THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AND PRIVATE SHELF AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 10.1

LTC PROPERTIES, INC.

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

NOTE PURCHASE AND PRIVATE SHELF AGREEMENT

 

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5.26% Series A-1 Senior Notes Due July 14, 2015

($25,000,000 Aggregate Original Principal Amount)

 

5.74% Series A-2 Senior Notes Due January 14, 2019

($25,000,000 Aggregate Original Principal Amount)

 

4.80% Series B Senior Notes Due July 20, 2021

($50,000,000 Aggregate Original Principal Amount)

 

3.99% Series C Senior Notes Due November 20, 2021

($70,000,000 Aggregate Original Principal Amount)

 

4.50% Series D Senior Notes Due July 31, 2026

($30,000,000 Aggregate Original Principal Amount)

 

$200,000,000 Private Shelf Facility

 

 

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LTC PROPERTIES, INC.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000

As of April 28, 2015

Prudential Investment Management, Inc.
Each Prudential Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) which is
a signatory of this Agreement or becomes bound by certain
provisions of this Agreement as hereinafter provided)

c/o Prudential Capital Group
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, LTC Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the Purchasers as follows:

1Authorization of Notes

1AAmendment and Restatement; Prior Release of Guarantors.

This Agreement amends, restates and replaces in its entirety that certain Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Prior Agreement”), between the Persons which are parties hereto as of the date hereof.  Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; and references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 20.4(b) of the Prior Agreement, each Guarantor (as defined in the Prior Agreement) was released and discharged automatically from its obligations under the Multiparty Guaranty (as defined in the Prior Agreement) effective as of October 14, 2014.

1BExisting Series A-1 Notes.

On July 14, 2010 the Company issued and sold $25,000,000 aggregate original principal amount of its 5.26% Series A-1 Senior Notes due July 14, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series A-1 Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement or any predecessor agreement to the Prior Agreement).  The Series A-1 Notes are substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A-1.

 

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1CExisting Series A-2 Notes.

On July 14, 2010 the Company issued and sold $25,000,000 aggregate original principal amount of its 5.74% Series A-2 Senior Notes due January 14, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series A-2 Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement or any predecessor agreement to the Prior Agreement).  The Series A-2 Notes are substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A-2.  The terms “Series A Note” and “Series A Notes” as used herein shall include each Series A-1 Note and each Series A-2 Note.

1DExisting Series B Notes.

On July 20, 2011 the Company issued and sold $50,000,000 aggregate original principal amount of its 4.80% Series B Senior Notes due July 20, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series B Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement or any predecessor agreement to the Prior Agreement).  The Series B Notes are substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A-3.

1EEXISTING SERIES C NOTES.

On November 20, 2013 the Company issued and sold $70,000,000 aggregate original principal amount of its 3.99% Series C Senior Notes due November 20, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series C Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement or any predecessor agreement to the Prior Agreement).  The Series C Notes are substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A-4.

1FEXISTING SERIES D NOTES.

On August 21, 2014 the Company issued and sold $30,000,000 aggregate original principal amount of its 4.50% Series D Senior Notes due July 31, 2026 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series D Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement or any predecessor agreement to the Prior Agreement).  The Series D Notes are substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A-5.

1GAuthorization of Issue of Shelf Notes.

The Company will authorize the issue and sale of its additional senior notes (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Shelf Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $200,000,000, which amount for the avoidance of doubt does not include the outstanding principal amounts under the Series A Notes, the Series B Notes, the Series C Notes and the Series D Notes, to be dated the date of issue thereof, to mature, in the case of each Shelf Note so issued, no more than 15 years after the date of original issuance thereof, to have an average life, in the case of each Shelf Note so issued, of no more than 12 years after the date of original issuance thereof, to bear interest on the unpaid balance thereof

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from the date thereof at the rate per annum, and to have such other particular terms, as shall be set forth, in the case of each Shelf Note so issued, in the Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to such Shelf Note delivered pursuant to Section 2B(5), and to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-6.  The terms “Note” and “Notes” as used herein shall include each Series A Note, each Series B Note, each Series C Note, each Series D Note and each Shelf Note.  Notes that have (i) the same final maturity, (ii) the same principal prepayment dates, (iii) the same principal prepayment amounts (as a percentage of the original principal amount of each Note), (iv) the same interest rate, (v) the same interest payment periods, and (vi) the same date of issuance (which, in the case of a Note issued in exchange for another Note, shall be deemed for these purposes the date on which such Note’s ultimate predecessor Note was issued), are herein called a “Series” of Notes.

2Sale And Purchase of Notes

2A[Intentionally Omitted].

2BSale and Purchase of Shelf Notes.

2B(1)Facility.  PIM is willing to consider, in its sole discretion and within limits that may be authorized for purchase by PIM and Prudential Affiliates from time to time, the purchase of Shelf Notes pursuant to this Agreement.  The willingness of PIM to consider such purchase of Shelf Notes is herein called the “Facility.”  At any time, (i) the aggregate principal amount of Shelf Notes stated in Section 1G,  minus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Shelf Notes purchased and sold pursuant to this Agreement prior to such time, minus (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Accepted Notes (as hereinafter defined) which have not yet been purchased and sold hereunder prior to such time, is herein called the “Available Facility Amount” at such time.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary appearing herein, (a) in no event shall any Shelf Note be purchased under the Facility if, upon giving effect to such purchase and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then outstanding would exceed $300,000,000, and (b) in no event shall any Shelf Note be purchased under the Facility by a Prudential Affiliate described in clause (i) of the definition thereof if, upon giving effect to such purchase and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes and any other notes of the Company then outstanding and held by all Prudential Affiliates described in such clause, would exceed $250,000,000.    NOTWITHSTANDING THE WILLINGNESS OF PIM TO CONSIDER PURCHASES OF SHELF NOTES, THIS AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO ON THE EXPRESS UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER PIM NOR ANY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE SHALL BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE OR ACCEPT OFFERS TO PURCHASE SHELF NOTES, OR TO QUOTE RATES, SPREADS OR OTHER TERMS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIC PURCHASES OF SHELF NOTES, AND THE FACILITY SHALL IN NO WAY BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY PIM OR ANY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE.

2B(2)Issuance Period.  Shelf Notes may be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement (or if such date is not a New York Business Day, the New York Business Day next preceding such date), and (ii) the thirtieth day after PIM shall have given to the Company, or the Company shall have given to PIM, written notice stating that it elects to terminate the issuance and sale of Shelf Notes

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pursuant to this Agreement (or if such thirtieth day is not a New York Business Day, the New York Business Day next preceding such thirtieth day).  The period during which Shelf Notes may be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement is herein called the “Issuance Period.”

2B(3)Request For Purchase.  The Company may from time to time during the Issuance Period make requests for purchases of Shelf Notes (each such request being herein called a “Request for Purchase”).  Each Request for Purchase shall be made to PIM by email or overnight delivery service, and shall (i) specify the aggregate principal amount of Shelf Notes covered thereby, which shall not be less than $10,000,000 and not be greater than the Available Facility Amount at the time such Request for Purchase is made, (ii) specify the principal amounts, final maturities (which shall be no more than 15 years from the date of original issuance), and principal prepayment dates and amounts (which shall result in an average life of no more than 12 years from the date of original issuance) of the Shelf Notes covered thereby, (iii) specify the interest payment periods (which shall be quarterly or semi-annually), (iv) specify the use of proceeds of such Shelf Notes, (v) specify the proposed day for the closing of the purchase and sale of such Shelf Notes, which shall be a Business Day during the Issuance Period not less than 10 Business Days and not more than 120 days after the making of such Request for Purchase, (vi) specify the number of the account and the name and address of the depository institution to which the purchase prices of such Shelf Notes are to be transferred on the Closing Day for such purchase and sale, (vii) certify that the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 are true on and as of the date of such Request for Purchase and that there exists on the date of such Request for Purchase no Event of Default or Default, and (viii) be substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.  Each Request for Purchase shall be in writing and shall be deemed made when received by PIM.

2B(4)Rate Quotes.  Not later than 5 Business Days after the Company shall have given PIM a Request for Purchase pursuant to Section 2B(3), PIM may, but shall be under no obligation to, provide to the Company by telephone interest rate quotes for the several principal amounts, maturities and principal prepayment schedules, and interest payment periods of Shelf Notes specified in such Request for Purchase.  Each quote shall represent the interest rate per annum payable on the outstanding principal balance of such Shelf Notes at which PIM or a Prudential Affiliate would be willing to purchase such Shelf Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof.

2B(5)Acceptance.  Within 2 minutes after PIM shall have provided any interest rate quotes pursuant to Section 2B(4) or such shorter period as PIM may specify to the Company (such period herein called the “Acceptance Window”), the Company may, subject to Section 2B(6), elect to accept such interest rate quotes as to not less than $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Shelf Notes specified in the related Request for Purchase.  Such election shall be made by an Authorized Officer of the Company notifying PIM by telephone or email within the Acceptance Window (but not earlier than 9:30 a.m. or later than 1:30 p.m. (or such later time as PIM may agree), New York City local time) that the Company elects to accept such interest rate quotes, specifying the Shelf Notes (each such Shelf Note being herein called an “Accepted Note”) as to which such acceptance (herein called an “Acceptance”) relates.  The day the Company notifies PIM of an Acceptance with respect to any Accepted Notes is herein called the “Acceptance Day” for such Accepted Notes.  Any interest rate quotes as to which PIM does not receive an Acceptance within the Acceptance Window shall expire, and no

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purchase or sale of Shelf Notes hereunder shall be made based on such expired interest rate quotes.  Subject to Section 2B(6) and the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company agrees to sell to PIM or a Prudential Affiliate, and PIM agrees to purchase, or to cause the purchase by a Prudential Affiliate of, the Accepted Notes at 100% of the principal amount of such Accepted Notes.  As soon as practicable following the Acceptance Day, the Company, PIM and each Prudential Affiliate which is to purchase any such Accepted Notes will execute a confirmation of such Acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit C (herein called a “Confirmation of Acceptance”).  If the Company should fail to execute and return to PIM within 2 Business Days following receipt thereof a Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to any Accepted Notes, PIM may at its election at any time prior to its receipt thereof cancel the closing with respect to such Accepted Notes by so notifying the Company in writing.

2B(6)Market Disruption.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2B(5), if PIM shall have provided interest rate quotes pursuant to Section 2B(4) and thereafter, prior to the time an Acceptance with respect to such quotes shall have been notified to PIM in accordance with Section 2B(5), the domestic market for United States treasury securities or derivatives shall have closed or there shall have occurred a general suspension, material limitation, or significant disruption of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the domestic market for United States treasury securities or derivatives, then such interest rate quotes shall expire, and no purchase or sale of Shelf Notes hereunder shall be made based on such expired interest rate quotes.  If the Company thereafter notifies PIM of the Acceptance of any such interest rate quotes, such Acceptance shall be ineffective for all purposes of this Agreement, and PIM shall promptly notify the Company that the provisions of this Section 2B(6) are applicable with respect to such Acceptance.

2B(7)Facility Closings.  Not later than 1:30 p.m. (New York City local time) on the Closing Day for any Accepted Notes, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser listed in the Confirmation of Acceptance relating thereto at the offices of Xxxxxx Price P.C.,  000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (or such other address as PIM may specify in writing), the Accepted Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of one or more Notes in authorized denominations as such Purchaser may request for each Series of Accepted Notes to be purchased on such Closing Day, dated the applicable Closing Day and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against payment of the purchase price thereof by transfer of immediately available funds for credit to the account specified in the Request for Purchase of such Notes.  If the Company fails to tender to any Purchaser the Accepted Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on the scheduled Closing Day for such Accepted Notes as provided above in this paragraph 2B(7), or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled by the time required on such scheduled Closing Day, the Company shall, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City local time, on such scheduled Closing Day notify PIM (which notification shall be deemed received by each Purchaser) in writing whether (i) such closing is to be rescheduled (such rescheduled date to be a Business Day during the Issuance Period not less than one Business Day and not more than 10 Business Days after such scheduled Closing Day (the “Rescheduled Closing Day”)) and certify to PIM (which certification shall be for the benefit of each Purchaser) that the Company reasonably believes that it will be able to comply with the conditions set forth in Section 4 on such Rescheduled Closing Day and that the Company will pay the Delayed Delivery Fee in accordance with Section 2B(8)(iii), or (ii) such closing is to be canceled and the Company will pay the Cancellation Fee

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as provided in Section 2B(8)(iv).  In the event that the Company shall fail to give such notice referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, PIM (on behalf of each Purchaser) may at its election, at any time after 2:00 p.m., New York City local time, on such scheduled Closing Day, notify the Company in writing that such closing is to be canceled and the Company is obligated to pay the Cancellation Fee as provided in Section 2B(8)(iv).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary appearing in this Agreement, the Company may elect to reschedule a closing with respect to any given Accepted Notes on not more than one occasion, unless PIM shall have otherwise consented in writing.

2B(8)Fees.

2B(8)(i)Draw Fees.  The Company shall pay to or as directed by PIM in immediately available funds a fee (herein called a “Draw Fee”) on or before each Closing Day (other than the initial Closing Day, if any, occurring within the first six months after the date hereof on which a minimum aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 of Shelf Notes is purchased and sold) in an amount equal to 0.10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold on such Closing Day.

2B(8)(ii)Structuring Fee.    In consideration for the time, effort and expense involved in the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement, the Company will pay to or as directed by PIM, on the date that is six months after the date hereof (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day),  a fully earned and non-refundable fee in the aggregate amount of $50,000;  provided,  however, that (a) if a minimum aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 of Shelf Notes is purchased and sold during the first six months after the date hereof, then the amount of such fee required to be paid on such day shall be reduced to $25,000, and (b) if a minimum aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of Shelf Notes is purchased and sold during the first three months after the date hereof, then no such fee shall be payable (herein called the “Structuring Fee”).

2B(8)(iii)Delayed Delivery Fees.

(a)  In the Event of a  Delayed Closing.  If the closing of the purchase and sale of any Accepted Note is delayed for any reason beyond the original Closing Day for such Accepted Note but such closing is ultimately consummated, then the Company shall pay to or as directed by PIM, on the actual Closing Day of such purchase and sale, an amount (herein called the “Delayed Delivery Fee”) equal to:

(BEY - MMY) X DTS/360 X PA

where “BEY” means Bond Equivalent Yield, i.e., the bond equivalent yield per annum of such Accepted Note; “MMY” means Money Market Yield, i.e., the yield per annum on an alternative Dollar investment of the highest quality selected by PIM having a maturity date or dates the same as, or closest to, the Rescheduled Closing Day from time to time fixed for the delayed delivery of such Accepted Note; “DTS” means Days to Settlement, i.e., the number of actual days elapsed from and including the original Closing Day for such Accepted Note to but excluding the date of such payment; and “PA” means Principal Amount, i.e., the principal amount of the Accepted Note for which such calculation is being made.

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In no case shall the Delayed Delivery Fee be less than zero.  Nothing contained herein shall obligate any Purchaser to purchase any Accepted Note on any day other than the Closing Day for

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such Accepted Note, as the same may be rescheduled from time to time in compliance with Section 2B(7).

(b)  In the Event of Cancellation.  If the Company at any time notifies PIM in writing that the Company is canceling the closing of the purchase and sale of any Accepted Note, or if PIM notifies the Company in writing under the circumstances set forth in the last sentence of paragraph 2B(5) or the penultimate sentence of Section 2B(7) that the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is to be canceled, or if the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is not consummated on or prior to the last day of the Issuance Period (the date of any such notification, or the last day of the Issuance Period, as the case may be, being herein called the “Cancellation Date”), the Company shall pay to or as directed by PIM in immediately available funds on the Cancellation Date an amount (herein called the “Cancellation Event Delayed Delivery Fee”) equal to:

(BEY - MMY) X DTS/360 X PA

where “BEY” means Bond Equivalent Yield, i.e., the bond equivalent yield per annum of such Accepted Note; “MMY” means Money Market Yield, i.e., the yield per annum on an alternative Dollar investment of the highest quality selected by PIM having a maturity date or dates the same as, or closest to, the original scheduled Closing Day or any Rescheduled Closing Day from time to time fixed for the delayed delivery of such Accepted Note; “DTS” means Days to Settlement, i.e., the number of actual days elapsed from and including the Acceptance Day for such Accepted Note to but excluding the Cancellation Date of such Accepted Note; and “PA” means Principal Amount, i.e., the principal amount of the Accepted Note for which such calculation is being made.

In no case shall the Cancellation Event Delayed Delivery Fee be less than zero.

2B(8)(iv)Cancellation Fee.  If the Company at any time notifies PIM in writing that the Company is canceling the closing of the purchase and sale of any Accepted Note, or if PIM notifies the Company in writing under the circumstances set forth in the last sentence of paragraph 2B(5) or the penultimate sentence of Section 2B(7) that the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is to be canceled, or if the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is not consummated on or prior to the last day of the Issuance Period, the Company shall pay to or as directed by PIM in immediately available funds on the Cancellation Date an amount (herein called the “Cancellation Fee”) equal to:

PI X PA

where “PI” means Price Increase, i.e., the quotient (expressed in decimals) obtained by dividing (a) the excess of the ask price (as determined by PIM) of the Hedge Treasury Note(s) on the Cancellation Date over the bid price (as determined by PIM) of the Hedge Treasury Note(s) on the Acceptance Day for such Accepted Note by (b) such bid price; and “PA” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2B(8)(iii).  The foregoing bid and ask prices shall be as reported by such publicly available source of such market data as is then customarily used by PIM, and rounded to the second decimal place.

In no case shall the Cancellation Fee be less than zero.

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3[Intentionally Omitted].

4Conditions.

The effectiveness of the amendment and restatement effected herein is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4A, and the obligation of any Purchaser to purchase and pay for any Shelf Notes is subject to the fulfillment to its satisfaction, on or before the applicable Closing Day, of the conditions set forth in Section 4B:

4AConditions to Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement.

4A(1)Officer’s Certificate (Unencumbered Assets/Qualified Mortgage Loans).   The Company shall have delivered to PIM an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of this Agreement, setting forth a listing of the Unencumbered Assets and Qualified Mortgage Loans as of the date of this Agreement.

4A(2)Officer’s Certificate (Bringdown).  The Company shall have delivered to PIM an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of this Agreement, certifying that (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 5 hereof are correct on and as of the date of this Agreement, and (b) on and as of the date of this Agreement (both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement effected herein) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

4A(3)Payment of Special Counsel Fees.  Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the date hereof the fees, charges and disbursements of the special counsel of PIM, the Series A Purchasers and the Series B Purchasers referred to in Section 4B(1)(g), to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the date hereof.

4BConditions to Each Closing.

4B(1)Certain Documents.  PIM and each Purchaser that is purchasing Notes on such Closing Day shall have received the following, each dated the applicable Closing Day (except as provided in clause (h)):

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4B(2)Payment of Fees.  The Company shall have paid to or as directed by PIM any fees due pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, including the Draw Fee due pursuant to Section 2B(8)(i) and any Delayed Delivery Fee due pursuant to Section 2B(8)(iii).

4B(3)Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 5 hereof shall, in each case, be correct when made and on and as of such Closing Day.

4B(4)Performance; No Default.    The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at such Closing Day, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the applicable Series of Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof pursuant to the requirements of Section 5.14) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

4B(5)Changes in Structure.  The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of organization or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial

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part of the liabilities of any other Person, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 5.5.

4B(6)Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc.  Each Purchaser’s purchase of Notes on such Closing Day shall (i) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (ii) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and (iii) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof.  If requested by any Purchaser of Notes on such Closing Day, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as it may reasonably specify to enable it to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

4B(7)Private Placement Number.  A Private Placement number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for each Series of Notes to be issued on the applicable Closing Day.

4B(8)Proceedings and Documents.  All corporate, organizational and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory to each Purchaser purchasing Notes on the applicable Closing Day and its special counsel, and each such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such counsel may reasonably request.

5RepresentationS and Warranties of the Company.

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

5.1Organization; Power and Authority.

The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Maryland, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has the requisite power and authority to own or hold under lease the Properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents and to perform the provisions of the Transaction Documents which it is required to perform.  The Company is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code, and its method of operation enables it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code.

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5.2Authorization, Etc.

This Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company, and each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (other than the Notes) constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

5.3Disclosure.

Neither this Agreement nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to PIM by or on behalf of the Company in connection herewith, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, PIM acknowledging that as to any projections furnished to PIM, the Company only represents that the same were prepared in good faith on the basis of information and estimates the Company believed to be reasonable at the time of the preparation and delivery thereof.  There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the other documents, certificates and other writings (including the Company’s most recent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K and the Company’s reports on Form 8-K filed during the period from January 1, 2014 through the date hereof) delivered to PIM by or on behalf of the Company.  Since the date of the most recent audited balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b), or if no such balance sheet has been delivered, the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, Properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the other documents, certificates and other writings delivered to PIM by or on behalf of the Company.

5.4Organization and Ownership of Equity in Subsidiaries; Affiliates.

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paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien except as disclosed on Schedule 5.4. 

5.5Financial Statements.

The Company has furnished each holder of Notes and each Purchaser of Accepted Notes with the following financial statements:  (i) consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day in each of the last three Fiscal Years completed prior to the date as of which this representation is made or repeated (other than Fiscal Years completed within 90 days prior to such date for which audited financial statements have not been released), and consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each such year, all certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized international standing; and (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the quarterly period (if any) most recently completed prior to such date and after the end of the most recent Fiscal Year (other than quarterly periods completed within 45 days prior to such date for which financial statements have not been released) and unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods from the beginning of the Fiscal Years in which such quarterly periods are included to the end of such quarterly periods and the comparable quarterly period in the immediately preceding Fiscal Year.  Such financial statements (including any related schedules and/or notes) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from year-end adjustments) consistently applied throughout the periods involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance with such principles.  The balance sheets fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof, and the statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows fairly present the consolidated financial results of their operations for the periods indicated.  The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Purchasers.  No event has occurred since the end of the most recent Fiscal Year for which such audited financial statements

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have been furnished which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.6Compliance with Laws; Other Instruments, Etc.

The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter (or similar constitutive documents) or bylaws (or similar documents), or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under the terms of any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting such Person or any of its Property, which default, if uncured, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.7Governmental Authorizations, Etc.

No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Transaction Documents.

5.8Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.

5.9Taxes.

All tax returns required to be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary in any jurisdiction have, in fact, been filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees, and other governmental charges upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon any of its Property, income or franchises, which are shown to be due and payable in such returns, have been paid, except such taxes, assessments, fees and governmental charges, if any, as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate

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proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and as to which adequate reserves established in accordance with GAAP have been provided or where the failure to so file or pay would not cause a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company does not know of any proposed additional tax assessment against it or its Subsidiaries for which adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP have not been made on their accounts.  Adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of the Company and each Subsidiary have been made for all open years, and for its current fiscal period.

5.10Title to Property; Leases.

The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective Properties (other than Properties which are leased) that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such Properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b), or if no such balance sheet has been delivered, the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement.

5.11Licenses, Permits, Etc.

5.12Compliance with ERISA.

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ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.

5.13Private Offering.

Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and other Institutional Investors (as defined in clause (c) to the definition of such term), each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment.  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would constitute a general solicitation with respect to the issuance or sale of the Notes or that otherwise would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

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5.14Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.

The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of each Series of Shelf Notes in the manner described in the applicable Request for Purchase with respect to such Series of Shelf Notes.  None of the proceeds of the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220).  Margin stock does not constitute more than 25% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 25% of the value of such assets.  As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

5.15Existing Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;  Future Liens.

5.16Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

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to, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act (“CISADA”) or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, any OFAC Sanctions Program, or any economic sanctions regulations administered and enforced by the United States or any enabling legislation or executive order relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, “U.S. Economic Sanctions”) (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii), a “Blocked Person”).  Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a state list of Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.

(ii)To the Company’s best knowledge, neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity has, within the last five years, directly or indirectly offered, promised, given, paid or authorized the offer, promise, giving or payment of anything of value to a

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Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty for the purposes of:  (1) influencing any act, decision or failure to act by such Government Official in his or her official capacity or such commercial counterparty; (2) inducing a Governmental Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the Governmental Official’s lawful duty; or (3) inducing a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty to use his or her influence with a government or instrumentality to affect any act or decision of such government or entity; in each case which is contrary to applicable law; and

(iii)No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case which would cause any holder of a Note to be in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.  The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

5.17Status under Certain Statutes.

Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.

5.18Environmental Matters.

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5.19Stock of the Company.

As of the date hereof, the entire outstanding capital stock of the Company consists of:  (i) Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, 2,000,000 shares outstanding; and (ii) Common Stock, 35,540,762 shares outstanding.

5.20Condition of Property; Casualties; Condemnation.

To the actual knowledge of the Company or its Unencumbered Asset Subsidiaries, and except such as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, each Property owned by them (a) is in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, (b) is free of structural defects, (c) is not subject to material deferred maintenance, and (d) has and will have all building systems contained therein in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted.  To the actual knowledge of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, and except such as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Properties owned by them is currently affected as a result of any fire, explosion, earthquake, flood, drought, windstorm, accident, strike or other labor disturbance, embargo, requisition or taking of Property or cancellation of contracts, permits or concessions by a Governmental Authority, riot, activities of armed forces or acts of God or of any public enemy.  No condemnation or other like proceedings that has had, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect, are pending and served nor, to the actual knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, threatened against any Property owned by it or any of its Subsidiaries in any manner whatsoever.  No casualty has occurred to any such Property that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.21Legal Requirements and Zoning.

To the actual knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the use and operation of each Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries constitutes a legal use under applicable

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zoning regulations (as the same may be modified by special use permits or the granting of variances) and complies in all material respects with all Legal Requirements, and does not violate in any material respect any material approvals, material restrictions of record or any material agreement affecting any such Property (or any portion thereof).

5.22[Intentionally Omitted].

5.23Solvency.

The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are solvent, able to pay their debts as they become due, and have sufficient capital to carry on their business as currently conducted.

5.24Hostile Tender Offers.

None of the proceeds of the sale of any Notes will be used to finance a Hostile Acquisition.

6Representations of the Purchasers.

6.1Purchase for Investment.    Each Purchaser of any Series of Shelf Notes severally represents that it is purchasing such Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or their control.  Each such Purchaser understands that such Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register such Notes.

6.2Source of Funds.

Each Purchaser of any Series of Shelf Notes severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of such Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

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As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan”, “governmental plan”, and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

7Information as to the Company.

The Company covenants that during the Issuance Period and so long thereafter as any Notes remain outstanding or any amounts owing under the Transaction Documents remain unpaid:

7.1Financial and Business Information.  The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

(i)a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

(ii)consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances,

provided that the filing within the time period specified above of the Company’s Form 10-K for such Fiscal Year (together with the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act, provided that such annual report need not be filed until required to be filed pursuant to SEC requirements) prepared in accordance with the

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requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b);

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Company or any Subsidiary or any of their Property which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(i)with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or

(ii)the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multi-employer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multi-employer Plan; or

(iii)any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

7.2Officer’s Certificate.  Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, setting forth:

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Section 10.2, Section 10.3, Section 10.9 and any additional Financial Covenants incorporated herein pursuant to Section 10.10, after giving effect to the exclusion from GAAP of the effects of Accounting Standards Codification 000-00-00 (previously referred to as SFAS 159) or any successor or similar provision to the extent it relates to “fair value” accounting for liabilities), and (y) a listing of the Unencumbered Assets and Qualified Mortgage Loans as of the end of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished; and

7.3Visitation.  The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

8Prepayment of the Notes.

The Series A Notes, the Series B Notes and any Shelf Notes shall be subject to required prepayment as and to the extent provided in Section 8.1.  The Series A Notes, the Series B Notes and any Shelf Notes shall also be subject to prepayment under the circumstances set forth in Section 8.2.

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8.1Required Prepayments.

8.2Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount.

The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes of any Series (to the exclusion of all other Series), in an amount not less than $1,000,000 (and increments of $100,000 in excess thereof) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such Series then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, or such lesser principal amount of the Notes of such Series as shall then be outstanding, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount.  The Company will give each holder of Notes of such Series written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 5 Business Days and not more than 60 days prior to the date (which shall be a Business Day) fixed for such prepayment.  Each such notice shall specify such date, the Series of Notes to be prepaid, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note of such Series held by the registered holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid.

8.3Allocation of Partial Prepayments.

In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes of each Series under Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.2, the principal amount prepaid shall be allocated among the Notes of such Series at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore prepaid.

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8.4Maturity; Surrender, Etc.

In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any.  From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue.  Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

8.5Purchase of Notes.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Affiliate to, purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes of any Series except (i) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes of such Series in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes of such Series, or (ii) pursuant to a written offer to purchase any outstanding Notes of such Series made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all Notes of such Series at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions.  The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

8.6Make-Whole Amount.

The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal; provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero.  For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the ask side yields reported, as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City local time) on the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, for actively traded United States treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date on the display

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designated as “Page PX1” on Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”) (or, if Bloomberg shall cease to report such yields on Page PX1 or shall cease to be PIM’s customary source of information for calculating make-whole amounts on privately placed notes, then such source as is then PIM’s customary source of such information), or if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable, (ii) the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the second Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded United States treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  Such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting United States treasury xxxx quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice, and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded United States treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal, and (2) the actively traded United States treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

“Remaining Average Life”  means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date; provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 12.1.

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2, or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

9Affirmative Covenants

The Company covenants that during the Issuance Period and for so long thereafter as any of the Notes are outstanding or any amounts owing under the Transaction Documents remain unpaid:

9.1Compliance with Laws and Contractual Obligations.    (a)  Without limiting Section 10.12, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with (i) all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject,

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including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA PATRIOT Act, Environmental Laws, and the other laws and regulations that are referenced in Section 5.16, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective Properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses and (ii) all contractual obligations, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations or non-compliance with such contractual obligations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.2Insurance.    The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and cause their respective tenants to maintain, with financially sound and reputable

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insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business, similarly situated, and operating like Properties.  The Company shall, upon the request of the Required Holders, furnish to the holders of Notes certificates of insurance setting forth in summary form the nature and extent of the insurance maintained on the Properties.

9.3Maintenance of Properties.  The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept (including, without limitation, by their respective tenants), their respective Properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its Properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.4Payment of Taxes and Claims.  The Company will cause each of its tenants to duly pay and discharge, all taxes, rates, assessments, fees, and governmental charges upon or against it or its Property relating to such Property, that individually or collectively would materially impair the value of such Property, and in each case before the same become delinquent and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate reserves are provided therefor.

The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their Properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on Properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary, or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.5Maintenance of Existence, Etc.  Subject to Section 10.3, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate or similar existence and the corporate or similar existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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9.6Books and Records.  The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

9.7Maintenance of REIT Status.  The Company will, at all times, conduct its affairs and the affairs of its Subsidiaries in a manner so as to continue to qualify as a REIT and elect to be treated as a REIT under all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

9.8Listing of Common Stock; Filing of Reports.  The Company will (i) at all times cause its common stock to be duly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation or other national stock exchange, and (ii) timely file all reports required to be filed by it with the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

9.9Limitations on Guaranties of Indebtedness.  Concurrent with (i) any Subsidiary issuing Unsecured Debt or becoming a guarantor or other obligor with respect to Unsecured Debt, or (ii) any Secured Debt becoming Unsecured Debt, the Company shall cause each Subsidiary described in clause (i) and each Subsidiary which is the issuer or a guarantor or other obligor with respect to Unsecured Debt described in clause (ii) (if the applicable Subsidiary is not then a guarantor or other obligor of the Notes) to execute and deliver to the holders of the Notes a guaranty of the obligations evidenced by the Notes, together with such other instruments, documents, certificates and opinions reasonably required by the Required Holders in connection therewith, each of the foregoing being in form and substance customary and appropriate for financings of this type.

9.10Information Required by Rule 144A.  Upon the request of the holder of any Note, the Company will promptly provide to such holder, and to any Qualified Institutional Buyer designated by such holder, such financial and other information as such holder may reasonably determine to be necessary in order to permit compliance with the information requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of Notes, except at such times as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

10Negative Covenants.

The Company covenants that, during the Issuance Period and for so long thereafter as any of the Notes are outstanding or any amounts owing under the Transaction Documents remain unpaid:

10.1Liens, Etc.    The Company will not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any Property owned by any such Person; provided,  however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent any Permitted Liens.  Without limitation of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company will not permit any Principal Credit Facility (including the Credit Agreement and the 2012 Note Agreement) to be secured by any consensual Lien unless the Notes are simultaneously secured pursuant to terms and provisions, including an intercreditor agreement, satisfactory to the Required Holders.

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10.2Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances.    The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, (i) directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through the purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in any Person, real property or improvement on real property, or any loans, advances, lines of credit, mortgage loans or other financings (including pursuant to sale/leaseback transactions) to any other Person, or (ii) acquire any real property, improvements on real property or all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided,  however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

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Investments made after the date hereof of the type described in Sections (j), (k), (l) and (n) immediately preceding shall at no time exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 30% of the Total Asset Value of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such time.  In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the original cost thereof (regardless of any subsequent appreciation or depreciation therein), and loans and advances shall be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.

10.3Mergers, Consolidations and Sales.    The Company will not merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or a series of transactions) any of its Property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person, or permit any Subsidiary to do so; provided,  however, that the Company may merge or consolidate with another Person, including a Subsidiary, if (A) the Company is the surviving corporation, (B) the Company will be in pro forma compliance with all provisions of this Agreement upon and after such merger or consolidation, and (C) the Company will not engage in any material line of business substantially different from that engaged in on the date hereof and; provided further, that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists this Section shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

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provided, that if the Gross Book Value of such sale, transfer or disposition during any Fiscal Quarter exceeds $10,000,000 and together with any other sales, transfers or dispositions made during such Fiscal Quarter in the aggregate exceed an amount equal to $100,000,000, then for such sales, transfers or dispositions, the Company shall provide to the holders of Notes covenant calculations for the covenants contained in Section 10.9, showing that, after giving effect to such sales, transfers or dispositions, the Company shall be in pro forma compliance with such covenants for the Fiscal Quarter then most recently ended for which financial statements have been provided hereunder.

10.4No Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates.    The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any contract, agreement or business arrangement with any of its Affiliates (other than with Wholly-owned Subsidiaries) on terms and conditions which are less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar contracts, agreements or business arrangements between Persons not affiliated with each other.

10.5No Changes in Fiscal Year.    The Fiscal Year of the Company ends on December 31st of each year; and the Company shall not change its Fiscal Year from its present basis.

10.6Change in the Nature of Business.    The Company will not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business or activity if as a result the general nature of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries would be changed in any material respect from the general nature of the business engaged in by it as of the date hereof.  As of the date hereof, the general nature of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries is primarily the business of the acquisition, financing and ownership of Senior Housing Assets and other business activities incidental thereto.

10.7Use of Proceeds of Notes.    The Company will not use the credit extended under this Agreement for any purpose other than solely the purposes set forth in, or otherwise contemplated by, Section 5.14 hereof.

10.8No Restrictions.    Except as provided herein, the Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary (except for bankruptcy remote subsidiaries established in connection with (i) any securitization or participation transaction or with any Permitted Lien, or (ii) any ownership of fee simple real estate Properties not exceeding $200,000,000 individually or in the aggregate) to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to:  (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Company or any other Subsidiary, (b) pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (d) transfer any of its Property to the Company or any other Subsidiary, provided however, that the foregoing does not impose any limitation on transfers of property that is subject to a Permitted Lien, or (e) guarantee the obligations evidenced by the Notes or under this Agreement and/or grant Liens on its assets to a collateral agent for the ratable benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes, the 2012 Noteholders, the Lenders under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement and other indebtedness as required by the Transaction Documents.

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10.9Financial Covenants.

10.10Two-Way Most Favored Lender.    If at any time after October 14, 2014 the Credit Agreement is amended or otherwise modified, or any agreement related to the Credit Agreement is entered into or is amended or otherwise modified, and as a result of any of the foregoing any Financial Covenant for the Bank Facility is modified (whether in a manner to be more beneficial or less beneficial to the lenders under the Credit Agreement) or eliminated, or any Financial Covenant is added for the Bank Facility (in each such case, a “Modified Bank Financial Covenant”), then (i) the corresponding Financial Covenant in this Agreement shall be deemed automatically modified in such manner or eliminated, as the case may be, or such additional Financial Covenant for the Bank Facility shall be deemed automatically incorporated by reference, in each case mutatis mutandis, as if such modified or additional Financial Covenant were set forth fully herein or such eliminated Financial Covenant were deleted herefrom, as applicable, and (ii) the Company shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after entering into any such Modified Bank Financial Covenant, advise the holders of Notes in writing of such Modified Bank Financial Covenant.  Thereafter, upon the request of the Required Holders, the Company shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement with the Required Holders evidencing the incorporation of such Modified Bank Financial Covenant, it being agreed

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that any failure to make such request or to enter into any such amendment shall in no way qualify or limit the effectiveness of the deemed modification or elimination, as the case may be, of the applicable Financial Covenant in this Agreement, or the incorporation by reference into this Agreement of the applicable additional Financial Covenant, in each case as described in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 10.10:  (a) no such modification of a Financial Covenant hereunder that would be less beneficial to the holders of the Notes, and no such elimination hereunder of a Financial Covenant, shall be effective if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior to the time such Modified Bank Financial Covenant becomes effective; (b) no modification or series of modifications effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.10 shall be effective to (w) increase the maximum permitted ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value as set forth in Section 10.9(a) of this Agreement to a level greater than 0.60 to 1.00 (assuming such Financial Covenant were calculated on a basis consistent with the manner in which it is calculated on the date hereof pursuant to this Agreement) or eliminate such Financial Covenant set forth in Section 10.9(a) from this Agreement, (x) increase the maximum permitted ratio of Secured Debt to Total Asset Value as set forth in Section 10.9(b) of this Agreement to a level greater than 0.40 to 1.00 (assuming such Financial Covenant were calculated on a basis consistent with the manner in which it is calculated on the date hereof pursuant to this Agreement) or eliminate such Financial Covenant set forth in Section 10.9(b) from this Agreement, (y) (i) increase the maximum permitted ratio of Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries to Unencumbered Asset Value as set forth in Section 10.9(c) of this Agreement to a level greater than 0.6667 to 1.00 (assuming such Financial Covenant were calculated on a basis consistent with the manner in which it is calculated on the date hereof pursuant to this Agreement), or (ii) modify the definition of “Capitalization Rate” such that the capitalization rate for ALFs would be lower than 7.00%, the capitalization rate for continuum of care facilities would be lower than 7.50%, any capitalization rate set forth in such definition on the date hereof as 10% would be lower than 8.50%, or any capitalization rate set forth in such definition on the date hereof as 11.5% would be lower than 11.5%, or (iii) eliminate such Financial Covenant set forth in Section 10.9(c) from this Agreement unless (1) such Financial Covenant is replaced with a Financial Covenant prohibiting the ratio of Total Asset Value (but computed solely for unencumbered assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries) to Unsecured Debt, or a formulation for such replacement Financial Covenant which is substantially similar thereto, from being less than 1.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter of the Company, (2) a customary priority debt covenant satisfactory to the Required Holders is added to Section 10.9 and (3) Section 10.1 is modified in a manner consistent with such newly added priority debt covenant and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, provided that if such Financial Covenant set forth in Section 10.9(c) is eliminated as provided in this clause (y)(iii), then the immediately preceding clauses (y)(i) and (y)(ii) will not be applicable or (z) decrease the minimum required ratio of EBITDA for any Rolling Period to Fixed Charges for such Rolling Period as set forth in Section 10.9(d) of this Agreement to a level less than 1.50 to 1.00 (assuming such Financial Covenant were calculated on a basis consistent with the manner in which it is calculated on the date hereof pursuant to this Agreement) or eliminate such Financial Covenant set forth in Section 10.9(d) from this Agreement; and (c) in the event the Bank Facility is terminated, all Financial Covenants hereunder shall be unaffected and shall remain in effect in the same manner as they existed immediately prior to such termination. 

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10.11Redemption of Stock, Etc.    The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, refinance or repay any preferred stock of the Company or any Subsidiary if an Event of Default exists at such time or immediately after giving effect thereto, or (b) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, refinance or repay any preferred stock of the Company or any Subsidiary with the proceeds from, or in exchange for, the issuance of capital stock which is mandatorily redeemable, preferred stock which is redeemable at the election of the holder thereof or preferred stock with respect to which any holder thereof has a put or similar right to require the Company or any Subsidiary to purchase, re-purchase or otherwise acquire such preferred stock.

10.12Terrorism Sanctions Regulations.    The Company will not and will not permit any Controlled Entity (a) to become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or any Person that is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or by the European Union, or (b) directly or indirectly to have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including, without limitation, any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Notes) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any holder to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such holder, or (ii) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (c) to engage, nor shall any Affiliate of either engage, in any activity that could subject such Person or any holder to sanctions under CISADA or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.

11Events Of Default.

An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

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the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

As used in Section 11(j), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

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12Remedies On Default, Etc.

12.1Acceleration.

Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (y) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived.  The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from prepayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

12.2Other Remedies.

If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.

12.3Rescission.

At any time after any Notes of any Series have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes

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of such Series then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes of such Series, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes of such Series that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes of such Series, at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes.  No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

12.4No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.

No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies.  No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement, any Note or any other Transaction Document upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.  Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.

13Registration; Exchange; Substitution Of Notes.

13.1Registration of Notes.

The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes.  The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary.  The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes.

13.2Transfer and Exchange of Notes.

Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in

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writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below), one or more replacement Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note.  Each such replacement Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of the Note so surrendered.  Each such replacement Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.  The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes.  Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $1,000,000; provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes of a Series, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $1,000,000.  Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2.

13.3Replacement of Notes.

Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

14Payments On Notes.

14.1Place of Payment.

Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of JPMorgan Chase Bank in such jurisdiction.  The holder of a Note may at any time, by notice to the Company, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of

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payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

14.2Home Office Payment.

So long as a Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose, in the case of the Series A Notes or the Series B Notes, on the Purchaser Schedule Relating to Series A Notes or Purchaser Schedule Relating to Series B Notes, as applicable, attached hereto as Schedule A and, in the case of any Series C Note, any Series D Note or any Shelf Note, on the Purchaser Schedule attached to the Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to such Note, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1.  Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by any Purchaser or its nominee such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a replacement Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2.  The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by any Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as each Purchaser has made in this Section 14.2.

15Expenses, Etc.

15.1Transaction Expenses.

Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel) incurred by PIM, the Purchasers or any holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without limitation:  (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, and (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Notes and the other Transaction Documents.  The Company will pay, and will save PIM, each

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Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders.

15.2Survival.

The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.

16Survival Of Representations And Warranties; Entire Agreement.

All representations and warranties contained herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any other holder of a Note.  All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement or such other Transaction Document.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among PIM, the Purchasers and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

17Amendment And Waiver.

17.1Requirements.

This Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents may be amended, and the Company may take any action herein or therein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if the Company shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s) of the Notes of each Series except that, (i) with the written consent of the holders of all Notes of a particular Series, and if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, of the holders of all Notes of all Series, at the time outstanding (and not without such written consents), the Notes of such Series may be amended or the provisions thereof waived to change the maturity thereof, to change or affect the principal thereof, or to change or affect the rate or time of payment of interest on or any Make-Whole Amount payable with respect to the Notes of such Series, (ii) without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to or waiver of the provisions of this Agreement shall change or affect the provisions of Section 12 or this Section 17 insofar as such provisions relate to proportions of the principal amount of the Notes of any Series, or the rights of any individual holder of Notes, required with respect to any declaration of Notes to be due and payable or with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration, (iii) with the written consent of PIM (and not without the written consent of PIM) the provisions of Section 2B may be amended or waived (except insofar as any such amendment or waiver would affect any rights or obligations with respect to the purchase and sale of Notes which shall

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have become Accepted Notes prior to such amendment or waiver), and (iv) with the written consent of all of the Purchasers which shall have become obligated to purchase Accepted Notes of any Series (and not without the written consent of all such Purchasers), any of the provisions of Sections 2B and 4 may be amended or waived insofar as such amendment or waiver would affect only rights or obligations with respect to the purchase and sale of the Accepted Notes of such Series or the terms and provisions of such Accepted Notes.  Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this Section 17, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent.

17.2Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

17.3Binding Effect. Etc.

Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver.  No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.  No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.  As used herein, the term “this Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

17.4Notes Held by Company, Etc.

Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes or any Series thereof then outstanding have approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes

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or any Series thereof, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes or any Series thereof to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes or any Series thereof then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

18Notices.

All notices and communications provided for hereunder (other than communications provided for in Section 2) shall be in writing and sent (a) by facsimile if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid).  Any such notice must be sent:

(i)if to any Series A Purchaser or its nominee or any Series B Purchaser or its nominee, to such Person at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule Relating to Series A Notes or Purchaser Schedule Relating to Series B Notes, as applicable, attached hereto as Schedule A and, in the case of a Purchaser of any Series C Note or its nominee, any Series D Note or its nominee, or any Shelf Note or its nominee, to such Person at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule attached to the Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to such Shelf Note, or at such other address as such Person or it shall have specified to the Company in writing;

(ii)if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing; or

(iii)if to the Company, at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer, or at such other address as the Company, shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed to have been given and received when delivered at the address so specified.  Any communication pursuant to Section 2 shall be made by the method specified for such communication in Section 2, and shall be effective to create any rights or obligations under this Agreement only if, in the case of a telephone communication, an Authorized Officer of the party conveying the information and of the party receiving the information are parties to the telephone call, and in the case of a facsimile communication, the communication is signed by an Authorized Officer of the party conveying the information, addressed to the attention of an Authorized Officer of the party receiving the information, and in fact received at the facsimile number that is listed for the party receiving the communication on the Information Schedule or at such other facsimile number as the party receiving the information shall have specified in writing to the party sending such information.

19Reproduction Of Documents.

This Agreement, and all documents relating hereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser on any Closing Day (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements,

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certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.  This Section 19 shall not prohibit any party hereto from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

20CONFIDENTIALITY.

For the purposes of this Section 20,  “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available.  Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which it offers to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party, or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes and this Agreement.  Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a

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Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement.  On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 20.

21MISCELLANEOUS.

21.1Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.

21.2Payments Due on Non-Business Days.

Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in Section 8.4 that the notice of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a New York Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding New York Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding New York Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

21.3Accounting Terms.

All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.  If, after the date of this Agreement, there shall occur any change in GAAP from those used in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.1(b) hereof for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012 and such change shall result in a change in the method of calculation of any financial covenant, standard or term found in this Agreement, either the Company or the Required Holders may by notice to the holders of the Notes and the Company, respectively, require that the holders of the Notes and the Company negotiate in good faith to amend such covenants, standards, and terms so as equitably to reflect such change in accounting principles, with the desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been made.  No delay by the Company or the Required Holders in requiring such negotiation shall limit their right to so require such a negotiation at any time after such a change in accounting principles.  Until any such covenant, standard, or term is amended in accordance with this Section 21.3,

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financial covenants shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such change in accounting principles.

21.4Severability.

Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

21.5Construction.

Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant.  Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof.

21.6Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

21.7Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such state that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such state.

21.8Jurisdiction and Process.    (a)  The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 21.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section.  The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding, and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.  Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

21.9Waiver of Jury Trial.    THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH.

WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES’ AGREEMENT TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY, if an action or other proceeding is brought in the State of California and if the above waiver of the right to a trial by jury is not enforceable, the parties hereto agree that any and all disputes or controversies of any nature between them concerning this Agreement, the Notes, the other Transaction Documents and the matters contemplated hereby or thereby (each, a “Claim”), including any and all questions of law or fact relating thereto, shall be determined by judicial reference pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure (“Reference”).  The parties shall select a single neutral referee, who shall be a retired state or federal judge.  In the event that the parties cannot agree upon a referee, the referee shall be appointed by the court.  The referee shall report a statement of decision to the court.  Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of any party at any time to exercise any self-help remedies, foreclose against any collateral or obtain provisional remedies.  The Company shall bear the fees and expenses of the referee unless the referee orders otherwise.  The referee shall also determine all issues relating to the applicability, interpretation, and enforceability of this paragraph.

21.10Transaction References.    The Company agrees that Prudential Capital Group may (a) refer to its role in the origination of the purchase of the Notes from the Company, as well as the identity of the Company and the aggregate principal amount and issue date of the Notes, on its internet site or in marketing materials, press releases, published “tombstone” announcements or any other print or electronic medium, and (b) display the Company’s corporate logo in conjunction with any such reference.

21.11No Novation.  This Agreement amends, restates and replaces the Prior Agreement and is not intended to constitute a novation thereof (it being acknowledged and

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agreed that the Company’s covenants in the Prior Agreement shall remain operative for periods prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, and any unwaived breach of such covenants or any unwaived breach of representations and warranties under the Prior Agreement made prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, in each case if such unwaived breach constituted a Default or Event of Default under the Prior Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, shall constitute a Default or Event of Default, as applicable, under this Agreement).

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