be discharged from its obligations under its Guarantee and the Indenture.
(c) This Section 6.3 shall not apply to:
(1) a merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among any Parent Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, however that the foregoing clause shall not apply to any merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets involving the Company where the Company is not the continuing entity or the successor entity; or
(2) a merger between any Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, respectively, and an affiliate of such Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary incorporated or formed solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary in another state of the United States.
Section 6.4 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company and the Parent will each pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged before it becomes delinquent: (a) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed on it or any of its Subsidiaries or on its or any such Subsidiarys income, profits or property; and (b) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a material lien upon its property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, neither the Company nor the Parent will be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith. If a tenant or borrower of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries fails to meet a contractual obligation to pay taxes, assessments or governmental charges related to property leased from or financed by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, it will not constitute a violation if the Parent pays or discharges or causes to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment or charge promptly following its actual awareness of such failure.
Section 6.5 Provision of Financial Information.
The Parent shall, so long as any Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Parent is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For so long as the Notes are outstanding, if at any time the Parent is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Parent will, at its option, either (1) post on a publicly available website, (2) post on
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IntraLinks or any comparable password protected online data system requiring user identification and a confidentiality acknowledgement (a Confidential Datasite) or (3) deliver to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, in each case, within 15 days of the filing date that would be applicable to a non-accelerated filer at that time pursuant to applicable SEC rules and regulations, the quarterly and audited annual financial statements and accompanying Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that would have been required to be contained in annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, respectively, had the Parent been subject to such Exchange Act reporting requirements. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether or not such reports, information, statements or documents have been filed, posted or delivered. If the Parent elects to furnish such reports via a Confidential Datasite, access to the Confidential Datasite will be provided upon request to Holders, beneficial owners of and bona fide potential investors in the Notes.
Reports, information and documents filed with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this Section 6.5; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants relating to the Notes (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 6.6 Maintenance of Properties.
The Parent will cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of the Parents business or the business of any of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order, normal wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted, and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements of the Parents and its Subsidiaries material properties, all as in the Parents judgment may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that the Parent and its Subsidiaries will not be prevented from (1) removing permanently any property that has been condemned or suffered a casualty loss, if it is in the Parents or such Subsidiarys best interests, (2) discontinuing maintenance or operation of any property if, in the Parents or such Subsidiarys reasonable judgment, doing so is in the Parents or such Subsidiarys best interest and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes or (3) selling or otherwise disposing for value the Parents or its Subsidiaries properties in the ordinary course of business.
Section 6.7 Insurance.
The Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain (either directly or indirectly by causing its tenants to maintain), with responsible companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations in accordance with prevailing market conditions and availability.
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Section 6.8 Subsidiary Guarantors.
Following the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Parent shall cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub) if, and for so long as, such Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of Triggering Indebtedness, to, jointly and severally with the Parent Guarantors and any other Subsidiary of the Parent that guarantees the Notes, fully and unconditionally guarantee the Companys obligations under the Notes, including the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, whether at Stated Maturity, upon acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture to the Indenture, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto, and a Notation of Guarantee, attached as Exhibit A to the Base Indenture, that provides for the Guarantee within thirty calendar days and to affix such Notation of Guarantee to the Notes and, pursuant to such supplemental indenture and Notation of Guarantee, such Subsidiary shall fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation in Article V of this Third Supplemental Indenture (each such Subsidiary, unless and until such time such Subsidiary is released from its obligations under the Indenture and its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, a Subsidiary Guarantor).
ARTICLE VII.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof shall replace Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 7.1 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein or in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) | default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; |
(b) | default in the payment of the principal amount or any other portion of the Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; |
(c) | failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with any of the Companys or any Guarantors respective other agreements in the Notes, the Note Guarantee or the Indenture with respect to the Notes upon receipt by the Company of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Companys failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after it receives such notice; |
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(d) | failure to pay any Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) for monies borrowed by the Company, the Parent or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) is, or has become, the primary obligation of the Company or the Parent and is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within 60 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee (or to the Company and the Trustee from Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); |
(e) | the Note Guarantee of any Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or the Note Guarantee, except by reason of the release of such Note Guarantee in accordance with provisions of the Indenture; or |
(f) | the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: |
(i) | commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary; or |
(ii) | consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary; or |
(iii) | consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially of its property; or |
(iv) | makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or |
(g) | an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or |
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(h) | a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: |
(i) | is for relief against the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding; |
(ii) | appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, such Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary; or |
(iii) | orders the liquidation of the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary, in each case in this clause (h), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days. |
The term Bankruptcy Law means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors.
Section 7.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, which shall result in an automatic acceleration), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) shall occur with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Notes shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.13 of the Base Indenture, if: (a) the Company or the Parent has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, plus the reasonable compensation and
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reimbursement for the Trustees expenses, disbursements and advances pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture; and (b) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Company shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.3 of the Base Indenture and the steps to be taken to cure such Event of Default.
ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 hereof shall replace Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 8.1 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, when authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Parent, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental without the consent of the Holders of the Notes hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture; provided that this action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;
(b) to evidence a successor to the Company as obligor or to any Guarantor as guarantor under the Indenture with respect to the Notes;
(c) to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes then outstanding;
(d) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture;
(e) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee;
(f) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;
(g) to reflect the release of any Guarantor, as guarantor, in accordance with the Indenture;
(h) to secure the Notes;
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(i) to add guarantors with respect to the Notes; and
(j) to conform the text of the Indenture, any Guarantee or the Notes to any provision of the description thereof set forth under the captions Description of Notes and Description of Debt Securities in the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Parent certified by the corresponding Secretary or Assistant Secretary, authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 8.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.2.
Section 8.2 With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, the Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note so affected:
(a) reduce the principal amount of the Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including Defaulted Interest) on the Notes;
(c) reduce the principal of, or premium, if any, on, or change the Stated Maturity of, the Notes;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes payable in any currency other than that stated in the Notes;
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(f) make any change in Section 6.8 of the Base Indenture, 6.13 of the Base Indenture or Section 8.2(f) of this Third Supplemental Indenture (this sentence);
(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to the Notes; or
(h) release any Guarantor as a guarantor of the Notes other than as provided in the Indenture or modify the Note Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Parent certified by the corresponding Secretary or Assistant Secretary, authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of an Officers Certificate certifying receipt of the requisite consent of Holders as aforesaid, upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by the Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate or both stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture, that all conditions precedent to the execution of such supplemental indenture have been complied with, and that the supplemental indenture is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors as applicable, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
ARTICLE IX.
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES
Section 9.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article IX to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act provided by the Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.
Section 9.2 Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders for any purpose specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
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(b) In case at any time the Company, the Parent or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders for any purpose specified in Section 9.1, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company, the Parent, if applicable, or the Holders in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 9.2.
Section 9.3 Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders, a person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more outstanding Notes, or (b) a person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders; provided, that none of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders or be counted for purposes of determining a quorum at any such meeting in respect of any Notes owned by such persons. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, any representatives of any Guarantor and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 9.4 Quorum; Action.
The persons entitled to vote at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 9.2, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.
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Except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2, any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which the Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Any such resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders duly held in accordance with this Section 9.4 shall be binding on all the Holders, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 9.5 Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 9.2(b), in which case the Company, any Guarantor or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting, each Holder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to Section 9.2 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
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Section 9.6 Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 9.2 and, if applicable, Section 9.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and the Guarantors, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee.
This Section 10.1 shall replace Sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate in a form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that all covenants and conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such covenants and conditions precedent have been complied with. The Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel provided for in the Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in the Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person making such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel is based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.
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Section 10.2 No Recourse Against Others.
This Section 10.2 shall replace Section 10.8 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article V of this Third Supplemental Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article IV) or premium, if any, or interest on any Note or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any director, officer, employee, stockholder or limited partner (past or present), as such, of the Company or any Guarantor and such parties shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, the Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
Section 10.3 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Third Supplemental Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 10.4 Governing Law.
THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEE, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE NOTE GUARANTEE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 10.5 Counterparts.
This Third Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Third Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, pdf, tif or jpg) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent
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permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing, and anything in this Third Supplemental Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) any Officers Certificate, Company Order, Opinion of Counsel, Note, Note Guarantee, opinion of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means and formats, (b) all references in Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, Section 5.2 of this Third Supplemental Indenture or elsewhere in the Indenture to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Note, any Guarantee endorsed on any Note, or any certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Note by means of a manual or facsimile signature shall be deemed to include signatures that are made or transmitted by any of the foregoing electronic means or formats, and (c) any requirement in this Indenture that any signature be made under a corporate seal (or facsimile thereof) shall not be applicable to the Notes or any Note Guarantees. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions.
Section 10.6 Successors.
All agreements of the Company and each Guarantor in this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 10.7 Severability.
In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.8 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Third Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 10.9 Ratifications.
The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
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Section 10.10 Effectiveness.
The provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.
Section 10.11 The Trustee.
The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Company. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, as the Company | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
Invitation Homes Inc., as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
IH Merger Sub, LLC, as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Olsen | |
Name: Jonathan Olsen | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Finance | ||
U.S. Bank National Association, as the Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Michael K. Herberger | |
Name: Michael K. Herberger | ||
Title: Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2(a) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP (THE COMPANY) AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY 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 MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
2.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034
Certificate No. []
CUSIP No.: []
ISIN: []
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Exhibit A-1
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] MILLION DOLLARS ($[ ])[, or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note,] on January 15, 2034 at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on July 15, 2022, to the Holder in whose name the Note is registered in the security register on the preceding January 1 or July 1, whether or not a Business Day, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the security register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2,000,000 may specify by written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in such notice, or on any Global Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually or by facsimile by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
Exhibit A-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated: [ ], 20[ ]
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
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Exhibit A-3
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
Dated: [ ], 20[ ]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
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Authorized Signatory |
Exhibit A-4
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
INVITATION HOMES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
2.700% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, designated as its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (herein called the Notes), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2021 (herein called the Base Indenture), among the Company, the Parent Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the Trustee), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2021 (herein called the Third Supplemental Indenture, and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Holders of the Notes. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) of the Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, which shall result in an automatic acceleration) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(f), 7.1(g) or 7.1(h) of the Third Supplemental Indenture occurs with respect to the Company or any Parent Guarantor, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section 8.2 of the Third Supplemental Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default, subject to exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as among the Company and the Holder of the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency prescribed herein and in the Indenture.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Exhibit A-5
The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.
The Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Article IV of the Third Supplemental Indenture.
The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund.
The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XII of the Base Indenture as amended by Article V of the Third Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article V of the Third Supplemental Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price (as defined in Section 4.1 of the Third Supplemental Indenture) upon redemption pursuant to Article IV of the Third Supplemental Indenture) or premium, if any, or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any director, officer, employee, stockholder or limited partner (past or present), as such, of the Company or any Guarantor and such parties shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Note, the Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of this Note.
Exhibit A-6
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignees legal name)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee*:
* | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
Exhibit A-7
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in principal amount at maturity of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in principal amount at maturity of this Global Note |
Principal amount at maturity of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Custodian |
* | This Schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. |
Exhibit A-8
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO BY SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of ________ __, 20__, among __________________ (the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) and a Subsidiary of the Parent (as defined below), Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Parent), Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Company), Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the General Partner), IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (IH Merger Sub and, together with the Parent and the General Partner, the Parent Guarantors), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture) providing for the issuance from time to time of Securities in one or more Series;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 5, 2021 (the Third Supplemental Indenture), amending and supplementing the Base Indenture and establishing a Series of Securities designated as the Companys 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture and Notation of Guarantee pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation in Article V of the Third Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, and as further supplemented from time to time, including without limitation pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, is referred to herein as the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of Notes as follows:
Exhibit B-1
ARTICLE I.
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Relation to Indenture.
With respect to the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
Section 1.2 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
Section 1.3 General References.
Unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, (1) all references in this Supplemental Indenture to Articles and Sections refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture and (2) the terms herein, hereof, hereunder and any other word of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II.
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Section 2.1 Agreement to Guarantee.
The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees all of the Companys obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation in Article V of the Third Supplemental Indenture, and the Notation of Guarantee.
ARTICLE III.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Certain Trustee Matters.
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, the Parent Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes or any Guarantee or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company or any Parent Guarantor.
Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing in this Supplemental Indenture shall alter the duties, rights or obligations of the Trustee set forth in the Indenture.
Exhibit B-2
Section 3.2 Continued Effect.
Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture, in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 3.3 Governing Law.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.4 Counterparts.
This Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, pdf, tif or jpg) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
Section 3.5 Effect of Headings.
The Article and Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
[Signature Pages Follow]
Exhibit B-3
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.
[Name of Guaranteeing Subsidiary] | ||
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Title: | ||
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, as the Company | ||
By: Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, its sole general partner | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Invitation Homes Inc., as Guarantor | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, as Guarantor | ||
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Title: | ||
IH Merger Sub, LLC, as Guarantor | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit B-4
U.S. Bank National Association, as the Trustee | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit B-5
Exhibit 5.1
November 5, 2021
Invitation Homes Inc.
1717 Main Street, Suite 2000
Dallas, TX 75201
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-258290 and 333-258290-01) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have served as Maryland counsel to Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the sale and issuance by Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the 2028 Notes) and $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (together with the 2028 Notes, the Primary Notes) and the guarantees by each of the Company, Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (OP GP), and IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Merger Sub and, together with the Company and OP GP, the Guarantors), of the obligations of the Operating Partnership under the Primary Notes, each covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the Registration Statement), filed by the Guarantors and the Operating Partnership with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act).
In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Documents):
1. The Registration Statement, and the related form of prospectus included therein, substantially in the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act, related to the offering and guarantees of the Primary Notes;
2. The Prospectus Supplement, dated November 1, 2021, in the form filed with the Commission under the 1933 Act;
3. The charter of the Company, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the SDAT);
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4. The Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
5. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;
6. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board), and by a duly authorized committee of the Board, relating to, among other matters, (a) the sale and issuance of the Primary Notes by the Operating Partnership, (b) the guarantees of the Primary Notes by each of the Guarantors and (c) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents (as defined below), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
7. The Indenture, dated as of the dated August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee;
8. The Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (together with the Base Indenture, the 2028 Notes Indenture), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee;
9. The Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (together with the Base Indenture, the 2034 Notes Indenture), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee;
10. The Guarantee by the Guarantors, dated as of the date hereof, contained in the 2028 Notes Indenture (the 2028 Guarantee);
11. The Guarantee by the Guarantors, dated as of the date hereof, contained in the 2034 Notes Indenture (together with the 2028 Guarantee, the Guarantees and, collectively with the 2028 Notes Indenture and the 2034 Notes Indenture, the Transaction Documents);
12. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and
13. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.
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In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so.
2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.
3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such partys obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.
4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.
The phrase known to us is limited to the actual knowledge, without independent inquiry, of the lawyers at our firm who have performed legal services in connection with the issuance of this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.
2. The Company has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
3. The Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and, so far as is known to us, delivered by the Company.
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The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of any judicial decision which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements. We note that the Transaction Documents are governed by the laws of the State of New York. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Primary Notes (the Current Report), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to the Company and the Operating Partnership, may rely on this opinion in connection with its opinion of even date herewith relating to the Primary Notes and the Guarantees. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Venable LLP
Exhibit 5.2
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November 5, 2021
Invitation Homes Inc.
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC
IH Merger Sub, LLC
1717 Main Street, Suite 2000
Dallas, Texas 75201
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File Nos. 333-258290, 333-258290-01, 333-258290-02 and 333-258290-03 (the Registration Statement), filed by Invitation Homes Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership and the principal operating subsidiary of the Company (the Operating Partnership), Invitation Homes OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the General Partner), and IH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (IH Merger Sub), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), which Registration Statement became effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Operating Partnership is issuing $600,00,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnerships 2.300% Senior Notes due 2028 (the 2028 Notes) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnerships 2.700% Senior Notes due 2034 (the 2034 Notes). The 2028 Notes are being issued under an Indenture dated as of August 6, 2021 (the Base Indenture), as amended and supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 5, 2021 (the Second Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the 2028 Notes Indenture), each between the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub, each as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). The 2034 Notes are being issued under the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by a Third Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of November 5, 2021 (the Third Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the 2034 Notes Indenture), each between the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Company, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub, each as guarantor, and the Trustee, as trustee. The obligations of the Operating Partnership under the 2028 Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Company (the 2028 Notes Company Guarantee), the General Partner (the 2028 Notes GP Guarantee) and IH Merger Sub (the 2028 Notes IH Merger Sub Guarantee and, together with the 2028 Notes Company Guarantee and the 2028 Notes GP Guarantee, the
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2028 Notes Guarantees). The obligations of the Operating Partnership under the 2034 Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Company (the 2034 Notes Company Guarantee), the General Partner (the 2034 Notes GP Guarantee) and IH Merger Sub (the 2034 Notes IH Merger Sub Guarantee and, together with the 2034 Notes Company Guarantee, the 2034 Notes GP Guarantee, the 2028 Notes Guarantees, the 2028 Notes and the 2034 Notes, the Securities). The Securities are to be sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated November 1, 2021 (the Underwriting Agreement) among the Operating Partnership, the Company, the General Partner, IH Merger Sub and the Underwriters named therein.
This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
We have examined the Registration Statement, the 2028 Notes Indenture, the 2034 Notes Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Securities in global form and the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company (the Board) on behalf of the Company and in the Companys capacity as the sole member of each of IH Merger Sub, on behalf of IH Merger Sub, and of the General Partner, on behalf of the General Partner, acting in its own capacity and in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, and by the pricing committee of the Board established by the Board and by the Company as the sole member of the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership relating to the Registration Statement, the 2028 Notes Indenture, the 2034 Notes Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance of the Securities. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the General Partner and IH Merger Sub.
Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The 2028 Notes, when duly executed by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the 2028 Notes Indenture against payment of the requisite consideration therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership.
2. The 2034 Notes, when duly executed by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the 2034 Notes Indenture against payment of the requisite consideration therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership.
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3. Assuming the 2028 Notes Company Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with applicable law, the 2028 Notes Company Guarantee, when the 2028 Notes have been duly executed by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the 2028 Notes Indenture against payment of the requisite consideration therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company.
4. Assuming the 2034 Notes Company Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with applicable law, the 2034 Notes Company Guarantee, when the 2034 Notes have been duly executed by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the 2034 Notes Indenture against payment of the requisite consideration therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company.
5. When the 2028 Notes GP Guarantee and the 2028 Notes IH Merger Sub Guarantee have been duly executed and delivered by the General Partner and IH Merger Sub, respectively, and when the 2028 Notes have been duly executed by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the 2028 Notes Indenture against payment of the requisite consideration therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, each of the 2028 Notes GP Guarantee and the 2028 Notes IH Merger Sub Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the General Partner and IH Merger Sub, respectively.
6. When the 2034 Notes GP Guarantee and the 2034 Notes IH Merger Sub Guarantee have been duly executed and delivered by the General Partner and IH Merger Sub, respectively, and when the 2034 Notes have been duly executed by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the 2034 Notes Indenture against payment of the requisite consideration therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, each of the 2034 Notes GP Guarantee and the 2034 Notes IH Merger Sub Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the General Partner and IH Merger Sub, respectively.
Our opinion is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief. Our opinion is also subject to (i) provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States of America be expressed only in United States dollars, (ii) requirements that a claim with respect to any debt securities or other obligations that are denominated or payable other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated or payable other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (iii) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside of the United States of America or in a foreign currency.
Invitation Homes Inc.
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP
Invitation Homes OP GP LLC
IH Merger Sub, LLC
November 5, 2021
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This opinion letter is limited to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the laws of the State of New York (excluding the securities laws, the blue sky laws, the real estate syndication laws or the municipal laws or the laws, rules or regulations of any local agencies or governmental authorities of or within the State of New York). Various issues pertaining to Maryland law are addressed in the opinion of Venable LLP, which has been separately provided to you. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such matters. We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated November [5], 2021 and the incorporation by reference of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm under the caption Legal Matters in the prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Sidley Austin LLP |
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Document Type | 8-K |
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Entity Registrant Name | Invitation Homes Inc. |
Entity Incorporation State Country Code | MD |
Entity File Number | 001-38004 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 90-0939055 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 1717 Main Street |
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Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
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Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
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