Schedule 13D
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
(CUSIP Number)
Roy
J. Katzovicz, Esq.
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
888
Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor
New York, New York
10019
212-813-3700
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
with copies to:
Andrew G. Dietderich, Esq.
Alan J. Sinsheimer, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004
212-558-4000
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. |
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SEC USE ONLY |
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SOLE VOTING POWER |
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5,484,684 |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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13.8%2 |
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1 Includes Series A-2
warrants (Warrants) currently exercisable for 1,916,667
shares of common stock par value $0.01 per share (Common
Share) of the Howard Hughes Corporation (the Issuer).
2 This calculation is
rounded down to the nearest tenth and is based on 37,718,326 Common
Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of November 9, 2010 as reported in Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 filed by the Issuer on November 8, 2010 (the Form S-11) and 1,916,667 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
PS Management GP, LLC |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION |
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Delaware
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SOLE VOTING POWER |
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5,484,684 |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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3 Includes Warrants currently exercisable for 1,916,667 Common Shares.
4 This calculation is rounded down to the nearest tenth and is based on 37,718,326 Common Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of November 9, 2010 as reported in the Form S-11 and 1,916,667 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Pershing Square GP, LLC |
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5 Includes Warrants currently exercisable for 1,701,076 Common Shares.
6 This calculation is rounded up to the nearest tenth and is based on 37,718,326 Common Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of November 9, 2010 as reported in the Form S-11 and 1,701,076 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
William A. Ackman |
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7 Includes Warrants currently exercisable for 1,916,667 Common Shares.
8 This calculation is rounded down to the nearest tenth and is based on 37,718,326 Common Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of November 9, 2010 as reported in the Form S-11 and 1,916,667 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Schedule 13D (Schedule 13D) relates to the common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
Common Share), of the Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Issuer). The
address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 110 North Wacker Drive, Chicago,
Illinois 60606.
As of November 19, 2010, the Reporting Persons (as defined below) beneficially owned an
aggregate of 3,568,017 Common Shares (the Subject Shares) as well as currently exercisable Series
A-2 warrants (the Warrants) to purchase an additional 1,916,667 Common Shares, representing
approximately 13.8% of the outstanding Common Shares. The Reporting Persons also have additional
economic exposure to approximately 5,399,839 notional Common Shares under certain cash-settled
total return swaps (the Swaps), bringing their total aggregate economic exposure to 10,884,523
Common Shares (approximately 27.5% of the outstanding Common Shares).
Item 2. Identity and Background
(a), (f) This Schedule 13D is being filed by: (i) Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (Pershing Square); (ii) PS Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (PS Management); (iii) Pershing Square GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (Pershing Square GP); and (iv) William A. Ackman, a citizen of the United States of
America (collectively, the Reporting Persons).
The Reporting Persons have entered into a joint filing agreement, dated as of November 19,
2010, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
(b) The business address of each of the Reporting Persons is 888 Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor,
New York, New York 10019.
(c) Pershing Squares principal business is serving as investment advisor to certain
affiliated funds. PS Managements principal business is serving as the sole general partner of
Pershing Square. Pershing Square GPs principal business is serving as the sole general partner of
Pershing Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership. The principal occupation of William A. Ackman is serving as the managing
member of each of PS Management and Pershing Square GP.
(d) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been a party to a civil
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such
proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of,
or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Pershing Square advises a number of client accounts, including the accounts of Pershing
Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, Pershing Square International, Ltd. a Cayman Islands exempted company (including its
wholly-owned subsidiary PSRH, Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (PSRH)) (collectively, the
Pershing Square Funds).
Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below in Item 4), on
November 9, 2010, Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, purchased 1,212,309
Common Shares at $47.62 per share for a total investment of $57,729,000. The Pershing Square Funds
also received for their account 1,916,667 Warrants as part of their aggregate equity and debt
investment of approximately $1.06 billion. This included consideration for 65,283,534 shares of
common stock of newly reorganized General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (New
GGP) (such shares, New GGP Shares) and warrants to purchase an additional 16,428,571 New GGP
Shares, a portion of which are subject to vesting requirements that may result in forfeiture under
some circumstances. The source of funds was derived from the capital of the Pershing Square Funds.
On October 21, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the
Bankruptcy Court) confirmed the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the Plan) under
chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code of General Growth Properties, Inc. (Old GGP), and certain of
its domestic subsidiaries. On November 9, 2010, the Plan became effective. Pursuant to the Plan,
Old GGP spun-off the Issuer as an independent, publicly-listed company and exchanged each share of
its common stock for, in addition to other consideration, approximately 0.098 Common Shares. As a
result of the foregoing, on November 9, 2010, 23,953,782 shares of Old GGP
common stock owned by the Reporting Persons were exchanged for 2,355,708 Common Shares for no
additional consideration. In addition, Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds,
entered into the Swaps. The source of funds for such transactions was derived from the capital of
the Pershing Square Funds.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The
Reporting Persons hold their stake for investment purposes.
Representatives of the Reporting Persons expect to conduct discussions from time to time with
management of the Issuer, other stockholders of the Issuer or other relevant parties that may
include matters relating to the financial condition, strategy, business, assets, operations,
capital structure and strategic plans of the Issuer. In addition to the foregoing, the Reporting
Persons may engage the Issuer, other stockholders of the Issuer or other relevant parties in
discussions that may include one or more of the other actions described in subsections (a) through
(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
The Reporting Persons intend to review their investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis.
Depending on various factors, including the Issuers financial position and strategic direction,
the outcome of the discussions referenced above, actions taken by the Board of Directors of the
Issuer, price levels of the securities of the Issuer, other investment opportunities available to
the Reporting Persons, the availability and cost of debt financing, conditions in the capital
markets and general economic and industry conditions, the Reporting Persons may in the future take
such actions with respect to their investments in the Issuer as they deem appropriate, including
purchasing additional securities of the Issuer, entering into financial instruments or other
agreements which increase or decrease the Reporting Persons economic exposure with respect to
their investments in the Issuer, selling some or all of the Reporting Persons respective holdings
in the Issuer, engaging in any hedging or similar transactions with respect to such holdings and/or
otherwise changing their intention with respect to any and all matters referred to in Item 4 of
Schedule 13D.
On November 9, 2010, Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, and GGP entered
into an Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement (Stock Purchase Agreement), which is filed
as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock
Purchase Agreement, in addition to the acquisition of certain securities of New GGP,
Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, acquired 1,212,309 Common Shares and
1,916,667 Warrants. Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Common Share at an initial
price of $50.00 per share. The number of shares underlying each warrant and the exercise price of
each warrant are both subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant Agreement (as defined
below). The Warrants are settled on a net share basis. Upon the occurrence of certain change in
control events, as described in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below), a holder of Warrants may
elect by written notice to require Issuer to redeem the Warrants and pay to such holder an amount
in cash equal to the fair value of the Warrants as of the date of such change in control event.
The Warrants expire as of the close of business on the Expiration Date. None of the Pershing
Square Funds is entitled to voting rights, or any similar rights, in the Common Share underlying a
Warrant prior to the exercise of such Warrant.
Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, Pershing Square, on
behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, obtained the right to appoint three members of the Issuers
nine-member board of directors (the HHC Board). On November 9, 2010, (i) William A. Ackman, CEO
of Pershing Square and Chairman of the HHC Board (ii) Gray Krow, former President, CEO and a
director of GiftCertificates.com and former President of Comdata Corporation, a subsidiary of
Ceridian Corporation, and (iii) Allen Model, Co-Founder, Treasurer and Managing Director of
Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd., and a member of Pershing Squares advisory board, were
appointed to the HHC Board by Pershing Square.
On November 9, 2010, the Issuer and each of (1) Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing
Square Funds, and (2) Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Blackstone Real Estate Partners (AIV) VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Blackstone Real
Estate Partners VI.F L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.1
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Blackstone GGP Principal Transaction Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively
Blackstone) entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.3 hereto
and incorporated herein by reference.
On November 9, 2010, Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, and Issuer
entered into a Standstill Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.4 hereto and incorporated herein
by reference.
On November 9, 2010, Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, and Issuer
entered into a Shareholder Letter Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.5 hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
On November 9, 2010, Issuer and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability
company (Mellon) entered into a Warrant Agreement (Warrant Agreement), pursuant to which Mellon
agreed to act as a Warrant Agent in connection with the
issuance, transfer, exchange, replacement and exercise of the Warrant Certificates issued to the
Pershing Funds. The Warrant Agreement is filed as Exhibit 99.6 hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of Issuer
(a), (b) Based upon Issuers Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 filed by the Issuer on November 8,
2010 (the Form S-11) there are 37,718,326 Common Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of November
9, 2010. Based on the foregoing, the Subject Shares and Warrants represent approximately 13.8% of
the Common Shares issued and outstanding as of such date and 1,916,667 Common Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants.
Pershing Square, as the investment adviser to the Pershing Square Funds, may be deemed to have
the shared power to vote or direct the vote of (and the shared power to dispose or direct the
disposition of) the Subject Shares. As the general partner of Pershing Square, PS Management may be
deemed to have the shared power to vote or to direct the vote of (and the shared power to dispose
of or direct the disposition of) the Subject Shares. As the general partner of Pershing Square,
L.P. and Pershing Square II, L.P., Pershing Square GP may be deemed to have the shared power to
vote or to direct the vote of (and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of) the
Common Shares held for the benefit of Pershing Square, L.P. and Pershing Square II, L.P. By virtue
of William A. Ackmans position as managing member of each of PS Management and Pershing Square GP,
William A. Ackman may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of (and the
shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of) the Subject Shares and, therefore, William A.
Ackman may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Subject Shares for purposes of this Schedule
13D.
(c) Exhibit 99.7, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5(c) as if restated in
full herein, describes all of the transactions in Common Shares, Warrants and Swaps that were
effected during the past sixty days by the Reporting Persons for the benefit of the Pershing Square
Funds.
(d) No other person is known to the Reporting Persons to have the right to receive or the
power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Shares
covered by this Schedule 13D, except that dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, the Common
Shares held by the accounts managed by Pershing Square may be delivered to such accounts.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of
Issuer
The information set forth in Item 4 and Item 5 is incorporated herein by reference.
The Subject Shares and Warrants are beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. Furthermore,
the Reporting Persons entered into the Swaps for the benefit of Pershing Square, L.P., Pershing
Square II, L.P. and Pershing Square International, Ltd. (or its wholly-owned subsidiary, PSRH). The Swaps constitute economic exposure to approximately
5,399,839 notional Common Shares.
Under the terms of the Swaps (i) the applicable Pershing Square Fund will be obligated to pay
to the counterparty any negative price performance of the notional number of Common Shares subject
to the applicable Swap as of the expiration date of such Swap, plus interest at the rates set forth
in the applicable contracts, and (ii) the counterparty will be obligated to pay to the applicable
Pershing Square Fund any positive price performance of the notional number of Common Shares subject
to the applicable Swap as of the expiration date of the Swaps. With regard to certain of the Swaps,
any notional dividends on such notional Common Shares will be paid to the
applicable Pershing Square Fund during the term of the Swap. With regard to the balance of the
Swaps, any notional dividends on such notional Common Shares during the term of
the Swaps will be paid to the applicable Pershing Square Fund at maturity. All balances will be
cash settled at the expiration date of the Swaps. The Pershing Square Funds third party
counterparties for the Swaps include entities related to Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale
and UBS.
The Swaps do not give the Reporting Persons direct or indirect voting, investment or
dispositive control over any securities of the Issuer and do not require the counterparty thereto
to acquire, hold, vote or dispose of any securities of the Issuer. Accordingly, the Reporting
Persons disclaim any beneficial ownership of any notional Common Shares that may be referenced in
such contracts or Common Shares or other securities or financial instruments that may be held from
time to time by any counterparty (or its affiliates) to the contracts.
In addition to the agreements referenced above, the Reporting Persons from time to time, may
enter into and dispose of additional cash-settled total return swaps or other similar derivative
transactions with one or more counterparties that are based upon the value of Common Shares, which
transactions could be significant in amount. The profit, loss and/or return on such additional
contracts
may be wholly or partially dependent on the market value of the Common Shares, relative value of
the Common Shares in comparison to one or more other financial instruments, indexes or securities,
a basket or group of securities in which the Common Shares may be included or a combination of any
of the foregoing.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
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Exhibit 99.1
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Joint Filing Agreement |
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Exhibit 99.2
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Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, between Pershing Square, on behalf
of the Pershing Square Funds, and GGP |
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Exhibit 99.3
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, among Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square
Funds, Blackstone, and Issuer |
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Exhibit 99.4
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Standstill Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, between Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, and
Issuer |
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Exhibit 99.5
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Shareholder Letter Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, between Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square
Funds, and Issuer |
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Exhibit 99.6
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Warrant Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, between Issuer and Mellon |
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Exhibit 99.7
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Trading Data |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this Statement is true, complete, and correct.
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Date: November 19, 2010 |
PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
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PS Management GP, LLC,
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its General Partner
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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William A. Ackman |
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Managing Member |
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PS MANAGEMENT GP, LLC
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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William A. Ackman |
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Managing Member |
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PERSHING SQUARE GP, LLC
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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William A. Ackman |
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Managing Member |
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit 99.1
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Joint Filing Agreement |
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Exhibit 99.2
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Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, between Pershing Square, on behalf
of the Pershing Square Funds, and GGP |
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Exhibit 99.3
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, among Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square
Funds, Blackstone, and Issuer |
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Exhibit 99.4
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Standstill Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, between Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square Funds, and
Issuer |
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Exhibit 99.5
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Shareholder Letter Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, between Pershing Square, on behalf of the Pershing Square
Funds, and Issuer |
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Exhibit 99.6
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Warrant Agreement, dated November 9, 2010, between Issuer and Mellon |
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Exhibit 99.7
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Trading Data |
Exhibit 99.1
Exhibit 99.1
Joint Filing Agreement.
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of
the undersigned hereby agrees to the joint filing, along with all other such undersigned, on behalf
of the Reporting Persons (as defined in the joint filing), of a statement on Schedule 13D
(including amendments thereto) with respect to the common stock par value $0.01 per share of the
Howard Hughes Corp., a Delaware corporation, and that this agreement be included as an Exhibit to
such joint filing. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Date: November 19, 2010 |
PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
L.P.
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PS Management GP, LLC,
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its General Partner |
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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William A. Ackman |
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Managing Member |
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PS MANAGEMENT GP, LLC
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By: |
/s/ William A. Ackman
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William A. Ackman |
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Managing Member |
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PERSHING SQUARE GP, LLC
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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William A. Ackman |
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Managing Member |
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/s/ William A. Ackman
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Exhibit 99.2
Exhibit 99.2
Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement
AMENDED AND RESTATED
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
effective as of March 31, 2010
between
The Purchasers Party Hereto
and
General Growth Properties, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I PURCHASE OF NEW COMMON STOCK; CLOSING |
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Section 1.1 |
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Purchase of New Common Stock |
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Section 1.2 |
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Closing |
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Section 1.3 |
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Company Rights Offering Election |
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Section 1.4 |
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Company Election to Replace Certain Shares; Company Election to |
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Reserve and Repurchase Certain Shares |
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Section 1.5 |
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Pro Rata Reductions with Fairholme Agreement |
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ARTICLE II GGO SHARE DISTRIBUTION AND PURCHASE OF GGO COMMON STOCK |
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Section 2.1 |
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GGO Share Distribution |
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Section 2.2 |
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Purchase of GGO Common Stock |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 3.1 |
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Organization and Qualification |
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Section 3.2 |
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Corporate Power and Authority |
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Section 3.3 |
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Execution and Delivery; Enforceability |
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Section 3.4 |
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Authorized Capital Stock |
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Section 3.5 |
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Issuance |
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Section 3.6 |
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No Conflict |
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Section 3.7 |
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Consents and Approvals |
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Section 3.8 |
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Company Reports |
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Section 3.9 |
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No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Section 3.10 |
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No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 3.11 |
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No Violation or Default: Licenses and Permits |
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Section 3.12 |
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Legal Proceedings |
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Section 3.13 |
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Investment Company Act |
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Section 3.14 |
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Compliance With Environmental Laws |
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Section 3.15 |
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Company Benefit Plans |
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Section 3.16 |
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Labor and Employment Matters |
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Section 3.17 |
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Insurance |
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Section 3.18 |
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No Unlawful Payments |
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Section 3.19 |
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No Brokers Fees |
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Section 3.20 |
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Real and Personal Property |
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Section 3.21 |
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Tax Matters |
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Section 3.22 |
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Material Contracts |
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Section 3.23 |
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Certain Restrictions on Charter and Bylaws Provisions; State Takeover Laws |
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Section 3.24 |
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No Other Representations or Warranties |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER |
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Section 4.1 |
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Organization |
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Section 4.2 |
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Power and Authority |
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Section 4.3 |
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Execution and Delivery |
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Section 4.4 |
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No Conflict |
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Section 4.5 |
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Consents and Approvals |
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Section 4.6 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Section 4.7 |
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Legal Proceedings |
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Section 4.8 |
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No Brokers Fees |
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Section 4.9 |
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Sophistication |
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Section 4.10 |
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Purchaser Intent |
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Section 4.11 |
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Reliance on Exemptions |
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Section 4.12 |
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REIT Representations |
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Section 4.13 |
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Financial Capability |
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Section 4.14 |
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No Other Representations or Warranties |
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Section 4.15 |
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Acknowledgement |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND PURCHASER |
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Section 5.1 |
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Bankruptcy Court Motions and Orders |
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Section 5.2 |
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Warrants, New Warrants and GGO Warrants |
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Section 5.3 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 5.4 |
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Listing |
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Section 5.5 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Section 5.6 |
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Access to Information |
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Section 5.7 |
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Competing Transactions |
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Section 5.8 |
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Reservation for Issuance |
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Section 5.9 |
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Subscription Rights |
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Section 5.10 |
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Company Board of Directors |
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Section 5.11 |
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Notification of Certain Matters |
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Section 5.12 |
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Further Assurances |
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Section 5.13 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 5.14 |
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Rights Agreement; Reorganized Company Organizational Documents |
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Section 5.15 |
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Stockholder Approval |
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Section 5.16 |
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Closing Date Net Debt |
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Section 5.17 |
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Determination of Domestically Controlled REIT Status |
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF PURCHASER |
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Section 6.1 |
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Information |
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Section 6.2 |
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Purchaser Efforts |
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Section 6.3 |
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Plan Support |
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Section 6.4 |
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Transfer Restrictions |
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Section 6.5 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 6.6 |
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REIT Representations and Covenants |
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Section 6.7 |
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Non-Control Agreement |
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Section 6.8 |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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Section 6.9 |
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Additional Backstops |
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER |
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Section 7.1 |
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Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser |
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ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 8.1 |
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Conditions to the Obligations of the Company |
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ARTICLE IX [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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ARTICLE X SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 10.1 |
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Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE XI TERMINATION |
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Section 11.1 |
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Termination |
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Section 11.2 |
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Effects of Termination |
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ARTICLE XII DEFINITIONS |
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Section 12.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.1 |
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Notices |
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Section 13.2 |
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Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 13.3 |
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Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement |
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Section 13.4 |
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Governing Law; Venue |
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Section 13.5 |
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Company Disclosure Letter |
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100 |
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Section 13.6 |
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Counterparts |
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100 |
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Section 13.7 |
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Expenses |
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100 |
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Section 13.8 |
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Waivers and Amendments |
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100 |
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Section 13.9 |
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Construction |
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100 |
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Section 13.10 |
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Adjustment of Share Numbers and Prices |
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Section 13.11 |
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Certain Remedies |
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102 |
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Section 13.12 |
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Bankruptcy Matters |
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
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Exhibit A:
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Plan Summary Term Sheet |
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Exhibit B:
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Post-Bankruptcy GGP Corporate Structure |
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Exhibit C-1:
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Brookfield Agreement |
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Exhibit C-2:
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Fairholme Agreement |
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Exhibit D:
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REIT Representation Letter |
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Exhibit E:
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GGO Assets |
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Exhibit F:
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Form of Approval Order |
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Exhibit G:
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Form of Warrant Agreement |
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Exhibit H:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit I:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit J:
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Form of REIT Opinion |
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Exhibit K:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit L:
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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Exhibit M:
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Form of Non-Control Agreement |
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Exhibit N:
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Certain REIT Investors |
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Exhibit O:
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Form of Tax Matters Agreement |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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2006 Bank Loan |
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Additional Financing |
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66 |
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Additional Sales Period |
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79 |
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Adequate Reserves |
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30 |
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Adjusted CDND |
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52 |
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Affiliate |
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79 |
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Agreement |
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1 |
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Amended and Restated Agreement |
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1 |
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Anticipated Debt Paydowns |
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66 |
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Approval Motion |
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36 |
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Approval Order |
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36 |
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Asset Sales |
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66 |
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Backstop Investors |
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58 |
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Backstop Shares |
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7 |
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Bankruptcy Cases |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Code |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Court |
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1 |
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Blackstone |
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98 |
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Blackstone Assigned Securities |
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98 |
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Blackstone Assigned Shares |
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98 |
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Blackstone Assigned Warrants |
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98 |
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Blackstone Purchase Price |
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99 |
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Brazilian Entities |
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80 |
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Bridge Note Amount |
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9 |
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Bridge Note Interest Rate |
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9 |
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Bridge Note Maturity Date |
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9 |
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Bridge Notes |
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9 |
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Bridge Securities |
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59 |
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Brookfield Agreement |
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2 |
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Brookfield Consortium Member |
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80 |
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Brookfield Investor |
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2 |
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Business Day |
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80 |
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Calculation Date |
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52 |
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Capital Raising Activities |
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80 |
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Cash Equivalents |
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80 |
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Change of Control |
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80 |
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Chapter 11 |
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1 |
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Claims |
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81 |
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Clawback Fee |
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81 |
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Clawback Percentage |
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6 |
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Clawback Shares |
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6 |
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Defined Term |
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Closing |
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5 |
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Closing Date |
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5 |
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Closing Date Net Debt |
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81 |
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Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts |
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82 |
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Closing Restraint |
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77 |
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CMPC |
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12 |
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CNDAS Dispute Notice |
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50 |
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CNDAS Disputed Items |
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50 |
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Code |
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22 |
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Common Stock |
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1 |
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Company |
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2 |
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Company Benefit Plan |
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82 |
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Company Board |
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82 |
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Company Disclosure Letter |
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13 |
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Company Ground Lease Property |
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27 |
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Company Mortgage Loan |
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28 |
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Company Option Plans |
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15 |
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Company Properties |
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25 |
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Company Property |
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25 |
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Company Property Lease |
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27 |
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Company Rights Offering |
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5 |
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Company SEC Reports |
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19 |
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Competing Transaction |
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82 |
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Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement |
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83 |
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Confirmation Order |
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62 |
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Confirmed Debtors |
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92 |
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Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims |
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83 |
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Contract |
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83 |
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control |
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91 |
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Corporate Level Debt |
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83 |
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Dealer Manager |
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58 |
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Debt |
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84 |
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Debt Cap |
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66 |
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Debtors |
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1 |
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Designation Conditions |
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4 |
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DIP Loan |
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84 |
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Disclosure Statement |
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84 |
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Disclosure Statement Order |
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63 |
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Dispute Notice |
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49 |
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Disputed Items |
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50 |
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Domestically Controlled REIT |
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53 |
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Effective Date |
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5 |
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Encumbrances |
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25 |
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Environmental Laws |
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22 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Equity Exchange |
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2 |
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Equity Securities |
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15 |
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ERISA |
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84 |
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ERISA Affiliate |
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23 |
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Excess Equity Capital Proceeds |
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8 |
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Excess Surplus Amount |
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84 |
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Exchangeable Notes |
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84 |
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Excluded Claims |
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84 |
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Excluded Non-US Plans |
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23 |
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Fairholme Agreement |
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3 |
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Fairholme Purchasers |
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3 |
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Foreign Plan |
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23 |
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Fully Diluted Basis |
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86 |
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Fully Diluted GGO Economic Interest |
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87 |
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GAAP |
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87 |
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GGO |
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2 |
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GGO Agreement |
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43 |
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GGO Board |
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43 |
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GGO Common Share Amount |
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87 |
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GGO Common Stock |
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11 |
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GGO Non-Control Agreement |
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87 |
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GGO Note Amount |
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87 |
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GGO Per Share Purchase Price |
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13 |
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GGO Pro Rata Share |
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87 |
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GGO Promissory Note |
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88 |
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GGO Purchase Price |
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13 |
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GGO Representative |
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11 |
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GGO Setup Costs |
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88 |
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GGO Share Distribution |
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12 |
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GGO Shares |
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13 |
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GGO Warrants |
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37 |
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GGP Backstop Rights Offering |
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57 |
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GGP Backstop Rights Offering Amount |
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58 |
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GGP Pro Rata Share |
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88 |
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Governmental Entity |
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88 |
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Hazardous Materials |
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22 |
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Hughes Agreement |
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88 |
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Hughes Amount |
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87 |
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Hughes Heirs Obligations |
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89 |
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Identified Assets |
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11 |
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Indebtedness |
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89 |
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Initial Investors |
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3 |
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Investment Agreements |
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3 |
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Joint Venture |
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89 |
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Knowledge |
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89 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Law |
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89 |
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Liquidity Equity Issuances |
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89 |
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Liquidity Target |
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65 |
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Material Adverse Effect |
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90 |
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Material Contract |
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91 |
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Material Lease |
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28 |
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Measurement Date |
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15 |
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Most Recent Statement |
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25 |
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MPC Assets |
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91 |
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MPC Taxes |
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91 |
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Net Debt Excess Amount |
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91 |
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Net Debt Surplus Amount |
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91 |
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New Common Stock |
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2 |
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New Debt |
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65 |
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New DIP Agreement |
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62 |
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New Warrant Vesting Date |
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37 |
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New Warrants |
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37 |
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Non-Control Agreement |
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91 |
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Non-Controlling Properties |
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91 |
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NYSE |
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37 |
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Offering Premium |
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92 |
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Operating Partnership |
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92 |
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Original Agreement |
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1 |
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PBGC |
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23 |
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Per Share Purchase Price |
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3 |
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Permitted Claims |
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92 |
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Permitted Claims Amount |
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93 |
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Permitted Replacement Shares |
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93 |
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Permitted Title Exceptions |
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25 |
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Person |
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93 |
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Petition Date |
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1 |
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Plan |
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1 |
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Plan Debtors |
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92 |
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Plan Summary Term Sheet |
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1 |
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PMA Claims |
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92 |
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Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Deadline |
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93 |
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Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period |
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93 |
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Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule |
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49 |
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Proportionally Consolidated Debt |
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93 |
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Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash |
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94 |
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Proposed Approval Order |
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36 |
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Proposed Securities |
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39 |
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PSCM |
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1 |
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Purchase Price |
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3 |
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Purchaser |
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1 |
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Defined Term |
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Page |
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Purchaser Board Designee |
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43 |
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Purchaser GGO Board Designees |
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43 |
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Purchaser Group |
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94 |
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Put Notice |
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7 |
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Put Option |
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7 |
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Put Shares |
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6 |
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Put Termination Notice |
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8 |
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Refinance Cap |
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69 |
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Reinstated Amounts |
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65 |
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Reinstatement Adjustment Amount |
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94 |
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REIT |
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30 |
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REIT Subsidiary |
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30 |
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Reorganized Company |
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2 |
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Reorganized Company Organizational Documents |
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47 |
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Repurchase Notice |
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6 |
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Repurchase Shares |
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6 |
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Reserve |
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93 |
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Reserve Surplus Amount |
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94 |
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Reserved Shares |
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6 |
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Resolution Period |
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49 |
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Rights Agreement |
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94 |
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Rights Offering Election |
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5 |
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Rouse Bonds |
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95 |
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Rule 144 |
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56 |
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Sales Cap |
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68 |
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SEC |
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19 |
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Securities Act |
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19 |
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Settlement Date |
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7 |
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Share Cap Number |
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66 |
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Share Equivalent |
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95 |
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Shares |
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3 |
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Significant Subsidiaries |
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95 |
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SOX |
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53 |
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Specified Debt |
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95 |
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Subscription Right |
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39 |
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Subsidiary |
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95 |
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Synthetic Lease Obligation |
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89 |
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Target Net Debt |
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95 |
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Tax Matters Agreement |
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95 |
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Tax Protection Agreements |
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95 |
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Tax Return |
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30 |
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Taxes |
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30 |
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Termination Date |
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96 |
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Total Purchase Amount |
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4 |
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Transactions |
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96 |
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Transfer |
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TRUPS |
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U.S. Persons |
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53 |
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Unrestricted Cash |
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96 |
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Unrestricted Date |
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54 |
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Unsecured Indebtedness |
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96 |
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UPREIT Units |
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96 |
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Warrant Agreement |
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36 |
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Warrants |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, effective as of March 31, 2010 (this
Agreement), by and between General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(GGP), and Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (PSCM), on behalf of
Pershing Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, Pershing Square International, Ltd. a Cayman Islands exempted company and Pershing
Square International V, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, (each, except PSCM, together with
its permitted nominees and assigns, a Purchaser).
On March 31, 2010, GGP and the Purchasers entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement (as
subsequently amended on May 3, 2010 and May 7, 2010, the
Original Agreement) to
provide for the terms and conditions for the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein.
On August 2, 2010, GGP and the Purchasers entered into the Amended and Restated Stock Purchase
Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010 (as subsequently amended on September 17, 2010, the
Amended and Restated Agreement) which amended and restated the Original Agreement ab
initio in its entirety as set forth therein. Pursuant to Section 13.8 of the Amended and Restated
Agreement, the parties thereto wish to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Agreement ab
initio in its entirety as set forth herein. References herein to date of this Agreement and
date hereof shall refer to March 31, 2010.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, GGP is a debtor in possession in that certain bankruptcy case under chapter 11
(Chapter 11) of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 -1532 (as amended,
the Bankruptcy Code) filed on April 16, 2009 (the Petition Date) in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court),
Case No. 09-11977 (ALG).
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to assist GGP in its plans to recapitalize and emerge from
bankruptcy and has agreed to sponsor the implementation of a joint chapter 11 plan of
reorganization based on the Plan Summary Term Sheet (as defined below) (together with all documents
and agreements that form part of such plan or related plan supplement or are related thereto, and
as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, in each case, to the extent it
relates to the implementation and effectuation of the Plan Summary Term Sheet and this Agreement,
the Plan), of GGP and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who are debtors and
debtors-in-possession (the Debtors) in the chapter 11 cases pending and jointly
administered in the Bankruptcy Court (the Bankruptcy Cases).
WHEREAS, principal elements of the Plan (including a table setting forth the proposed
treatment of allowed claims and equity interests in the Bankruptcy Cases) are set forth on
Exhibit A hereto (the Plan Summary Term Sheet).
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WHEREAS, the Plan shall provide, among other things, that (i) each holder of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of GGP (the Common Stock) shall receive, in exchange for each
share of Common Stock held by such holder, one share of new common stock (the New Common
Stock) of a new company that succeeds to GGP in the manner contemplated by Exhibit B
upon consummation of the Plan (the Reorganized Company) and (ii) any Equity Securities
(other than Common Stock) of the Company (as defined below) or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined
below) outstanding immediately after the Effective Date that were previously convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock shall thereafter be convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, New Common Stock (based upon the number of shares of Common Stock underlying
such Equity Securities) (the transactions contemplated by clauses (i) and (ii) of this recital
being referred to herein as the Equity Exchange). For purposes of this Agreement, the
Company shall be deemed to refer, prior to consummation of the Plan, to GGP and, on and
after consummation of the Plan, the Reorganized Company, as the context requires.
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to make an investment in the Reorganized Company on the terms
and subject to the conditions described herein in the form of the purchase of shares of New Common
Stock as contemplated hereby.
WHEREAS, in addition to the Equity Exchange and the sale of the Shares (as defined below), the
Plan shall provide for the incorporation by the Company of a new subsidiary (GGO), the
contribution of certain assets (and/or equity interests related thereto) of the Company to GGO and
the assumption by GGO of the liabilities associated with such assets, the distribution to the
shareholders of the Company (prior to the issuance of the Shares and the issuance of other shares
of New Common Stock contemplated by this Agreement other than pursuant to the Equity Exchange) on a
pro rata basis and holders of UPREIT Units of all of the capital stock of GGO, and whereas each
Purchaser desires to make an investment in GGO on the terms and subject to the conditions described
herein in the form of the purchase of shares of GGO Common Stock as contemplated hereby.
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that each Purchaser commit to purchase the Shares and the
GGO Shares at a fixed price for the term hereof.
WHEREAS, each Purchaser has agreed to enter into this Agreement and commit to purchase the
Shares and the GGO Shares only on the condition that the Company, as promptly as practicable
following the date hereof (but no later than the date provided in Section 5.2 hereof),
issue the Warrants contemplated herein and perform its other obligations hereunder.
WHEREAS, on and effective as of the date hereof, the Company entered into an agreement (in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 together with any amendments thereto as have been
approved by each Purchaser, the Brookfield Agreement) with REP Investments LLC (the
Brookfield Investor) pursuant to which the Brookfield Investor has agreed to make (i) an
investment of up to $2,500,000,000 in the Reorganized Company in the form of the purchase of shares
of New Common Stock and (ii) an investment of $125,000,000 in GGO in the form of the purchase of
shares of GGO Common Stock.
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WHEREAS, on and effective as of the date hereof, the Company entered into an agreement (in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2 together with any amendments thereto as have been
approved by each Purchaser, the Fairholme Agreement and, together with this Agreement and
the Brookfield Agreement, the Investment Agreements) with The Fairholme Fund, a series of
Fairholme Funds, Inc. and Fairholme Focused Income Fund, a series of Fairholme Funds, Inc. (the
Fairholme Purchasers and, together with each Purchaser and the Brookfield Investor, the
Initial Investors) pursuant to which the Fairholme Purchasers have agreed to make (i) an
investment of up to $2,714,285,710 in the Reorganized Company in the form of the purchase of shares
of New Common Stock and (ii) an investment of $62,500,000 in GGO in the form of the purchase of
shares of GGO Common Stock.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE OF NEW COMMON STOCK; CLOSING
SECTION 1.1 Purchase of New Common Stock.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing (as defined
below), each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, and the Company shall sell to such
Purchaser, a number of shares of New Common Stock (the Shares) equal to its GGP Pro Rata
Share of the Total Purchase Amount (as defined below) for a price per share equal to $10.00 (the
Per Share Purchase Price and, in the aggregate, the Purchase Price);
provided, that no Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase a number of Shares less than its
GGP Pro Rata Share of 190,000,000, as determined pursuant to Section 1.4. At the Closing,
the Purchasers shall cause the Purchase Price to be paid (i) first, to the extent that the
Purchasers elect by written notice to the Company not less than three Business Days prior to the
Closing Date, by the application of any claims against the Debtors that are held by the Purchasers
and outstanding as of the Effective Date in an amount equal to the allowed amount (inclusive of
prepetition and postpetition interest accrued up to and on the Effective Date at the applicable
rate provided in the Plan), with each $10.00 in such amount of allowed claims so applied being in
satisfaction of the obligation to pay $10.00 of the Purchase Price and (ii) second, by wire
transfer of immediately available U.S. Dollar funds. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchasers
may elect which claims to apply in satisfaction of the Purchasers obligation to pay the
Purchase Price for purposes of clause (i), and the application of such claims against the
Purchase Price in accordance with clause (i) shall represent complete satisfaction of the Debtors
obligations in respect of such allowed claims so applied. For the avoidance of doubt and as
provided in the Plan, any application by the Purchaser of allowed claims in satisfaction of a
portion of the Purchase Price shall be effected by causing the Debtor liable for such claims to
make payment for such claims in accordance with the Plan and by directing the amounts so payable to
be paid to the Company and applied in satisfaction of a portion of the Purchase Price.
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(b) The Total Purchase Amount will be 380,000,000, subject to reduction pursuant to
Section 1.4.
(c) All Shares shall be delivered with any and all issue, stamp, transfer or similar taxes or
duties payable in connection with such delivery duly paid by the Company to the extent required
under the Confirmation Order or applicable Law.
(d) Each Purchaser, in its sole discretion, may assign its rights to receive Shares hereunder
or designate that some or all of the Shares be issued in the name of, and delivered to, one or more
of the other members of its Purchaser Group or any third party to whom the shares could be
transferred immediately after Closing in accordance with Section 6.4, subject to (i) such
action not causing any delay in the obtaining of, or significantly increasing the risk of not
obtaining, any material authorizations, consents, orders, declarations or approvals necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise delaying the consummation
of such transactions, (ii) such Person shall be an accredited investor (within the meaning of
Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and shall have agreed in writing with and for
the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to such Purchaser
set forth in Section 6.4 and the applicable Non-Control Agreement, including the delivery
of the letter certifying compliance with the representations and covenants set forth on Exhibit
D to the extent applicable to such assignee or designee and (iii) such initial Purchaser not
being relieved of any of its obligations under this Agreement ((i), (ii) and (iii) collectively,
the Designation Conditions). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
no Purchaser may assign its rights to receive or designate Shares to any Person (other than members
of its Purchaser Group) if such assignment or designation would cause a failure of the closing
condition in Section 7.1(u) of the Brookfield Agreement.
(e) The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder shall be determined as follows: PSCM will
deliver written notice to the Company on or before the 20th day following execution of this
Agreement wherein PSCM will designate the GGP Pro Rata Share and the GGO Pro Rata Share for
each Purchaser; provided that the aggregate GGP Pro Rata Share of the Purchasers shall
equal the quotient of 1.0 divided by 3.5 and the aggregate GGO Pro Rata Share of the Purchasers
shall equal 50%. If PSCM fails to make such allocations to Purchasers that are reasonably
creditworthy in light of the allocation, each Purchaser (other than Pershing Square International,
Ltd. and Pershing
Square International V, Ltd.) will be bound jointly and severally hereby, and Pershing Square
International Ltd. and Pershing Square International V, Ltd. shall unconditionally guarantee the
performance hereunder of the other Purchasers.
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SECTION 1.2 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
(excluding conditions that, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing, but subject to
the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions as of the Closing) set forth in Article VII
and Article VIII, the closing of the purchase of the Shares and the GGO Shares by each
Purchaser pursuant hereto (the Closing) shall occur at 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the
effective date of the Plan (the Effective Date), at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP located at 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153, or such other date, time or location as agreed
by the parties. The date of the Closing is referred to as the Closing Date. Each of the
Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees that in no event shall the Closing occur unless all of the
Shares and the GGO Shares are sold to each applicable Purchaser (or to such other Persons as each
such applicable Purchaser may designate in accordance with and subject to the Designation
Conditions so long as such designation would not cause a failure of the closing condition in
Section 7.1(u) of the Brookfield Agreement) on the Closing Date.
SECTION 1.3 Company Rights Offering Election. The Company may at any time prior to
the date of filing of the Disclosure Statement, upon written notice to each Purchaser in accordance
with the terms hereof (the Rights Offering Election), irrevocably elect to convert the
obligation of such Purchaser to purchase the Shares as contemplated by Section 1.1 hereof
into an obligation of such Purchaser to participate in a rights offering by the Company pursuant to
which shareholders and/or creditors of the Company are offered rights to subscribe for shares of
New Common Stock (a Company Rights Offering), subject to the execution and delivery of
definitive documentation therefor and the satisfaction of the conditions described therein and
other customary conditions for a public rights offering. To the extent the Company makes a Rights
Offering Election, (i) each Purchaser shall be entitled to a minimum allocation of shares of New
Common Stock in the Company Rights Offering equal to the number of shares such Purchaser would
otherwise be required to purchase pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof had no such election been
made, (ii) the purchase price per share payable by such Purchaser shall be equal to the Per Share
Purchase Price and such Purchaser shall not be otherwise adversely affected as compared to the
transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) the Company Rights Offering shall be effected in a manner
substantially consistent with the procedures contemplated by Section 2.2 of the Original Agreement;
provided, that the Company Rights Offering shall be completed by the Effective Date, and
(iv) the Company and each Purchaser shall cooperate in good faith to develop and agree upon
documentation that is reasonably acceptable to both the Company and each Purchaser governing the
further terms and conditions of the Company Rights Offering.
SECTION 1.4 Company Election to Replace Certain Shares; Company Election to Reserve and
Repurchase Certain Shares.
(a) In the event that the Company has sold, or has binding commitments to sell on or prior to
the Effective Date, Permitted Replacement Shares, the Company may elect by written notice to each
Purchaser to reduce the Total Purchase Amount by all or any portion of the number of such Permitted
Replacement Shares as the Company may determine in its discretion; provided, that the Total
Purchase Amount shall not be less than 190,000,000. No election by the Company under this
Section 1.4(a) shall be effective unless received by each Purchaser on or prior to the date
that is 15 days before the commencement of the hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan. Any
election by the Company under this Section 1.4(a) shall be binding and irrevocable.
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(b) If the Plan as presented for confirmation provides for the commencement on or within 45
days after the Effective Date of a broadly distributed public offering of New Common Stock, the
Company may elect, by written notice to each Purchaser on or prior to October 11, 2010, to specify
a number of Shares to be purchased by the Purchasers at Closing as Shares to be subject to
repurchase after Closing and/or subject to a put option pursuant to this Section 1.4(b)
and/or Section 1.4(c), as applicable (the Reserved Shares); provided, that the
excess of (i) its GGP Pro Rata Share of the Total Purchase Amount minus (ii) its Reserved Shares
shall not be less than its GGP Pro Rata Share of 190,000,000. The first 35,000,000 of such
Reserved Shares shall constitute Put Shares governed by Section 1.4(c). Any
Reserved Shares in excess of 35,000,000 Shares shall constitute Repurchase Shares. With
respect to any Repurchase Shares, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser in cash on the Effective
Date an amount equal to $0.25 per Repurchase Share. Upon payment of such amount, the Company shall
thereafter have the right to elect by written notice to each Purchaser (a Repurchase
Notice) on or prior to the 40th day after the Effective Date (or, if not a Business Day, the
next Business Day) to repurchase from each Purchaser a number of Shares equal to the lesser of such
Purchasers Clawback Percentage of (x) the aggregate number of Permitted Replacement Shares (other
than any Permitted Replacement Shares applied to reduce the Total Purchase Amount pursuant to
Section 1.4(a)) sold by the Company prior to the 45th day after the Effective Date and (y)
the sum of the initial number of Repurchase Shares under this Agreement and the initial number of
Reserved Shares (as defined in the Fairholme Agreement) under the Fairholme Agreement. The
purchase price for any Repurchase Shares shall be $10.00 per Share, payable in cash in immediately
available funds against delivery of the Repurchase Shares on a settlement date determined by the
Company and each Purchaser and not later than the date that is 45 days after the Effective Date.
Any Repurchase Notice under this Section 1.4(b) shall, when taken together with this
Agreement, constitute a binding offer and acceptance and be irrevocable.
For the purposes of this Section 1.4, Clawback Percentage means, for each
Purchaser under this Agreement and the Fairholme Agreement, the quotient (expressed as a
percentage) of (a) the number of Clawback Shares such Purchaser is purchasing at Closing divided by
(b) all the Clawback Shares
purchased at Closing under this Agreement and the Fairholme Agreement. The aggregate Clawback
Percentages shall at all times equal 100%.
For the purposes of this Section 1.4, Clawback Shares means all Reserved
Shares under the Fairholme Agreement and all Repurchase Shares (but not Put Shares) under this
Agreement.
(c) With respect to the Put Shares, the following provisions will apply:
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The Company shall not be obligated to sell,
and no Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase, any Put Shares at
Closing. Instead, the Company shall have the option (the Put
Option) to sell to the Purchasers on the first Business Day
occurring at least 210 days after the Effective Date (the
Settlement Date) a number of Shares up to the Deficiency
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The Company may exercise its Put Option by
irrevocable written notice (a Put Notice) delivered to each
Purchaser on the third Business Day prior to the Settlement Date (it
being agreed that the Company may at its election for convenience
deliver the Put Notice prior to such date, but it shall be revocable
until, and become effective only as of, the third Business Day prior
to the Settlement Date), and the Put Option shall expire if the Put
Notice is not so delivered. The Put Notice and this Agreement
together shall constitute the binding agreement of the Company to
sell to each Purchaser, and of each Purchaser to purchase from the
Company, on the Settlement Date a number of Shares equal to such
Purchasers pro rata share of the Backstop Shares for a purchase
price per share equal to the Per Share Purchase Price (payable in
cash in immediately available funds). Closing of the sale and
purchase of the Backstop Shares shall occur at 9:30 a.m., New York
time, on the Settlement Date at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP located at 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153, or such other
date, time or location as agreed by the parties. Backstop Shares
shall constitute Shares for all purposes of this Agreement,
including without limitation, the representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in Article III. All conditions
precedent to the obligation of the Company to issue and sell, and of
each Purchaser to purchase, Backstop Shares shall be deemed satisfied
on the Settlement Date, provided that (A) the obligations of
the
Company and each Purchaser on the Settlement Date shall be subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver by each of them) of the condition
precedent that no judgment, injunction, decree or other legal
restraint shall prohibit settlement and (B) the obligation of each
Purchaser on the Settlement Date shall be subject to the
additional condition precedent that the representations and
warranties of the Company in Section 3.5(a) as they relate
to the Backstop Shares shall be true and correct at and as of the
Settlement Date as if made at and as of the Settlement Date. Each
Purchasers obligation with respect to its pro rata share of the
Backstop Shares will be independent of the payment or nonpayment
of any amount by the Company with respect to any Bridge Note (as
described below). |
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For purposes of the Companys Put Option,
the Deficiency Amount shall be the sum, if positive, of: |
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(B) the quotient of (x) Excess Equity Capital Proceeds divided by
(y) the Per Share Purchase Price. |
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The Company shall notify the Purchasers at such time as the
Deficiency Amount has been reduced to zero (the Put
Termination Notice) and, upon such notice, the Put Option
shall terminate and be without further force or effect. The
Company also may terminate the Put Option voluntarily by written
notice at any time. Commencing on the 90th day after the
Effective Date, for each day the Deficiency Amount is outstanding,
a fee shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to 2.0% of an amount
equal to the product of (i) the outstanding Deficiency Amount from
time to time and (ii) $10.00, with the accrued and unpaid amount
payable in arrears on the earlier of the termination of the Put
Option or the Settlement Date. |
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For the purposes of Section 1.4(c), Excess Equity
Capital Proceeds means the excess, if any, as of the
Settlement Date of (a) cash proceeds to the Company (net of all
underwriting or other discounts, fees or other compensation and
related expenses)
from the sale of Common Stock, New Common Stock and Share
Equivalents after the date hereof and prior to the Settlement Date
(other than (i) the sale of 250,000,000 shares of New Common Stock
under the Brookfield Agreement and the sale of the first
190,000,000 shares of New Common Stock under this Agreement and
the Fairholme Agreement (in each case including any such shares of
New Common Stock purchased by assigns or designees), (ii) the
issuance of New Common Stock to settle the Hughes Heirs
Obligations and (iii) the issuance of New Common Stock to
employees and directors of the Company) over (b) $2,050,000,000. |
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PSCM, in its sole discretion, may designate
that some or all of the Backstop Shares be issued in the name of, and
delivered (together with the payment obligations therewith) to, the
other members of the Purchaser Group. Each Purchaser (other than
Pershing Square International, Ltd. and Pershing Square International
V, Ltd.) will be bound jointly and severally with respect to the
obligations of all the Purchasers with respect to the Put Option. |
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In addition, if it has designated any Put
Shares, the Company shall issue to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers
shall purchase from the Company, on the Effective Date one or more
unsecured notes with terms consistent with this Section 1.4
and in form to be mutually agreed prior to the designation of Put
Shares (the Bridge Notes) in an amount equal to the product
of (A) the Put Shares multiplied by (B) the Per Share Purchase Price
(the Bridge Note Amount). The Bridge Notes shall (1) have
a final maturity date and be unconditionally payable on the first
Business Day occurring at least 211 days after the Effective Date
(the Bridge Note Maturity Date), (2) bear interest at a
rate of 6.00% per annum (the Bridge Note Interest Rate),
with interest accruing and compounding quarterly, but payable only
upon prepayment or payment of principal, (3) be unsecured general
obligations of the Company without guarantee by any subsidiary, (4)
have a successorship covenant customary for short term indebtedness
of public companies, but no financial, operational restriction or
similar covenants or any business representations or warranties and
(5) have events of default
limited to non-payment and customary bankruptcy matters, but for
the avoidance of doubt, no cross-default, cross-acceleration or
similar clauses. In return for the Bridge Notes, each Purchaser
shall deliver to the Company on the Effective Date cash proceeds
in the amount of such Purchasers pro rata share of the Bridge
Note Amount. If the Company has not repaid Purchasers the full
amount outstanding under the Bridge Notes on or before the Bridge
Note Maturity Date, interest will accrue on the unpaid amount of
the Bridge Notes, including due but unpaid interest, at a default
rate equal to the Bridge Note Interest Rate plus 2.00%. The
Bridge Notes may be prepaid at any time without premium or
penalty. The Bridge Note shall be freely transferable by holders;
provided that any transfer shall require the consent of the
Company, not to be unreasonably withheld, at any time that no
event of default thereunder is continuing (and it being agreed
that the Company shall not be obligated to register any Bridge
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The Company and each Purchaser agree to
work together in good faith with the aim to negotiate and agree on
mutually acceptable definitive form of the Bridge Notes as promptly
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In the event that the Company pays or
declares any dividend or distribution on New Common Shares with a
record date after the Effective Date and prior to the Settlement
Date, (A) the Per Share Purchase Price shall be decreased by the
value of such dividend or distribution (with (1) dividends or
distributions payable in New Common Shares valued at the Per Share
Purchase Price (before giving effect to such adjustment), (2)
dividends or distributions payable in cash valued at the amount of
cash, and (3) dividends or distributions of other property valued at
Fair Market Value as defined in the form of Warrant Agreement) and
(B) the number of Shares subject to the Put Option shall be increased
by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is
the Per Share Purchase Price before giving effect to such adjustment
and the denominator of which is the Per Share Purchase Price after
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At Closing, the Purchasers shall collaterally assign and post the
Bridge Notes (or an amount of cash and freely marketable securities
with a fair market value equal to the
principal amount of the Bridge Notes) as collateral for
performance of the Purchasers obligations under the Put Option
pursuant to customary collateral arrangements reasonably
acceptable to the parties. The amount of collateral to be posted
shall be measured by the principal amount of the Bridge Note
outstanding from time to time and there shall be no requirement to
post additional collateral if the Bridge Note is voluntarily paid
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For the purposes of this Section
1.4(c), the pro rata share of each Purchaser means the
percentage designated by PSCM by written notice to the Company on or
prior to the Effective Date; provided that the sum of such pro rata
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The Bridge Note Amount shall not be
included in the calculation of Closing Date Net Debt or Closing Date
Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment pursuant to Section
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SECTION 1.5 Pro Rata Reductions with Fairholme Agreement. No election by the Company
pursuant to Section 1.4(a) or specification of Reserved Shares pursuant to Section
1.4(b) shall be made without the consent of PSCM unless the Company is making a similar
election under the Fairholme Agreement, such that each of the aggregate number of Shares required
to be purchased at Closing is allocated as among each Purchaser and among each of the Fairholme
Purchasers under the Fairholme Agreement in accordance with the applicable GGP Pro Rata Share;
provided, however that solely for the purposes of this Section 1.5, the
number of Put Shares shall be included in the above calculation of the number of Shares required to
be purchased at Closing.
ARTICLE II
GGO SHARE DISTRIBUTION AND PURCHASE OF GGO COMMON STOCK
SECTION 2.1 GGO Share Distribution. On the terms and subject to the conditions
(including Bankruptcy Court approval) set forth herein, the Plan shall provide for the following:
(a) On or prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall incorporate GGO with issued and
outstanding capital stock consisting of at least the GGO Common Share Amount of shares of common
stock (the GGO Common Stock), designate an employee of the Company familiar with the
Identified Assets and reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser to serve as a representative of GGO
(the GGO Representative) and shall contribute to GGO (directly or indirectly) the assets
(and/or equity interests related thereto) set forth in
Exhibit E hereto and have GGO assume directly or indirectly the associated liabilities
(the Identified Assets); provided, however, that to the extent the
Company is prohibited by Law from contributing one or more of the Identified Assets to GGO or the
contribution thereof would breach or give rise to a default under any Contract, agreement or
instrument that would, in the good faith judgment of the Company in consultation with the GGO
Representative, impair in any material respect the value of the relevant Identified Asset or give
rise to additional liability (other than liability that would not, in the aggregate, be material)
on the part of GGO or the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall (i) to the
extent not prohibited by Law or would not give rise to such a default, take such action or cause to
be taken such other actions in order to place GGO, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same
economic position as if such Identified Asset had been transferred as contemplated hereby and so
that, insofar as reasonably possible, substantially all the benefits and burdens (including all
obligations thereunder but excluding any obligations that arise out of the transfer of the
Identified Asset to the extent included in Permitted Claims) relating to such Identified Asset,
including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain and control of such Identified Asset,
are to inure from and after the Closing to GGO
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(provided that as soon as a consent for the
contribution of an Identified Asset is obtained or the contractual impediment is removed or no
longer applies, the applicable Identified Asset shall be promptly contributed to GGO), or (ii) to
the extent the actions contemplated by clause (i) are not possible without resulting in a material
and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company in
consultation with the GGO Representative), contribute other assets, with the consent of each
Purchaser (which such Purchaser shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay), having an
economically equivalent value and related financial impact on the Company (in each case, as
reasonably agreed by each Purchaser and the Company in consultation with the GGO Representative) to
the Identified Asset not so contributed. In no event shall the Company (or any subsidiary of the
Company) pay more than $16,000,000 in the aggregate or make any other payment or provide any other
economic consideration to reduce the principal amount of the mortgage related to 110 N. Wacker
Drive, Chicago, Illinois.
(b) The GGO Common Share Amount of shares of GGO Common Stock, representing all of the
outstanding capital stock of GGO (other than shares of GGO Common Stock to be issued (x) pursuant
to Section 2.2 of this Agreement, (y) to the other Initial Investors pursuant to Section 2.2 of
their respective Investment Agreements, and (z) upon exercise of the GGO Warrants and the warrants
issued to the other Initial Investors pursuant to their respective Investment Agreements), shall be
distributed, on or prior to the Effective Date, to the shareholders of the Company (pre-issuance of
the Shares) on a pro rata basis and holders of UPREIT Units (the GGO Share Distribution).
(c) It is agreed that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay
or cause payment of any fees or make any financial accommodations to obtain any third-party
consent, approval, waiver or other permission
for the contribution contemplated by Section 2.1(a), or to seek any such consent,
approval, waiver or other permission that is inapplicable to the Company or any of its Debtor
Subsidiaries pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code.
(d) The parties currently contemplate that the GGO Share Distribution will be structured as a
tax free spin-off under the Code. To the extent that the Company and each Purchaser jointly
determine that it is desirable for the GGO Share Distribution to be structured as a taxable
dividend, the parties will work together to structure the transaction to allow for such outcome.
(e) With respect to the Columbia Master Planned Community (the CMPC), it is the
intention of the parties that office and mall assets currently producing any material amount of
income at the CMPC (including any associated right of access to parking spaces) will be retained by
the Company and the remaining non-income producing assets at the CMPC will be transferred to GGO
(including rights to develop and/or redevelop (as appropriate) the remainder of the CMPC). On or
prior to the Effective Date, the Company and GGO shall enter into a mutually satisfactory
development and cooperation agreement with respect to the CMPC, which agreement shall provide,
among other things, that GGO shall grant mutually satisfactory easements, to the extent not already
granted, such that the office buildings retained by GGP (as provided above) continuously shall have
access to parking spaces appropriate for such office buildings.
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SECTION 2.2 Purchase of GGO Common Stock.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Plan shall provide that
at the Closing, each Purchaser shall purchase from GGO, and GGO shall sell to such Purchaser, a
number of shares of GGO Common Stock (the GGO Shares) equal to its GGO Pro Rata Share of
2,625,000 shares of GGO Common Stock, for a price per share equal to $47.619048 (the GGO Per
Share Purchase Price and such $125,000,000 aggregate purchase price, the GGO Purchase
Price). At the Closing the Purchasers shall cause the GGO Purchase Price to be paid by wire
transfer of immediately available U.S. Dollar funds to such account or accounts as the Company
shall have designated in writing prior to the Closing.
(b) All GGO Shares shall be delivered with any and all issue, stamp, transfer or similar taxes
or duties payable in connection with such delivery duly paid by GGO to the extent required under
the Confirmation Order or applicable Law.
(c) Each Purchaser, in its sole discretion, may designate that some or all of the GGO Shares
be issued in the name of, and delivered to, the other members of its Purchaser Group in accordance
with and subject to the Designation Conditions.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser, as set forth below, except (i) as set
forth in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (but not in
documents filed as exhibits thereto or documents incorporated by reference therein) filed with the
SEC on March 1, 2010 (other than in any risk factor disclosure or any other forward-looking
disclosures contained in such reports under the headings Risk Factors or Cautionary Note or any
similar sections) or (ii) as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to each
Purchaser on the date of this Agreement (the Company Disclosure Letter):
SECTION 3.1 Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its direct and
indirect Significant Subsidiaries is duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or
other form of entity, where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of their respective
jurisdictions of organization, with the requisite power and authority to own, operate or manage its
properties and conduct its business as currently conducted, subject, as applicable, to the
restrictions that result from any such entitys status as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11,
except to the extent the failure of such Significant Subsidiary to be in good standing (to the
extent the concept of good standing is
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applicable in its jurisdiction of organization) would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
or other form of entity for the transaction of business and, where applicable, is in good standing
under the Laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns, manages, operates or leases properties
or conducts business so as to require such qualification, except to the extent the failure to be so
qualified or, where applicable, be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.2 Corporate Power and Authority.
(a) Subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in the
Confirmation Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14-day period set
forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, the Company has the
requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder (except with respect to (i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the
provisions of the Approval Order). The Company has taken all necessary corporate action required
for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, the Company has the requisite power and
authority to (i) issue the Warrants (assuming the accuracy of the representations of each Purchaser
contained in Exhibit D) and (ii) perform its obligations pursuant to the provisions of the
Approval Order hereof. No approval by any
securityholders of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is required in connection with
the issuance of the Warrants or the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the
Warrants.
(c) The Company has received written confirmation from the NYSE that the shares of New Common
Stock or other Equity Securities issuable by the Company to each Purchaser and the other members of
the Purchaser Group in connection with each Purchasers exercise of its Subscription Rights
contemplated by Section 5.9(a) hereof shall not require stockholder approval and shall be
eligible for listing on the NYSE in the hands of such Purchaser or other members of the Purchaser
Group without any requirement for stockholder approval, in each case, during the five (5) year
period following the Closing Date.
SECTION 3.3 Execution and Delivery; Enforceability.
(a) This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company, and
subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in the Confirmation
Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14-day period set forth in
Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, shall constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good
faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at Law or in
equity) (except with respect to (i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the
Approval Order).
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(b) Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, the provisions of this Agreement relating to
(i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the Approval Order shall constitute the
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms.
SECTION 3.4 Authorized Capital Stock. As of the date of this Agreement, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 875,000,000 shares of Common Stock and of
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company and
the shares of Common Stock available for grant pursuant to the Companys 1993 Stock Incentive Plan,
1998 Stock Incentive Plan and 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the Company Option
Plans) or otherwise as of March 26, 2010 (the Measurement Date) is set forth on
Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter. From the Measurement Date to the date of
this Agreement, other than in connection with the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to
the exercise of options outstanding as of the Measurement Date, there has been no change in the
number of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company or the number of outstanding Equity
Securities (as defined below). Except as set forth on Section 3.4 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, on the Measurement Date, there was not outstanding, and there was not reserved
for issuance, any (i) share of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company or its
Significant Subsidiaries; (ii)
security of the Company or its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries;
(iii) option or other right to acquire from the Company or its Subsidiaries, or obligation of the
Company or its Subsidiaries to issue, any shares of capital stock, voting securities or security
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities
of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries, as the case may be; or (iv) equity equivalent
interest in the ownership or earnings of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries or other
similar right, in each case to which the Company or a Significant Subsidiary is a party (the items
in clauses (i) through (iv) collectively, Equity Securities). Other than as set forth on
Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter or as contemplated by this Agreement, or
pursuant to Contracts entered into by the Company after the date hereof and prior to the Closing
that are otherwise not inconsistent with any Purchasers rights hereunder and with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and do not confer on any other Person rights that are superior to
those received by any Purchaser hereunder or pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby other
than rights and terms that are customarily granted to holders of any such Equity Securities so
issued and not customarily granted in transactions such as the transactions contemplated hereby,
there is no outstanding obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any Equity Security. Other than as set forth on Section 3.4 of the
Company Disclosure Letter or as contemplated by this Agreement, or pursuant to Contracts entered
into by the Company in connection with the issuance of Equity
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Securities after the date hereof and
prior to the Closing that are otherwise not inconsistent with any Purchasers rights hereunder and
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and do not confer on any other Person rights
that are superior to those received by any Purchaser hereunder or pursuant to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than rights and terms that are customarily granted to holders of any such
Equity Securities so issued and not customarily granted in transactions such as the transactions
contemplated hereby, there is no stockholder agreement, voting trust or other agreement or
understanding to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound relating to the
voting, purchase, transfer or registration of any shares of capital stock of the Company or
preemptive rights with respect thereto. Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth a complete and accurate list of the outstanding Equity Securities of the Company as of the
Measurement Date, including the applicable conversion rates and exercise prices (or, in the case of
options to acquire Common Stock, the weighted average exercise price) relating to the conversion or
exercise of such Equity Securities into or for Common Stock.
SECTION 3.5 Issuance.
(a) Subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in entry of
the Confirmation Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14 day period
set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, the issuance of the
Shares and the New Warrants has been duly and validly authorized. Subject to the entry of the
Approval Order and
assuming the accuracy of the representations of such Purchaser contained in Exhibit D,
the issuance of the Warrants is duly and validly authorized. When the Shares are issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement against payment therefor, the Shares shall
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes, liens,
pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and
restrictions under this Agreement, the Non-Control Agreement and applicable state and federal
securities Laws. When the Warrants and the New Warrants are issued and delivered in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants and New Warrants shall be duly and validly issued
and free and clear of all taxes, liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal and
subscription rights, other than rights and restrictions under this Agreement, the terms of the
Warrants and New Warrants and under applicable state and federal securities Laws. When the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants and the shares of New Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of the New Warrants are issued and delivered against payment therefor,
the shares of Common Stock and New Common Stock, as applicable, shall be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes, liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of
first refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and restrictions under this Agreement, the
Non-Control Agreement and applicable state and federal securities Laws.
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(b) Subject to the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, which shall be contained in the
entry of the Confirmation Order, and the expiration or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court of the 14-day
period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, when the GGO
Shares and the GGO Warrants are issued, the GGO Shares and GGO Warrants shall be duly and validly
authorized, duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes,
liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and
restrictions under this Agreement and under applicable state and federal securities Laws. When the
shares of GGO Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the GGO Warrants are issued and delivered
against payment therefor, the shares of GGO Common Stock shall be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all taxes, liens, pre-emptive rights, rights of first
refusal and subscription rights, other than rights and restrictions under this Agreement and under
applicable state and federal securities Laws.
SECTION 3.6 No Conflict.
(a) Subject to (i) the receipt of the consents set forth on Section 3.6 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, (ii) such authorization as is required by the Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy
Code, which shall be contained in the entry of the Confirmation Order, and the expiration, or
waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the 14-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following
entry of the Confirmation Order, (iii) any provisions of the Bankruptcy Code that override,
eliminate or abrogate such consents or as may be ordered by the Bankruptcy Court and (iv) the
ability to employ the alternatives contemplated by Section 2.1 of the Agreement, the
execution and delivery (or, with respect to the Plan, the filing) by the Company of this Agreement
and the Plan, the
performance by the Company of its respective obligations under this Agreement and compliance
by the Company with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein, (x) shall not conflict with, or result in a breach or
violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
acceleration of, or the creation of any lien under, or give rise to any termination right under,
any Contract to which the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries is a party or by which any
of their material assets are subject or encumbered, (y) shall not result in any violation or breach
of any terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company, or the comparable organizational documents of the Companys Subsidiaries, and (z) shall
not conflict with or result in any violation or breach of, or any termination or impairment of any
rights under, any statute or any license, authorization, injunction, judgment, order, decree, rule
or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except, in the case of
each of clauses (x) and (z) above, for any such conflict, breach, acceleration, lien, termination,
impairment, failure to comply, default or violation that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (except with respect to (i) the
issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the Approval Order).
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(b) Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, (i) the issuance of the Warrants (assuming the
accuracy of the representations of each Purchaser contained in Exhibit D) and (ii) the
performance by the Company of its respective obligations under the Approval Order and compliance by
the Company with all of the provisions thereof (x) shall not conflict with, or result in a breach
or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
acceleration of, or the creation of any lien under, or give rise to any termination right under,
any Contract, (y) shall not result in any violation or breach of any terms, conditions or
provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or the comparable
organizational documents of the Companys Subsidiaries, and (z) shall not conflict with or result
in any violation or breach of, or any termination or impairment of any rights under, any statute or
any license, authorization, injunction, judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties or assets, except, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (z) above,
for any such conflict, breach, acceleration, lien, termination, impairment, failure to comply,
default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.7 Consents and Approvals.
(a) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties is required for (i) (1) the issuance and delivery of the New Warrants, (2)
the issuance, sale and delivery of Shares, (3) the issuance and delivery of the Warrants, (4) the
issuance, sale and delivery of the GGO Shares, (5) the issuance and delivery of the GGO Warrants,
(6) the issuance of New
Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants, (7) the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon
exercise of the GGO Warrants and (8) the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants and
(ii) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Plan and performance of and
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein, except (A) such authorization as is required by the
Bankruptcy Court or the Bankruptcy Code, which shall be contained in the entry of the relevant
Court Order, and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the 14-day period set forth
in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) following entry of the Confirmation Order, as applicable (except with
respect to (i) the issuance of the Warrants and (ii) the provisions of the Approval Order), (B)
filings required under, and compliance with (other than shareholder approval requirements in
respect of the issuance of the Warrants), the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, and (C) such other consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications that, if not obtained, made or
given, would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(b) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties is required for (1) the issuance and delivery of the Warrants and (2) the
performance of and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Approval Order
except (A) the entry of the Approval Order, (B) filings required under, and compliance with (other
than shareholder approval requirements in respect of the issuance of the Warrants), the applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange, and (C) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications that, if not obtained, made or given, would not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.8 Company Reports.
(a) The Company has filed with or otherwise furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) all material forms, reports, schedules, statements and other
documents required to be filed or furnished by it under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the Securities Act) or the Exchange Act since December 31, 2007 (such
documents, as supplemented or amended since the time of filing, and together with all information
incorporated by reference therein, the Company SEC Reports). No Subsidiary of the
Company is required to file with the SEC any such forms, reports, schedules, statements or other
documents pursuant to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. As of their respective effective dates
(in the case of Company SEC Reports that are registration statements filed pursuant to the
requirements of the
Securities Act) and as of their respective filing dates (in the case of all other Company SEC
Reports), except as and to the extent modified, amended, restated, corrected, updated or superseded
by any subsequent Company SEC Report filed and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement, the Company SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports, and (ii) did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(b) The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that provides reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of the Companys financial reporting and the preparation of the Companys
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and that includes policies and
procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use, or disposition of the Companys assets that could have a material effect on the Companys
financial statements.
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(c) The Company maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that is reasonably designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that information relating to the Company is accumulated and
communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
(d) Since December 31, 2008, the Company has not received any oral or written notification of
a material weakness in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting. The term
material weakness shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Statements of Auditing Standards
112 and 115, as in effect on the date hereof.
(e) Except as and to the extent modified, amended, restated, corrected, updated or superseded
by any subsequent Company SEC Report filed and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement, the audited consolidated financial statements and the unaudited consolidated interim
financial statements (including any related notes) included in the Company SEC Reports fairly
present in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and their consolidated
cash flows for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of financial statements for
quarterly periods, to normal year-end adjustments) and were prepared in conformity with GAAP
consistently applied during the periods involved (except as otherwise disclosed in the notes
thereto).
SECTION 3.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has
any material liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) required to be
reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance
with GAAP, except for liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against or provided for in the
Companys consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 or disclosed in the notes thereto,
included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, (ii)
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the date of such
balance sheet, (iii) for fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Bankruptcy Cases, which
have been estimated and included in the Admin/Priority Claims identified in the Plan Summary Term
Sheet; provided, however, that such amount is an estimate and actual results may be
higher or lower, (iv) incurred in the ordinary course of performing this Agreement and certain
other asset sales, transfers and other actions permitted under this Agreement and (v) other
liabilities at Closing as contemplated by the Plan Summary Term Sheet.
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SECTION 3.10 No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2009, there has not
occurred any event, fact or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually, or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11 No Violation or Default: Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
Subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with all Laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders,
judgments and decrees of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, and (b) has not received
written notice of any alleged material violation of any of the foregoing except, in the case of
each of clauses (a) and (b) above, for any such failure to comply, default or violation that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
as may be the result of the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries Chapter 11 filing or status as a
debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11. Subject to the restrictions that result from the Companys
or any of its Subsidiaries status as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11 (including that in
certain instances the Companys or such Subsidiarys conduct of its business requires Bankruptcy
Court approval), each of the Company and its Subsidiaries holds all material licenses, franchises,
permits, certificates of occupancy, consents, registrations, certificates and other governmental
and regulatory permits, authorizations and approvals required for the operation of the business as
currently conducted by it and for the ownership, lease or operation of its material assets except,
in each case, where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.12 Legal Proceedings. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.13 Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, shall not be
required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment
company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder. As of the Effective Date, GGO, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the GGO Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, shall not be
required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment
company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder.
SECTION 3.14 Compliance With Environmental Laws. Except as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with and each of the Company Properties are
and have been maintained in compliance with, any and all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign Laws relating to the
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protection of the environment or natural resources, human health and
safety as such relates to the environment, or the presence, handling, or release of Hazardous
Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), which compliance includes obtaining,
maintaining and complying with all permits, licenses or other approvals required under
Environmental Laws to conduct operations as presently conducted, and no action is pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened that seeks to repeal, modify, amend, revoke, limit, deny
renewal of, or otherwise appeal or challenge any such permits, licenses or other approvals, (ii)
none of the Company or its Subsidiaries have received any written notice of, and none of the
Company Properties have been the subject of any written notice received by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries of, any actual or potential liability or violation for the presence, exposure to,
investigation, remediation, arrangement for disposal, or release of any material classified,
characterized or regulated as hazardous, toxic, pollutants, or contaminants under Environmental
Laws, including petroleum products or byproducts, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing
materials, radon, lead-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, and hazardous
building materials (collectively, Hazardous Materials), (iii) none of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are a party to or the subject of any pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, legal proceeding alleging any liability, responsibility, or violation under any
Environmental Laws with respect to their past or present facilities or their respective operations,
(iv) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries have released Hazardous Materials on any real
property in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in an environmental claim or
liability against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (v) none of
the Company Properties is the subject of any pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, legal proceeding alleging any liability, responsibility, or violation under any
Environmental Laws, and (vi) to the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no release of
Hazardous Materials on, from, under, or at any of the Company Properties that would reasonably be
expected to result in an environmental claim or liability against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
SECTION 3.15 Company Benefit Plans.
(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
each Company Benefit Plan is in compliance in design and operation in all material respects with
all applicable provisions of ERISA and the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code) and each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to its qualified status under Section 401(a) of the Code and its related trusts exempt
status under Section 501(a) of the Code and the Company is not aware of any circumstances likely to
result in the loss of the qualification of any such plan under Section 401(a) of the Code.
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(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
with respect to each Company Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or
Section 412 or 4971 of the Code: (A) no Company Benefit Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum
funding standard (within the meaning of Sections 412 and 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA)
applicable to such Company Benefit Plan, whether or not waived and no application for a waiver of
the minimum funding standard with respect to any Company Benefit Plan has been submitted; (B) no
reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA for which the 30-day notice
requirement has not been waived has occurred (other than in connection with the Bankruptcy Cases);
(C) no liability (other than for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the
PBGC)) under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by the Company or
any entity that is required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to Section 414 of the Code
(an ERISA Affiliate); (D) the PBGC has not instituted proceedings to terminate any such
plan or made any inquiry which would reasonably be expected to lead to termination of any such
plan, and, no condition exists that presents a risk that such proceedings will be instituted or
which would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any such plan; and (E) no Company Benefit Plan is, or is
expected to be, in at-risk status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)
of the Code).
(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
with respect to each Company Benefit Plan maintained primarily for the benefit of current or former
employees, officers or directors employed, or otherwise engaged, outside the United States (each a
Foreign Plan), excluding any Foreign Plans that are statutorily required, government
sponsored or not otherwise sponsored, maintained or controlled by the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (Excluded Non-US Plans): (A) (1) all employer and employee
contributions required by Law or by the terms of the Foreign Plan have been made, and all
liabilities of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have been satisfied, or, in each case
accrued, by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and (2) the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all requirements of applicable Law and the terms of such Foreign Plan; (B) as of the Effective
Date, the fair market value of the assets of each funded Foreign Plan, or the book reserve
established for each Foreign Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to
procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations with respect to all current and former
participants in such Foreign Plan determined on an ongoing basis (rather than on a plan termination
basis) according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations used to account for such obligations
as of the Effective Date in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles;
and (C) the Foreign Plan has been registered as required and has been maintained in good standing
with applicable regulatory authorities.
SECTION 3.16 Labor and Employment Matters. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its
Significant Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or any labor
union contract, nor are any employees of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
represented by a works council or a labor organization (other than any industry-wide or statutorily
mandated agreement in non-U.S. jurisdictions);
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(ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date
hereof, there are no activities or proceedings by any labor union or labor organization to organize
any employees of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or to compel the Company or any
of its Significant Subsidiaries to bargain with any labor union or labor organization; and (iii),
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened material labor strike, lock-out, walkout,
work stoppage, slowdown, demonstration, leafleting, picketing, boycott, work-to-rule campaign,
sit-in, sick-out, or similar form of organized labor disruption.
SECTION 3.17 Insurance. The Company maintains for itself and its Subsidiaries
insurance policies in those amounts and covering those risks, as in its judgment, are reasonable
for the business and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.18 No Unlawful Payments. No action is pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, is threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of
their respective directors, officers, or employees resulting from any (a) use of corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity, (b) direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds, (c) violations of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
of 1977 or any other applicable local anti-bribery or anti-corruption Laws in any relevant
jurisdictions or (d) other unlawful payment, except in any such case, as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.19 No Brokers Fees. Other than pursuant to agreements (including
amendments thereto) by and between the Company and each of UBS Securities LLC and Miller Buckfire &
Co., LLC, or otherwise disclosed to each Purchaser prior to the date hereof and which fees and
expenses would be included in the definition of Permitted Claims, none of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than
this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for an investment banking fee, finders fee or like payment in respect of the sale of
the Shares contemplated by this Agreement. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any Person that would give rise to a valid
claim against any Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finders fee, investment banking fee or
like payment in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 3.20 Real and Personal Property.
(a) Section 3.20(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and
complete list in all material respects of each material real property asset owned or leased (as
lessee), directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than Identified Assets) (each such property that is not a Non-Controlling Property and has a
fair market value (in the reasonable determination of the Company) in excess of $10,000,000 is
individually referred to herein as Company Property and collectively referred to herein
as the Company Properties). All Company Properties, Non-Controlling Properties and the
Identified Assets are reflected in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
in the Annual Report in Form 10-K as of, and for the year ended, December 31, 2009 (the Most
Recent Statement).
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(b) Except (i) for such breach of this Section 3.20(b) as may be caused fully or
substantially by the third party member or partner in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or
consent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) as would not individually or in the
aggregate be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries owns good and valid fee simple title or valid and enforceable leasehold interests
(except with respect to the Companys right to reject any such ground lease as part of a Bankruptcy
plan of reorganization for the remaining Debtor entities and subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors rights and remedies
generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles
of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is
sought in a proceeding at Law or in equity)), as applicable, to each of the Company Properties, in
each case, free and clear of liens, mortgages or deeds of trust, claims against title, charges that
are liens or other encumbrances on title, rights of way, restrictive covenants, declarations or
reservations of an interest in title (collectively, Encumbrances), except for the
following (collectively, the Permitted Title Exceptions): (i)
Encumbrances relating to the DIP Loan and to debt obligations reflected in the Companys
financial statements and the notes thereto (including with respect to debt obligations which are
not consolidated) or otherwise disclosed to each Purchaser in Section 3.20(g)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, (ii) Encumbrances that result from any statutory or other liens for
Taxes or assessments that are not yet due or delinquent or the validity of which is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which a sufficient and appropriate reserve has
been set aside for the full payment thereof, (iii) any contracts, or other occupancy agreements to
third parties for the occupation or use of portions of the Company Properties by such third parties
in the ordinary course of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iv) Encumbrances
imposed or promulgated by Law or any Governmental Entity, including zoning, entitlement and other
land use and environmental regulations, (v) Encumbrances disclosed on existing title policies and
current title insurance commitments or surveys made available to each Purchaser, (vi) Encumbrances
on the landlords fee interest at any Company Property where the Company or its Subsidiary is the
tenant under any ground lease, provided that, except as disclosed to each Purchaser in Section
3.20(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
have received a notice indicating the intention of the landlord under such ground lease, or of any
other Person, to (1) exercise a right to terminate such ground lease, evict the lessee or otherwise
collect the sub-rents thereunder, or (2) take any other action that would be reasonably likely to
result in a termination of such ground lease, (vii) any cashiers, landlords, workers,
mechanics, carriers, workmens, repairmens
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and materialmens liens and other similar liens (1)
incurred in the ordinary course of business which (A) are being challenged in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which a sufficient and appropriate reserve has been set aside for
the full payment thereof or (B) have been otherwise fully bonded and discharged of record or for
which a sufficient and appropriate reserve has been set aside for the full payment thereof or (2)
disclosed on Section 3.20(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (viii) any other
easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), covenants, encroachments,
protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances, and title limitations or title defects, if
any, that (I) are customary for office, industrial, master planned communities and retail
properties or (II) individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Other than as set forth on Section 3.20(b)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice of
a material default, beyond any applicable grace and cure periods, of or under any Permitted Title
Exceptions, except (w) as may have been caused fully or substantially by the third party member or
partner in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or consent of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (x) as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy Cases, (y) where the Permitted Title
Exceptions are in and of themselves evidence of default (such as mechanics liens and recorded
notices of default) or (z) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that where the Company has
otherwise represented and warranted to each Purchaser hereunder (including as set forth on the
Company Disclosure Letter pursuant to such representations and warranties) with respect to the
Companys Knowledge of, the Companys receipt of notice of or the existence of a default in
connection with a particular category of Permitted Title Exceptions, such categories of
Permitted Title Exceptions shall not be included in the representation set forth in this sentence
(by way of illustration, but not exclusion, the representations set forth in Section
3.20(f) with respect to defaults under Material Leases shall be deemed to address the Companys
representations and warranties with respect to the entire category of Permitted Title Exceptions
detailed in clause (iii) above).
(c) To the extent available, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made commercially
reasonable efforts to make available or will use commercially reasonable efforts to make available
upon request to each Purchaser those policies of title insurance that the Company or its
Subsidiaries have obtained in the last six months.
(d) With respect to each Company Ground Lease Property, except as set forth on Section
3.20(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter and except as may have been caused by, or disclosed in
the filing of the Bankruptcy Cases, as of the date hereof, to the Companys Knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of material defaults (including, without
limitation, payment defaults, but limited to those circumstances where such default may grant the
landlord under such ground lease the right to terminate such ground lease, evict the lessee or
otherwise collect the sub-rents thereunder) at such Company Ground Lease Property beyond any
applicable grace and cure periods, except (x) as would not, individually or in the
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aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (y) as may be caused fully or substantially
by the third party member or partner in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or consent of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (z) with respect to any Company Ground Lease Property which
is leased by a Subsidiary of the Company which has consummated a plan of reorganization in the
Bankruptcy Cases, all such material defaults at such Company Ground Lease Property which existed
prior to the effective date of such Persons plan of reorganization have been or will be cured in
accordance with such plan. As used herein the term Company Ground Lease Property shall
mean any Company Property having a fair market value (in the reasonable determination of the
Company) in excess of $25,000,000 which is leased by a Subsidiary of the Company as tenant pursuant
to a ground lease. With respect to the defaults referenced in clause (z) above, the Bankruptcy
Court approved the Debtors assumption of the applicable ground leases and the fixed cure amounts
for such defaults which predated assumption; provided, however, nothing contained
herein precludes any Person from raising issues in the future with respect to defaults that may
have predated such assumption.
(e) Except as set forth on Section 3.20(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement relating to the property
management (but not including any leasing, development, construction or brokerage agreements) of
any of the Company Properties by a party other than Company or any wholly owned Company
Subsidiaries, except (i) management agreements that may be terminated without cause or payment of a
termination fee upon no more than 60 days notice or (ii) as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 3.20(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the
Companys Knowledge, as of February 15, 2010, (i) each Material Lease is in full force and effect,
(ii) no tenant is in arrears in the payment of rent, additional rent or any other material charges
due under any Material Lease, and no tenant is materially in default in the performance of any
other obligations under any Material Lease, (iii) no bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding has been
commenced (and is continuing) by or against any tenant under any Material Lease, and (iv) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice from a current tenant under
any Material Lease exercising a right to terminate or otherwise cancel its Material Lease (y) as a
result of or in connection with the termination or cancellation of any other lease, sublease,
license or occupancy agreement for space at any Company Property (each, a Company Property
Lease), or (z) as a result of or in connection with any other tenant that occupies, or had
previously occupied, another Company Property Lease, allowing, or having had allowed, all or any
portion of the premises leased pursuant to such other Company Property Lease to go dark or
otherwise be abandoned or vacated; except, (A) in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) (iii) and
(iv) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (B) as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy Cases or in connection
with any Bankruptcy Court approved process and (C) as may have been caused fully or substantially
by the third party member or partner
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in any Joint Venture, without the Knowledge or consent of the
Company or its Subsidiaries. Material Lease means for any Company Property any lease in
which the Company or its Subsidiaries is the landlord, and all amendments, modifications,
supplements, renewals, exhibits, schedules, extensions and guarantees related thereto, (1) to an
anchor tenant occupying at least 80,000 square feet with respect to such Company Property or (2)
that is one of the five (5) largest leases, in terms of gross annual minimum rent, with respect to
a Company Property that has an annual net operating income, as determined in accordance with GAAP
(provided, however, that for purposes of such calculation, the following were
reflected as expenses: (a) ground rent payments to a third party and (b) an assumed management fee
equal to 3% of base minimum and percentage rent) with respect to the trailing twelve (12) calendar
month period, equal to at least $7,500,000.00. For purposes of Section 7.1(c), (y) the
representations and warranties made in Section 3.20(f)(i), (iii) and (iv),
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, shall be shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if
made at and as of the Closing Date, except for such failures to be true and correct that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and (z) the representation and warranties contained in Section 3.20(f)(ii),
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, shall be true and correct (A) at and as of the last day of the calendar
month that is two (2) calendar months prior to the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs
as if made at and as of such date, if the Closing Date occurs on or prior to the fifteenth (15th)
day of a calendar month, or (B) at and as of the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month that is
one (1) calendar month prior to the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs as if made at
and as of such date, if the Closing Date occurs on or after the sixteenth (16th) day of a calendar
month,
except for such failures to be true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) With respect to each Company Property:
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As of the date listed thereunder,
Section 3.20(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a
true, correct and complete list in all material respects of (i) all
loans (other than the DIP Loan) and other indebtedness secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or indemnity deed of
trust in such Company Property (each, a Company Mortgage
Loan), (ii) the outstanding principal balance of each such
Company Mortgage Loan, (iii) the rate of interest applicable to such
Company Mortgage Loan and (iv) the maturity date of such Company
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Except as set forth in Section
3.20(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries have received a written notice of default
(beyond any applicable grace or cure periods) in the (y) payment of
interest, principal or other material amount due to the lender under
any Company Mortgage Loan, whether as the primary obligor or as a
guarantor thereof or (z) performance of any other material
obligations under any Company Mortgage Loan, except (i) with respect
to (y) and (z) above, as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy
Cases, or as is prohibited, stayed or otherwise suspended as a result
of the Companys or any Subsidiarys Chapter 11 filing or status as a
debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11, and (ii) with respect solely
to (z) above, which would not individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and |
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For purposes of Section 7.1(c) the
representations and warranties made in Section 3.20(g)(i),
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein
relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, shall be true
and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of the
Closing Date, except for (A) such inaccuracies caused by sales,
purchases, transfers of assets, refinancing or other actions effected
in accordance with, subject to the limitations contained in, and not
otherwise prohibited by, the terms and conditions in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, in Article VII, (B)
amortization payments made pursuant to any applicable Company
Mortgage Loans and (C) such failures to be true and correct that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
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(h) To the Knowledge of the Company, (i) except as set forth on Section 3.20(h) of the
Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written
notice exercising an option, buy-sell right or other similar right to purchase a Company Property
or any material portion thereof which has not previously closed, except as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to such
Company Property and (ii) no Company Property is subject to a purchase and sale agreement or any
similar legally binding agreement to purchase such Company Property or any material portion thereof
(other than (x) with respect to condominium purchase and sale agreements and purchase and sale and
early occupancy agreements or other similar agreements for the sale of condominium units at the
Natick Nouvelle, (y) with respect to builder lot purchase agreements and other similar agreements
for the sale of vacant lots of land to builders at Bridgeland and (z) as set forth in (i) above)
which has not previously closed.
(i) The Company has conducted due inquiry with respect to the representations and warranties
made in Section 3.20(d), Section 3.20(f), and Section 3.20(h).
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SECTION 3.21 Tax Matters. Except as disclosed on Section 3.21(a) of the
Company Disclosure Letter:
(a) Except in cases where the failure of any of the following to be true would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have filed all
Tax Returns required to be filed by applicable Law prior to the date hereof; (ii) all such Tax
Returns were true, complete and correct in all respects and filed on a timely basis (taking into
account any applicable extensions); (iii) the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have
paid all amounts of Taxes that are due, claimed or assessed by any taxing authority to be due for
the periods covered by such Tax Returns, other than any Taxes for which adequate reserves
(Adequate Reserves) have been established in accordance with GAAP or a claim has been
filed in the Bankruptcy Cases; and (iv) all adjustments of federal U.S. Tax liability of the
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries resulting from completed audits or examinations have been
reported to appropriate state and local taxing authorities and all resulting Taxes payable to state
and local taxing authorities have been paid. Taxes means any U.S. federal, state, local, or
foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation,
premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs
duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added,
alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any
interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not. Tax Return means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return
or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including
any amendment thereof, including, where permitted or required, combined or consolidated returns for
any group of entities that include the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company and each of its REIT Subsidiaries (x) for all taxable years commencing with
the taxable year ended December 31, 2005 through December 31, 2009, has been subject to taxation as
a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code (a REIT )
and has satisfied all requirements to qualify as a REIT for such years; (y) has operated since
January 1, 2010 to the date hereof in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT; and (z) intends to continue to operate in such a manner as to qualify as a
REIT for the current taxable year. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will
prevent the Company or any of its REIT Subsidiaries from so qualifying. No Subsidiary of the
Company other than a REIT Subsidiary is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other
than a corporation that qualifies as a taxable REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section
856(l) of the Code. For the purposes of this Agreement, REIT Subsidiary means each of
GGP Ivanhoe, Inc., GGP Holding, Inc., GGP Holding II, Inc., Victoria Ward, Limited, GGP-Natick
Trust and GGP/Homart, Inc.
(c) Each Company Subsidiary other than its REIT Subsidiaries that is a partnership, joint
venture, or limited liability company and which has not elected to be a taxable REIT subsidiary
within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code has been since its formation treated for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a partnership or disregarded entity, as the case may be, and not as
a corporation or an association taxable as a corporation, except where failure to do so would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Except where the failure to be true would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have (i) complied in all respects with all applicable
Laws, rules, and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including
withholding and reporting requirements under sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406, 6041
and 6049 of the Code and similar provisions under any other Laws) and (ii) within the time and in
the manner prescribed by Law, withheld from employee wages and paid to the proper Governmental
Entities all amounts required to be withheld and paid over.
(e) Except where the failure to be true would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no audits or
other administrative proceedings or court proceedings are presently pending or to the Knowledge of
the Company threatened with regard to any Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries, other than any audit or administrative proceeding relating to Taxes for
which a claim has been filed in a Debtors Chapter 11 case or any other audit or administrative or
court proceeding that is not reasonably expected to result in a material Tax liability to the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.
(f) The Company has made available to each Purchaser complete and accurate copies of all
material Tax Returns requested by any Purchaser and filed by or on behalf of the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries for all taxable years ending on or prior to the Effective Date and for
which the statute of limitations has not expired.
(g) There are no Tax Protection Agreements except for those the breach of which would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Significant
Subsidiary has any liability for Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision of any state, local or foreign Law), or as a transferee or successor (by
contract or otherwise), other than (i) to a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) where any such
liability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.22 Material Contracts. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Material Contract that
shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases is valid and binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, on each other Person party thereto, and is in
full force and effect. Other than as a result of the commencement of the Bankruptcy Cases, each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has performed, in all material respects, all obligations required
to be performed by it under each Material Contract that shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases, except,
in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Other than those caused as a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy
Cases, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in breach or default of any
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Material Contract to which it is a party and which shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases, except, in
each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to each Purchaser true, accurate and
complete copies of the Material Contracts as of the date of this Agreement, except for those
Material Contracts available to the public on the website maintained by the SEC. To the Knowledge
of the Company, no party to any Material Contract that shall survive the Bankruptcy Cases has given
written notice of any action to terminate, cancel, rescind or procure a judicial reformation of
such Material Contract or any material provision thereof, which termination, cancellation,
rescission or reformation would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. For the avoidance of doubt, Material Contracts do not include
intercompany contracts.
SECTION 3.23 Certain Restrictions on Charter and Bylaws Provisions; State Takeover
Laws.
(a) The Company and the Company Board have taken all appropriate and necessary actions to
ensure that the ownership limitations set forth in Article IV of the Companys certificate of
incorporation shall not apply to (i) the acquisition of beneficial ownership by any Purchaser and
any other member of the Purchaser Group of the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants, (ii) any antidilution adjustments to those Warrants pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement
and (iii) any Common Stock that any Purchaser or any member of the Purchaser Group may be
deemed to own by no actions of its own and the acquisition of beneficial ownership of up to an
additional amount totaling 0.714% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, in the
aggregate, by any Purchaser or any other member of the Purchaser Group; provided,
however, that such exception to the ownership limitations are only effective as to any
Purchaser or a member of the Purchaser Group so long as (i) the Company has received executed
copies of the representation certificate contained in Exhibit D from such Purchaser or such
member of the Purchaser Group, it being understood that a member of the Purchaser Group shall be
required to provide such representations at such times and only at such times as such member of the
Purchaser Group beneficially owns or constructively owns (as such terms are defined in the
certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New Common Stock in excess of the
relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Company or any stock
or other equity interest owned by such member of the Purchaser Group in a tenant of the Company
would be treated as constructively owned by the Company and (ii) the representations so provided
are true, correct and complete as of the date made and continue to be true, correct and complete.
(b) The Company Board has taken all action necessary to render inapplicable to each Purchaser
the restrictions on business combinations set forth in Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law and, to the knowledge of the Company, any similar moratorium, control share,
fair price, takeover or interested stockholder law applicable to transactions between each
Purchaser and the Company.
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SECTION 3.24 No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations
and warranties made by the Company in this Article III, neither the Company nor any other
Person makes any representation or warranty with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to each Purchaser or any other members of the
Purchaser Group or their respective representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other
information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Each Purchaser severally, and not jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the
Company with respect to itself, and not with respect to any other Purchaser, as set forth below:
SECTION 4.1 Organization. Purchaser is duly organized and is validly existing and,
where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the
requisite limited liability company power and authority to undertake and effectuate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Purchaser has
been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other form of entity for the transaction of
business and, where applicable, is in good standing under the Laws of each other jurisdiction in
which it operates so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified,
licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or be reasonably
expected to materially delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION 4.2 Power and Authority. Purchaser has the requisite power and authority to
enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and has
taken all necessary action required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance
by it of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.3 Execution and Delivery. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against
Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 4.4 No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance by Purchaser of its obligations hereunder and compliance by Purchaser with all of the
provisions hereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein (i) shall not
conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of, or the creation of any lien under, or
give rise to any termination right under, any material contract to which Purchaser is a party, (ii)
shall not result in any violation or breach of any provisions of the organizational documents of
Purchaser and (iii) shall not conflict with or result in any violation of, or any termination or
material impairment of any rights under, any statute or any license, authorization, injunction,
judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over Purchaser or Purchasers properties or assets, except with respect to each of
(i), (ii) and (iii), such conflicts, violations or defaults as would not be reasonably expected to
have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
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SECTION 4.5 Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order, authorization,
registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over Purchaser
is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registration or qualification as would not reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.6 Compliance with Laws. Since the date of its formation, Purchaser has been
in compliance with all Laws applicable to Purchaser, except, in each case, for such non-compliance
as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.7 Legal Proceedings. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened
against Purchaser which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to Purchaser,
would materially and adversely affect the ability of Purchaser to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
SECTION 4.8 No Brokers Fees. Purchaser is not party to any contract, agreement or
understanding with any Person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company for an
investment banking fee, commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 4.9 Sophistication. Purchaser is, as of the date hereof and shall be as of
the Effective Date, an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act. Purchaser understands and is able to bear any economic risks associated with such investment
(including, without limitation, the necessity of holding such Shares and GGO Shares for an
indefinite period of time).
SECTION 4.10 Purchaser Intent. Purchaser is acquiring the Shares, the Warrants, the
GGO Shares, the New Warrants and the GGO Warrants for investment purposes only and not with a view
to or for distributing or reselling such Shares, Warrants, GGO Shares, New Warrants and GGO
Warrants or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to Purchasers right, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such
Shares, Warrants, GGO Shares, New Warrants and GGO Warrants pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities Laws. Purchaser understands that Purchaser must bear
the economic risk of its investment indefinitely.
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SECTION 4.11 Reliance on Exemptions. Purchaser understands that the Shares and the
GGO Shares are being offered and sold to Purchaser in reliance upon specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities Laws.
SECTION 4.12 REIT Representations. The representations provided by Purchaser and, to
the extent applicable, its Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members, set forth on Exhibit
D are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof, and shall be true as of the date of the
issuance of the Warrants and as of the Closing Date, it being understood that Purchasers
Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members shall be required to provide such representations only
if such Person beneficially owns or constructively owns (as such terms are defined in the
certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New Common Stock in excess of the
relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Company or any stock
or other equity interest owned by such Person in a tenant of the Company would be treated as
constructively owned by the Company.
SECTION 4.13 Financial Capability. Such Purchaser has sufficient binding capital
commitments or available funds to satisfy its obligations under this Agreement, including without
limitation the payment of the applicable Purchase Price and the GGO Purchase Price.
SECTION 4.14 No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations
and warranties made by Purchaser in this Article IV, neither Purchaser nor any other Person
on behalf of Purchaser makes any representation or warranty with respect to Purchaser or its
assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects.
SECTION 4.15 Acknowledgement. Purchaser acknowledges that (a) neither the Company nor
any Person on behalf of the Company is making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express
or implied, beyond those expressly given by the Company in Article III of this Agreement
and (b) Purchaser has not been induced by, or relied upon, any representations, warranties or
statements (written or oral), whether express or implied, made by any Person, that are not
expressly set forth in Article III of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, except with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Article
III, Purchaser acknowledges that no representations or warranties are made with respect to any
projections, forecasts, estimates, budgets, plans or prospect information that may have been made
available to Purchaser or any of its representatives.
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND PURCHASER
SECTION 5.1 Bankruptcy Court Motions and Orders.
(a) No later than the close of business on the date that is two (2) Business Days following
the date of this Agreement, the Company shall file with the Bankruptcy Court a motion in form and
substance satisfactory to each Purchaser (the Approval Motion) seeking to obtain entry of
an order in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the Proposed Approval Order),
which order in the final form if approved by the Bankruptcy Court (the Approval Order)
shall approve, among other things, the issuance of the Warrants to each Purchaser and the warrants
contemplated by each other Investment Agreement to be issued to the applicable Initial Investor,
and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Warrant Agreement.
(b) The Approval Motion, including any exhibits thereto and any notices or other materials in
connection therewith, and any modifications or amendments to the foregoing, must be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to each Purchaser.
(c) If the Approval Order shall be appealed by any Person (or a petition for certiorari or
motion for reconsideration, amendment, clarification, modification, vacation, stay, rehearing or
reargument shall be filed with respect to such order), the Company shall diligently defend against
any such appeal, petition or motion and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain an
expedited resolution of any such appeal, petition or motion. The Company shall keep each Purchaser
reasonably informed and updated regarding the status of any such appeal, petition or motion.
(d) The Company shall provide draft copies of all motions, notices, statements, schedules,
applications, reports and other papers the Company intends to file with the Bankruptcy Court in
connection with the Approval Order to each Purchaser within a reasonable period of time prior to
the date the Company intends to file any of the foregoing, and shall consult in advance in good
faith with each Purchaser regarding the form and substance of any such proposed filing with the
Bankruptcy Court.
SECTION 5.2 Warrants, New Warrants and GGO Warrants. Within one Business Day of the
date of the entry of the Approval Order, the Company and the warrant agent shall execute and
deliver the warrant agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (with only such
changes thereto as may be reasonably requested by the warrant agent and reasonably approved by each
Purchaser) (the Warrant Agreement) pursuant to which there will be issued to PSCM
17,142,857 warrants (the Warrants) each of which, when issued, delivered and vested in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement, will entitle the holder to purchase one (1)
share of Common Stock at an initial price of $15.00 per share subject to adjustment as provided in
the Warrant Agreement. The Warrant Agreement shall provide that the Warrants shall vest in
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accordance with Section 2.2(b) and Schedule A of the Warrant Agreement. For the avoidance of
doubt, Warrants that have not vested may not be exercised. The Plan shall provide that upon the
Effective Date, the Warrants, regardless of whether or not vested, shall be cancelled for no
consideration. The Plan shall also provide that there shall be issued to each Purchaser pro rata
in accordance with the number of shares of New Common Stock or GGO Common Stock, as the case may
be, purchased, an aggregate of (i) 17,142,857 warrants (the New Warrants) each of which
entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of New Common Stock at an initial purchase price of
$10.50 per share subject to adjustment as provided in the underlying warrant agreement and (ii)
2,000,000 fully vested warrants (the GGO Warrants) each of which entitles the holder to
purchase one (1) share of GGO Common Stock at a price of $50.00 per share subject to adjustment as
provided in the underlying warrant agreement, each in accordance with the terms set forth in a
warrant and registration rights agreement with terms substantially similar to the terms set forth
in the Warrant Agreement, except that the expiration date for each New Warrant and GGO Warrant
shall be the seventh year anniversary of the date on which such warrants are issued. The New
Warrants (i) shall not vest or be exercisable upon issuance but, subject to clause (ii) of this
sentence, shall vest and become exercisable on the date (the New Warrant Vesting Date)
that is the earlier of (x) the first Business Day occurring at least 211 days after
the Effective Date, if the Put Option has expired or terminated (in each case without
exercise) or been settled, and (y) the first day when both (1) at least 10,000,000 Repurchase
Shares have been repurchased pursuant to Section 1.4(b) and (2) the Put Option has
terminated without exercise, and (ii) shall expire and not vest if, after the Effective Date but
prior to the New Warrant Vesting Date, all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of New
Common Stock shall have been acquired by any single Person or group (within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of
Persons, other than the Company, any Initial Investor or any Affiliate of the Company or any
Initial Investor, in a full cash tender offer or in a full cash merger transaction that, in each
case, has been approved after the Effective Date by the Company Board. PSCM, in its sole
discretion, may designate that some or all of the New Warrants or GGO Warrants be issued in the
name of, and delivered to, any member of the Purchaser Group in accordance with and subject to the
Designation Conditions.
SECTION 5.3 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 5.4 Listing. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Shares and the New Warrants to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE). The
Plan shall provide that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause GGO to use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the GGO Shares and the GGO Warrants to be listed on a U.S.
national securities exchange.
SECTION 5.5 Use of Proceeds. The Plan shall provide that the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and GGO, shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares and the GGO Shares
and the Capital Raising Activities, as applicable, as provided in the Plan Summary Term Sheet and
the Plan. The parties intend that the New Warrants, GGO Warrants, New Common Shares and GGO Shares
will be offered and sold under the Plan,
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to the fullest extent permitted by law, in exchange for a
claim against, an interest in, or a claim for an administrative expense in the Bankruptcy Case, or
principally in such exchange and partly for other cash or property, for purposes of Section 1145,
and the parties shall take all reasonable actions necessary consistent with applicable law to cause
such securities to be so offered and sold, including without limitation, reflecting the foregoing
in the initial filing of the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court.
SECTION 5.6 Access to Information. Subject to applicable Law and the Companys
receipt of customary assurances of confidentiality by each Purchaser, upon reasonable notice, the
Company shall afford each Purchaser and its directors, officers, employees, investment bankers,
attorneys, accountants and other advisors or representatives, reasonable access during normal
business hours, throughout the period prior to the Effective Date, to its employees, books,
contracts and records and, during such period, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to) furnish promptly to each Purchaser such information concerning its business, properties and
personnel as may reasonably be requested by such Purchaser, including copies of all monthly
financial information provided to its lenders under its existing debtor in possession financing
agreements; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall
not be required to share confidential information relating to any Competing Transaction except
as contemplated by Section 5.7.
SECTION 5.7 Competing Transactions. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier
to occur of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall provide written
notice to each Purchaser not less than 48 hours prior to the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company (i) entering into a definitive agreement providing for a Competing Transaction or (ii)
filing a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking to obtain bid procedures or bid protections for
or in connection with a Competing Transaction.
SECTION 5.8 Reservation for Issuance. The Company shall reserve that number of shares
of Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon exercise or conversion of the Warrants. In connection
with the issuance of the New Warrants, the Plan shall provide that the Company shall reserve for
issuance that number of shares of New Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon exercise of the New
Warrants. The Plan shall provide that GGO shall reserve for issuance that number of shares of GGO
Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon exercise of the GGO Warrants.
SECTION 5.9 Subscription Rights.
(a) Company Subscription Right.
(i) Sale of New Equity Securities. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company at any time or from time to time following the Closing Date makes any public or
non-public offering of any shares of New Common Stock (or securities that are convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, New Common Stock)
(other than (1) pursuant to the
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granting or exercise of employee stock options or other
stock incentives pursuant to the Companys stock incentive plans and employment
arrangements as in effect from time to time or the issuance of stock pursuant to the
Companys employee stock purchase plan as in effect from time to time, (2) pursuant to or
in consideration for the acquisition of another Person, business or assets by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by purchase of stock, merger, consolidation, purchase
of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or otherwise, (3) to strategic
partners or joint venturers in connection with a commercial relationship with the Company
or its Subsidiaries or to parties in connection with them providing the Company or its
Subsidiaries with loans, credit lines, cash price reductions or similar transactions, under
arms-length arrangements, (4) pursuant to the Equity Exchange or any conversion or
exchange of debt or other claims into equity in connection with the Plan, (5) the sale of
Backstop Shares or (6) as set forth on Section 5.9(a) of the Company Disclosure
Letter) (the Proposed Securities), the members of the Purchaser Group shall have
the right to acquire from the Company (the Subscription Right) for the same price
(net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if
not
purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) and on the same
terms as such Proposed Securities are proposed to be offered to others, up to the amount of
such Proposed Securities in the aggregate required to enable it to maintain its aggregate
proportionate New Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis
determined in accordance with the following sentence, in each case, subject to such
limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules. The aggregate
amount of such Proposed Securities that the members of the Purchaser Group shall be
entitled to purchase in the aggregate in any offering pursuant to the above shall (subject
to such limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules) be
determined by multiplying (x) the total number of such offered shares of Proposed
Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of
New Common Stock held by the Purchaser Group on a Fully Diluted Basis as of the date of the
Companys notice pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(ii) in respect of the issuance of such
Proposed Securities, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of New Common
Stock then outstanding on a Fully Diluted Basis. For the avoidance of doubt, the actual
amount of securities to be sold or offered to the members of the Purchaser Group pursuant
to their exercise of the Subscription Right hereunder shall be proportionally reduced if
the aggregate amount of Proposed Securities sold or offered is reduced. Any offers and
sales pursuant to this Section 5.9 in the context of a registered public offering
shall be conditioned upon reasonably acceptable representations and warranties of each
applicable member of the Purchaser Group designated pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(vi)
regarding its status as the type of offeree to whom a private sale can be made concurrently
with a registered public offering in compliance with applicable securities Laws.
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(ii) Notice. In the event the Company proposes to offer Proposed Securities,
it shall give each Purchaser written notice of its intention, describing the estimated
price (or range of prices), anticipated amount of securities, timing and other terms upon
which the Company proposes to offer the same (including, in the case of a registered public
offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration
statement filed with respect to such offering), no later than 10 Business Days after the
commencement of marketing with respect to such offering or after the Company takes
substantial steps to pursue any other offering. The applicable members of the Purchaser
Group shall have three (3) Business Days from the date of receipt of such a notice to
notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise the applicable Subscription Right
and as to the amount of Proposed Securities such member of the Purchaser Group desires to
purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 5.9(a)(i). In
connection with an underwritten public offering, such notice shall constitute a non-binding
indication of interest to purchase Proposed Securities at such a range of prices as the
such member of the Purchaser Group may specify and, with respect to other offerings, such
notice shall constitute a binding commitment of the applicable member of such Purchaser
Group to purchase the amount of Proposed Securities so specified at the price and
other terms set forth in the Companys notice to each Purchaser. The failure of such
member of the Purchaser Group to so respond within such three (3) Business Day period shall
be deemed to be a waiver of the applicable Subscription Right under this Section
5.9 only with respect to the offering described in the applicable notice. In
connection with an underwritten public offering or a private placement, the applicable
member of the Purchaser Group shall further enter into an agreement (in form and substance
customary for transactions of this type) to purchase the Proposed Securities to be acquired
contemporaneously with the execution of any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement
entered into with the Company, the underwriters or initial purchasers of such underwritten
public offering or private placement, and the failure of such member of the Purchaser Group
to enter into such an agreement at or prior to such time shall constitute a waiver of the
right to purchase the applicable portion of the Proposed Securities in respect of such
offering.
(iii) Purchase Mechanism. If a member of the Purchaser Group exercises its
Subscription Right provided in this Section 5.9, the closing of the purchase of the
Proposed Securities with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place
concurrently with the sale to the other investors in the applicable offering, which period
of time for the closing of the purchase of the Proposed Securities with respect to which
such right has been exercised shall be extended for a maximum of 180 days in order to
comply with applicable Laws (including receipt of any applicable regulatory or stockholder
approvals). Each of the Company and the applicable members of the Purchaser Group shall
use its reasonable best efforts to secure any regulatory or stockholder approvals or other
consents, and to comply with any Law necessary in connection with the offer, sale and
purchase of, such Proposed Securities.
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(iv) Failure of Purchase. In the event (A) the applicable member of the Purchaser
Group fails to exercise its Subscription Right provided in this Section 5.9 within
said three Business Day period, or (B) if so exercised, such member of the Purchaser Group
fails or is unable to consummate such purchase within the 180 day period specified in
Section 5.9(a)(iii), without prejudice to other remedies, the Company shall
thereafter be entitled during the Additional Sale Period to sell the Proposed Securities
not elected to be purchased pursuant to this Section 5.9 or which the applicable
member of the Purchaser Group fails to or is unable to purchase, at a price and upon terms
no more favorable in any material respect to the purchasers of such securities than were
specified in the Companys notice to each Purchaser. In the event the Company has not sold
the Proposed Securities within the Additional Sale Period, the Company shall not thereafter
offer, issue or sell such Proposed Securities without first offering such securities to the
members of the Purchaser Group in the manner provided above.
(v) Non-Cash Consideration. In the case of the offering of securities for a
consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in
exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration
other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Company
Board; provided, however, that such fair value as determined by the Company
Board shall not exceed the aggregate market price of the securities being offered as of the
date the Company Board authorizes the offering of such securities.
(vi) Cooperation. The Company and each applicable member of the Purchaser
Group shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of such member of the
Purchaser Groups Subscription Right hereunder, including using reasonable efforts to
secure any required approvals or consents.
(vii) Allocation Among Purchaser Group. PSCM shall have the right as
attorney-in-fact of each member of the Purchaser Group to exercise all of the rights of the
members of the Purchaser Group hereunder and designate the members of such Purchaser Group
to receive any securities to be issued and the Company may rely on any designations made by
PSCM. As a condition to the Companys obligations with respect to the exercise of a
Subscription Right by a member of the Purchaser Group not a party to this Agreement, such
member will agree to perform each obligation applicable to it under this Section
5.9.
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(viii) General. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) if (1) a
member of the Purchaser Group exercises its Subscription Right pursuant to this Section
5.9 and is unable to complete the purchase of the Proposed Securities concurrently with
the sales to the other investors in the applicable offering as contemplated by Section
5.9(a)(iii) due to applicable regulatory or stockholder approvals and (2) the Company
or the Company Board determines in good faith that any delay in completion of an offering
in respect of which such member of the Purchaser Group is entitled to Subscription Rights
would materially impair the financing objective of such offering, the Company may proceed
with such offering without the participation of such member of the Purchaser Group in such
offering, in which event the Company and such member of the Purchaser Group shall promptly
thereafter agree on a process otherwise consistent with this Section 5.9 as would
allow such member of the Purchaser Group to purchase, at the same price (net of any
underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if not
purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) as in such offering,
up to the amount of shares of New Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, New Common Stock) as
shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate
New Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis, (B) if the
Company or the Company Board determines in good faith that compliance with the notice
provisions in Section 5.9(a)(iii) would materially impair the financing objective
of an offering in respect of which
the members of the Purchaser Group are entitled to Subscription Rights, the Company
shall be permitted by notice to each Purchaser to reduce the notice period required under
Section 5.9(a)(iii) (but not to less than one (1) Business Day) to the minimum
extent required to meet the financing objective of such offering and the members of the
Purchaser Group shall have the right to either (x) exercise their Subscription Rights
during the shortened notice periods specified in such notice or (y) require the Company to
promptly thereafter agree on a process otherwise consistent with this Section 5.9
as would allow the applicable members of the Purchaser Group to purchase, at the same price
(net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if
not purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) as in such
offering, up to the amount of shares of New Common Stock (or securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, New
Common Stock) as shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate
proportionate New Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis
and (C) in the event the Company is unable to issue shares of New Common Stock (or
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the
performance of, New Common Stock) to the applicable members of the Purchaser Group as a
result of a failure to receive regulatory or stockholder approval therefor, the Company
shall take such action or cause to be taken such other action in order to place the
Purchaser Group, insofar as reasonably practicable (subject to any limitations that may be
imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules), in the same position in all material
respects as if the applicable member of the Purchaser Group was able to effectively
exercise its Subscription Rights hereunder, including, without limitation, at the option of
such member, issuing to such member of the Purchaser Group another class of securities of
the Company having terms to be agreed by the Company and such member having a value at
least equal to the value per share of New Common Stock, in each case, as shall be necessary
to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate New Common
Stock-equivalent interest in the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis.
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(ix) Termination. This Section 5.9 shall terminate at such time as
the members of the Purchaser Group collectively beneficially own less than 5% of the
outstanding shares of New Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis.
(b) GGO Subscription Rights. The Plan shall provide that in connection with the
consummation of the Plan, GGO shall enter into an agreement with each Purchaser with substantially
similar terms to those set forth in Section 5.9(a) above with respect to any issuance of
GGO Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or
otherwise linked to, GGO Common Stock) after the Effective Date.
SECTION 5.10 Company Board of Directors.
(a) Company Board of Directors. The Plan shall provide that as of the Effective Date,
the Company Board shall have nine (9) members and one (1) of such members shall be a person
designated by PSCM (the Purchaser Board Designee); provided, that such designee
shall be identified by name and in writing to the Company no later than 10 Business Days prior to
the voting deadline established by the Bankruptcy Court. Subject to the rights provided under the
other Investment Agreements, the remaining members of the Company Board on the Effective Date shall
be chosen by the Company in consultation with each Purchaser.
(b) GGO Board of Directors.
(i) The Plan shall provide that as of the Effective Date, the board of directors of
GGO (the GGO Board) shall have nine (9) members and three (3) of such members
shall be persons designated by PSCM (the Purchaser GGO Board Designees), to
separate classes of directors of the GGO Board (if GGO has a staggered board of directors);
provided, that such designees shall be identified by name and in writing to the
Company no later than 10 Business Days prior to the voting deadline established by the
Bankruptcy Court. Subject to the rights provided under the other Investment Agreements,
the remaining members of the GGO Board on the Effective Date shall be chosen by the Company
in consultation with each Purchaser.
(ii) Unless each Purchaser has otherwise agreed, the Plan shall provide, in connection
with the consummation of the Plan, for GGO to enter into an agreement with each Purchaser
(the GGO Agreement) providing as follows:
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That following the Closing,
GGO shall nominate as part of its slate of directors and use
its reasonable best efforts to have them elected to the GGO
Board (including through the solicitation of proxies for such
person to the same extent as it does for any of its other
nominees to the GGO Board) (subject to applicable Law and
stock exchange rules (provided that the Purchaser GGO Board
Designees need not be independent under the applicable
rules of the applicable stock exchange or the SEC)) (x) so
long as the Purchaser Group has at least a 17.5% Fully
Diluted GGO Economic Interest, three (3) Purchaser Board
Designees, and (y) otherwise, so long as the Purchaser Group
beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) in the aggregate
at least 10% of the shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully
Diluted Basis, two (2) Purchaser Board Designees. For the
avoidance of doubt, at and following such
time as the Purchaser Group beneficially owns (directly or
indirectly) in the aggregate less than 10% of the shares
of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis, PSCM shall
no longer have the right to designate directors for
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That following the Closing,
and subject to applicable Law and stock exchange rules, there
shall be proportional representation by Purchaser GGO Board
Designees on any committee of the GGO Board, except for
special committees established for potential conflict of
interest situations, and except that only Purchaser GGO Board
Designees who qualify under the applicable rules of the
applicable stock exchange or the SEC may serve on committees
where such qualification is required. If at any time the
number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees serving on the GGO
Board exceeds the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees
that PSCM is then otherwise entitled to designate as a result
of a decrease in the percentage of shares of GGO Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Purchaser Group, such Purchaser
Group shall, to the extent it is within such Purchaser
Groups control, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
any such additional Purchaser GGO Board Designees to offer to
resign such that the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees
serving on the GGO Board after giving effect to such
resignation does not exceed the number of Purchaser GGO Board
Designees that PSCM is entitled to designate for election to
the GGO Board. |
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That except with respect to
the resignation of a Purchaser GGO Board Designee pursuant to
Section 5.10(b)(ii)(2), (A) PSCM shall have the power
to designate a Purchaser GGO Board Designees replacement
upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or
removal from office of such Purchaser GGO Board Designee and
(B) the GGO Board shall promptly take all action reasonably
required to fill any vacancy resulting therefrom with such
replacement Purchaser GGO Board Designee (including
nominating such person, subject to
applicable Law, as GGOs nominee to serve on the GGO Board
and causing GGO to use all reasonable efforts to have such
person elected as a director of GGO and solicit proxies
for such person to the same extent as it does for any of
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That (A) each Purchaser GGO
Board Designee shall be entitled to the same compensation and
same indemnification in connection with his or her role as a
director as the members of the GGO Board, and each Purchaser
GGO Board Designee shall be entitled to reimbursement for
documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
attending meetings of the GGO Board or any committees
thereof, to the same extent as other members of the GGO
Board, (B) GGO shall notify each Purchaser GGO Board Designee
of all regular and special meetings of the GGO Board and
shall notify the Purchaser GGO Board Designee of all regular
and special meetings of any committee of the GGO Board of
which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is a member, and (C)
GGO shall provide each Purchaser GGO Board Designee with
copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials
provided to all other members of the GGO Board concurrently
as such materials are provided to the other members (except,
for the avoidance of doubt, as are provided to members of
committees of which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is not
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Purchaser GGO Board
Designee candidates shall be subject to such reasonable
eligibility criteria as applied in good faith by the
nominating, corporate governance or similar committee of the
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SECTION 5.11 Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) The Company shall (i) give prompt written notice to each Purchaser of any written notice
or other written communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person which is or
may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not likely to
be obtained prior to Closing, if the failure to obtain such consent would reasonably be expected to
be adverse and material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or would materially
impair
the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or perform its
obligations hereunder, and (ii) facilitate adding such individuals as designated by each Purchaser
to the electronic notification system such that the designated individuals will receive electronic
notice of the entry of any Bankruptcy Court Order.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) the Company shall give prompt notice to
each Purchaser of the commencement of any investigation, inquiry or review by any Governmental
Entity with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to be
adverse and material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or would materially
impair the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or perform its
obligations hereunder, and (ii) the Company shall give prompt notice to each Purchaser, and each
Purchaser shall give written prompt notice to the Company, of any event or circumstance that would
result in any representation or warranty of the Company or such Purchaser, as applicable, being
untrue or any covenant or agreement of the Company or such Purchaser, as applicable, not being
performed or complied with such that, in each such case, the conditions set forth in Article
VII or Article VIII, as applicable, would not be satisfied if such event or
circumstance existed on the Closing Date.
(c) No information received by a party pursuant to this Section 5.11 nor any
information received or learned by a party or any of its representatives pursuant to an
investigation made under this Section 5.11 shall be deemed to (A) qualify, modify, amend or
otherwise affect any representations, warranties, conditions, covenants or other agreements of the
other party set forth in this Agreement, (B) amend or otherwise supplement the information set
forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, (C) limit or restrict the remedies available to such party
under this Agreement, applicable Law or otherwise arising out of a breach of this Agreement, or (D)
limit or restrict the ability of such party to invoke or rely on, or effect the satisfaction of,
the conditions to the obligations of such party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement set forth in Article VII or Article VIII, as applicable.
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SECTION 5.12 Further Assurances. From and after the Closing, the Company shall (and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to) execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, such further instruments or documents or take such other action and cause entities
controlled by them to take such action as may be reasonably necessary (or as reasonably requested
by any Purchaser) to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.13 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 5.14 Rights Agreement; Reorganized Company Organizational Documents.
(a) Prior to the issuance of the Warrants, the Rights Agreement shall be amended to provide
that (i) the Rights Agreement is inapplicable to (1) the acquisition by members of the Purchaser
Group of the Warrants and the underlying securities
thereof, (2) any antidilution adjustments to those Warrants pursuant to the Warrant Agreement,
(3) any shares of New Common Stock that a Purchaser or a member of its Purchaser Group may be
deemed to own by no actions of its own and (4) up to an additional amount totaling 0.714% of the
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock in the aggregate by the Purchaser Group, (ii) no
Purchaser, or any member of the Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person (as
defined in the Rights Agreement), (iii) neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the Rights
Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall be deemed to occur
and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall not separate from the Common Stock,
in each case under (ii), (iii) and (iv), as a result of the acquisition by members of the Purchaser
Group of the Warrants, the underlying securities thereof and the acquisition of beneficial
ownership of up to an additional amount totaling 0.714% of the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock in the aggregate by the Purchaser Group.
(b) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Reorganized Company (the
Reorganized Company Organizational Documents) shall be in form mutually agreed to by the
Company and each Purchaser, provided, that in the event that the Company and such Purchaser
are not able to agree on such form prior to the Effective Date, the Reorganized Company
Organizational Documents shall be substantially in the same form as the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in existence on the date of this Agreement (except that
the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Reorganized Company shall be increased),
provided, however, that (i) the restriction on Beneficial Ownership (as such term
is defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) shall be set at 9.9% of the
outstanding capital stock of the Reorganized Company, (ii) the restriction on Constructive
Ownership (as such term is defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) shall be set
at 9.9% of the
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outstanding capital stock of the Reorganized Company, (iii) there shall not be an
exemption from the restrictions set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) for the current
Existing Holder (as such term is defined in the existing certificate of incorporation of the
Company), (iv) the Reorganized Company shall provide a waiver from the restrictions set forth in
the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) to any member of the Purchaser Group if such member provides the
Reorganized Company with a certificate containing the representations and covenants set forth on
Exhibit D and (v) the definition of Person shall be revised so that it does not include a
group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(c) In the event the Reorganized Company adopts a rights plan analogous to the Rights
Agreement on or prior to the Closing, the Plan shall provide that (i) the Reorganized Companys
Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) no Purchaser, nor any other member of its Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring
Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) whether in connection with the acquisition of Shares,
New Warrants, shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants or otherwise, (iii) neither a
Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as
defined in the Rights Agreement) shall be deemed to occur and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the
Rights Agreement) will not separate from the New Common Stock, in each case under (ii), (iii) and
(iv), as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby including the acquisition of shares of New Common Stock by any
Purchaser or other member of the Purchaser Group after the date hereof as otherwise permitted by
this Agreement, the New Warrants or as otherwise contemplated by the Non-Control Agreement.
(d) In the event GGO adopts a rights plan analogous to the Rights Agreement on or prior to the
Closing, the Plan shall provide that (i) GGOs Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) no Purchaser, nor any other member of its
Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement)
whether in connection with the acquisition of shares of GGO Common Stock or GGO Warrants or the
shares issuable upon exercise of the GGO Warrants, (iii) neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as
defined in the Rights Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall
be deemed to occur and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will not separate from
the GGO Common Stock, in each case under (ii), (iii) and (iv), as a result of the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby including the acquisition of shares of GGO Common Stock by any Purchaser or other member of
the Purchaser Group after the date hereof as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the GGO
Warrants or as otherwise contemplated by the GGO Non-Control Agreement.
(e) Newco (as defined in Exhibit B) will be formed by the Operating Partnership solely
for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
Exhibit B and Capital Raising Activities permitted pursuant to this Agreement. Prior to
the Closing, Newco will not engage in any business activity, nor conduct its operations, other than
as contemplated by this Agreement (which, for greater certainty, shall include Capital Raising
Activities permitted pursuant to this Agreement).
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SECTION 5.15 Stockholder Approval. For so long as any Purchaser has Subscription
Rights as contemplated by Section 5.9(a) in connection with the expiration of the five (5)
year period referenced in Section 3.2(c), the Company shall put up for a stockholder vote
at the immediately prior annual meeting of its stockholders, and include in its proxy statement
distributed to such stockholders in connection with such annual meeting, approval of such
Purchasers Subscription Rights for the maximum period permitted by the NYSE. The Plan shall
provide that GGO shall, for the benefit of each Purchaser, to the extent required by any U.S.
national securities exchange upon which shares of GGO Common Stock are listed, for so long as any
Purchaser has subscription rights as contemplated by Section 5.9(b), put up for a
stockholder vote at the annual meeting of its stockholders, and include in its proxy statement
distributed to such stockholders in connection with such annual meeting, approval of such
Purchasers subscription rights for the maximum period permitted by the rules of such U.S. national
securities exchange.
SECTION 5.16 Closing Date Net Debt.
(a) The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a schedule (the Preliminary Closing Date
Net Debt Schedule) on or before the first Business Day that is five calendar days following
approval of the Disclosure Statement, that: (i) sets forth the Companys good faith estimate for
each of the three components of the Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and
Permitted Claims Amounts along with a reasonably detailed explanation and calculation of each such
component and (ii) discloses the Companys good faith estimate of the Closing Date Net Debt W/O
Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts and GGO Setup Costs.
(b) Each Purchaser shall review the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule during the
Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period, during which time the Company shall allow such
Purchaser reasonable access to all non-privileged and non-work product documents or records or
personnel used in the preparation of the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule. On or prior
to the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Deadline, any Purchaser may deliver to the Company
a notice (the Dispute Notice) listing those items on the Preliminary Closing Date Net
Debt Schedule to which such Purchaser takes exception, which Dispute Notice shall (i) specifically
identify such items, and provide a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis upon which such
Purchaser has delivered such list, (ii) set forth the amount of Closing Date Net Debt W/O
Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts that such Purchaser has calculated based on
the information contained in the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule, and (iii) specifically
identify such Purchasers proposed adjustment(s). If a Purchaser timely provides the Company with
a Dispute Notice, then such Purchaser and the Company shall, within ten (10) days following receipt
of such Dispute Notice by the Company (the Resolution Period), attempt to resolve their
differences with respect to the items specified in the Dispute Notice (the Disputed
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Items). If a Purchaser and the Company do not resolve all Disputed Items by the end of the
Resolution Period, then all Disputed Items remaining in dispute shall be submitted to the
Bankruptcy Court for resolution at or concurrent with the Confirmation Hearing. The Bankruptcy
Court shall consider only those Disputed Items that such Purchaser, on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other hand, were unable to resolve. All other matters shall be deemed to have been
agreed upon by such Purchaser and the Company. If a Purchaser does not timely deliver a Dispute
Notice, then such Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Preliminary Closing
Date Net Debt Schedule and to have waived any right to dispute the matters set forth therein.
(c) The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a draft of the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment
Statement no later than 15 calendar days prior to the Effective Date. Each Purchaser shall be
afforded an opportunity to review the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement and reasonable
access to all non-privileged and non-work product documents or records or personnel used in the
preparation of such statement. On or prior to close of business on the 7th calendar day following
receipt of
the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement, any Purchaser may deliver to the Company a
notice (the CNDAS Dispute Notice) listing those items to which such Purchaser takes
exception, which CNDAS Dispute Notice shall (i) specifically identify such items, and provide a
reasonably detailed explanation of the basis upon which such Purchaser has delivered such list,
(ii) set forth the alternative amounts that such Purchaser has calculated based on the information
contained in the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement, and (iii) specifically identify such
Purchasers proposed adjustment(s). If a Purchaser timely provides the Company with a CNDAS
Dispute Notice, then such Purchaser and the Company shall attempt to resolve the items specified in
the CNDAS Dispute Notice (the CNDAS Disputed Items) consensually. If such Purchaser and
the Company do not resolve all CNDAS Disputed Items prior to the Effective Date, then for purposes
of Closing and subject to subsequent adjustment consistent with the Bankruptcy Courts ruling, the
highest number shall be used for purposes of any calculations set forth on the Conclusive Net Debt
Adjustment Statement. Within 10 days after Closing, the Company shall file a motion for resolution
by the Bankruptcy Court. The Purchasers and the Company agree to seek expedited consideration of
any such dispute. The dispute submitted to the Bankruptcy Court shall be limited to only those
CNDAS Disputed Items that a Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, were
unable to resolve. All other matters shall be deemed to have been agreed upon by the Purchasers
and the Company. If a Purchaser does not timely deliver a CNDAS Dispute Notice, then such
Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment
Statement and to have waived any right to dispute the matters set forth therein. To the extent
that one or more CNDAS Disputed Items must be submitted to the Bankruptcy Court for adjudication,
the Purchasers and the Company agree that this should not delay the Effective Date or the Closing
Date. Following adjudication of the dispute, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the
Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement, the GGO Promissory Note and the other applicable
documentation to put all parties in the same economic position as if the corrected Conclusive Net
Debt Adjustment Statement governed at Closing.
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(d) It is the intention of the parties that any Reserve should not alter the intended
allocation of value between GGO and the Company as Claims are resolved over time. Accordingly, the
Plan shall provide that, if a GGO Promissory Note is required to be issued at Closing and there is
a Reserve Surplus Amount as of the end of any fiscal quarter prior to the maturity of the GGO
Promissory Note, then the principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note shall be reduced, but not
below zero, by (i) if and to the extent that such Reserve Surplus Amount as of such date is less
than or equal to the Net Debt Surplus Amount, 80% of the Reserve Surplus Amount, and otherwise (ii)
100% of an amount equal to the Reserve Surplus Amount; provided, however, that because this
calculation may be undertaken on a periodic basis, for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii), no portion
of the Reserve Surplus Amount shall be utilized to reduce the amount of the GGO Promissory Note if
it has been previously utilized for such purpose. In the event that any party requests an
equitable adjustment to this formula, the other parties shall consider the request in good faith.
(e) The Plan shall provide that, if there is an Offering Premium, the principal amount of the
GGO Promissory Note shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 80% of the aggregate Offering Premium
on the 30th day following the Effective Date and from time to time thereafter upon receipt of
Offering Premium until the last to occur of (x) 45 days after the Effective Date, (y) the
Settlement Date, if applicable, and (z) the Bridge Note Maturity Date, if applicable.
(f) The Plan and the agreements relating to the GGO Share Distribution shall provide that the
Company shall indemnify GGO and its Subsidiaries from and against losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses attributable to MPC Taxes in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Tax Matters Agreement.
(g) Subject to the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement, if GGO is obligated to pay in
cash, after utilization of any available tax attributes, any MPC Taxes in the period commencing on
the Effective Date and ending 36 months after the Effective Date, and the Company is not then
obligated to indemnify GGO for its allocable share of such MPC Taxes as a consequence of the
Indemnity Cap (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement), then the Company shall loan to GGO the
amount of such MPC Taxes not payable by the Company as a consequence of the Indemnity Cap and the
principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note shall be increased by the amount of such loan and if at
such time no GGO Promissory Note is outstanding, on the date of any such loan, GGO shall issue in
favor of the Company a promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of such loan on the same
terms as the GGO Promissory Note.
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(h) The Debtors dispute each of the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims and have sought or
will seek disallowance of such Claims in their entirety. To the extent such claims have not been
ruled on by the Bankruptcy Court or settled prior to the Effective Date, then the asserted amounts
of such claims will be included in calculation of the Closing Date Net Debt. In the event that, on
or after the Effective Date, one or more of the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims are either
reduced or disallowed by a ruling of the Bankruptcy Court or as a result of a settlement, then the
Closing Date Net Debt amount shall be adjusted to reflect such ruling or settlement within ten (10)
calendar days following any such ruling or settlement (such adjusted Closing Date Net Debt to be
referred to as the Adjusted CDND) and the GGO Note Amount and Indemnity Cap (as defined
in the Tax Matters Agreement) shall be re-calculated as if the Adjusted CDND was used in the
calculations for the Effective Date. To the extent that a GGO Promissory Note was issued at
Closing, then, in order to place GGO and the Company in the same economic position as they would
have been had the actual amount of such settlement and/or allowance been used for purposes of
calculating the GGO Note Amount, the principal amount of such GGO Promissory Note will be reduced
based on the new calculation using the Adjusted CDND and, to the extent applicable, any interest
payments made by GGO to the Company on the GGO Promissory Note prior to such re-calculation shall
be refunded in respect of such reductions and accrued but unpaid interest in respect of such
reductions shall be eliminated. Similarly, in order to place GGO and the Company in the same
economic position as they would have been had the actual amount of such settlement and/or allowance
been used for
purposes of calculating the Indemnity Cap, the Indemnity Cap shall be re-calculated and
adjusted to reflect determination of the Net Debt Surplus Amount or Net Debt Excess Amount using
the Adjusted CDND. Additionally, to the extent any promissory note was issued by GGO in favor of
the Company pursuant to Section 5.16(g), then, in order to place GGO and the Company in the
same economic position as they would have been had the actual amount of such settlement and/or
allowance been used for purposes of calculating such note, (i) the principal amount of such note
will be reduced based on the new calculation using the Adjusted CDND and (ii) to the extent
applicable, any interest payments made by GGO to the Company on such note prior to such
re-calculation shall be refunded in respect of such reductions and accrued but unpaid interest in
respect of such reductions shall be eliminated. Consistent with the foregoing, the Tax Matters
Agreement shall be retroactively applied using the re-calculated Indemnity Cap and any resulting
amounts payable thereunder shall be promptly paid.
In the event that a Bankruptcy Court order allowing, disallowing, or reducing and allowing any
of the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims is appealed, vacated or otherwise modified, then
following entry of a final and nonappealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction determining
the amount (if any) of the applicable Contingent and Disputed Debt Claim, the adjustment process
set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be undertaken within ten (10) calendar days following
such order becoming final and nonappealable.
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(i) Solely for purposes of calculating whether a GGO Promissory Note is required to be issued
at Closing pursuant to this Agreement, $1,000,000 shall be added to GGO Setup Costs. If a GGO
Promissory Note is issued at Closing pursuant to this Agreement, then on the six-month anniversary
of the Closing Date (the Calculation Date), (A) the then outstanding principal amount of
the GGO Promissory Note shall be reduced (but not to a number less than zero) by an amount equal to
the excess (if it is a positive number), if any, of $1,000,000 over the aggregate amount of cash
costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the Company after the Closing Date and prior to the
Calculation Date to transfer assets after Closing to GGO pursuant to Section 2.4(d) of the
Separation Agreement to be entered into between the Company and GGO at or prior to Closing, and (B)
if the principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note is reduced pursuant to clause (A), any interest
payments made by GGO to the Company on the GGO Promissory Note prior to such reduction pursuant to
clause (A) shall be refunded in respect of such reductions and accrued but unpaid interest in
respect of such reduction shall be eliminated.
SECTION 5.17 Determination of Domestically Controlled REIT Status.
(a) The Reorganized Company shall use reasonable efforts to comply with treasury regulations,
revenue procedures, notices or other guidance adopted after the date hereof by the Internal Revenue
Service or United States Treasury governing the determination of its status as a domestically
controlled REIT as defined in Section 897 of the Code and the treasury regulations promulgated
thereunder (a Domestically Controlled REIT).
(b) The Reorganized Company shall inquire of each Purchaser and each Purchaser shall provide a
written statement to the Reorganized Company setting forth the equity ownership percentage that
United States persons as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (U.S. Persons) hold
in such Purchaser. Each such statement shall be based on the direct ownership in such Purchaser,
except to the extent that such Purchaser has actual knowledge of indirect ownership or can provide
a reasonable estimate of such indirect ownership. For the avoidance of doubt, if interests in a
Purchaser are held or registered in street name, such Purchaser shall not be required to
determine the ultimate beneficial owner of such interests for the purposes of complying with this
Section 5.17.
(c) The Reorganized Company shall include in its shareholder demand letters a request that
each shareholder identify whether it is a U.S. Person.
(d) The Reorganized Company shall at least annually request from Cede & Co. a list of holders
of the Reorganized Companys stock registered with Cede & Co. and, if granted access thereto, use
reasonable efforts to review such list to determine whether any such holders are U.S. Persons.
(e) The Reorganized Company shall, at least annually, as part of its internal audit and
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) procedures with respect to key controls, use reasonable efforts
to make a determination of whether or not it believes that it qualifies as a Domestically
Controlled REIT. Such determination shall be based on information reasonably available to the
Reorganized Company under this Section 5.17 as well as through review of the information
contained in any relevant Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or amendment thereto) filed with the SEC
with respect to the Reorganized
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Company. A written summary of the steps taken, information
obtained and analysis of results will be prepared. Each such annual determination (but not the
written summary), subject to reasonable caveats and assumptions, shall be set forth in the
Reorganized Companys next Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and shall be reported to
the Board of Directors at least annually (or within fifteen days of discovering a change in
status). The Reorganized Company shall use the Reorganized Companys SOX policies and procedures
to oversee such determination.
(f) The Company shall provide a copy of the written summary (and backup documentation)
prepared in accordance with clause (e) to a Purchaser upon the request of such Purchaser. In
addition, if reasonably requested by a Purchaser, the Reorganized Company will, at such Purchasers
expense, make reasonable efforts to provide additional information to and otherwise cooperate with
such Purchaser, to enable such Purchaser to respond to questions regarding Domestically Controlled
REIT status by a taxing authority or person engaging in, or proposing to engage in, a transaction
with such Purchaser or an Affiliate thereof.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF PURCHASER
SECTION 6.1 Information. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier
to occur of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement, each Purchaser agrees to
provide the Debtors with such information as the Debtors reasonably request regarding such
Purchaser for inclusion in the Disclosure Statement as necessary for the Disclosure Statement to
contain adequate information for purposes of Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 6.2 Purchaser Efforts. Each Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain all material permits, consents, orders, approvals, waivers, authorizations or other
permissions or actions required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement from, and shall have given all necessary notices to, all Governmental Entities necessary
to satisfy the condition in Section 8.1(b) (provided, however, that such
Purchaser shall not be required to pay or cause payment of any fees or make any financial
accommodations to obtain any such consent, approval, waiver or other permission, except filing fees
as required), and provide to such Governmental Entities all such information as may be necessary or
reasonably requested relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 6.3 Plan Support. From and after the date of the Approval Order until the
earliest to occur of (i) the Effective Date, (ii) the termination of this Agreement and (iii) the
date the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes a public announcement, enters into an
agreement or files any pleading or document with the Bankruptcy Court, in each case, evidencing its
intention to support any Competing Transaction, or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
enters into a Competing Transaction (such date, the Unrestricted Date), each Purchaser
agrees (unless otherwise consented to by the Company) (provided that (x) the Company is not
in material breach of this Agreement and (y) the terms of the Plan are and remain consistent with
the Plan Summary Term Sheet and this Agreement, and are otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to each Purchaser) to (and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its Affiliates
to):
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(a) Not pursue, propose, support, vote to accept or encourage the pursuit, proposal or support
of, any Chapter 11 plan, or other restructuring or reorganization for the Company, or any
Subsidiary of the Company, that is not consistent with the Plan;
(b) Not, nor encourage any other Person to, interfere with, delay, impede, appeal or take any
other negative action, directly or indirectly, in any respect regarding acceptance or
implementation of the Plan; and
(c) Not commence any proceeding, or prosecute any objection to oppose or object to the Plan or
to the Disclosure Statement and not to take any action that
would delay approval or confirmation, as applicable, of the Disclosure Statement and the Plan,
in each case (i) except as intended to ensure the consistency of the Disclosure Statement and the
Plan with the terms of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto and
(ii) without limiting any rights any Purchaser may have to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section 11.1(b) (including Section 11.1(b)(ix)) hereof.
SECTION 6.4 Transfer Restrictions. Each Purchaser covenants and agrees that the
Shares and the GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants, New Warrants and GGO
Warrants) shall be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state securities Laws. Each Purchaser agrees
to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 6.4, of the following legend on
any certificate evidencing the Shares or GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants,
New Warrants and GGO Warrants):
THE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED (THE
ACT) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS (BLUE SKY) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION. THE SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW
TO DISTRIBUTION OR RESALE. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED,
HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS EITHER (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
RESPECT TO THE SHARES IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS AND THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION ARE COMPLIED WITH OR (II) UNLESS WAIVED BY THE ISSUER, THE
ISSUER RECEIVES AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT NO VIOLATION OF THE ACT
OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS WILL BE INVOLVED IN SUCH TRANSACTION.
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Certificates evidencing the Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants and New
Warrants) shall not be required to contain such legend (A) while a registration statement covering
the resale of the Shares is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) following any sale of any
such Shares pursuant to Rule 144 of the Exchange Act (Rule 144), or (C) following receipt
of a legal opinion of counsel to the applicable Purchaser that the remaining Shares held by such
Purchaser are eligible for resale without volume limitations or other limitations under Rule 144.
In addition, the Company will agree to the removal of all legends with respect to shares of New
Common Stock deposited with DTC from time to time in anticipation of sale in accordance with the
volume limitations and other limitations under Rule 144, subject to the Companys approval of
appropriate procedures, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Following the time at which such legend is no longer required (as provided above) for certain
Shares, the Company shall promptly, following the delivery by the applicable Purchaser to the
Company of a legended certificate representing such Shares, deliver or cause to be delivered to
such Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares that is free from such legend. In the event
the above legend is removed from any of the Shares, and thereafter the effectiveness of a
registration statement covering such Shares is suspended or the Company determines that a
supplement or amendment thereto is required by applicable securities Laws, then the Company may
require that the above legend be placed on any such Shares that cannot then be sold pursuant to an
effective registration statement or under Rule 144 and such Purchaser shall cooperate in the
replacement of such legend. Such legend shall thereafter be removed when such Shares may again be
sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or under Rule 144.
The Plan shall provide, in connection with the consummation of the Plan, for GGO to enter into
an agreement with each Purchaser with respect to GGO Shares and GGO Warrants containing the same
terms as provided above in this Section 6.4 but replacing references to (A) the Company
with GGO, (B) New Common Stock with GGO Common Stock, (C) Shares with GGO Shares and (D)
Warrants or New Warrants with GGO Warrants.
Each Purchaser further covenants and agrees not to sell, transfer or dispose of (each, a
Transfer) the Warrants or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants (other than to a member of the Purchaser Group) prior to the Unrestricted Date, any
Shares, New Common Stock or New Warrants in violation of the Non-Control Agreement or GGO Shares or
GGO Warrants in violation of the GGO Non-Control Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser Groups rights to designate for nomination the
Purchaser Board Designee and Purchaser GGO Board Designees pursuant to Section 5.10 and
Subscription Rights pursuant to Section 5.9 may not be Transferred to a Person that is not
a member of the Purchaser Group.
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The Plan shall provide that in addition to the covenants provided in the Non-Control
Agreement, at the time of an underwritten offering of equity or convertible securities by the
Company on or prior to the 30th day after the Effective Date, each Purchaser and the other members
of the Purchaser Group will enter into a customary lock-up agreement with respect to third-party
sales of New Common Stock for a period of time not to exceed 120 days to the extent reasonably
requested by the managing underwriter in connection with such offering.
SECTION 6.5 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 6.6 REIT Representations and Covenants. At such times as shall be reasonably
requested by the Company, for so long as any Purchaser (or, to the extent applicable, its
Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members) beneficially owns or constructively owns (as such
terms are defined in the certificate of incorporation of the
Company) in excess of the relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of
incorporation of the Company of the outstanding Common Stock or New Common Stock, such Purchaser
shall (and, to the extent applicable, cause its Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members to)
use reasonable best efforts to provide the Company with customary representations and covenants, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D which shall, among other things, enable the Company
to waive Purchaser from the ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the
Company and ensure that the Company can appropriately monitor any related party rent issues
raised by the Warrants and the purchase of the Shares by such Purchaser, it being understood that
Purchasers Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members shall be required to provide such
representations and covenants only if such Person beneficially owns or constructively owns (as
such terms are defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New
Common Stock in excess of the relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of
incorporation of the Company or any stock or other equity interest owned by such Person in a tenant
of the Company would be treated as constructively owned by the Company.
SECTION 6.7 Non-Control Agreement. At or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall
enter into (1) the Non-Control Agreement with the Company and (2) the GGO Non-Control Agreement
with GGO.
SECTION 6.8 [Intentionally Omitted.]
SECTION 6.9 Additional Backstops.
(a) The Company may, at its option, include in the Plan an offering (the GGP Backstop
Rights Offering) to its then-existing holders of Common Stock of rights to purchase New Common
Stock on the Effective Date in an amount sufficient to yield to the Company aggregate net proceeds
on the Effective Date of up to $500,000,000 or such lesser amount as the Company may determine (the
GGP Backstop Rights Offering Amount). In connection with the GGP Backstop Rights
Offering:
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Each Purchaser and the Brookfield Investor
(together with the Purchaser, the Backstop Investors) and
the Company shall appoint a mutually-acceptable and
internationally-recognized investment bank to act as bookrunning
dealer-manager for the GGP Backstop Rights Offering (the Dealer
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the Dealer Manager will, no later than the
fifth business day in advance of the commencement of the solicitation
of votes on the Plan and offering of rights in the GGP Backstop
Rights Offering (which shall not be longer than
60 days), recommend in writing to the Backstop Investors and the
Company the number of shares of New Common Stock that may be
purchased for each share of Common Stock , the subscription price
of such purchase and the other terms for the rights offering that
the Dealer Manager determines are reasonably likely to yield
committed proceeds to the Company at the Effective Date equal to
the GGP Backstop Rights Offering Amount (it being understood that
the Dealer Manager will have no liability if it is later
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the Backstop Investors agree, severally
but not jointly and severally, to subscribe, or cause one or more
designees to subscribe, for New Common Stock on a pro rata basis to
the extent rights are declined by holders of Common Stock, subject to
the subscription rights among the Backstop Investors set forth in
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the Backstop Investors will have
subscription rights in any such offering allowing them to maintain
their respective proportionate pro forma New Common Stock-equivalent
interests on a Fully Diluted Basis with the effect that the Backstop
Investors will be assured of the ability to acquire such number of
shares of New Common Stock as would have been available to them
pursuant to Section 5.9 had the GGP Backstop Rights Offering
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aggregate compensation in the form of New Common Stock (whether or
not the backstop commitments are utilized) with a value equal to
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the amount of New Common Stock to be
purchased pursuant to the GGP Backstop Rights Offering will be
subject to reduction to the extent that either (A) the Company Board
determines in its business judgment after consultation with the
Backstop Investors that it has sufficient liquidity and working
capital available to it in light of circumstances at the time and the
costs and benefits to the Company of consummation of the GGP Backstop
Rights Offering or (B) the Backstop Investors have agreed that they
will provide to the Company, in lieu of the GGP
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(b) The Company shall give each Backstop Investor written notice of its estimate of the amount
the Backstop Investors will be required to fund pursuant to Section 6.9(a) no later than
six (6) Business Days prior to the Closing Date. If each Backstop Investor agrees, the Backstop
Investors shall have two (2) Business Days from the date of receipt of such notice to notify the
Company in writing that they intend to elect to purchase from the Company in lieu of all or part of
the proceeds to be provided by the GGP Backstop Rights Offering its pro rata portion of senior
subordinated unsecured notes and/or preferred stock instruments (at the election of the Backstop
Investors) on market terms except as provided below (the Bridge Securities). The Bridge
Securities would have a final maturity date, in the case of a note, and a mandatory redemption
date, in the case of preferred stock, on the 270th day after the Effective Date, would not require
any mandatory interim cash distributions except as contemplated in (i) below, and would yield to
the Company on the Closing Date cash proceeds (net of OID) of at least the proceeds from the GGP
Backstop Rights Offering that such Bridge Securities are intended to replace. The Bridge
Securities would be subordinated in right of payment to any New Debt, would have market coupon and
fees, would allow for any interest due prior to maturity to be paid in kind (rather than paid in
cash) at the election of the Company, would be prepayable, without any prepayment penalty or
prepayment premium, on a pro rata basis at any time, and would otherwise be on market terms
(determined such that fair value of the Bridge Securities as of the Effective Date is equal to par
minus OID).
If the GGP Backstop Rights Offering is completed or the Bridge Securities are issued:
(i) unless the Backstop Investors otherwise agree, the Bridge Securities shall be
subject to mandatory prepayment on a pro rata basis out of the proceeds of any equity or
debt securities offered or sold by the Company at any time the Bridge Securities are
outstanding (other than the New Common Stock sold to the Backstop Investors, any New Common
Stock sold in the GGP Backstop Rights Offering and the New Debt); and
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(ii) if the Bridge Securities are issued and not repaid on or before the date that is
thirty (30) days following the Effective Date, the Company shall conduct a rights offering
in an amount equal to the outstanding amount due with respect to the Bridge Securities and
with a pro rata backstop by each applicable Backstop Investor on substantially the same
procedure and terms provided in clause (a) above, with such rights offering to have a
subscription period of not more than 30 days that ends no later than the 10th day prior to
the final maturity date or mandatory redemption of the Bridge Securities.
(c) If the Company requests the Initial Investors, in writing, at any time prior to fifteen
(15) days before the commencement of solicitation of acceptances of
the Plan, each Initial Investor agrees that it shall, severally but not jointly and severally,
provide or cause a designee to provide its pro rata share of a backstop for new bonds, loans or
preferred stock (as determined by the Initial Investor) in an aggregate amount equal to
$1,500,000,000 less the Reinstated Amounts, at a market rate and market commitment fees, and
otherwise on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed among the Initial Investors and the
Company. Any such notice shall be revocable by the Company in its sole discretion. The new bonds,
loans or preferred stock would require no mandatory interim cash principal payments prior to the
third anniversary of issuance (unless funded from committed junior indebtedness or junior preferred
stock), and would yield proceeds to the Company on the Closing Date net of OID of at least
$1,500,000,000 less the Reinstated Amounts. Any Initial Investor may at any time designate in
writing one or more financial institutions with a corporate investment grade credit rating (from
S&P or Moodys) to make a substantially similar undertaking as that provided herein and, upon the
receipt of such an undertaking by the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, such Initial Investor shall be released from its obligations under its applicable
Investment Agreement.
(d) For the purposes of Section 6.9(a) and Section 6.9(b), the pro rata
share or pro rata basis of each Backstop Investor shall be determined in accordance with the
maximum number of shares of New Common Stock each Backstop Investor has committed to purchase at
Closing pursuant to the Brookfield Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable, as of the date
hereof, in relation to the aggregate maximum number of shares of New Common Stock all Backstop
Investors have committed to purchase at Closing pursuant to the Brookfield Agreement or this
Agreement, as applicable, as of the date hereof. For the purposes of Section 6.9(c), the
pro rata share or pro rata basis of each Initial Investor shall be determined in accordance
with the maximum number of shares of New Common Stock each Initial Investor has committed to
purchase at Closing pursuant to its Investment Agreement as of the date hereof, but excluding any
shares of New Common Stock the Backstop Investors have committed to purchase pursuant to this
Section 6.9.
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(e) Section 6.9(a) and Section 6.9(b) shall terminate automatically
without any action by any party upon entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the
termination fee and expense reimbursement set forth in that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
as of July 8, 2010, by and between the Company and Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as to which
order the time to appeal or petition for writ of certiorari shall have expired or if an appeal
shall have been sought, such order shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such
order was appealed without modification of such order.
ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER
SECTION 7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser. The obligation of each
Purchaser to purchase the Shares and the GGO Shares pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date
is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by such
Purchaser) of the following conditions as of the Closing Date:
(a) No Injunction. No judgment, injunction, decree or other legal restraint shall
prohibit the consummation of the Plan or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Regulatory Approvals; Consents. All permits, consents, orders, approvals,
waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions of third parties and Governmental Entities
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan shall
have been made or received, as the case may be, and shall be in full force and effect, except for
those permits, consents, orders, approvals, waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions
the failure of which to make or receive would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that any permit, consent, order,
approval, waiver, authorization or other permission or action in respect of any Identified Asset
for which any of the alternatives in Section 2.1(a) shall have been employed shall be
deemed hereunder to have been made or received, as the case may be, and in full force and effect).
(c) Representations and Warranties and Covenants. Except for changes permitted or
contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan Summary Term Sheet, each of (i) the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section
3.3, Section 3.5, Section 3.20(a)(except for such inaccuracies in Section
3.20(a) caused by sales, purchases or transfers of assets which have been effected in
accordance with, subject to the limitations contained in, and not otherwise prohibited by, the
terms and conditions in this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Article VII)
and Section 3.23 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and
as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which
shall be true and correct only as of such specific date), (ii) the representations and warranties
of the Company contained in Section 3.4 shall be true and
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correct (except for de minimis inaccuracies) at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and
as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which
shall be true and correct (except for de minimis inaccuracies) only as of such specific date) and
(iii) the other representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement,
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as if made at
and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specified date,
which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date), except for such failures to be true
and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that the condition in this subclause (iii) as it relates
to undisclosed liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries comprised of Indebtedness shall be
deemed to be satisfied if the condition in Section 7.1(p) is satisfied. In addition, for
purposes of this Section 7.1(c) as it relates to Section 3.20(b) of this Agreement,
the reference to DIP Loan in clause (i) of such Section 3.20(b) shall be deemed to refer
to that certain Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated
as of July 23, 2010, by and among the Company, GGP Limited Partnership, the lenders party thereto,
Barclays Capital, as the Sole Arranger, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent, and the guarantors party thereto (the New DIP Agreement). The Company
shall have complied in all material respects with all of its obligations under this Agreement,
provided that with respect to its obligations under Section 5.4, Section 5.14(b)
(to the extent applicable) and Section 5.14(c) the Company shall have complied therewith in
all respects. The Company shall have provided to each Purchaser a certificate delivered by an
executive officer of the Company, acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of the Company,
to the effect that the conditions in this clause (c) and the immediately following clause (d) have
been satisfied as of the Closing Date and each Purchaser shall have received such other evidence of
the conditions set forth in this Section 7.1 as it shall reasonably request.
(d) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred any event, fact or circumstance, that has had or would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Plan and Confirmation Order. The Plan, in form and substance satisfactory to each
Purchaser, shall have been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court by order in form and substance
satisfactory to each Purchaser (the Confirmation Order), which Confirmation Order shall
be in full force and effect (without waiver of the 14-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule
3020(e)) as of the Effective Date and shall not be subject to a stay of effectiveness.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan Term Sheet, the Plan shall have allowed the
Specified Debt in an amount no less than par plus unpaid pre-petition and post-petition interest
accrued at the stated non-default rate (or contract rate in the case of Class M).
(f) Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement, in form and substance acceptable
to each Purchaser, shall have been approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court in form and substance
satisfactory to each Purchaser (the Disclosure Statement Order).
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(g) Conditions to Confirmation. The conditions to confirmation and the conditions to
the Effective Date of the Plan, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
Exhibit B, shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan and the
Reorganized Company Organizational Documents as set forth in the Plan shall be in effect.
(h) GGO. The GGO Share Distribution and the issuance by GGO of the GGO Warrants shall
have occurred in accordance with this Agreement. In connection with the implementation of the GGO
Share Distribution, (i) the Company shall have provided each Purchaser with reasonable access to
all relevant information and consulted and cooperated in good faith with each Purchaser and the GGO
Representative with respect to the contribution of the Identified Assets to GGO in accordance with
Section 2.1(a), and (ii) all actions taken by the Company and its Subsidiaries related
thereto and all documentation related to the formation and organization of GGO, the implementation
of the GGO Share Distribution, to separate the business of the Company and GGO and other
intercompany arrangements between the Company and GGO, in each case, shall be reasonably
satisfactory to each Purchaser and shall be in full force and effect.
(i) GGO Common Stock. GGO shall not have issued and outstanding on a Fully Diluted
Basis immediately following the Closing more than the GGO Common Share Amount of shares of GGO
Common Stock (plus (A) an aggregate 5,250,000 shares issuable to the respective Initial Investors
pursuant to the respective Investment Agreements, (B) 2,000,000 shares of GGO Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the GGO Warrants, (C) 6,000,000 shares of GGO Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of warrants that may be issued to the other Initial Investors pursuant to the other
Investment Agreements).
(j) Valid Issuance. The Shares, Warrants, New Warrants and GGO Warrants and the GGO
Shares shall be validly issued to each Purchaser (against payment therefor in the case of the
Shares and the GGO Shares). The Company and GGO shall have executed and delivered the warrant
agreement for each of the New Warrants and the GGO Warrants, together with such other customary
documentation as each Purchaser may reasonably request in connection with such issuance; each
warrant agreement shall be in full force and effect and neither the Company nor GGO shall be in
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement thereunder in any material respect.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or
foreign governmental or regulatory authority that prohibits the issuance or sale of, pursuant to
this Agreement, the Shares, the issuance of Warrants, New Warrants, GGO Shares, GGO Warrants, the
issuance of New Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon exercise of the GGO
Warrants; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued
that prohibits the issuance or sale, pursuant to this Agreement, of the Shares, the GGO Shares, the
Warrants, New Warrants, GGO Warrants, the issuance of New Common Stock upon exercise of the New
Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon exercise of the GGO Warrants.
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(l) Registration Rights. The Company shall have filed with the SEC and the SEC shall
have declared effective, as of Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable SEC rules, a shelf
registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-11, as applicable, covering the resale by each
Purchaser and member of the Purchaser Group of the Shares, any securities issued pursuant to
Section 6.9(c) and the New Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants,
containing a plan of distribution reasonably satisfactory to each Purchaser. In addition, each of
the Company and GGO shall have entered into registration rights agreements with each Purchaser with
respect to all registrable securities issued to or held by members of the Purchaser Group from time
to time in a manner that permits the registered offering of securities pursuant to such methods of
sale as a Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time. Each registration rights agreement
shall provide for (i) an unlimited number of shelf registration demands on Form S-3 to the extent
that the Company or GGO, as applicable, is then permitted to file a registration statement on Form
S-3, (ii) if the Company or GGO, as applicable, is not eligible to use Form S-3, the filing by the
Company or GGO, as applicable, of a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-11, as applicable,
and the Company or GGO, as applicable, using its reasonable best efforts to keep such registration
statement continuously effective; (iii) piggyback rights not less favorable than those provided in
the Warrant Agreement; (iv) with respect to the Company, at least three underwritten offerings
during the term of the registration rights agreement, but not more than one underwritten offering
in any 12-month period and, with respect to GGO, at least three underwritten offerings during the
term of the registration rights agreement, but not more than one in any 12-month period; (v)
black-out periods not less favorable than those provided in the Warrant Agreement; (vi) lock-up
agreements by the Company or GGO, as applicable, to the extent requested by the managing
underwriter in any underwritten public offering requested by a Purchaser, consistent with those
provided in the Warrant Agreement (it being understood that the registration rights agreement will
include procedures reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser and the Company designed to ensure that
the total number of days that the Company or GGO, as applicable, may be subject to a lock-up shall
not, in the aggregate after taking into account any applicable lock-up periods resulting from
registration rights agreements between the Company or GGO, as applicable, and the other Initial
Investors exceed 120 days in any 365-day period; (vii) to the extent that the Purchasers and the
members of the Purchaser Group are Affiliates of the Company or GGO, as applicable, at the time of
an underwritten public offering by the Company or GGO, as applicable, each Purchaser and the other
members of the Purchaser Group will agree to a 60-day customary lock up to the extent requested by
the managing underwriter; and (viii) other terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to each
Purchaser. The registration rights agreement shall be in full force and effect and
neither the Company nor GGO shall be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement thereunder in any material respect.
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(m) Listing. The Shares shall be authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to
official notice of issuance, and the shares of New Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the New
Warrants shall be eligible for listing on the NYSE. The GGO Shares shall be authorized for listing
on a U.S. national securities exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, and the shares of
GGO Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the GGO Warrants shall be eligible for listing on a U.S.
national securities exchange.
(n) Liquidity. The Company shall have, on the Effective Date and after giving effect
to the use of proceeds from Capital Raising Activities permitted under this Agreement and the
issuance of the Shares, and the payment and/or reserve for all allowed and disputed claims under
the Plan, transaction fees and other amounts required to be paid in cash under the Plan as
contemplated by the Plan Summary Term Sheet, an aggregate amount of not less than $350,000,000 of
Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash (the Liquidity Target) plus the net
proceeds of the Additional Financings and the aggregate principal amount of the Anticipated Debt
Paydowns (or such higher number as may be agreed to by each Purchaser and the Company) plus the
excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate principal amount of New Debt and the Reinstated Amounts over
(B) $1,500,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the reserve shall (i) include (a) the Contingent
and Disputed Debt Claims, and (b) an estimate of the cash component of a potential dividend to be
issued by the Company as a result of the spin-off of GGO, and (ii) exclude any amounts to be paid
in Shares. In addition, to the extent that there is any availability under the Debt Cap, then
such amount shall be included in Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash as if the Company
had such amount in cash.
(o) Board of Directors. Each of the persons designated by PSCM pursuant to
Section 5.10 shall have been duly appointed to each of the Company Board and the GGO Board.
(p) Debt of the Company. Immediately following the Closing after giving effect to the
Plan, the aggregate outstanding Proportionally Consolidated Debt shall not exceed $22,250,000,000
in the aggregate minus (i) the amount of Proportionally Consolidated Debt attributable to assets
sold, returned, abandoned, conveyed, transferred or otherwise divested during the period between
the date of this Agreement through the Closing and minus (ii) the excess, if any, of $1,500,000,000
over the aggregate principal amount of new Unsecured Indebtedness incurred after the date of this
Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date for cash (New Debt) and the aggregate
principal amount of any Debt under the Rouse Bonds or the Exchangeable Notes that is reinstated or
issued under the Plan (such amounts reinstated or issued, the Reinstated Amounts) minus
(iii) the amount of Proportionally Consolidated Debt attributable to Identified Assets contributed
to GGO pursuant to Section 2.1(a), minus (iv) the amount of Proportionally Consolidated
Debt attributable to assets other than Identified Assets contributed to GGO pursuant to Section
2.1(a) minus (v) the principal and/or liquidation preference of the TRUPS and the
UPREIT Units not reinstated, plus (vi) in the event the Closing occurs prior to September 30, 2010,
the amount of scheduled amortization on Proportionally Consolidated Debt (other than Corporate
Level Debt)
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from the Closing Date to September 30, 2010 that otherwise would have been paid by
September 30, 2010, minus (vii) in the event the Closing occurs on or after September 30, 2010, the
amount of actual amortization paid on Proportionally Consolidated Debt (other than Corporate Level
Debt) from September 30, 2010 to the Closing Date, plus (viii) (A) the excess of the aggregate
principal amount of new Debt incurred to refinance existing Debt in accordance with Section
7.1(r)(vii) hereof over the principal amount of the Debt so refinanced and (B) new Debt
incurred to finance unencumbered Company Properties and Non-Controlling Properties after the date
of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing (such amounts contemplated by clauses (A) and (B)
collectively, the Additional Financing) plus (ix) the amount of other principal paydowns,
writedowns and resulting impact on amortization (or payments in the anticipated amortization
schedule with respect to Fashion Show Mall (Fashion Show Mall LLC), The Shoppes at the Palazzo and
Oakwood Shopping Center (Gretna, LA)) currently anticipated to be made by the Company in connection
with refinancings, or completion of negotiations in respect of its property level Debt which the
Company determines in good faith are not actually required to be made prior to Closing
(Anticipated Debt Paydowns) plus (x) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of New Debt and the Reinstated Amounts over (B) $1,500,000,000 plus (xi) the aggregate
amount of the Bridge Notes issued pursuant to Section 1.4 (and the parties agree that such
Bridge Notes shall not be included in the calculation of Closing Date Net Debt or Closing Date Net
Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment) (the aggregate amount calculated pursuant to this Section
7.1(p), the Debt Cap).
(q) Outstanding Common Stock. The number of issued and outstanding shares of New
Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis (including the Shares) shall not exceed the Share Cap Number.
The Share Cap Number means 1,104,683,256 plus the number of shares (if any) issued to
settle or otherwise satisfy Hughes Heirs Obligations, plus up to 65,000,000 shares of New Common
Stock issued in Liquidity Equity Issuances, plus 17,142,857 shares of New Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of the New Warrants, plus the shares of New Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of those certain warrants issued to the Brookfield Consortium Members pursuant to the
Brookfield Agreement and to the Fairholme Purchasers pursuant to the Fairholme Agreement, plus the
number of shares of Common Stock issued as a result of the exercise of employee stock options to
purchase Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof, plus 90,000 shares of Common Stock issued to
directors of the Company, plus the number of shares into which any reinstated Exchangeable Notes
can be converted, plus, in the event shares of New Common Stock are issued pursuant to Section
6.9, the difference between (i) the number of shares of New Common Stock issued to existing
holders of Common Stock and the Backstop Investors, in each case, pursuant to Section 6.9
minus (ii) 50,000,000 shares of New Common Stock, minus the number of Put Shares (which shall not
be considered Share Equivalents for purposes of this calculation); provided, that if Indebtedness under
the Rouse Bonds or the Exchangeable Notes is reinstated under the Plan, or the Company shall have
incurred New Debt, or between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date the Company shall
have sold for cash real property assets outside of the ordinary course of business (Asset
Sales), the Share Cap Number shall be reduced by the quotient (rounded up to the nearest whole
number) obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (a) the lesser of (I) $1,500,000,000 and (II) the sum
of Reinstated Amounts and the net cash proceeds to the Company from the issuance of New Debt, and
(b) the net cash proceeds to the Company from Asset Sales in excess of $150,000,000 by (y) the Per
Share Purchase Price.
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(r) Conduct of Business. The following shall be true in all material respects as of
the Closing Date:
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Except as otherwise expressly provided or permitted, or contemplated, by
this Agreement or the Plan Summary Term Sheet (including, without
limitation, in connection with implementing the matters contemplated by
Article II hereof) or any order of the Bankruptcy Court in effect
on the date of the Agreement, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Closing, the following actions shall not have been taken
without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (which consent such
Purchaser agrees shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
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the Company shall not have (A) declared,
set aside or paid any dividends on, or made any other distributions
in respect of, any of the Companys capital stock (other than
dividends required to retain REIT status or to avoid the imposition
of entity level taxes, (B) split, combined or reclassified any of its
capital stock or issued or authorized the issuance of any other
securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its
capital stock, or (C) purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired
(other than as set forth on Section 7.1(r)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Letter or pursuant to Company Benefit Plans) any shares of
its capital stock or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any
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the Company shall not have amended the
Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws other than to
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neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall have acquired or agreed to acquire by merging or
consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the
stock, or other ownership interests in, or substantial portion of assets of,
or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company
or other entity or division thereof except (A) in the ordinary
course of business, (B) for transactions with respect to joint
ventures existing on the date hereof valued at less than
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Non-Controlling Properties or Identified Assets shall have been sold
or otherwise transferred, except, (A) in the ordinary course of
business, (B) to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (which
Subsidiary shall be subject to the same restrictions under this
subsection (iv)), and (C) for sales or other transfers, the net
proceeds of which shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 in the aggregate,
when taken together with all such sales and other transfers of
Company Properties, Non-Controlling Properties and Identified Assets
(the Sales Cap); provided that the Sales Cap shall not
apply with respect to sales or transfers of Identified Assets to the
extent the same shall have been consummated in accordance with the
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(vi) none of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall have issued, delivered, granted, sold or disposed
of any Equity Securities (other than (A) issuances of shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section
7.1(u), but subject to Section 7.1(q), (B) pursuant to
the Equity Exchange, (C) the issuance of shares pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company
Option Plans, (D) as set forth on Section 7.1(u) of the
Company Disclosure Letter), or (E) the issuance of shares to existing
holders of Common Stock and the Backstop Investors, in each case,
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none of the Company Properties or
Identified Assets shall have been mortgaged, or pledged, nor shall
the owner or lessee thereof have granted a lien, mortgage, pledge,
security interest, charge, claim or other Encumbrance relating to
debt obligations of any kind or nature on, or otherwise encumbered,
any Company Property or
Identified Assets except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, other than encumbrances of Company
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Company Property or Identified Asset with the
existing lender(s) thereof or (B) a refinancing of existing
indebtedness for borrowed money related to any Company Property or
Identified Asset in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 (the
Refinance Cap), provided that (x) the Refinance
Cap shall not apply to a refinancing of the existing first lien
indebtedness secured by the Fashion Show Mall, (y) in the event
that a refinancing is secured by mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds
to secure debt or indemnity deeds of trust encumbering multiple
Company Properties and Identified Assets, the proceeds of such
refinancing shall not exceed an amount equal to the Refinance Cap
multiplied by the number of Company Properties and Identified
Assets so encumbered, and (z) in connection with refinancing the
indebtedness of a Company Property or Identified Asset owned by a
Joint Venture, the Refinance Cap shall apply with respect to the
aggregate share of such indebtedness which is allocable to, or
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none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have
undertaken any capital expenditure that is out of the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice and material to the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as contemplated in the
Companys business plan for fiscal year 2010 adopted by the board of
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the Company shall not have changed any of
its methods, principles or practices of financial accounting in
effect, other than as required by GAAP or regulatory guidelines (and
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(s) REIT Opinion. Each Purchaser shall have received an opinion of Arnold & Porter
LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J,
that the Company (x) for all taxable years commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2005
through December 31, 2009, has been subject to taxation as a REIT and (y) has operated since
January 1, 2010 to the Closing Date in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT.
(t) Non-Control Agreements.
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Non-Control Agreement with each Purchaser. The Non-Control Agreement
shall be in full force and effect and the Company shall not be in
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GGO shall have entered into the GGO
Non-Control Agreement with each Purchaser. The GGO Non-Control
Agreement shall be in full force and effect and GGO shall not be in
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
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(u) Issuance or Sale of Common Stock. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall have issued or sold any shares of Common Stock (or securities, warrants or options that are
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, Common Stock)
(other than (A) pursuant to the Equity Exchange, (B) the issuance of shares pursuant to the
exercise of employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company Option Plans, (C) as set forth on
Section 7.1(u) of the Company Disclosure Letter or (D) the issuance of shares to existing
holders of Common Stock and the Backstop Investors, in each case, pursuant to Section 6.9),
unless (1) the purchase price (or, in the case of securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, Common Stock, the conversion,
exchange or exercise price) shall not be less than $10.00 per share (net of all underwriting and
other discounts, fees and any other compensation; provided, that for purposes hereof,
payments to the Purchasers or the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.4 of
this Agreement or the Fairholme Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee or
other compensation), (2) following such issuance or sale, (x) no Person (other than (i) an Initial
Investor and their respective Affiliates pursuant to the Investment Agreements and (ii) any
institutional underwriter or initial purchaser acting in an underwriter capacity in an underwritten
offering) shall, after giving effect to such issuance or sale, beneficially own more than 10% of
the Common Stock of the Company on a Fully Diluted Basis, and (y) no four Persons (other than the
Purchasers, members of the Pershing Purchaser Group, the members of the Fairholme Purchaser Group,
the Brookfield Consortium Members or the Brookfield Investor) shall, after giving effect to such
issuance or sale, beneficially own more than thirty percent (30%) of the Common Stock on a Fully
Diluted Basis; provided, that this clause (2) shall not be applicable to any conversion or
exchange of claims against the Debtors into New Common Stock pursuant to the Plan;
provided, further, that subclause (y) of this clause (2) shall not be applicable
with respect to any Person listed on Exhibit N and (3) each Purchaser shall have been
offered the right to purchase up to its GGP Pro Rata Share of 15% of such shares of Common Stock
(or securities, warrants or options that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock) on terms otherwise consistent with Section 5.9 (except the provisions of such
Section 5.9 with respect to issuances contemplated by this Section 7.1(u) shall apply from the date of this Agreement)
(provided that the right described in this clause (3) shall not be applicable to the
issuance of shares or warrants contemplated by the other Investment Agreements, or any conversion
or exchange of debt or other claims into equity in connection with the Plan).
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(v) Hughes Heirs Obligations. The Hughes Heirs Obligations shall have been determined
by order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on or prior to the Effective Date (which order may be the
Confirmation Order or another order entered by the Bankruptcy Court) and satisfied in accordance
with the terms of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that holders of Hughes Heirs
Obligations or other Claims against or interests in the Debtors arising under or related to the
Hughes Agreement receive any consideration in respect of such obligations, Claims or interests
under the Plan, there shall be no reduction in the number of shares of New Common Stock or GGO
Common Stock otherwise to have been distributed on the Effective Date under the Plan in the Equity
Exchange or the GGO Share Distribution, as applicable.
(w) GGO Promissory Note. The GGO Promissory Note, if any, shall have been issued by
GGO (or one of its Subsidiaries, provided that the GGO Promissory Note is guaranteed by GGO) in
favor of the Operating Partnership.
(x) Other Conditions. With respect to each other Initial Investor, either (A) its
Investment Agreement shall be in full force and effect without amendments or modifications (other
than those that are materially no less favorable to the Company than those provided in such
Investment Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), the conditions to the consummation of the
transactions under such Investment Agreement as in effect on the date hereof to be performed on the
Closing Date shall have been satisfied or waived with the prior written consent of each Purchaser,
and such Initial Investor shall have subscribed and paid for such shares of New Common Stock that
such Initial Investor is obligated to purchase thereunder, (B) the funding to be provided by such
Initial Investor under its Investment Agreement shall have been provided by one or more other
investors or purchasers acceptable to each Purchaser on terms and conditions that such Purchaser
has agreed are materially no less favorable to the Company than the terms and conditions of the
applicable Investment Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or (C) in the case of an Initial
Investor (other than a Brookfield Consortium Member), such Initial Investor has breached its
obligation to fund at Closing when required to do so in accordance with the terms of its Investment
Agreement (it being understood that the foregoing shall not limit the Companys right to reduce the
Total Purchase Amount under Section 1.4 hereof).
(y) Put Shares. Subject to Section 1.4(c), if the Company has elected to
designate Put Shares pursuant to Section 1.4(b), the Company and each of the Purchasers
shall have entered into the Bridge Notes on terms mutually satisfactory to each party, effective as
of the Effective Date, and approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to its Confirmation Order.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 8.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the
Company to issue the Shares and the obligation of GGO to issue the GGO Shares pursuant to this
Agreement on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company) of the
following conditions as of the Closing Date:
(a) No Injunction. No judgment, injunction, decree or other legal restraint shall
prohibit the consummation of the Plan or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Regulatory Approvals; Consents. All permits, consents, orders, approvals,
waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions of third parties and Governmental Entities
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan shall
have been made or received, as the case may be, and shall be in full force and effect, except for
those permits, consents, orders, approvals, waivers, authorizations or other permissions or actions
the failure of which to make or receive would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Representations and Warranties and Covenants. Each of (i) the representations and
warranties of each Purchaser contained in Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section
4.3, and Section 4.12 in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the
Closing Date as if made at and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties
made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct only as of such specific date), and
(ii) the other representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained in this Agreement,
disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality, shall
be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Closing Date as if
made at and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date), except for such
failures to be true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall have complied in all material
respects with all of its obligations under this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall have provided to
the Company a certificate delivered by an executive officer of the managing member of such
Purchaser, acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of such Purchaser, to the effect that
the conditions in this clause (c) have been satisfied as of the Closing Date.
(d) Plan and Confirmation Order. The Plan shall have been confirmed by the Bankruptcy
Court by order, which order shall be in full force and effect and not subject to a stay of
effectiveness.
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(e) Conditions to Confirmation. The conditions to confirmation and the conditions to
the Effective Date of the Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.
(f) GGO. The GGO Share Distribution shall have occurred.
(g) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or
foreign governmental or regulatory authority that prohibits the issuance or sale of, pursuant to
this Agreement, the Shares, the issuance of Warrants, New Warrants, GGO Shares, GGO Warrants, the
issuance of New Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock
upon exercise of the GGO Warrants; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign
court shall have been issued that prohibits the issuance or sale, pursuant to this Agreement, of
the Shares, the GGO Shares, the Warrants, the New Warrants, GGO Warrants, the issuance of New
Common Stock upon exercise of the New Warrants or the issuance of GGO Common Stock upon exercise of
the GGO Warrants.
(h) Reorganization Opinion. The Company shall have received an opinion of Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, substantially to the effect that, on the basis of the facts, representations and
assumptions set forth in such opinion, the exchange of Common Stock for New Common Stock in the
Equity Exchange should be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code. In rendering such opinion, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP may require and rely upon
representations and covenants made by the parties to this Agreement.
(i) IRS Ruling. The Company shall have obtained a favorable written ruling from the
United States Internal Revenue Service confirming the qualification of each of the GGO Share
Distribution and the prerequisite internal spin-offs each as a tax free spin-off under the Code.
(j) Funding. The applicable Purchaser shall have paid to the Company and GGO, as
applicable, all amounts payable by such Purchaser under Article I and Article II of
this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account or accounts as
shall have been designated in writing by the Company at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date.
(k) REIT Matters. The representations and covenants set forth on Exhibit D in
respect of the applicable Purchaser and, to the extent applicable, its Affiliates, members,
Affiliates of members or designees, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing Date as if made at and as of the Closing Date, it being understood that such Purchasers
Affiliates, members or Affiliates of members shall be required to provide such representations and
covenants only if such Person beneficially owns or constructively owns (as such terms are
defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) Common Stock or New Common Stock in
excess of the relevant ownership limit set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Company or any
stock or other equity interest owned by such Person in a tenant of the Company would be treated as
constructively owned by the Company.
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(l) Non-Control Agreements. Each Purchaser shall have entered into (i) the
Non-Control Agreement with the Company and (ii) the GGO Non-Control Agreement with GGO. Each of
the Non-Control Agreement and the GGO Non-Control Agreement shall be in full force and effect and
such Purchaser shall not be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
thereunder in any material respect.
(m) GGO Promissory Note. The GGO Promissory Note, if any, shall have been issued by
GGO (or one of its Subsidiaries, provided that the GGO Promissory Note is guaranteed by GGO) in
favor of the Operating Partnership.
(n) Collateral. If the Company has elected to designate Put Shares pursuant to
Section 1.4(b), collateral arrangements pursuant to Section 1.4(c)(viii) shall have
been entered into on terms satisfactory to the Company and approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
ARTICLE IX
[INTENTIONALLY
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ARTICLE X
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 10.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties made in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement but
shall terminate and be of no further force and effect following the earlier of (i) the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with Article XI and (ii) the Closing.
ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
SECTION 11.1 Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder
shall terminate automatically without any action by any party if (i) the Company has not filed the
Approval Motion within two (2) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, (ii) the
Approval Order, in form and substance satisfactory to each Purchaser, approving, among other
things, the issuance of the Warrants and the warrants contemplated by each other Investment
Agreement, is not entered by the Bankruptcy Court on or prior to the date that is 43 days after the
date of this Agreement, (iii) if the Debtors withdraw the Approval Motion, or (iv) the conditions
to the obligations of any other Initial Investor pursuant to the other Investment Agreements to
consummate the closings as set forth therein are amended or modified in any respect prior to
the entry of the Approval Order, in each of cases (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) unless each Purchaser
and the Company otherwise agrees in writing. In addition, this Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date:
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(a) by mutual written consent of each Purchaser and the Company;
(b) by each Purchaser by written notice to the Company upon the occurrence of any of the
following events (which notice shall specify the event upon which such termination is based):
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if the Effective Date and the purchase and
sale contemplated by Article I have not occurred by the
Termination Date; provided, however, that the right
to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(b)(i)
shall not be available to any Purchaser if any Purchaser has breached
in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any
manner that shall have proximately caused the Closing Date not to
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if any Bankruptcy Cases of the Company or
any Debtor which is a Significant Subsidiary shall have been
dismissed or converted to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code or if an interim or permanent trustee or an examiner shall be
appointed to oversee or operate any of the Debtors in their
Bankruptcy Cases, in each case, except (x) as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (y) with respect to the
Bankruptcy Cases for Phase II Mall Subsidiary, LLC, Oakwood Shopping
Center Limited Partnership and Rouse Oakwood Shopping Center, LLC; |
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if, from and after the issuance of the
Warrants, the Approval Order shall without the prior written consent
of each Purchaser, cease to be in full force and effect resulting in
the cancellation of any Warrants or a modification of any Warrants,
in each case, other than pursuant to their terms, that adversely
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if, without a Purchasers consent, the
Warrants have not been issued to such Purchaser in accordance with
Section 5.2, or if after the Warrants are issued, any shares
of Common Stock underlying the Warrants cease at any time
to be authorized for issuance on a U.S. national securities
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if there has been a breach by the Company
of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company
contained in this Agreement or the Company shall have taken any
action which, in each case, (A) would result in a failure of a
condition set forth in Article VII and (B) cannot be cured
prior to the Termination Date, after written notice to the Company of
such breach and the intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section shall not be available to
any Purchaser if any Purchaser has breached in any material respect
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following the issuance of the Warrants, if
(a) the Company consummates a Competing Transaction, (b) on or after
November 1, 2010, the Company enters into an agreement or files any
pleading or document with the Bankruptcy Court, in each case,
evidencing its decision to support any Competing Transaction, or (c)
the Company files notice of a hearing to confirm a plan of
reorganization that contemplates a Change of Control without such
Change of Control being subject to either (1) the written consent of
the holders a majority in number of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock or (2) soliciting the approval of the holders of a majority in
number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in accordance with
the Bankruptcy Code (in each case, regardless of whether such
approval is obtained) and providing for a period of at least 20
Business Days for acceptance or rejection by such holders in
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if the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company issues any shares of Common Stock or New Common Stock (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common
Stock or New Common Stock) at a purchase price (or in the case of
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for, or linked to the performance of, Common Stock or New Common
Stock, the conversion, exchange, exercise or comparable price) of
less than $10.00 per share (net of all underwriting and other
discounts, fees and any other compensation and related expenses;
provided, that for purposes hereof, payments to the
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with Section 1.4 of this Agreement or the Fairholme
Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee
or other compensation) of Common Stock or New Common Stock or
converts any claim against any of the Debtors into New Common
Stock at a conversion price less than $10.00 per share of Common
Stock or New Common Stock (in each case, other than pursuant to
(A) the exercise, exchange or conversion of Share Equivalents of
the Company existing on the date of this Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof as of the date of this Agreement, (B) the
Equity Exchange, (C) the issuance of shares upon the exercise of
employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company Option
Plans, (D) the issuance of shares as set forth on Section
7.1(u) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (E) the issuance
of shares to existing holders of Common Stock and the Backstop
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if this Agreement, including the Plan
Summary Term Sheet, or the Plan, is revised or modified (except as
otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement) by the Company or an
order of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent
jurisdiction in a manner that is unacceptable to any Purchaser or a
plan of reorganization with respect to the Debtors involving the
Transactions that is unacceptable to any Purchaser is filed by the
Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court or another court of competent
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if any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction shall have issued a final and nonappealable order
permanently enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the Closing
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prior to the issuance of the Warrants, if
the Company (A) makes a public announcement, enters into an agreement
or files any pleading or document with the Bankruptcy Court, in each
case, evidencing its decision to support any Competing Transaction,
or (B) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company enters into a
definitive agreement providing for a Competing Transaction or the
Company provides notice to any Purchaser of the
Companys or any of its Subsidiaries decision to enter into a
definitive agreement providing for a Competing Transaction
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(c) by the Company upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
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if the Effective Date and the purchase and
sale contemplated by Article I have not occurred by the
Termination Date; provided, however, that the right
to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(c)(i)
shall not be available to the Company to the extent that it has
breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement
in any manner that shall have proximately caused the Closing Date not
to occur on or before the Termination Date (it being agreed that this
proviso shall not limit the Companys ability to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1(c)(ii) or any other clause
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prior to the entry of the Confirmation
Order, upon notice to each Purchaser, for any reason or no reason,
effective as of such time as shall be specified in such notice;
provided, however, that prior to the entry of the
Approval Order, the Company shall not have the right to terminate
this Agreement under this Section 11.1(c)(ii) during the 48
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if all conditions to the obligations of
each Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement set forth in Article VII shall have been satisfied
(other than those conditions that are to be satisfied (and capable of
being satisfied) by action taken at the Closing if such Purchaser had
complied with its obligations under this Agreement) and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement fail to be consummated as
a result of the breach by any Purchaser of its obligation to pay to
the Company and GGO, as applicable, all amounts payable by such
Purchaser under Article I and Article II of this
Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
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SECTION 11.2 Effects of Termination.
(a) In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article XI, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of
any party hereto except the covenants and agreements made by the parties herein under Article
XIII shall survive indefinitely in accordance with their terms. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in the Warrants or paragraph (b) below, the Warrants when issued in accordance with
Section 5.2 hereof and all of the obligations of the Company under the Warrant Agreement
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
(b) In the event of a termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section
11.1(c)(iii), the parties agree that the Warrants held by any member of the Purchaser Group at
the time of such termination (but no Warrants held by any other Person if transferred as permitted
hereunder) shall be deemed cancelled, null and void and of no further effect. The foregoing shall
be a term of the Warrants.
ARTICLE XII
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 12.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, when
used in this Agreement with initial capital letters, shall have the respective meanings set forth
in this Agreement:
(a) 2006 Bank Loan means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of February 24, 2006, by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership and GGPLP
L.L.C., as borrowers, the lenders named therein, Banc of America Securities LLC, Eurohypo AG, New
York Branch and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as joint arrangers and joint bookrunners, Eurohypo
AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as syndication agents, and Commerzbank AG and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as
co-documentation agents.
(b) Additional Sales Period means in the case of Section 5.9(a)(iv)(A), the
120 day period following the date of the Companys notice to Purchaser pursuant to Section
5.9(a)(ii), and in the case of Section 5.9(a)(iv)(B), the 120 day period following (x)
the expiration of the 180 day period specified in Section 5.9(a)(iii) or (y) if earlier,
the date on which it is finally determined that Purchaser is unable to consummate such purchase
contemplated by Section 5.9(a)(iii) within such 180 day period specified in Section
5.9(a)(iii).
(c) Affiliate of any particular Person means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such particular Person. For the purposes of this
definition, control means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the
ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise.
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(d) Brazilian Entities means those certain Persons in which the Company indirectly
owns an interest which own real property assets or have operations located in Brazil.
(e) Brookfield Consortium Member means Brookfield Asset Management Inc. or any
controlled Affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. or any Person of which Brookfield Asset
Management Inc. or any Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a
general partner, managing member or equivalent thereof or a wholly owned subsidiary of the
foregoing.
(f) Business Day means any day other than (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday, (c) any day
on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to close by Law or
executive order.
(g) Capital Raising Activities means the Companys efforts to consummate equity and
debt financings for the Company, and sales of properties and other assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for cash.
(h) Cash Equivalents means as to any Person, (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided, that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition by such Person,
(b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any commercial bank having, or which is the
principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the Laws of the United
States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia having capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating in excess of $500,000,000, having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of
acquisition by such Person, (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for
underlying securities of the types described in subsection (a) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (b) above, (d) commercial paper issued by any
issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or at least P-1 by Moodys or carrying an equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing
ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and in each case maturing not more than one year
after the date of acquisition by such Person or (e) investments in money market funds substantially
all of whose assets are comprised of securities of the types described in subsections (a) through
(d) above.
(i) Change of Control means any transaction or series of related transactions, in
which, after giving effect to such transaction or transactions, (i) any Person other than a member
of a Purchaser Group of the Pershing Purchasers or Fairholme Purchasers acquires beneficial
ownership (within
the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of
the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company or (ii) there
occurs a direct or indirect sale, lease, exchange or transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
(including securities of the entitys directly or indirectly owned Subsidiaries).
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(j) Clawback Fee means the aggregate of the $0.25 per share fees paid by the Company
to the Purchasers and the Fairholme Purchasers on the Effective Date in accordance with Section 1.4
of this Agreement and the Fairholme Agreement.
(k) Claims shall have the meaning set forth in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
(l) Closing Date Net Debt means, as of the Effective Date but prior to giving effect
to the Plan, the sum of, without duplication:
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(including the Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims) plus the amount
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plus the Permitted Claims Amount, |
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plus the amount of Proportionally
Consolidated Debt attributable to assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, transferred or otherwise divested during the period between
the date of this Agreement and through the Closing, but excluding any
deficiency, guaranty or other similar claims associated with the
Special Consideration Properties (as such term is defined in the plan
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less Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash; provided, however, that the net
proceeds attributable to sales of assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, or otherwise transferred during the period between the date
of this Agreement and through the Closing shall be deducted prior to
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(m) Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims Amounts
means, as of the Effective Date but prior to giving effect to the Plan, the sum of, without
duplication:
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Consolidated Debt plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus
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plus the amount of Proportionally
Consolidated Debt attributable to assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, transferred or otherwise divested during the period between
the date of this Agreement and through the Closing, but excluding any
deficiency, guaranty or other similar claims associated with the
Special Consideration Properties (as such term is defined in the plan
of reorganization for the applicable Confirmed Debtor), and |
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less Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash; provided, however, that the net
proceeds attributable to sales of assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and other Persons in which the Company, directly or
indirectly, holds a minority interest sold, returned, abandoned,
conveyed, or otherwise transferred during the period between the date
of this Agreement and through the Closing shall be deducted prior to
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(n) Company Benefit Plan means each employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA and each other stock purchase, stock option, restricted stock, severance,
retention, employment, consulting, change-of-control, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive,
deferred compensation, employee loan, fringe benefit and other benefit plan, agreement, program,
policy, commitment or other arrangement, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any related
funding mechanism now in effect or required in the future), whether formal or informal, oral or
written, in each case sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
for the benefit of any past or present director, officer, employee, consultant or independent
contractor of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries has any present or future right to
benefits.
(o) Company Board means the board of directors of the Company.
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(p) Competing Transaction means, other than the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Plan Summary Term Sheet, or by the other Investment Agreements, any offer or
proposal relating to (i) a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, tender
offer, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving
the Company or (ii) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by a person or group
of beneficial ownership (as used for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of, or a
series of transactions to purchase or acquire, assets representing 30% or more of the consolidated
assets or revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or 30% or more of the
Common Stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for 30%
or more of the Common Stock of the Company) or (iii) any recapitalization of the Company or the
provision of financing to the Company that shall cause any condition in Section 7.1 not to
be satisfied, in each case, other than the recapitalization and financing transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Plan Summary Term Sheet (or the financing provided by the Initial
Investors) or that will be effected together with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(q) Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement means a statement that: (i) sets forth
each of the five components of the Closing Date Net Debt (for the avoidance of doubt, this shall
include (x) the Permitted Claims Amount, which shall include the Reserve, (y) the Reinstatement
Adjustment Amount, and (z) with respect to clauses (i), (iv) and (v) of the definition of Closing
Date Net Debt, the Closing Date Net Debt Amount W/O Reinstatement Adjustment and Permitted Claims
Amounts as determined through the process provided for in Sections 5.16(a) and
5.16(b) shall be used; provided, however, that such amounts shall be
updated to reflect current information regarding cash, Claims, Debt and other similar information
and any amendments to this Agreement agreed upon following completion of the process provided for
in Sections 5.16(a) and 5.16(b)), and (ii) sets forth the Net Debt Excess Amount or
the Net Debt Surplus Amount, as applicable.
(r) Contingent and Disputed Debt Claims means contingent and disputed claims for
default interest on (i) that certain promissory note, dated February 8, 2008, by GGP Limited
Partnership in favor of The Comptroller of the State of New York, (ii) that certain promissory
note, dated February 15, 2007, by GGP Limited Partnership in favor of Ivanhoe Capital LP, and (iii)
the loan made to GGP, GGP Limited Partnership and GGPLP L.L.C., as borrowers, under that certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2006, under which Eurohypo
AG, New York Branch is the Administrative Agent and any amendments, modifications or supplements
thereto, in each case to the extent that any such claims have not been ruled on by the Bankruptcy
Court or settled prior to the Effective Date.
(s) Contract means any agreement, lease, license, evidence of indebtedness,
mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract.
(t) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(u) Corporate Level Debt means the debt described in Sections II A, H through O, Q,
R, S, W and X of the Plan Summary Term Sheet plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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(v) Debt means all obligations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and other Persons in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, holds a minority interest (a) evidenced by (i) notes,
bonds, debentures or other similar instruments (including, for avoidance of doubt, mezzanine debt),
or (ii) trust preferred shares, trust preferred units and other preferred instruments, and/or (b)
secured by a lien, mortgage or other encumbrance; provided, however, that Debt
shall exclude (x) any form of municipal financing including, but not limited to, special
improvement district bonds or tax increment financing, (y) an agreement for the use or possession
of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which,
upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of
such Person (without regard to accounting treatment), and (z) intercompany notes or preferred
interests between and among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries.
(w) DIP Loan means that certain Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit, Security
and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2009, by and among the lenders named therein, UBS AG,
Stamford Branch, as administrative agent for the lenders, the Company and the Operating
Partnership, as borrowers, and the certain subsidiaries of the Company named therein, as
guarantors.
(x) Disclosure Statement means the disclosure statement to accompany the Plan as
amended, modified or supplemented.
(y) ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(z) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(aa) Excess Surplus Amount means the sum of: (i) if, after giving effect to the
application of the Reserve Surplus Amount to reduce the principal amount of the GGO Promissory Note
pursuant to Section 5.16(d), any Reserve Surplus Amount remains, (A) if and to the extent
that such Reserve Surplus Amount is less than or equal to the Net Debt Surplus Amount, 80% of such
remaining Reserve Surplus Amount, and otherwise (B) 100% of the remaining Reserve Surplus Amount;
and (ii) (A) if a GGO Promissory Note is required to be issued at Closing, 80% of the aggregate
Offering Premium, if any, less the amount of any reduction in the principal amount of the GGO
Promissory Note pursuant to Section 5.16(e) hereof, or (B) if the GGO Promissory Note is
not required to be issued at Closing, the sum of (x) 80% of the aggregate Offering Premium and (y)
the excess, if any, of 80% of the Net Debt Surplus Amount over the Hughes Amount.
(bb) Exchangeable Notes means the 3.98% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2027 issued
pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of April 16, 2007, by and between the Operating
Partnership, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee.
(cc) Excluded Claims means:
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except with respect to Claims related to
GGO or the assets or businesses contributed thereto, prepetition and
postpetition Claims for all ordinary course trade payables for goods
and services related to the operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, ordinary course
obligations to tenants, anchors, vendors, customers, utility
providers or forward contract counterparties related to utility
services, employee payroll, commissions, bonuses and benefits (but
excluding the Key Employee Incentive Plan approved by the Bankruptcy
Court pursuant to an order entered on October 15, 2009 at docket no.
3126), insurance premiums, insurance deductibles, self insured
amounts and other obligations that are accounted for, consistent with
past practice prior to the Petition Date, as trade payables);
provided, however, that Claims or expenses related to
the administration and conduct of the Bankruptcy Cases (such as
professional fees and disbursements of financial, legal and other
advisers and consultants retained in connection with the
administration and conduct of the Companys and its Subsidiaries
Bankruptcy Cases and other expenses, fees and commissions related to
the reorganization and recapitalization of the Company pursuant to
the Plan, including related to the Investment Agreements, the
issuance of the New Debt, Liquidity Equity Issuances and any other
equity issuances contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan) shall
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except with respect to Claims related to
GGO or the assets or businesses contributed thereto, Claims and
liabilities arising from the litigation or potential litigation
matters set forth in that certain Interim Litigation Report of the
Company dated March 29, 2010 and the Companys litigation audit
response to Deloitte & Touche dated February 25, 2010, both have been
made available to each Purchaser prior to close of business on March
29, 2010 and other Claims and liabilities arising from ordinary
course litigation or potential litigation that was not included in
such schedule solely because the amount of estimated or asserted
liabilities or Claims did not meet the threshold amount used for the
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case, to the extent that such Claims and liabilities have not been
paid and satisfied as of the Effective Date, are continuing
following the Effective Date, excluding Claims against or
interests in the Debtors arising under or related to the Hughes
Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Claims shall
include $10 million to be paid in cash with respect to attorneys
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except with respect to Claims related to
GGO or the assets or businesses contributed thereto, all tenant,
anchor and vendor Claims required to be cured pursuant to section 365
of the Bankruptcy Code, in connection with the assumption of an
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any deficiency, guaranty or other similar
Claims associated with the Special Consideration Properties (as such
term is defined in the plans of reorganization for the applicable
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GGO Setup Costs (other than professional fees and disbursements of
financial, legal and other advisers and consultants retained in
connection with the administration and conduct of the Companys and
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any liabilities assumed by GGO and paid on
the Effective Date by GGO or to be paid after the Effective Date by
GGO (for avoidance of doubt, this includes any Claims that, absent
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(dd) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(ee) Fully Diluted Basis means all outstanding shares of the Common Stock, New
Common Stock or GGO Common Stock, as applicable, assuming the exercise of all outstanding Share
Equivalents (other than (x) any options issued to an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of a Company Benefit Plan or to an employee of GGO or its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of an employee equity plan of GGO or (y) preferred UPREIT Units) without
regard to any restrictions or conditions with respect to the exercisability of such Share
Equivalents.
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(ff) Fully Diluted GGO Economic Interest means, for the Purchaser Group with respect
to GGO Common Stock at any time, a percentage equal to the quotient of (i) the aggregate number of
shares of GGO Common Stock held in the aggregate by the Purchaser Group, assuming the exercise of
all outstanding Share Equivalents held by them (without regard to any restrictions or conditions
with respect to the exercisability of such Share Equivalents), and the aggregate notional number of
shares of GGO Common Stock referenced in any physically-settled or financially-settled equity
derivative that the Purchaser Group counterparty has certified to the Company provides the
Purchaser Group with the benefit of substantially similar cash flows as would direct ownership,
divided by (ii) the aggregate outstanding number of shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted
Basis.
(gg) GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
(hh) GGO Common Share Amount means 32,468,326 plus a number (rounded up to the
nearest whole number) equal to 0.1 multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock issued on or
after the Measurement Date and prior to the record date of the GGO Share Distribution as a result
of the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Share Equivalents of the Company outstanding on the
Measurement Date into Common Stock and employee stock options issued pursuant to the Company Option
Plans.
(ii) GGO Non-Control Agreement means an agreement with respect to GGO as attached
hereto as Exhibit M.
(jj) GGO Note Amount means: (i) in the event there is a Net Debt Excess Amount, the
sum of the Net Debt Excess Amount set forth on the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement and the
Hughes Heirs Obligations to the extent satisfied with assets of the Company (including cash (but
excluding any cash paid prior to the Effective Date in settlement or satisfaction of Hughes Heirs
Obligations which had the effect of reducing Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash for
purposes of calculating Closing Date Net Debt, Closing Date Net Debt W/O Reinstatement Adjustment
and Permitted Claims Amounts, and Net Debt Excess Amount/Net Debt Surplus Amount, as applicable) or
shares of New Common Stock, but excluding Identified Assets) (such amount so satisfied, but
excluding $10 million to be paid in cash with respect to attorneys fees and expenses, the
Hughes Amount); and (ii) in the event there is a Net Debt Surplus Amount, the Hughes
Amount less 80% of the Net Debt Surplus Amount, provided, that in no event shall the GGO Note
Amount be less than zero.
(kk) GGO Pro Rata Share means, with respect to each Purchaser, the percentage
designated by PSCM by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 1.1(e).
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(ll) GGO Promissory Note means an unsecured promissory note payable by GGO (or one
of its Subsidiaries, provided that the GGO Promissory Note is guaranteed by GGO) in favor of the
Operating Partnership in the aggregate principal amount of the GGO Note Amount, as adjusted
pursuant to Section 5.16(d), Section 5.16(e) and Section 5.16(g), (i)
bearing interest at a rate equal to the lower of (x) 7.5% per annum and (y) the weighted average
effective rate of interest payable (after giving effect to the payment of any underwriting and all
other discounts, fees and any other compensation) on each series of New Debt issued in connection
with the Plan and (ii) maturing on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or if such date is
not a Business Day, the next immediately following Business Day), and (iii) including prohibitions
on dividends and distributions, no financial covenants and such other customary terms and
conditions as reasonably agreed to by each Purchaser and the Company.
(mm) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(nn) GGO Setup Costs means such cash liabilities, costs and expenses as may be
incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the formation and organization of
GGO and the implementation of the GGO Share Distribution, including any and all liabilities for any
sales, use, stamp, documentary, filing, recording, transfer, gross receipts, registration, duty,
securities transactions or similar fees or Taxes or governmental charges (together with any
interest or penalty, addition to Tax or additional amount imposed) as levied by any taxing
authority, in each case, determined as of the Effective Date and further including, to the extent
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company has made or will make a payment to reduce the
principal amount of the mortgage related to 110 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, then 50% of any
such payment or contractual obligation to make a payment.
(oo) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(pp) GGP Pro Rata Share means, with respect to each Purchaser, the percentage
designated by PSCM by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 1.1(e).
(qq) Governmental Entity means any (a) nation, region, state, province, county,
city, town, village, district or other jurisdiction, (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign
or other government, (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any
governmental agency, branch, department, court or tribunal, or other entity), (d) multinational
organization or body or (e) body entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature or any other
self-regulatory organizations.
(rr) Hughes Agreement means that certain Contingent Stock Agreement, effective as of
January 1, 1996, by The Rouse Company in favor of and for the benefit of the Holders (named in
Schedule I thereto) and the Representatives (therein defined), as amended.
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(ss) Hughes Heirs Obligations means claims or interests against the Debtors arising
under or relating to sections 2.07 and 2.08 of the Hughes Agreement and pertaining to the delivery
of contingent shares for business units to be valued as of December 31, 2009 and claims arising out
of or related to the foregoing.
(tt) Indebtedness means, with respect to a Person without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred
purchase price of property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of such Persons business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, trust preferred shares, trust preferred units and other
preference instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights
and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations in respect of capital leases under GAAP
of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or
applicant under acceptance, letter of credit, surety bond or similar facilities, (g) the monetary
obligations of a Person under (x) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease,
or (y) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear
on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person,
would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment)
(each, a Synthetic Lease Obligation), (h) guaranties of such Person with respect to
obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of other
Persons of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by any lien on property
owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of
such obligation, (j) the net obligations of such Person in respect of hedge agreements and swaps
and (k) any obligation that, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be reflected as debt on
the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
(uu) Joint Venture means a Subsidiary of the Company which is owned partly by
another Subsidiary of the Company and partly by a third party.
(vv) Knowledge of the Company means the actual knowledge, as of the date of this
Agreement, of the individuals listed on Section 12.1(ss) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(ww) Law means any statutes, laws (including common law), rules, ordinances,
regulations, codes, orders, judgments, decisions, injunctions, writs, decrees, applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Purchaser, as applicable, or their respective properties
or assets.
(xx) Liquidity Equity Issuances means issuances of shares of New Common Stock in the
Plan for cash in an aggregate amount of up to 65,000,000 shares of New Common Stock.
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(yy) Material Adverse Effect means any change, event or occurrence which (x) has a
material adverse effect on the results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its
direct and indirect Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than changes, events or occurrences (i)
generally affecting (A) the retail mall industry in the United States or in a specific geographic
area in which the Company operates, or (B) the economy, or financial or capital markets, in the
United States or elsewhere in the world, including changes in interest or exchange rates or the
availability of capital, or (ii) arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (A) changes in
Law or regulation or in generally accepted accounting principles or in accounting standards, or
changes in general legal, regulatory or political conditions, (B) the negotiation, execution,
announcement or performance of any agreement between the Company and/or its Affiliates, on the one
hand, and any Purchaser and/or its Purchaser Group (or members thereof), on the other hand, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or operating performance or reputational
issues arising out of or associated with the Bankruptcy Cases, including the impact thereof on
relationships, contractual or otherwise, with tenants, customers, suppliers, distributors, partners
or employees, or any litigation or claims arising from allegations of breach of fiduciary duty or
violation of Law or otherwise, related to the execution or performance of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any developments in the Bankruptcy
Cases, (C) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of
war, sabotage or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of the this Agreement, (D)
earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes or other natural disasters, (E) any action taken by the Company
or its Subsidiaries as contemplated or permitted by any agreement between the Company and/or its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Purchaser and/or Purchaser Group (or members thereof), on the
other hand, or with each Purchasers consent, or any failure by the Company to take any action as a
result of any restriction contained in any agreement between the Company and/or its Affiliates, on
the one hand, and any Purchaser and/or its Purchaser Group (or any member thereof), on the other
hand, or (F) in each case in and of itself, any decline in the market price, or change in trading
volume, of the capital stock or debt securities of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary
thereof, or any failure to meet publicly announced or internal revenue or earnings projections,
forecasts, estimates or guidance for any period, whether relating to financial performance or
business metrics, including, without limitation, revenues, net operating incomes, cash flows or
cash positions, it being further understood that any event, change, development, effect or
occurrence giving rise to such decline in the trading price or trading volume of the capital stock
or debt securities of the Company or such failure to meet internal projections or forecasts as
described in the preceding clause (F), as the case may be, may be the cause of a Material Adverse
Effect; so long as, in the case of clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B), such changes or events do not have a
materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
as compared to other entities that own and manage retail malls throughout the United States, or (y)
materially impairs the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder or under the other agreements executed in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(zz) Material Contract means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, any:
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future acquisition or construction of fixed assets or the future
purchase of materials, supplies or equipment that provides for the
payment by the Company or its Subsidiaries of more than $5,000,000
and is not terminable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by
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(aaa) MPC Assets means residential and commercial lots in the master planned
communities owned, for federal income tax purposes, by Howard Hughes Properties, Inc. or The
Hughes Corporation or related to the Emerson Master Planned Community.
(bbb) MPC Taxes means all liability for income Taxes in respect of sales of MPC
Assets sold prior to the date of this Agreement.
(ccc) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(ddd) Net Debt Excess Amount means, the amount, which shall in no event be less than
$0, that is calculated by subtracting the Target Net Debt from the Closing Date Net Debt (as
reflected on the Conclusive Net Debt Adjustment Statement).
(eee) Net Debt Surplus Amount means, the amount, which shall in no event be less
than $0, that is calculated by subtracting Closing Date Net Debt (as reflected on the Conclusive
Net Debt Adjustment Statement) from the Target Net Debt.
(fff) Non-Control Agreement means the Non-Control Agreement the form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit M.
(ggg) Non-Controlling Properties means the Company Properties listed on Section
12.1(ddd) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Each of the Non-Controlling Properties is owned by
a Joint Venture in which neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a controlling entity.
For purposes of this Section 12.1(ggg), the term control shall mean, possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether
through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise; provided,
however, that the rights of any Person to exercise Major Decision Rights under a Joint
Venture shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute control for the purposes hereof.
Controlling and controlled shall have meanings correlative thereto. For purposes of this
Section 12.1(ggg), the term Major Decision Rights shall mean, the right to, directly or
indirectly, approve, consent to, veto or exercise a vote in connection with a Persons voting or
other decision-making authority in respect of the collective rights, options, elections or
obligations of such Person under a Joint Venture.
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(hhh) Offering Premium means, with respect to any shares of New Common Stock issued
for cash in conjunction with issuances of New Common Stock or Share Equivalents permitted by this
Agreement (including any Liquidity Equity Issuance) and completed prior to the date that is the
last to occur of (x) 45 days after the Effective Date, (y) the Settlement Date, if applicable, and
(z) the Bridge Note Maturity Date, if applicable, the product of (i) (A) the per share offering
price of the shares of New Common Stock (or offering price of Share Equivalents corresponding to
one underlying share of New Common Stock) issued (net of all underwriting and other discounts, fees
or other compensation, and related expenses; provided, that for purposes hereof, payments
to the Purchasers or the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.4 of this
Agreement or the Fairholme Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee or
other compensation or related expense) less (B) the Per Share Purchase Price and (ii) the number of
shares of New Common Stock sold pursuant thereto. For the purposes hereof, the issuance for cash
of notes mandatorily convertible into New Common Stock on the Effective Date shall constitute an
issuance of the underlying number of shares of New Common Stock for cash at a price per share
offering equal to the offering price for the corresponding amount of notes. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Clawback Fee will not be taken into account when calculating Offering Premium.
(iii) Operating Partnership means GGP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership and a Subsidiary of the Company.
(jjj) Permitted Claims means, as of the Effective Date, other than Excluded Claims,
(a) all Claims against the Debtors covered by the Plan (the Plan Debtors) that are
classified in those certain classes of Claims described in Sections II B through E, G and P in the
Plan Summary Term Sheet (the PMA Claims), (b) all Claims or other amounts required to be
paid pursuant to the Plan to indenture trustees or similar servicing or administrative agents, with
respect to administrative fees incurred by or reimbursement obligations owed to such indenture
trustees or similar servicing or administrative agents in their capacity as such under the
Corporate Level Debt documents, (c) any claims of a similar type as the PMA Claims that are or have
been asserted against affiliates of the Plan Debtors that are or were debtors in the Bankruptcy
Cases and for which a plan of reorganization has already been confirmed (the Confirmed
Debtors), (d) Claims or interests against the Debtors arising under or related to the Hughes
Agreement (other than Hughes Heirs Obligations) plus $10 million to be paid in cash with respect to
attorneys fees and expenses in connection with the settlement related to the Hughes Heirs
Obligations, (e) surety bond Claims relating to the types of Claims identified in clauses (a)
through (d) of this definition, and (f) the Clawback Fee.
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(kkk) Permitted Claims Amount means, as of the Effective Date, an amount equal to
the sum of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid Permitted Claims
that have been allowed (by order of the Bankruptcy Court or pursuant to the terms of the Plan) as
of the Effective Date, plus (b) the aggregate amount of the reserve to be estimated pursuant to the
Plan with respect to accrued and unpaid Permitted Claims that have not been allowed or disallowed
(in each case by order of the Bankruptcy Court or pursuant to the terms of the Plan) as of the
Effective Date (the Reserve), plus (c) the aggregate amount of the GGO Setup Costs (other
than professional fees and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisers and consultants
retained in connection with the administration and conduct of the Companys and its Subsidiaries
Bankruptcy Cases) as of the Effective Date; provided, however, that there shall be
no duplication with any amounts otherwise included in Closing Date Net Debt.
(lll) Permitted Replacement Shares means shares of New Common Stock, or notes
mandatorily convertible into or exchangeable for shares of New Common Stock, that are sold for cash
proceeds immediately payable to the Company (net of all underwriting and other discounts, fees, and
related consideration; provided, that for purposes hereof, payments to the Purchasers or
the Fairholme Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.4 of this Agreement or the Fairholme
Agreement, respectively, shall not be considered a discount, fee, related consideration or other
compensation) of not less than $10.50 per share of New Common Stock (or in the case of notes,
convertible or exchangeable at not less than $10.50 per share of New Common Stock);
provided, that Permitted Replacement Shares shall not include any New Common Stock sold to
any of the Initial Investors or their Affiliates, except pursuant to the exercise of Subscription
Rights pursuant to this Agreement, the Brookfield Agreement or the Fairholme Agreement (in each
case, as defined herein or therein as applicable).
(mmm) Person means an individual, a group (including a group under Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act), a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a
Governmental Entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(nnn) Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Deadline means the end of the
Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period, which date shall be the first business day that is
at least twenty (20) calendar days after delivery of the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt
Schedule, and which shall be the deadline by which a Purchaser shall deliver to the Company a
Dispute Notice.
(ooo) Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Review Period means the period between the
Companys delivery of the Preliminary Closing Date Net Debt Schedule and the Preliminary Closing
Date Net Debt Review Deadline.
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(ppp) Proportionally Consolidated Debt means consolidated Debt of the Company less
(1) all Debt of Subsidiaries of the Company that are not wholly-owned and other Persons in which
the Company, directly or indirectly, holds a minority interest, to the extent such Debt is included
in consolidated Debt, plus (2) the Companys share of Debt for each non-wholly owned Subsidiary of
the Company and each other Persons in which the Company, directly or indirectly, holds a minority
interest based on the companys pro-rata economic interest in each such Subsidiary or Person or, to
the extent to which the Company is directly or indirectly (through one or more Subsidiaries or
Persons) liable for a percent of such Debt that is greater than such pro-rata economic interest in
such Subsidiary or Person, such larger amount; provided, however, for purposes of calculating
Proportionally Consolidated Debt, the Debt of the Brazilian Entities shall be deemed to be
$110,437,781.
(qqq) Proportionally Consolidated Unrestricted Cash means the consolidated
Unrestricted Cash of the Company less (1) all Unrestricted Cash of Subsidiaries of the Company that
are not wholly-owned and Persons in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a minority
interest, to the extent such Unrestricted Cash is included in consolidated Unrestricted Cash of the
Company, plus (2) the Companys share of Unrestricted Cash for each non-wholly owned Subsidiary of
the Company and Persons in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a minority interest
based on the Companys pro rata economic interest in each such Subsidiary or Person;
provided, however, for purposes of calculating Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash, the Unrestricted Cash of the Brazilian Entities shall be deemed to be
$82,000,000, provided, further, that any distributions of Unrestricted Cash made
from the date of this Agreement to the Closing by Brazilian Entities to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating Proportionally Consolidated
Unrestricted Cash.
(rrr) Purchaser Group means, with respect to each Purchaser, such Purchaser, its
investment manager and their respective controlled Affiliates. For such purpose, one or more
investment funds under common investment management shall constitute controlled Affiliates of
their investment manager.
(sss) Reinstatement Adjustment Amount means $5,426,250,000.
(ttt) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(uuu) Reserve Surplus Amount means, as of any date of determination, (x) the Reserve
minus (y) the aggregate amount paid with respect to Permitted Claims through such date of
determination to the extent such Permitted Claims were included in the calculation of the Reserve
minus (z) any
amount included in the Reserve with respect to Permitted Claims that the Company Board, based
on the exercise of its business judgment and information available to the Company Board as of the
date of determination, considers necessary to maintain as a reserve against Permitted Claims yet to
be paid.
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(vvv) Rights Agreement means that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of November 18,
1998, by and between the Company and BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, as successor to Norwest Bank
Minnesota, N.A., as amended on November 10, 1999, December 31, 2001 and November 18, 2008, and from
time to time.
(www) Rouse Bonds means (i) the 6-3/4% Senior Notes Due 2013 issued pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2006, by and among The Rouse Company LP and TRC Co-Issuer, Inc., as
co-issuers and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee, (ii) unsecured debentures
issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of February 24, 1995, by and between The Rouse Company,
as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee, and (iii) any notes to be
issued pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date by The Rouse Company LP to the holders of the
Rouse Bonds specified in (i) and (ii) above who elect to receive such notes.
(xxx) Share Equivalent means any stock, warrants, rights, calls, options or other
securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock, New Common
Stock or GGO Common Stock, as applicable.
(yyy) Significant Subsidiaries means the operating Subsidiaries of the Company that
generated revenues in excess of $30,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(zzz) Specified Debt means Claims in Classes H through N inclusive, in each case as
provided on the Plan Summary Term Sheet.
(aaaa) Subsidiary means, with respect to a Person (including the Company), (a) a
company a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect
a majority of the directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by a
subsidiary of such Person, or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person, (b) a
partnership in which such Person or a subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a
general partner of such partnership, (c) a limited liability company of which such Person, or a
Subsidiary of such Person, is a managing member or (d) any other Person (other than a company) in
which such Person, a subsidiary of such Person or such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such
Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has (i) at least a majority
ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors
or other governing body of such Person.
(bbbb) Target Net Debt means $22,970,800,000.
(cccc) Tax Matters Agreement means that certain Tax Matters Agreement to be entered
into by the Company and GGO in
connection with the GGO Share Distribution, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit O.
(dddd) Tax Protection Agreements means any written agreement to which the Company,
its Operating Partnership or any other Subsidiary is a party pursuant to which: (i) in connection
with the deferral of income Taxes of a holder of interests in the Operating Partnership, the
Company, the Operating Partnership or the other Subsidiaries have agreed to (A) maintain a minimum
level of Indebtedness or continue any particular Indebtedness, (B) retain or not dispose of assets
for a period of time that has not since expired, (C) make or refrain from making Tax elections,
and/or (D) only dispose of assets in a particular manner; and/or (ii) limited partners of the
Operating Partnership have guaranteed Indebtedness of the Operating Partnership.
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(eeee) Termination Date means December 31, 2010; provided, that if the
Confirmation Order shall have been entered on or prior to December 15, 2010 but the Company,
despite its commercially reasonable efforts, is unable to consummate the Closing on or prior to
December 31, 2010, the Company may extend the Termination Date for so long as Closing by January
31, 2011 is feasible and the Company continues to diligently pursue Closing; provided,
further, that the Termination Date shall not be extended beyond January 31, 2011.
(ffff) Transactions means the purchase of the Shares and the GGO Shares and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(gggg) TRUPS means certain preferred securities issued by GGP Capital Trust I.
(hhhh) Unrestricted Cash means all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and of
the Subsidiaries of the Company, but excluding any cash or Cash Equivalents that are controlled by
or subject to any lien, security interest or control agreement, other preferential arrangement in
favor of any creditor or otherwise encumbered or restricted in any way; provided that cash and Cash
Equivalents of the Company and of the Subsidiaries of the Company that are controlled by or subject
to any lien, security interest, control agreement, preferential arrangement or other encumbrance or
restriction pursuant to the New DIP Agreement shall not be excluded from Unrestricted Cash..
(iiii) Unsecured Indebtedness means all indebtedness of the Company for borrowed
money or obligations of the Company evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments that are not secured by a lien on any Company Property or other assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary.
(jjjj) UPREIT Units means preferred or common units of limited partnership interests
of the Operating Partnership.
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.1 Notices. All notices and other communications in connection with this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given if given in the manner, and be deemed
given at times, as follows: (x) on the date delivered, if personally delivered; (y) on the day of
transmission if sent via facsimile transmission to the facsimile number given below, and telephonic
confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission; or (z) on the next
Business Day after being sent by recognized overnight mail service specifying next business day
delivery, in each case with delivery charges pre-paid and addressed to the following addresses:
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Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
888 Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: William A. Ackman
Roy J. Katzovicz
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Andrew G. Dietderich, Esq.
Alan J. Sinsheimer, Esq.
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General Growth Properties, Inc.
110 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Ronald L. Gern, Esq.
Facsimile: (312) 960-5485 |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: Marcia L. Goldstein, Esq.
Frederick S. Green, Esq.
Gary T. Holtzer, Esq.
Malcolm E. Landau, Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 |
SECTION 13.2 Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned by any party without the
prior written consent of the other party. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, this Agreement,
or a Purchasers rights, interests or obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, the
right to receive any securities pursuant to the Transactions), may be assigned or transferred, in
whole or in part, by such Purchaser (a) to one or more members of its Purchaser Group;
provided, that no such assignment shall release such Purchaser from its obligations
hereunder to be performed by such Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date or (b) with the prior
written consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to one or
more credit-worthy financial institutions who agree in writing to perform the applicable
obligations of such Purchaser hereunder (any assignment under clause (b) to which the Company has
so consented shall release such Purchaser from its obligations hereunder to the extent of the
obligations assigned). Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Company agrees that Purchasers may
designate to Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with
its permitted assigns, Blackstone), (i) the Purchasers right to purchase 8,287,895 of
the Shares (the Blackstone Assigned Shares) and 100,191 of the GGO Shares (together with
the Blackstone Assigned Shares, the Blackstone Assigned Securities), in each case, that
the Purchasers are entitled to purchase at Closing pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the Purchasers
right to receive 714,286 of the New Warrants (the Blackstone Assigned Warrants) and
83,333 of the GGO Warrants, in each case, issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement,
(iii) the Purchasers right to receive 7.634% of the Purchasers compensation in the form of New
Common Stock with respect to the GGP Backstop Rights Offering and other rights of the Purchasers
set forth in Section 6.9(a) and Section 6.9(b) in the event the Purchasers
designate Blackstone as one of their designees to subscribe for New Common Stock in such GGP
Backstop Rights Offering, and (iv) the Purchasers right to receive 7.634% of the shares of Common
Stock (and other Share Equivalents) which are offered to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchasers
pre-Closing subscription rights set forth in Section 7.1(u) in the event the Purchasers
elect to purchase the shares offered to them in such offering, provided that (1) the Companys
agreement as aforesaid is subject to Blackstone (A) paying to the Company and GGO, as
applicable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds at the Closing the aggregate purchase
price payable pursuant to this Agreement for the Blackstone Assigned Securities (the
Blackstone Purchase
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Price) and the purchase price for shares received by Blackstone pursuant to clauses (iii)
and (iv) above, (B) agreeing in a writing reasonably satisfactory to, and for the benefit of, the
Company that the Blackstone Assigned Securities shall be subject to such transfer
restrictions/lock-ups as contemplated by Section 6.4 of this Agreement (and not the longer lock-ups
applicable to shares sold to the Brookfield Investor), including being subject to a limited 120-day
lock-up in connection with certain equity sales within 30 days of the Effective Date but excluding
any restrictions imposed by the Non-Control Agreement, and (C) entering into joinder agreements
reasonably acceptable to, and for the benefit of, the Company with respect to the provisions of
clause (B) and the registration rights agreement referred to in the following sentence, and (2) in
no event shall any Purchaser be released from any of its obligations hereunder (including in
respect of the Blackstone Assigned Securities) unless and until Blackstone shall have complied with
clauses (A), (B) and (C) above. In the event of the closing of the purchase by Blackstone from the
Company and GGO, as applicable, of the Blackstone Assigned Securities and the payment by Blackstone
to the Company and GGO, as applicable, of the Blackstone Purchase Price at Closing as aforesaid,
(x) the Purchasers shall be released from the obligation to pay the Company the purchase price for
the Blackstone Assigned Securities (but not from the obligation to pay the purchase price pursuant
to this Agreement for any other Shares or GGO Shares or other obligations hereunder) and (y) the
shelf registration statement contemplated by Section 7.1(l) shall cover the resale by
Blackstone of the Blackstone Assigned Shares and the New Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Blackstone Assigned Warrants and the registration rights agreement of the Company referenced in
Section 7.1(l) shall include Blackstone and its securities to the same extent as it applies
to the Purchasers and their securities (except that demand registration rights shall not be
available to Blackstone). Blackstone may assign the foregoing rights, in whole or in part, to one
or more Affiliates, provided that no such assignment shall release Blackstone Real Estate Partners
VI L.P. from any obligations assigned by a Purchaser to it. This Agreement (including the
documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer
upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provisions herein to the contrary, no Purchaser may
assign any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement to the extent such
assignment would preclude the applicable securities Laws exemptions from being available or such
assignment would cause a failure of the closing condition in Section 7.1(u) of the Brookfield
Agreement.
SECTION 13.3 Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the
exhibits hereto and the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) constitutes the
entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements or
understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of
this Agreement.
SECTION 13.4 Governing Law; Venue. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON
CONVENIENS.
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SECTION 13.5 Company Disclosure Letter. The Company Disclosure Letter shall be
arranged to correspond to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement, and the disclosure in any
portion of the Company Disclosure Letter shall qualify the corresponding provision in Article III
and any other provision of Article III to which it is reasonably apparent on the face of
the disclosure that such disclosure relates. No disclosure in the Company Disclosure Letter
relating to any possible non-compliance, breach or violation of any Contract or Law shall be
construed as an admission that any such non-compliance, breach or violation exists or has actually
occurred. In the Company Disclosure Letter, (a) all capitalized terms used but not defined therein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement and (b) the Section numbers correspond
to the Section numbers in this Agreement.
SECTION 13.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties; and delivered to the other
party (including via facsimile or other electronic transmission), it being understood that each
party need not sign the same counterpart.
SECTION 13.7 Expenses. Each party shall bear its own expenses incurred or to be
incurred in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each other
agreement, document and instrument contemplated by this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
SECTION 13.8 Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified,
superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be
waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the
party waiving compliance, and subject, to the extent required, to the approval of the Bankruptcy
Court. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant to
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of
any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement. The
rights and remedies provided pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which any party otherwise may have at law or in equity.
SECTION 13.9 Construction.
(a) The headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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(b) Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this Agreement: (i) an accounting term
not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) or is not exclusive; (iii) including and its variants mean including, without
limitation and its variants; (iv) words defined in the singular have the parallel meaning in the
plural and vice versa; (v) references to written or in writing include in visual electronic
form; (vi) words of one gender shall be construed to apply to each gender; (vii) the terms
Article, Section, and Schedule refer to the specified Article, Section, or Schedule of or to
this Agreement; and (viii) the term beneficially own shall have the meaning determined pursuant
to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a
Person will be deemed to beneficially own (and have beneficial ownership of) all securities that
such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or with the
passage of time or the satisfaction of conditions. The terms beneficial ownership and beneficial
owner have correlative meanings.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, and for all purposes of this Agreement, any
public announcement or filing of factual information relating to the business, financial condition
or results of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or a factually accurate (in all material respects)
public statement or filing that describes the Companys receipt of an offer or proposal for a
Competing Transaction and the operation of this Agreement with respect thereto, or any entry into a
confidentiality agreement, shall not be deemed to evidence the Companys or any Subsidiarys
intention to support any Competing Transaction.
(d) In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan
Summary Term Sheet, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern.
(e) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and each Purchaser, wherever this
Agreement requires the action by, consent of or delivery to Purchaser, Purchasers, each Purchaser
or similar parties, each Purchaser hereby appoints PSCM as its attorney-in-fact to exercise all of
the rights of such Purchaser hereunder (except for the assumption of any funding or related
liabilities or obligations), and the Company may rely on any instructions or elections made by such
Person.
SECTION 13.10 Adjustment of Share Numbers and Prices. The number of Shares to be
purchased by each Purchaser at the Closing pursuant to Article I, the Per Share Purchase
Price, the GGO Per Share Purchase Price, the number of GGO Shares to be purchased by such Purchaser
pursuant to Article II and any other number or amount contained in this Agreement which is
based upon the number or price of shares of GGP or GGO shall be proportionately adjusted for any
subdivision or combination (by stock split, reverse stock split, dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization or otherwise) of the Common Stock, New Common Stock or GGO Common Stock that
occurs during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Closing. In addition, if at
any time prior to the Closing or the consummation of the repurchase of Repurchase Shares or the Put
Option, as applicable, the Company or GGO shall declare or make a dividend or
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other distribution whether in cash or property (other than a dividend or distribution payable in
common stock of the Company or GGO, as applicable, the GGO Share Distribution or a distribution of
rights contemplated hereby), the Per Share Purchase Price or the GGO Per Share Purchase Price or
the applicable price for the definition of Permitted Replacement Shares, as applicable, shall be
proportionally adjusted thereafter by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Warrant Agreement)
per share of the dividend or distribution. If a transaction results in any adjustment to the
exercise price for and number of Shares underlying the warrants issued to the other Initial
Investors pursuant to Article 5 of the Warrant Agreement, the exercise price for and number of
shares underlying each of the New Warrants and GGO Warrants described in Section 5.2 of
this Agreement shall be adjusted for that transaction in the same manner.
SECTION 13.11 Certain Remedies.
(a) The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of any other agreement between them with respect to the Transaction
were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is
accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other applicable remedies at law or equity, the parties
shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, without proof of damages, to prevent breaches of
this Agreement or of any other agreement between them with respect to the Transaction and to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the parties shall not assert, and
hereby waive, any claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or
suspect to exist in its favor, against any other party and its respective Affiliates, members,
members affiliates, officers, directors, partners, trustees, employees, attorneys and agents on
any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages
) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty
imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of,
this Agreement or of any other agreement between them with respect to the Transaction or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c) Prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, other than with respect to the Companys
obligations under Section 5.1(c), each Purchasers right to receive the Warrants on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement shall constitute the sole and
exclusive remedy of any nature whatsoever (whether for monetary damages, specific performance,
injunctive relief, or otherwise) of such Purchaser against the Company for any harm, damage or loss
of any nature relating to or as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Company or the
failure of the Closing to occur for any reason; provided, that, following the entry of the
Approval Order, each Purchaser shall be entitled to specific performance of the Companys
obligation to issue the Warrants as well as the Companys obligations under Section 5.1(c)
hereof.
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(d) Following the entry of the Confirmation Order, each Purchaser shall be entitled to
specific performance of the terms of this Agreement, in addition to any other applicable remedies
at law.
(e) The Company, on behalf of itself and its respective heirs, successors, and assigns, hereby
covenants and agrees never to institute or cause to be instituted or continue prosecution of any
suit or other form of action or proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever against any member of
any Purchaser or its Purchaser Group by reason of or in connection with the Transaction;
provided, however, that nothing shall prohibit the Company from instituting an
action against any Purchaser in connection with this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 13.11.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the failure of any Purchaser under this Agreement to satisfy
its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Purchaser from its obligations hereunder,
including the obligation to consummate the transactions hereunder if all other conditions to such
Purchasers obligations have been satisfied or waived.
SECTION 13.12 Bankruptcy Matters. For the avoidance of doubt, all obligations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in this Agreement are subject to and conditioned upon (a) with respect
to the issuance of the Warrants and the other obligations contained in the Approval Order, entry of
the Approval Order, and (b) with respect to the remainder of the provisions hereof, entry of the
Confirmation Order.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by
each of them or their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first
written above.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
Exhibit 99.3
Exhibit 99.3
Registration
Rights Agreement
THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 9, 2010 (this Agreement),
by and between the purchasers listed on Schedule I hereto (the Purchasers),
Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (BREP)and the
entities listed on Schedule II hereto (collectively with BREP, Blackstone), and
The Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Purchasers have, pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Stock
Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between the Company and the Purchasers
(as the same may be amended from time to time, the Stock Purchase Agreement) agreed,
among other things, to purchase 1,312,500 shares of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company
(the Common Stock);
WHEREAS, (a) the Purchasers have, pursuant to the terms of that certain Purchase Agreement,
dated as of August 2, 2010, by and among the Purchasers and BREP VI agreed, among other things,
that Blackstone shall purchase in the Purchasers place 100,191 shares of Common Stock under the
Stock Purchase Agreement, (b) REP Investments LLC (REP) has, pursuant to the terms of
that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2010, by and between REP and BREP VI agreed,
among other things, that Blackstone shall purchase in REPs place 200,382 shares of Common Stock
under the Cornerstone Investment Agreement (as defined below) and (c) The Fairholme Fund, a series
of Fairholme Funds, Inc. and Fairholme Focused Income Fund, a series of Fairholme Funds, Inc. have,
pursuant to the terms of that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2010, by and among
such entities and BREP VI agreed, among other things, that Blackstone shall purchase in their place
100,191 shares of Common Stock under the Fairholme Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, in case any securities held by a Purchaser or Blackstone or any of their respective
transferees are at any time not freely transferable by the holder in accordance with applicable
laws, the Company, Blackstone and the Purchasers desire to define certain registration rights with
respect to the Common Stock, certain warrants and certain other securities on the terms and subject
to the conditions herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
Affiliate: shall mean as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first Person.
A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the other
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise;
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Agreement: shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto;
Blackstone: shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto;
Brookfield Holders: shall mean the Holders defined in that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and Brookfield Retail
Holdings LLC (formerly known as REP Investments LLC), a Delaware limited liability company,
Brookfield Retail Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield Retail Holdings
III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-A LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-D LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, Brookfield Retail Holdings V LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and Brookfield US Retail
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as amended from time to time;
Brookfield/Fairholme Holders: shall mean, collectively, the Brookfield Holders and
Fairholme Holders, and Brookfield/Fairholme Holder shall mean any Brookfield Holder or Fairholme
Holder;
Closing Date: shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stock Purchase Agreement;
Commission: shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency at the time administering the Securities Act;
Common Stock: shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto;
Company: shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto;
Cornerstone Investment Agreement: shall mean that certain Amended and Cornerstone
Investment Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between GGP and REP Investments LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as amended from time to time;
Demand Notice: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i) hereof;
Exchange Act: shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any
successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
Fairholme Holders: shall mean the Holders defined in that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and The Fairholme Fund, a
series of Fairholme Funds, Inc. a Maryland corporation, and Fairholme Focused Income Fund, a series
of Fairholme Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation, as amended from time to time;
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Fairholme Stock Purchase Agreement: shall mean that certain Amended and Restated
Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between GGP and the Fairholme
Holders, as amended from time to time;
FINRA: shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority;
Holder: shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement,
solely in their capacity as such, including Permitted Assignees;
Indemnified Party: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(f)(iii) hereof;
Indemnifying Party: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(f)(iii) hereof;
Initial Investors: shall mean (i) the Purchasers, (ii) any member of the Purchaser
Group, (iii) Blackstone and (iv) any Permitted Assignees under clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 3(e)
hereof;
Initiating Holder(s): shall mean any Holder or any group of Holders, other than
Blackstone, with respect to the Registrable Securities it is designated to receive pursuant to the
Investment Agreements;
Investment Agreements: shall mean, collectively, the Cornerstone Investment
Agreement, the Fairholme Stock Purchase Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreement;
Investors: shall mean (i) any Initial Investors and (ii) any Permitted Assignees
under clause (iii) of Section 3(e) hereof;
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus: shall mean an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as
defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of Registrable Securities;
Losses: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(f)(i) hereof;
Other Stockholders: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(iii) hereof;
Participating Holders: shall mean Holders participating in the Registration relating
to the Registrable Securities;
Permitted Assignees: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereto;
Person: shall mean an individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation,
trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or political subdivision thereof;
Prospectus: shall mean the prospectus (including any preliminary, final or summary
prospectus) included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such
prospectus and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus;
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Purchaser Group: shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stock Purchase
Agreement;
Purchasers: shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto;
Qualifying Employee Stock: shall mean (i) rights and options issued in the ordinary
course of business under employee benefits plans of the Company or any predecessor or otherwise to
executives in compensation arrangements approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any
predecessor and any securities issued after the date hereof upon exercise of such rights and
options and options issued to employees of the Company or any predecessor as a result of
adjustments to options in connection with the reorganization of the Company or any predecessor and
(ii) restricted stock and restricted stock units issued after the date hereof in the ordinary
course of business under employee benefit plans and securities issued after the date hereof in
settlement of any such restricted stock units;
Register, Registered and Registration: shall mean a registration
effected by preparing and (a) filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act
(and any post-effective amendments filed or required to be filed) and the declaration or ordering
of effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or (b) filing a Prospectus and/or prospectus
supplement in respect of an appropriate effective Registration Statement;
Registrable Securities: shall mean (A) any shares of Common Stock acquired or held by
an Initial Investor on or after the date hereof (whether or not acquired pursuant to the Stock
Purchase Agreement), including without limitation shares of Common Stock acquired in connection
with the exercise of any Warrants and shares of Common Stock which at any time an Initial Investor
has a right or obligation to purchase under the Stock Purchase Agreement, (B) (i) any securities of
the Company or its Affiliates issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in
exchange for or in conversion, exercise or replacement of, any Registrable Securities described in
(A) or (C) (the Initial Securities) or securities that may become Registrable Securities
by virtue of clause (B)(iii) or (ii) any securities of the Company or its Affiliates offered wholly
or partly in consideration of the Initial Securities or securities that may become Registrable
Securities by virtue of clause (B)(iii) in any tender or exchange offer or (iii) any securities of
the Company or its Affiliates issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in
exchange for or in conversion, exercise or replacement of or offered wholly or partly in any tender
or exchange offer in consideration of any Registrable Securities described in (B)(i) or (B)(ii),
(C) Warrants acquired or held by an Initial Investor on or after the date hereof and (D) any
Registrable Securities described in (A), (B) or (C) above acquired or held by a Person, for which
rights and obligations have been assigned pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3(e) and in
accordance with the terms of Section 3(e) hereof; provided, that as to any particular
Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a
Registration Statement with respect to such securities has been declared effective under the
Securities Act and such securities have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement,
(ii) after such securities have been sold in accordance with Rule 144 (but not Rule 144A), (iii)
after such securities shall have otherwise been transferred and new securities not subject to
transfer restrictions under any federal securities laws and not bearing any legend restricting
further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company, all applicable holding periods shall
have expired, and no other applicable and legally binding restriction on transfer by the holder
thereof shall exist, (iv) when such securities are eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale, or (v) when such
securities cease to be outstanding;
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Registration Expenses: shall mean (a) any and all expenses incurred by the Company
and its Subsidiaries in effecting any Registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without
limitation, all (i) Registration and filing fees, and all other fees and expenses payable in
connection with the listing of securities on any securities exchange or automated interdealer
quotation system, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with any securities or blue sky laws
(including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the
securities registered), (iii) expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, mailing and
delivery of any Registration Statements, Prospectuses, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and other
documents in connection therewith and any amendments or supplements thereto, (iv) security
engraving and printing expenses, (v) internal expenses of the Company (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting
duties), (vi) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for
independent certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses associated
with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of any comfort letters requested
pursuant to the terms hereof), (vii) fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the
Company in connection with such Registration, (viii) fees and expenses in connection with any
review by FINRA of any underwriting arrangements or other terms of the offering, and all reasonable
fees and expenses of any qualified independent underwriter, (ix) reasonable fees and
disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, but excluding
any underwriting fees, discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities
and fees and expenses of counsel, (x) costs of printing and producing any agreements among
underwriters, underwriting agreements, any blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any selling
agreements and other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the Registrable
Securities, (xi) transfer agents and registrars fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of
any other agent or trustee appointed in connection with such offering and (xii) expenses relating
to any analyst or investor presentations or any road shows undertaken in connection with the
Registration, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities and (b) reasonable and documented
fees and expenses of one counsel for all of the Participating Holders, which counsel shall be
selected by the Participating Holder holding the largest number of the Registrable Securities to be
sold in the applicable Registration. Registration Expenses shall not include any out-of-pocket
expenses of the Participating Holders;
Registration Statement: shall mean any registration statement of the Company that
covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement filed with, or to be
filed with, the Commission under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act,
including the related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement,
including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits, financial information and all
material incorporated by reference in such registration statement;
Required Shelf Registration Statement: shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(c);
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Rule 144; Rule 144A: shall mean Rule 144 and Rule 144A, respectively, under the
Securities Act (or any successor provisions then in force);
S-1 Registration Statement: shall mean a registration statement of the Company on Form
S-1 (or any comparable or successor form) filed with the Commission registering any Registrable
Securities;
Scheduled Black-Out Period: shall mean the period from and including the last day of
a fiscal quarter of the Company to and including the earliest of (i) the Business Day after the day
on which the Company publicly releases its earnings information for such quarter or annual earnings
information, as applicable, and (ii) the day on which the executive officers and directors of the
Company are no longer prohibited by Company policies applicable with respect to such quarterly
earnings period from buying or selling equity securities of the Company;
security, securities: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(1) of the
Securities Act;
Securities Act: shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or any successor
statute thereto), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
Selling Expenses: shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and
stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and
disbursements of counsel for each of the Holders, other than the fees and expenses of one counsel
for all of the Holders, which shall be paid for by the Company in accordance with the terms set
forth in clause (b) of the definition of Registration Expenses set forth herein;
Shelf Registration Statement: shall mean a shelf registration statement of the
Company that covers all the Registrable Securities (and may cover other securities of the Company)
on Form S-3 and under Rule 415 or, if the Company is not then eligible to file on Form S-3, on Form
S-1 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule that may be adopted by the Commission, and all
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any document
incorporated by reference therein;
Stock Purchase Agreement: shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto;
and
Warrants: shall mean the warrants issued by the Company from time to time pursuant to
that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of November _____, 2010, by and between the Company and
Mellon Investor Services LLC.
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SECTION 2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS
(a) Demand Registration.
(i) Request for Registration. Subject to the limitations and conditions of Section
2(a)(ii), if the Company shall receive from an Initiating Holder(s) a written demand (the
Demand Notice) that the Company effect any Registration with respect to all or a part of
the Registrable Securities owned by such Initiating Holder(s) having an estimated aggregate fair
market value of at least $25 million, the Company shall:
(1) promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration to all other Holders in
accordance with the terms of Section 2(b);
(2) use its reasonable best efforts to file a Registration Statement with the
Commission in accordance with the request of the Initiating Holder(s), including without
limitation the method of disposition specified therein and covering resales of the
Registrable Securities requested to be registered, as promptly as reasonably practicable but
no later than (x) in the case of a Registration Statement other than an S-1 Registration
Statement, within 30 days of receipt of the Demand Notice or (y) in the case of an S-1
Registration Statement, within 60 days of receipt of the Demand Notice;
(3) use reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared or
become effective as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days after the
date of initial filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(2); and
(4) use reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of such
Registrable Securities for the period as requested in writing by the Initiating Holder(s) or
such longer period as may be requested in writing by any Holder participating in such
registration (which periods shall be extended to the extent of any suspensions of sales
pursuant to Sections 2(a)(ii)(3) or (4));
provided, however, that the Company shall be permitted, with the consent of the
Initiating Holder(s) not to be unreasonably withheld, to file a post-effective amendment or
prospectus supplement to any currently effective Shelf Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, any resale registration statement filed pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase
Agreement) in lieu of an additional registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) to the
extent the Company reasonably determines that the Registrable Securities of the Initiating
Holder(s) may be sold thereunder by such Initiating Holder(s) pursuant to their intended plan of
distribution (in which case such post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement shall not be
counted against the limited number of demand registrations). It shall not be unreasonable if,
following the recommendation of an underwriter, the Initiating Holder(s) do not consent to the
Company filing a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement to a Shelf Registration
Statement in lieu of an additional registration statement requested by the Initiating Holder(s).
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(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be
obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, any such Registration pursuant to this Section
2(a):
(1) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a
general consent to service of process or qualify to do business in effecting such
Registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service
in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act or applicable rules
or regulations thereunder;
(2) With respect to securities that are not Registrable Securities;
(3) If the Company has notified the Holders that in the good faith judgment of the
Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company or its security holders for such
registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to
defer such registration for a period of not more than 60 days; provided, that such
right to delay a registration pursuant to clause (3) shall be exercised by the Company only
if the Company has generally exercised (or is concurrently exercising) similar black-out
rights against holders of similar securities that have registration rights, if any; or
(4) Solely with respect to any Affiliate of the Company, during any Scheduled Black-Out
Period;
provided, that the total number of days that any such suspension, deferral or delay in
registration pursuant to clauses (3) and (4) in the aggregate may be in effect in any
180 day period shall not exceed 60 days. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to
issue earnings releases as promptly as practicable following the end of quarterly reporting periods
and to otherwise minimize the duration of Scheduled Black-Out Periods.
(iii) The Registration Statement filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holder may,
subject to the provisions of Section 2(a)(iv) below, include shares of Common Stock which are held
by Holders and Persons who, by virtue of agreements with the Company (other than this Agreement),
are entitled to include their securities in any such Registration (such Persons, other than
Holders, Other Stockholders). In the event the Initiating Holder(s) request a
Registration pursuant to this Section 2(a) in connection with a distribution of Registrable
Securities to its partners or members or any other Holder elects to participate in such
Registration pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof in connection with a distribution of Registrable
Securities to its partners or members, the Registration shall provide for the resale by such
partners or members, if requested by such Holder.
(iv) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holder(s) intend to distribute the Registrable
Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as
a part of the request made pursuant to Section 2(a). If Other Stockholders or Holders, to the
extent they have any registration rights under Section 2(b), request inclusion of their shares of
Common Stock in the underwriting, the Initiating Holder(s) shall offer to include the shares of
Common Stock of such Holders and Other Stockholders in the underwriting and
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may condition such
offer on their acceptance of the further applicable provisions of this Section 2. The Holders
whose Registrable Securities are to be included in such Registration and the Company shall
(together with all Other Stockholders proposing to distribute their shares of Common Stock through
such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form for secondary public
offerings with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a
majority-in-interest of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be included in such
Registration subject to approval by the Company not to be unreasonably withheld (which underwriters
may also include a non-bookrunning co-manager selected by the Company subject to approval by a
majority-in-interest of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be included in such
Registration); provided, however, that such underwriting agreement shall not
provide for indemnification or contribution obligations on the part of any Holder or Other
Stockholder greater than the obligations of the Holders under Section (2)(f)(ii) or Section
2(f)(iv). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2(a), if the managing underwriter or
underwriters advises the Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the
number of shares to be underwritten, some or all of the securities of the Company held by the Other
Stockholders (other than the Brookfield/Fairholme Holders) shall be excluded from such Registration
to the extent so required by such limitation. If, after the exclusion of such shares held by such
Other Stockholders (other than the Brookfield/Fairholme Holders), further reductions are still
required due to the marketing limitation, the number of Registrable Securities included in the
Registration by each Holder (including the Initiating Holder(s)) and the Brookfield/Fairholme
Holders shall be reduced on a pro rata basis (based on the number of Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration by such Holders and the Brookfield/Fairholme Holders,
as applicable), by such minimum number of shares as is necessary to comply with such request. No
Registrable Securities or any other securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the
underwriters marketing limitation shall be included in such Registration. If any Holder or Other
Stockholder who has requested inclusion in such Registration as provided above disapproves of the
terms of the underwriting, such Person may elect to withdraw therefrom by providing written notice
to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating Holder(s). The securities so withdrawn shall
also be withdrawn from Registration. If the underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable
Securities or other securities to be underwritten, the Company and executive officers and directors
of the Company (whether or not such Persons have registration rights pursuant to Section 2(b)
hereof) may include its or their securities for its or their own account in such Registration if
the managing underwriter or underwriters and the Company so agree and if the number of Registrable
Securities and other securities which would otherwise have been included in such Registration and
underwriting will not thereby be limited.
(v) The number of demand registrations that the Holders shall be entitled to request, and that
the Company shall be obligated to undertake, pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be unlimited;
provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to undertake more than three underwritten
offerings pursuant to this Section 2 during the term of this Agreement, provided,
further that in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than one underwritten
offering in any twelve-month period pursuant to this Section 2.
(vi) In the case of an underwritten offering under this Section 2(a), the price, underwriting
discount and other financial terms for the Registrable Securities shall be determined by the
Initiating Holder(s).
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(b) Piggyback Registration.
(i) If the Company shall determine to register any of its capital stock (including any
warrants) either (x) for its own account, (y) for the account of the Holders listed in Section 2(a)
pursuant to the terms thereof, or (z) for the account of Other Stockholders (other than (A) a
Registration relating solely to Qualifying Employee Stock, (B) a Registration relating solely to a
Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act or (C) a Registration on any Registration form which
does not permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same information as would be
required to be included in a Registration Statement), the Company will, subject to the conditions
set forth in this Section 2(b):
(1) promptly give to each of the Holders a written notice thereof (which shall include
a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company intends to attempt to qualify such
securities under the applicable blue sky or other state securities laws); and
(2) subject to Section 2(b)(ii) below and any transfer restrictions any Holder may be a
party to, include in such Registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or
other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities
specified in a written request or requests, made by the Holders. Such written request may
specify all or a part of the Holders Registrable Securities and shall be received by the
Company within ten (10) days after written notice from the Company is given under Section
2(b)(i)(1) above. In the event any Holder requests inclusion in a Registration pursuant to
this Section 2(b) in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities to its
partners or members, the Registration shall provide for the resale by such partners or
members, if requested by such Holder.
(ii) Underwriting. If the Registration of which the Company gives notice is for a
Registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so advise each of the
Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2(b)(i)(1) above. In such event,
the right of each of the Holders to Registration pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be conditioned
upon such Holders participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holders
Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. The Holders whose
Registrable Securities are to be included in such Registration shall (together with the Company and
the Other Stockholders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form for secondary public offerings with the managing
underwriter or underwriters selected for underwriting by the Company (and if the Registration was
initiated by a Holder pursuant to Section 2(a), such underwriters must be selected by the
Initiating Holder(s) and reasonably acceptable to the Company); provided, however,
that such underwriting agreement shall not provide for indemnification or contribution obligations
on the part of any Holder or Other Stockholder greater than the obligations of the Holders under
Section 2(f)(ii) or Section 2(f)(iv). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2(b), if
any Registration in respect of which any Holder is exercising its rights under this Section 2(b)
involves an underwritten public offering (other than a demand Registration pursuant to Section
2(a), in which case the provisions with respect to priority of inclusion in such Registration set
forth in Section 2(a) shall apply) and the managing underwriter or underwriters
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advises the Company
that in its view marketing factors require a limitation on the number of securities to be
underwritten, then there shall be included in such underwritten offering the number or dollar
amount of securities of the Company that in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters
can be sold without adversely affecting such offering, and such number of securities of the Company
shall be allocated for inclusion as follows: (1) first all securities of the Company being sold by
the Company for its own account or by any Person (other than a Holder or a Brookfield/Fairholme
Holder) exercising a contractual right to demand registration; (2) second, all Registrable
Securities requested to be included by the Holders, all Registrable Securities to be included by
the Brookfield/Fairholme Holders and securities of the Company being sold by any Person (other than
a Holder or a Brookfield/Fairholme Holder) with similar piggyback registration rights, pro rata,
based on the number of shares requested to be included in such registration by such Holders, the
Brookfield/Fairholme Holders and such Persons; and (3) third, among any other holders of securities
of the Company requesting such registration, pro rata, based on the number of securities requested
to be included in such registration by each such holder. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event
any Brookfield/Fairholme Holder exercises demand registration rights, such registration is an
underwritten public offering and the managing underwriter advises that marketing factors require a
limitation on the number of securities to be so underwritten, Registrable Securities of any Holders
exercising piggyback rights under this Section 2(b) in connection with such offering and any
securities to be included in such offering by the Brookfield/Fairholme Holders shall be included in
such offering in the same priority and allocated on a pro rata basis, as set forth in clause (2)
above. If any of the Holders or any officer, director or Other Stockholder disapproves of the
terms of any such underwriting, he, she or it may elect to withdraw therefrom by providing written
notice to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating Holder(s). Any Registrable Securities or
other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such
Registration.
(c) Required Shelf Registration Statement. From and after the declaration of
effectiveness by the Commission of the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by Section 7.1(l)
of the Stock Purchase Agreement (the Required Shelf Registration Statement), the Company
shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Required Shelf Registration Statement to be
continuously effective so long as there are any Registrable Securities outstanding. In connection
with the Required Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will, subject to the terms and
limitations of this Section 2, as promptly as reasonably practicable upon notice from any Holder
requesting Registration in accordance with the terms of this Section 2(c), cooperate in any shelf
take-down by amending or supplementing the Prospectus related to such Registration as may be
reasonably requested by such Holder or as otherwise required to reflect the number of Registrable
Securities to be sold thereunder.
(d) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
any Registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne by the
Company, and all Selling Expenses shall be borne by the Holders of the securities so registered pro
rata on the basis of the number of their shares so registered (or, in the case of fees and
disbursements of counsel and advisors to any Holders that do not constitute Registration Expenses,
by the Holders as incurred).
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(e) Registration Procedures. In the case of each Registration effected by the Company
pursuant to this Section 2, the Company will keep the Participating Holders advised in writing as
to the initiation of each Registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense, the
Company will:
(i) as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the Commission such pre- and
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, supplements to the Prospectus and such
amendments or supplements to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as may be (1) reasonably requested
by the Initiating Holder(s) (if any), (2) reasonably requested by any other Participating Holder
(to the extent such request relates to information relating to such Participating Holder), or
(3) necessary to keep such Registration effective for the period of time required by this
Agreement, and comply with provisions of the applicable securities laws with respect to the sale or
other disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in
accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in
such Registration Statement;
(ii) notify the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
and (if requested) confirm such advice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as
promptly as practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (1) when the applicable
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the
applicable Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has
been filed, (2) to the extent any of the following relates to the Participating Holders or
information supplied by the Participating Holders, of any written comments by the Commission or any
request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or
supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for
additional information, (3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the Commission or any other regulatory
authority preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, (4) if, at any time, the
representations and warranties of the Company in any applicable underwriting agreement cease to be
true and correct in all material respects, and (5) of the receipt by the Company or its legal
counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose;
(iii) promptly notify the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters,
if any, when the Company becomes aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the
applicable Registration Statement, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (as then
in effect) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein (in the case of such Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and when any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such time period
to amend or supplement such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in
order to comply with the Securities Act and, in either case as promptly as reasonably practicable
thereafter, prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish without charge to the Participating
Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an amendment or supplement to such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus which shall correct such
misstatement or omission or effect such compliance;
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(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent, or obtain the withdrawal of, any stop order
or other order suspending the use of any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;
(v) deliver to each Participating Holder and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many
copies of the applicable Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus), any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Participating Holder or
underwriter may reasonably request (it being understood that the Company consents to the use of
such Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by such
Holder and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities thereby) and such other documents as such Participating Holder or underwriter may
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such
Participating Holder or underwriter;
(vi) subject to the terms set forth in Section 2(a)(ii)(1) and Section 2(c) hereof, on or
prior to the date on which the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective, use its
reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the
United States as any Participating Holder reasonably (in light of such Participating Holders
intended plan of distribution) requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Participating Holder to consummate the disposition
of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder pursuant to such Registration
Statement;
(vii) make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and the
underwriters or agents, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in
underwritten public offerings;
(viii) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting and indemnification
agreements) and take such other actions as the Initiating Holder(s) or the managing underwriter, if
any, reasonably requests in order to expedite or facilitate the Registration and disposition of
such Registrable Securities;
(ix) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain for delivery to the managing underwriter, if
any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company dated the effective date of the
Registration Statement or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the date of the closing under
the underwriting agreement, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an
underwritten secondary public offering;
(x) in the case of an underwritten offering, use reasonable best efforts to obtain for
delivery to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, a comfort letter from the
Companys independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by
independent certified public accountants in an underwritten secondary public offering;
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(xi) cooperate with each Participating Holder and the underwriters, if any, of such
Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be
made with FINRA;
(xii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by the
applicable Registration Statement to be listed or quoted on a national securities exchange or
trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities
issued by the Company are then listed;
(xiii) cooperate with the Participating Holders and the underwriters, if any, to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates, with requisite CUSIP numbers, representing
Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends;
(xiv) in the case of an underwritten offering, make reasonably available the senior executive
officers of the Company to participate in the customary road show presentations that may be
reasonably requested by the managing underwriter in any such underwritten offering and otherwise to
facilitate, cooperate with, and participate in each proposed offering contemplated herein and
customary selling efforts related thereto;
(xv) use its reasonable best efforts to procure the cooperation of the Companys transfer
agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with respect to the
transfer of physical security instruments into book-entry form in accordance with any procedures
reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing underwriter(s);
(xvi) use its reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are under its control to become
or remain a well-known seasoned issuer (as such term in defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) and not become an illegible issuer (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) during the period when such Registration Statement remains in effect; and
(xvii) make available for inspection by a representative of Participating Holders that are
selling at least five percent (5%) of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration (and
who is named in the applicable prospectus supplement as a Person who may be deemed to be an
underwriter with respect to an offering and sale of Registrable Securities), the managing
underwriter(s), if any, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such Holders or the managing
underwriters(s), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, financial
and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company, and cause the officers,
directors and employees of the Company to supply all information in each case reasonably requested
by any such representative, managing underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such
Registration Statement; provided, that if any such information is identified by the Company
as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such
actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information and shall
sign customary confidentiality agreements reasonably requested by the Company prior to the receipt
of such information.
(f) Indemnification.
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(i) Indemnification by the Company. With respect to each Registration which has been
effected pursuant to this Section 2, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, (1) each of the Participating Holders and each of its officers,
directors, limited or general partners and members thereof, (2) each member, limited or general
partner of each such member, limited or general partner, (3) each of their respective Affiliates,
officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, and agents and each Person who controls
(within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) such Persons and each underwriter,
if any, and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act)
any underwriter, against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, suits, costs,
liabilities and expenses (or actions in respect thereof) (collectively, the Losses)
arising out of or based on (A) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material
fact contained in any Registration Statement (including any Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus) or any other document incident to any such Registration, qualification or compliance,
(B) any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any Prospectus
or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading), or (C) any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection
with any such Registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse each of the Persons
listed above, for any reasonable and documented legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating and defending any such Losses, provided, that the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Losses arise out of or are based on
any untrue statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by the
Participating Holders or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.
(ii) Indemnification by the Participating Holders. Each of the Participating Holders
agrees (severally and not jointly) to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, the Company, each of its directors and officers and each underwriter, if any, of the
Companys securities covered by such a Registration Statement, each Person who controls the Company
(within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) or such underwriter, each other
Participating Holder and each of their respective officers, directors, partners and members, and
each Person controlling such Participating Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act) against any and all Losses arising out of or based on (A) any untrue statement (or
alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (including any
Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) or any other document incident to any such
Registration, qualification or compliance (including any notification or the like) made by such
Participating Holder in writing or (B) any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements by such
Participating Holder therein not misleading (in the case of any Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading) and will
reimburse the Persons listed above for any reasonable and documented legal or any other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Losses, in each case to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or
omission (or alleged omission) is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Participating Holder and stated to be specifically for use
therein; provided, however, that the obligations of each of the Participating
Holders hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after giving effect to
any underwriters discounts and commissions) such Participating Holder receives in such
Registration.
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(iii) Conduct of the Indemnification Proceedings. Each party entitled to
indemnification under this Section 2(f) (the Indemnified Party) shall give notice to the
party required to provide indemnification (the Indemnifying Party) promptly after such
Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting
therefrom; provided, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense
of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party
(whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld) and the Indemnified Party may participate in
such defense at such partys expense (unless the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party
in such action, in which case the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnifying Party), and provided, further, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations
under this Section 2(f) unless the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby. It is understood and
agreed that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related
proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
legal counsel for all Indemnified Parties; provided, however, that where the
failure to be provided separate legal counsel could potentially result in a conflict of interest on
the part of such legal counsel for all Indemnified Parties, separate counsel shall be appointed for
Indemnified Parties to the extent needed to alleviate such potential conflict of interest. No
Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation shall, except with the prior
written consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in
question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably
required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.
(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2(f) is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any Losses, then the
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of
the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions (or alleged
statements or omissions) which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue (or alleged untrue) statement of
a material fact or the omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
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such statement or omission; provided, however, that the obligations of each of the
Participating Holders hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to an amount
equal to the net proceeds (after giving effect to any underwriters discounts and commissions) such
Participating Holder receives in such Registration and, provided, further, that no
Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 2(f)(iv), each Person, if any, who
controls an underwriter or agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as such underwriter or agent and each director of the Company, each
officer of the Company who signed a Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls
the Company or a selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company or such selling Holder, as the case may be.
(v) Subject to the limitations on the Holders liability set forth in Section 2(f)(ii) and
Section 2(f)(iv), the remedies provided for in this Section 2(f) are not exclusive and shall not
limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or
equity. The remedies shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Party and survive the transfer of such securities by
such Holder.
(vi) The obligations of the Company and of the Participating Holders hereunder to indemnify
any underwriter or agent who participates in an offering (or any Person, if any controlling such
underwriter or agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) shall be conditioned
upon the underwriting or agency agreement with such underwriter or agent containing an agreement by
such underwriter or agent to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and
officers, each other Participating Holder, and each Person who controls the Company (within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) or such Participating Holder against all Losses,
but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions,
made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such underwriter or agent expressly for use in such filings
described in this sentence.
(g) Participating Holders.
(i) Each of the Participating Holders shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
such Participating Holder and its partners and members, and the distribution proposed by such
Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably requested in
connection with any Registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 2.
(ii) In the event that, either immediately prior to or subsequent to the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement, any Participating Holder shall distribute Registrable Securities to its
partners or members, such Participating Holder shall so advise the Company and provide such
information as shall be necessary to permit an amendment to such Registration Statement to provide
information with respect to such partners or members, as selling security holders. As soon as is
reasonably practicable following receipt of such information, the Company shall file an appropriate
amendment to such Registration Statement reflecting the information so provided. Any incremental
expense to the Company resulting from such amendment shall be borne by such Participating Holder.
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(iii) Each Holder agrees that at the time that such Holder is a Participating Holder, upon
receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 2(e)(iii), such Holder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Holders
receipt of the copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
until such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus or Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Company,
such Holder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than any permanent file copies then in
such Holders possession, of the most recent Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall
give such notice, the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement
shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date
of the giving of notice pursuant to Section 2(e)(iii) to the date when the Company shall make
available to such Holder a copy of the supplement or amended Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or is advised in writing that the use of the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus may be resumed.
(h) Rule 144. With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and
regulations of the Commission which may permit the sale of restricted securities to the public
without Registration, the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to file with the
Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to such reporting
requirements (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the reasonable
request of the Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, make
publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to
Rules 144 under the Securities Act).
(i) Termination. The registration rights set forth in this Section 2 shall terminate
and cease to be available as to any securities held by an Investor at such time as such Investor
(after owning) first ceases to own any Registrable Securities.
(j) Lock-Up Agreements.
(i) The Company agrees that, if requested by the managing underwriter in any underwritten
public offering contemplated by this Agreement, it will enter into a customary lock-up agreement
providing that it will not, directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the
sale of, or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for Common Stock (subject to customary exceptions), other than any such sale or
distribution of Common Stock upon exercise of the Companys Warrants, for a
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period of 60 days from
the effective date of the Registration Statement pertaining to such Common Stock; provided,
however, that any such lock-up agreement shall not prohibit the Company from directly or
indirectly (i) selling, offering to sell, granting any option for the sale of, or otherwise
disposing of any Qualifying Employee Stock (or otherwise maintaining its employee benefits plans in
the ordinary course of business) or (ii) issuing Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock upon exercise or conversion of any warrant (including any other
Warrant), option, right or convertible or exchangeable security issued in connection with the plan
of reorganization. Each Holder shall coordinate with other Holders and the Brookfield Holders and
the Fairholme Holders such that the total number of days that the Company will be subject to such
restrictions (including similar restrictions pursuant to any registration rights agreements with
the Brookfield Holders and the Fairholme Holders) as may be in effect in any 365-day period shall
not exceed 120 days.
(ii) In the event that any Holder is an Affiliate of the Company, if requested by the managing
underwriter in any underwritten public offering permitted by this Agreement, such Holder will enter
into a customary lock-up agreement providing that it will not sell, grant any option for the sale
of, or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock outside of such public offering (subject to customary
exceptions) for a period of 60 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement
pertaining to such Common Stock.
(k) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in order for a
Registration to be included as a Registration for purposes of this Section 2, the Registration
Statement in connection therewith shall have been continually effective in compliance with the
Securities Act and usable for resale for the full period established with respect to such
Registration (except in the case of any suspension of sales pursuant to (A) a Scheduled Black-Out
Period, or (B) Section 2(e)(iii) hereof, in which case such period shall be extended to the extent
of such suspension).
(l) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company is
required to file a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement to incorporate the
Companys quarterly and annual reports and related financial statements on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K,
the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly file such post-effective amendment
and may postpone or suspend effectiveness of such Registration Statement for a period not to exceed
thirty (30) consecutive days to the extent the Company determines necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws; provided, that the period by which the Company postpones or
suspends the effectiveness of a shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2(l) plus any
suspension, deferral or delay pursuant to Section 2(e)(iii) shall not exceed 60 days in the
aggregate in any twelve-month period.
SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely
within such State without regard to conflicts of law principles.
(b) Section Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part thereof.
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(c) Notices.
(i) All communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or facsimile or mailed by overnight courier:
(1) if to the Company, to:
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(2) if to the Holders, at the address or facsimile number listed on Schedule I hereto,
or at such other address or facsimile number as may have been furnished to the Company in
writing.
(ii) Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given: if delivered by hand or
facsimile, on the date of such delivery; and if mailed by overnight courier, on the first
business day following the date of such mailing.
(d) Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating thereto,
including, without limitation, any consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be
executed may be reproduced by the Holders by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard,
miniature photographic or other similar process and the Holders may destroy any original document
so reproduced. The parties hereto agree and stipulate that 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 the Holders in
the regular course of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such
reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
(e) Successors and Assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation
hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part by any party without the prior written consent of the
other parties hereto and any purported assignment in violation of this provision shall be void;
provided, however, that the rights and obligations hereunder of any Investor may be
assigned, in whole or in part, to any Person who acquires such Registrable Securities that (i) is a
member of the Purchaser Group, (ii) is an Affiliate of any Initial Investor or (iii) is unable to
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immediately sell, without limitations (including, but not limited to, any limitation on volume or
manner of sale) or restrictions under Rule 144, all Registrable Securities and other shares of
Common Stock held by such Person (provided, that for this clause (iii), any such rights and
obligations may be assigned solely with respect to such Registrable Securities) (each such Person
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), a Permitted Assignee). Any assignment pursuant
to this Section 3(e) shall be effective and any Person shall become a Permitted Assignee only upon
receipt by the Company of (1) a written notice from the transferring Holder stating the name and
address of the transferee and identifying the number of shares of Registrable Securities with
respect to which the rights under this Agreement are being transferred and, if fewer than all of
the rights attributable to a Holder hereunder are to be so transferred, the nature of the rights so
transferred and (2) a written instrument by which the transferee agrees to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions applicable to a Holder of such Registrable Securities. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
permitted assigns of each of the parties.
(f) Several Nature of Commitments. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are
several and not joint and several, and relate only to the Registrable Securities held by such
Holder from time to time. No Holder shall bear responsibility to the Company for breach of this
Agreement or any information provided by any other Holder.
(g) Additional Investors. The parties hereto acknowledge that certain Persons may
become stockholders of the Company and the Company may wish to grant such Persons registration
rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issued to such Persons. The Company may do so in
its discretion so long as such registration rights are not inconsistent with the registration
rights granted to the Holders hereunder and, if any registrations rights granted are more favorable
than those provided to Holders of Common Stock hereunder, conforming changes reasonably acceptable
to the Purchasers are made to this Agreement to provide Holders hereunder with substantially
similar rights. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, Blackstone and its Permitted Assignees shall not be entitled to demand registration rights
(pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof).
(h) Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
understandings among such parties. This Agreement may be amended with (and only with) the written
consent of the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities and any such amendment shall apply to all Holders and all of their Registrable
Securities; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to
this Agreement may adversely affect the rights of a Holder hereunder without the prior written
consent of such Holder; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
additional Holders may become party hereto upon an assignment of rights and obligations hereunder
pursuant to Section 3(e); provided further, however, that other than as set
forth in Section 3(e), the Company may not add additional parties hereto without the consent of
Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. The observance of any
term of this Agreement may be waived by the party or parties waiving any rights hereunder;
provided, that any such waiver shall apply to all Holders and all of their Registrable
Securities only if made by Holders holding a majority of then-outstanding Registrable Securities.
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(i) Injunctive Relief. It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be
impossible to measure in money the damage that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with
any of the obligations herein imposed on them and that in the event of any such failure, an
aggrieved Person will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such
Person shall, therefore, be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled
in law or in equity) to injunctive relief, including specific performance, to enforce such
obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this
Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at
law.
(j) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY
WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND,
THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTIONS, SUITS, DEMAND LETTERS, JUDICIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE OR REGULATORY
PROCEEDINGS, OR HEARINGS, NOTICES OF VIOLATION OR INVESTIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) SUCH PARTY HAS
CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER AND (B) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY.
(k) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company is not currently a party to any agreement
which is, or could be inconsistent with, the rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement.
(l) Severability. In the event that any part or parts of this Agreement shall be held
illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such
determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement which shall remain in
full force and effect.
(m) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts
(including by email or facsimile signature), each of which shall be deemed an original and all of
which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.
(n) Interpretation of this Agreement. Where any provision in this Agreement 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the
date first set forth above.
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PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
On behalf of each of the Purchasers
By: PS Management GP, LLC
Its: General Partner
BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS VI L.P.
By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., its General Partner
By: BREA VI L.L.C., its General Partner
BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS (AIV) VI L.P.
By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., its General Partner
By: BREA VI L.L.C., its General Partner
[signature page to Pershing/Blackstone Registration Rights Agreement]
BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS VI.F L.P.
By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., its General Partner
By: BREA VI L.L.C., its General Partner
BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS VI.TE.1 L.P.
By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., its General Partner
By: BREA VI L.L.C., its General Partner
BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE PARTNERS VI.TE.2 L.P.
By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., its General Partner
By: BREA VI L.L.C., its General Partner
BLACKSTONE REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS VI L.P.
By: BREP VI Side-by-Side GP L.L.C., its General Partner
BLACKSTONE GGP PRINCIPAL TRANSACTION PARTNERS L.P.
By: Blackstone Real Estate Associates VI L.P., its General Partner
By: BREA VI L.L.C., its General Partner
[signature page to Pershing/Blackstone Registration Rights Agreement]
Schedule I
Pershing Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Pershing Square International, Ltd. a Cayman Islands exempted company
Pershing Square International V, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company
Notice to any Purchaser set forth above (which shall constitute notice to each Purchaser set forth
above) shall be made to:
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
888 Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
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Schedule II
Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Blackstone Real Estate Partners (AIV) VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.F L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.1 L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Blackstone GGP Principal Transaction Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
Notice to any Blackstone entity set forth above (which shall constitute notice to each Blackstone
entity set forth above) shall be made to:
Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
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Exhibit 99.4
Exhibit 99.4
Standstill Agreement
STANDSTILL AGREEMENT
This Standstill Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of November 9, 2010 (the
Effective Date), by and between The Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the Company), and Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (PSCM), on behalf
of Pershing Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, and PSRH, Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (collectively, except PSCM,
Investor).
WHEREAS, Investor has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement,
effective as of March 31, 2010 (the Investment Agreement), that contemplates, among other
things, the purchase by Investor of shares of Common Stock subject to the terms and conditions
contained therein;
WHEREAS, the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement are intended to assist
General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP) in its plans to recapitalize and emerge from
bankruptcy and is not intended to constitute a change of control of GGP or the Company or otherwise
give Investor the power to control the business and affairs of GGP or the Company;
WHEREAS, as a material condition to GGPs and Investors obligations to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, the Company and Investor have agreed to
execute this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 4.1.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
COMPANY RELATED PRINCIPLES
SECTION 1.1 Board of Directors. So long as Investor and the Investor Parties,
collectively, shall Beneficially Own more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, none of Investor or the Investor Parties shall take any action that is inconsistent
with its support for the following corporate governance principles:
(a) A majority of the members of the Board shall be Independent Directors, where
Independent Director means a director who satisfies all standards for independence
promulgated by the New York Stock Exchange (or the applicable exchange where shares of Common Stock
are then listed);
(b) the Board shall have a nominating committee, a majority of which shall be Disinterested
Directors;
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(c) except as regards voting to elect the Purchaser GGO Board Designees (as such term is
defined in the Investment Agreement), in connection with any stockholder meeting or consent
solicitation relating to the election of members of the Board, if Investor and the Investor
Parties, collectively, Beneficially Own a number of shares of Common Stock greater than 10% of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the applicable record date, then Investor shall, and shall
cause the other Investor Parties to, vote in such election of members of the Board all shares of
Common Stock that are Beneficially Owned by the Investor and the Investor Parties in excess of such
number of shares of Common Stock in proportion to the Votes Cast;
(d) the Board shall consist of nine (9) members and not be increased or reduced, unless
approved by seventy-five percent (75%) of the Board;
(e) any Change in Control (other than a transaction contemplated by Section 2.1(b)(ii)) in
which a Large Stockholder or its controlled Affiliate is the acquiror or part of the acquiror group
or is proposed to be directly or indirectly combined with the Company must be approved by a
majority of the Disinterested Directors as if it were a Company Transaction involving such Large
Stockholder and by a majority of the voting power of the stockholders (other than such Large
Stockholder or its controlled Affiliates); and
(f) any Change in Control (other than a transaction contemplated by Section 2.2(b)(v)) in
which any Large Stockholder or its controlled Affiliate receives per share consideration in its
capacity as a stockholder of the Company in excess of that to be received by other stockholders,
must be approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors as if it were a Company Transaction
involving such Large Stockholder and by a majority of the voting power of the stockholders (other
than such Large Stockholder or its controlled Affiliates).
The Company shall not waive any provisions similar to Sections 1.1(c), (e) or (f) above for any
Large Stockholder under any other agreement unless the Company grants a similar waiver under this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.2 Voting.
(a) Subject to Sections 1.1(c), (e) and (f), in connection with any matter being voted on at a
stockholder meeting or in a consent solicitation that the Board has recommended that the
stockholders of the Company approve, Investor and the other Investor Parties may vote the shares of
Common Stock that they Beneficially Own against or in favor of such matter, in their sole and
absolute discretion.
(b) Subject to Sections 1.1(c), (e) and (f), in connection with any matter being voted on at a
stockholder meeting or in a consent solicitation that the Board has recommended that the
stockholders of the Company not approve, Investor and the other Investor Parties may vote
the shares of Common Stock that they Beneficially Own:
(i) against such matter; or
(ii) in favor of such matter; provided, however, that if Investor and
the other Investor Parties (taken as a whole) Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock that represent more than the Voting Cap of the then-outstanding Common Stock, then, with
respect to the shares that account for the excess over the Voting Cap, Investor shall, and
shall cause the other Investor Parties to, vote in proportion to the Votes Cast.
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SECTION 1.3 Related Party Transactions.
(a) Without the approval of a majority of the Disinterested Directors, Investor shall not, and
shall not permit any of the Investor Parties to, engage in any Company Transaction.
Company Transaction means (i) any transaction or series of related transactions,
directly or indirectly, between the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, on the one hand, and
any of the Investor Parties, on the other hand, or (ii) with respect to the purchase or sale of
Common Stock by any of the Investor Parties, any waiver of any limitation or restriction with
respect to such purchase or sale in the Charter or the Transaction Documents, including any
exemption from the provisions of Article XV of the Charter; provided, however, that
none of the following shall constitute a Company Transaction:
(i) transactions expressly contemplated in the Transaction Documents;
(ii) customary compensation arrangements (whether in the form of cash or equity
awards), expense reimbursement, director insurance coverage and/or indemnification
arrangements (and related advancement of expenses) in each case for Board designees, or any
use by such persons, for Company business purposes, of aircraft, vehicles, property,
equipment or other assets owned or customarily provided to members of the Board by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) any transaction or series of transactions if the same is in the Ordinary Course
of Business and does not involve payments by the Company in excess of $5,000,000 in the
aggregate for such transaction or series of transactions; and
(iv) any transaction among the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and General Growth
Properties, Inc. and/or its Subsidiaries.
(b) Following the Closing (as such term is defined in the Investment Agreement), any decisions
by the Company regarding material amendments or modifications of the Plan (as such term is defined
in the Investment Agreement) or waivers of the Companys material rights under the Plan, shall
require the approval of the majority of Disinterested Directors to the extent such amendment,
modification or waiver relates to any Investor Partys rights or obligations.
SECTION 1.4 No Other Voting Restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, except as
restricted herein or by applicable Law, Investor and the other Investor Parties may vote the Common
Stock that they Beneficially Own in their sole and absolute discretion.
SECTION 1.5 Amendment of the Charter. The Company hereby agrees that following the
Closing Date, without the consent of Investor, the Company shall not amend (or propose to amend)
the provisions of the Charter in a manner that would change the applicable threshold in the
definition of Substantial Holder in the Charter to a level other than 4.99%.
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ARTICLE II
INVESTOR RELATED COVENANTS
SECTION 2.1 Ownership Limitations.
(a) Except as provided in Section 2.1(b), Investor agrees that it (together with the
other Investor Parties) shall not acquire Economic Ownership of shares of Common Stock that would
result in the Investor Parties in the aggregate Economically Owning a percentage of the
then-outstanding Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis that is greater than the Ownership Cap. For
the avoidance of doubt, no Person shall be in violation of this Section 2.1 as a result of
(i) any acquisition by the Company of any Common Stock; (ii) any change in the percentage of the
Investor Parties Economic Ownership of Common Stock that results from a change in the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding; or (iii) any change in the number of shares of Common
Stock Economically Owned by the Investor Parties as a result of any anti-dilution adjustments to
any Equity Securities (as defined in the Investment Agreement) Economically Owned by any Investor
Party.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.1(a), any of the Investor Parties may acquire Economic
Ownership of shares of Common Stock that would result in the Investor Parties (taken as a whole)
having Economic Ownership of a percentage of the then-outstanding Common Stock on a Fully Diluted
Basis that is greater than the Ownership Cap under any of the following circumstances:
(i) acquisitions of shares pursuant to any pro rata stock dividend or stock
distribution effected by the Company and approved by a majority of the Independent
Directors; or
(ii) if such acquisition is pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer, in each case
that includes an offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the Target
Stockholders, or a merger, consolidation, binding share exchange or similar transaction
pursuant to an agreement with the Company, so long as in each case (A) such offer, merger,
consolidation, binding share exchange or similar transaction is approved by a majority of
the Disinterested Directors or by a special committee comprised of Disinterested Directors
(such tender offer or exchange offer, an Approved Offer, and such merger,
consolidation, binding share exchange or similar transaction, an Approved Merger),
and (B) in any such Approved Offer, a majority of the Target Shares are tendered into such
Approved Offer and not withdrawn prior to the final expiration of such Approved Offer, or in
such Approved Merger, a majority of the Target Shares that are voted (in person or by proxy)
on the related transaction proposal are voted in favor of such proposal. As used in this
Section 2.1(b)(ii): Target Shares means the then-outstanding shares of
Common Stock not owned by the Investor Parties; and Target Stockholders means the
stockholders of the Company other than the Investor Parties.
(c) The limitation set forth in Section 2.1(a) may only be waived by the Company if a
majority of the Disinterested Directors consent thereto.
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SECTION 2.2 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Subject to Section 2.2(b), unless approved by a majority of the Independent
Directors, Investor shall not, and shall not permit any of the Investor Parties to, sell or
otherwise transfer or agree to transfer (each of the foregoing, a Transfer), directly or
indirectly, any shares of Common Stock that are held directly or indirectly by Investor or any of
the other Investor Parties if, immediately after giving effect to such Transfer, the Person that
acquires such Common Stock (other than any underwriter acting in such capacity in an underwritten
public offering of such shares) would, together with its Affiliates, to the actual knowledge
(Knowledge) of the transferor Beneficially Own more than ten percent (10%) of the
then-outstanding Common Stock. A transferor shall be deemed to have Knowledge of any transferees
Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock if the transferor has actual knowledge of the identity of the
transferee and such Beneficial Ownership has been, at the time of the agreement to transfer,
publicly disclosed in accordance with Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
(b) The limitations in Section 2.2(a) shall not apply, and any Investor Party may
Transfer freely:
(i) to any Person (including any Affiliate of Investor) if such Person has executed and
delivered to the Company a Transferee Agreement (as defined below);
(ii) to one or more underwriters or initial purchasers acting in their capacity as such
in a manner not intended to circumvent the restrictions contained in Section 2.2(a);
(iii) in a sale in the public market, in accordance with Rule 144, including the volume
and manner of sale limitations set forth therein;
(iv) in any Merger Transaction (other than a transaction contemplated by Section
2.2(b)(v) below) or transaction contemplated by clause (iii) of the definition of Change
of Control (A) in which (in either case) no Investor Party is the acquiror or part of the
acquiring group or is proposed to be combined with the Company and (B) that has been
approved by the Board and a majority of the stockholders (it being understood that this
clause (iv) does not affect the agreement of the parties under Sections 1.1(e) and (f));
(v) in connection with a tender or exchange offer that (A) is not solicited by any
Investor Party (unless such transaction was approved in accordance with Section
2.1(b)(ii)) and in which all holders of Common Stock are offered the opportunity to sell shares of Common Stock and (B) complies with applicable securities laws, including Rule
14d-10 promulgated under the Exchange Act; and
(vi) in connection with any bona fide mortgage, encumbrance, pledge or hypothecation of
capital stock to a financial institution in connection with any bona fide loan.
(c) No Transfer under Section 2.2(b)(i) shall be valid unless and until a Transferee
Agreement has been executed by the Transferee and delivered to the Company. For the purpose of
this Agreement a Transferee Agreement executed by a Transferee means an agreement substantially in the form of this Agreement or in such other form as is reasonably
satisfactory to the Company except that:
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(i) notwithstanding Section 1.1(c), in connection with any stockholder meeting
or consent solicitation relating to the election of members of the Board, such Transferee
may vote the shares of Common Stock that it Beneficially Owns in favor of one director
candidate in its sole and absolute discretion and regarding any other director candidates in
such election must vote in proportion to Votes Cast;
(ii) Investor shall be defined to mean such Transferee;
(iii) Ownership Cap shall be defined to mean the lower of (x) forty percent (40%) and
(y) the sum of five percent (5%) and the percentage of the outstanding Common Stock on a
Fully Diluted Basis that the Transferee Economically Owns as of the date of (and after
giving effect to) such Transfer;
(iv) Voting Cap shall be defined to mean the lower of (x) thirty percent (30%) and
(y) the sum of five percent (5%) and the percentage of the outstanding Common Stock on a
Fully Diluted Basis that the Transferee Beneficially Owns as of the date of (and after
giving effect to) such Transfer; and
(v) any obligation on the part of Investor hereunder to cause the Investor Parties to
take any action or refrain from taking any action shall only apply to the Investor Parties
controlled by the Transferee and the Transferee Agreement shall provide that the Transferee
shall use all reasonable efforts to cause Affiliates that the Transferee does not control to
take or refrain from taking the action that it is otherwise required to cause under this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.3 Purchaser GGO Board Designees.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the provisions in Article
I (collectively, the Specified Provisions) shall be suspended and shall not apply in
the event that the Purchaser GGO Board Designees (as defined in the Investor Letter Agreement) that
Investor is entitled to designate under the terms of Section 2 of the Investor Letter Agreement are
not elected at a stockholders meeting at which the stockholders voted on the election of such
Purchaser GGO Board Designees (any such period, a Suspension Period); provided,
however, that this Section 2.3(a) shall apply only if Investor has complied with
its obligations under Section 2 of the Investor Letter Agreement, including Investors timely
designation of Purchaser GGO Board Designees. No Suspension Period shall be deemed to occur during
any reasonable period of time during which a Purchaser GGO Board Designee is being replaced upon
the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such Purchaser GGO
Board Designee. Any Suspension Period shall end upon the election of the Purchaser GGO Board
Designees that Investor is entitled to designate under the terms of Section 2 of the Investor
Letter Agreement. At all times other than during a Suspension Period, the Specified Provisions
shall apply in full force and effect.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Investment Agreement, no Person that
acquires Common Stock from the Investor Parties or from any other Person shall have any rights of Investor under Section 2 of the Investor Letter Agreement with
respect to the designation of members of the Board.
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ARTICLE III
TERMINATION
SECTION 3.1 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated as follows
(the date of such termination, the Termination Date)
(a) if Investor and the Company mutually agree to terminate this Agreement, but only if the
Disinterested Directors have approved such termination;
(b) upon five (5) days notice by Investor, at any time after (i) the Other Stockholders
Beneficially Own more than seventy percent (70%) of the then-outstanding Common Stock and (ii) the
Investor Parties Beneficially Own less than fifteen percent (15%) of the then-outstanding Common
Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis;
(c) without any further action by the parties hereto, if Investor and the Investor Parties
Beneficially Own less than ten percent (10%) of the then-outstanding Common Stock on a Fully
Diluted Basis;
(d) without any other action by the parties hereto, upon the consummation of a Change of
Control not involving Investor or any Investor Party as a purchaser of any direct or indirect
interest in the Company or any of its assets or properties; provided that the Investor
Parties shall not have violated this Agreement in connection with any transaction under this
clause; and
(e) without any other action by the parties hereto, upon the consummation of: (i) a sale of
all or substantially all of the assets the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on a
consolidated basis), in one transaction or series of related transactions; or (ii) the acquisition
(by purchase, merger or otherwise) by any Person or Group of Beneficial Ownership of voting
securities of the Company entitling such Person or Group to exercise ninety percent (90%) or more
of the total voting power of all outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in elections of
directors of the Company; provided that the Investor Parties shall not have violated this
Agreement in connection with any transaction under the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).
SECTION 3.2 Procedure upon Termination. In the event of termination pursuant to
Section 3.1, this Agreement shall terminate on the Termination Date without further action
by Investor and the Company.
SECTION 3.3 Effect of Termination. In the event that this Agreement is validly
terminated as provided in this Article III, then each of the parties hereto shall be
relieved of their duties and obligations arising under this Agreement after the date of such
termination and such termination shall be without liability to the other party; provided,
however, that Article V shall survive any such termination and shall be enforceable
hereunder; provided further, however, that nothing in this Section 3.3 shall relieve any party hereto of
any liability for a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement prior to the
Termination Date.
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ARTICLE IV
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 4.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, when
used in this Agreement with initial capital letters, shall have the respective meanings set forth
in this Agreement:
(a) Affiliate of any particular Person means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such particular Person. For the purposes of this
Agreement, control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the
management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities,
contract or otherwise.
(b) Beneficial Ownership by a Person of any securities means beneficial
ownership as used for purposes of Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act;
provided, however, to the extent the term Beneficial Ownership is used in
connection with any obligation on the part of an Investor Party to vote, or direct the vote,
of shares of Common Stock, Beneficial Ownership by a Person of any securities shall be
deemed to refer solely to those securities with respect to which such Person possesses the
power to vote or direct the vote. The term Beneficially Own shall have a
correlative meaning.
(c) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) Business Day means any day other than (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday, or
(iii) any day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to
close by law or executive order.
(e) Change of Control means any transaction involving (i) a Merger
Transaction, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets the Company and its
Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis), in one transaction or series of related
transactions, or (iii) the consolidation, merger, amalgamation, reorganization (other than
pursuant to the Plan contemplated by the Investment Agreement) of the Company or a similar
transaction in which the Company is combined with another Person, unless shares of Common
Stock held by holders who are not affiliated with the Company or any entity acquiring the
Company remain unchanged or are exchanged for, converted into or constitute solely (except to
the extent of applicable appraisal rights or cash received in lieu of fractional shares) the
right to receive as consideration Public Stock and the Persons or Group who beneficially own
the outstanding Common Stock of the Company immediately before consummation of the
transaction beneficially own more than 50% (by voting power) of the outstanding voting stock
of the combined or surviving entity or new parent immediately thereafter.
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(f) Charter means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company effective as of the date hereof.
(g) Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company, as authorized by the Charter as of the Effective Date, and any successor security as
provided by Section 5.11.
(h) Disinterested Director means (i) with respect to a Company Transaction or
potential Company Transaction, a director who (A) is not Affiliated with, and was not
nominated by, any Investor Party that is a participant in such transaction or potential
transaction and (B) who has no personal financial interest in the transaction (other than the
same interest, if a stockholder of the Company, as the other stockholders of the Company) and
(ii) with respect to any matter other than a Company Transaction, a director who is not
Affiliated with, and was not nominated by, any Investor Party.
(i) Economic Ownership by a Person of any securities includes ownership by any
Person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship or otherwise, has (i) beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by
the SEC under the Exchange Act or (ii) economic interest in such security as a result of any
cash-settled total return swap transaction or any other swap, other derivative or synthetic
ownership arrangement (in which case the number of securities with respect to which such
Person has Economic Ownership shall be determined by the Company in it reasonable judgment
based on such Persons equivalent net long position); provided, however, that
for purposes of determining Economic Ownership, a Person shall be deemed to be the Economic
Owner of any securities which may be acquired by such Person pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights,
warrants or options, or otherwise (irrespective of whether the right to acquire such
securities is exercisable immediately or only after the giving of notice or the passage of
time, including the giving of notice or the passage of time in excess of sixty (60) days, the
satisfaction of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the
foregoing), in each case, without duplication of any securities included pursuant to
sub-clauses (i) or (ii) above. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to
be the Economic Owner of any securities Economically Owned by any Group of which such Person
is or becomes a member. The term Economically Own shall have a correlative
meaning.
(j) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder,
all as the same may be amended and shall be in effect from time to time.
(k) Fair Market Value means, with respect to each share of Public Stock, the
average of the daily volume weighted average prices per share of such Public Stock for the
ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the day as of which Fair Market Value is
being determined, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, or if such shares are not
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange or quotation system on which such shares are then listed or
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quoted; provided, however, that in the absence of such listing or
quotations, the Fair Market Value of such shares shall be the fair market value per share as
determined by an Independent Financial Expert appointed for such purpose, using one or more
valuation methods that the Independent Financial Expert in its best professional judgment
determines to be most appropriate, assuming such shares are fully distributed and are to be
sold in an arms-length transaction and there was no compulsion on the part of any party to
such sale to buy or sell and taking into account all relevant factors.
(l) Fully Diluted Basis means all outstanding shares of the Common Stock
assuming the exercise of all outstanding Share Equivalents, without regard to any
restrictions or conditions with respect to the exercisability of such Share Equivalents.
(m) Governmental Entity means any (i) nation, region, state, province, county,
city, town, village, district or other jurisdiction, (ii) federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign or other government, (iii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental agency, branch, department, court or tribunal, or other entity),
(iv) multinational organization or body or (v) body entitled to exercise any administrative,
executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any
nature or any other self-regulatory organizations.
(n) Group has the meaning assigned to it in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act and Rule 13d-5 thereunder.
(o) Independent Financial Expert means a nationally recognized financial
advisory firm approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors.
(p) Investor Investment Advisor means any independently operated business unit
of any Affiliate of Investor that holds shares of Common Stock (i) in trust for the benefit
of persons other than any Investor Party, (ii) in mutual funds, open- or closed-end
investment funds or other pooled investment vehicles sponsored, managed or advised or
subadvised by such Investor Investment Advisor, (iii) as agent and not principal, or (iv) in
any other case where such Investor Investment Advisor is disaggregated from Investor for the
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that (A) in
each case, such shares of Common Stock were acquired in the ordinary course of business of
the Investor Investment Advisors respective investment management or securities business and
not with the intent or purpose on the part of Investor or the Investor Parties of influencing
control of the Company or avoiding the provisions of this Agreement and (B) where
appropriate, Chinese walls or other informational barriers and other procedures have been
established. For avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement shares of Common Stock
held by an Investor Investment Advisor shall not be deemed to be Beneficially Owned by
Investor or the Investor Parties.
(q) Investor Letter Agreement means that certain letter agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, between the Company and Investor, with respect to, among other things, the
Purchaser GGO Board Designees (as defined therein).
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(r) Investor Parties means Investor and its Affiliates; provided,
however, that none of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Investor
Investment Advisor shall be deemed to be an Investor Party.
(s) Large Stockholder means a Person that is the Beneficial Owner of more than
ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis.
(t) Law means any statutes, laws (including common law), rules, ordinances,
regulations, codes, orders, judgments, decisions, injunctions, writs, decrees, applicable to
the Company, Common Stock or Investor Parties.
(u) Merger Transaction means any transaction involving the acquisition (by
purchase, merger or otherwise) by any Person or Group of Beneficial Ownership of voting
securities of the Company entitling such Person or Group to exercise a majority of the total
voting power of all outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in elections of
directors of the Company.
(v) Ordinary Course of Business means the ordinary and usual course of
day-to-day operations of the business of the Company consistent with past practice.
(w) Other Stockholder means, as of the date of the action in question, any
Person not Affiliated with Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Fairholme Capital Management
LLC, Pershing Capital Management L.P., any of transferee who is a party to a Transferee
Agreement or any of their respective Affiliates.
(x) Ownership Cap means forty percent (40%).
(y) Person means an individual, a group (including a group under Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act), a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization
and a Governmental Entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(z) Public Stock means common stock listed on a recognized U.S. national
securities exchange with an aggregate market capitalization (held by non-Affiliates of the
issuer) in excess of $1 billion in Fair Market Value.
(aa) Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act,
or any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC, as the same may be amended
and shall be in effect from time to time.
(bb) SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency then administering the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and other federal securities
laws.
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(cc) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder,
all as the same may be amended and shall be in effect from time to time.
(dd) Share Equivalent means any stock, warrants, rights, calls, options or
other securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, shares of Common
Stock.
(ee) Subsidiary means, with respect to a Person, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, trust or other entity of which such Person owns (either
alone, directly, or indirectly through, or together with, one or more of its Subsidiaries)
50% or more of the equity interests the holder of which is generally entitled to vote for the
election of the board of directors or governing body of such corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, trust or other entity.
(ff) Transaction Documents means, individually or collectively, the Investment
Agreement or the Warrant.
(gg) Transferee means any proposed transferee of securities pursuant to
Sections 2.2(b)(i) or 2.2(b)(vi).
(hh) Votes Cast means the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that are
properly voted for or against any action to be taken by stockholders, excluding any shares if
the holder of such shares is contractually required to vote in proportion of the total number
of votes cast pursuant to this Agreement or any Transferee Agreement executed hereunder.
(ii) Voting Cap means 30%.
(jj) Warrant Agreement means that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, by and between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC.
(kk) Warrants means the GGO Warrants (as defined in the Investment Agreement).
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 5.1 Notices. All notices and other communications in connection with this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given if given in the manner, and be deemed
given at times, as follows: (a) on the date delivered, if personally delivered; (b) on the day of
transmission if sent via facsimile transmission to the facsimile number given below, and telephonic
confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission; or (c) on the next
Business Day after being sent by recognized overnight mail service specifying next business day
delivery, in each case with delivery charges pre-paid and addressed to the following addresses:
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SECTION 5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any
of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned by any party without
the prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement (including the documents and
instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies under this
Agreement.
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SECTION 5.3 Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the
exhibits hereto and the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) constitutes the
entire agreement of the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements or
understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.4 Governing Law; Venue. THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION
(WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT) THAT MAY BE BASED UPON, ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. BOTH PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT
TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, DELAWARE AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON
CONVENIENS.
SECTION 5.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto, and delivered to the
other party (including via facsimile or other electronic transmission), it being understood that
each party need not sign the same counterpart.
SECTION 5.6 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Investor and
the Company shall each bear its own expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and
execution of this Agreement and each other agreement, document and instrument contemplated by this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
SECTION 5.7 Waivers and Amendments. Subject to Section 5.2, this Agreement
may be amended, modified, superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions
of this Agreement may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by Investor and the Company
(with the approval of a majority of the Disinterested Directors) or, in the case of a waiver, by
the party waiving compliance, and subject, to the extent required, to the approval of the
Bankruptcy Court. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege
pursuant to this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of
any party of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this
Agreement. The rights and remedies provided pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which any party otherwise may have at law or in equity.
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SECTION 5.8 Construction.
(a) The headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any
way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(b) Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this Agreement: (i) or shall
mean and/or; (ii) including and its variants mean including, without limitation and its
variants; (iii) words defined in the singular have the parallel meaning in the plural and
vice versa; (iv) references to written or in writing include in visual electronic form;
(v) words of one gender shall be construed to apply to each gender; and (vi) the terms
Article and Section refer to the specified Article or Section of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.9 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is
invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms or
provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith
to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as
possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated
as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
SECTION 5.10 Equitable Relief. It is hereby acknowledged that irreparable harm would
occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed fully by the
parties hereto in accordance with the terms specified herein, and that monetary damages are an
inadequate remedy for breach of this Agreement because of the difficulty of ascertaining and
quantifying the amount of damage that will be suffered by the parties hereto relying hereon in the
event that the undertakings and provisions contained in this Agreement were breached or violated.
Accordingly, each party hereto hereby agrees that each other party hereto shall be entitled to an
injunction or injunctions to restrain, enjoin and prevent breaches of the undertakings and
provisions hereof and to enforce specifically the undertakings and provisions hereof in any court
of the United States or any state having jurisdiction over the matter; it being understood that
such remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available
at law or in equity.
SECTION 5.11 Successor Securities. The provisions of this Agreement pertaining to
shares of Common Stock shall apply to all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by any Investor
Party and any voting equity securities of the Company, regardless of class, series, designation or
par value, that are issued as a dividend on or in any other distribution in respect of, or as a
result of a reclassification (including a change in par value) in respect of, shares of Common
Stock or other shares of the Company which, as provided by this section, are considered as shares
of Common Stock for purposes of this Agreement and shall also apply to any voting equity security
issued by any company that succeeds, by merger, consolidation, a share exchange, a reorganization
of the Company or any similar transaction, to all or substantially all the business of the Company,
or to the ownership thereof, if such security was issued in exchange for or otherwise as
consideration for or in respect of shares of Common Stock (or other shares considered as shares of Common Stock, as provided by this definition) in
connection with such succession transaction.
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SECTION 5.12 Voting Procedures. If, in connection with any stockholder meeting or
consent solicitation, Investor or the Investor Parties are required under the terms of this
Agreement to vote in proportion to Votes Cast, then the parties shall cooperate to determine
appropriate procedures and mechanics to facilitate such proportionate voting.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by
each of them or their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first
written above.
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[Signature Page to Pershing Standstill Agreement]
Exhibit 99.5
Exhibit 99.5
Shareholder Letter Agreement
THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
November 9, 2010
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
888 Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: William A. Ackman
Roy J. Katzovicz
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement (the Stock
Purchase Agreement), effective as of March 31, 2010, as amended, between General Growth
Properties, Inc. and Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (PSCM), on behalf of
Pershing Square, L.P., Pershing Square II, L.P., Pershing Square International, Ltd. and Pershing
Square International V, Ltd. (each, except PSCM, together with its permitted nominees and assigns,
a Purchaser). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this letter agreement
(this Agreement) shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Stock Purchase
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the Plan, The Howard Hughes
Corporation (THHC) and each Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
1. Subscription Right.
(i) Sale of New Equity Securities. If THHC or any Subsidiary of THHC at any
time or from time to time makes any public or non-public offering of any shares of GGO
Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or
linked to the performance of, GGO Common Stock) (other than (1) pursuant to the granting or
exercise of employee stock options or other stock incentives pursuant to THHCs stock
incentive plans and employment arrangements as in effect from time to time or the issuance
of stock pursuant to THHCs employee stock purchase plan as in effect from time to time, (2)
pursuant to or in consideration for the acquisition of another Person, business or assets by
THHC or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by purchase of stock, merger, consolidation,
purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or otherwise or (3) to
strategic partners or joint venturers in connection with a commercial relationship with THHC
or its Subsidiaries or to parties in connection with them providing THHC or its Subsidiaries
with loans, credit lines, cash price reductions or similar transactions, under arms-length
arrangements) (the Proposed Securities), the members of the Purchaser Group shall
have the right to acquire from THHC (the Subscription Right) for the same price
(net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other discounts or fees if
not purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or broker) and on the same
terms as such Proposed Securities are proposed to be offered to
others, up to the amount of such Proposed
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Securities in the aggregate required to
enable it to maintain its aggregate proportionate GGO Common Stock-equivalent interest in
THHC on a Fully Diluted Basis determined in accordance with the following sentence, in each
case, subject to such limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange
rules. The aggregate amount of such Proposed Securities that the members of the Purchaser
Group shall be entitled to purchase in the aggregate in any offering pursuant to the above
shall (subject to such limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange
rules) be determined by multiplying (x) the total number of such offered shares of Proposed
Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of
GGO Common Stock held by the Purchaser Group on a Fully Diluted Basis as of the date of
THHCs notice pursuant to Section 1(ii) in respect of the issuance of such Proposed
Securities, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of GGO Common Stock then
outstanding on a Fully Diluted Basis. For the avoidance of doubt, the actual amount of
securities to be sold or offered to the members of the Purchaser Group pursuant to their
exercise of the Subscription Right hereunder shall be proportionally reduced if the
aggregate amount of Proposed Securities sold or offered is reduced. Any offers and sales
pursuant to this Section 1 in the context of a registered public offering shall be
conditioned upon reasonably acceptable representations and warranties of each applicable
member of the Purchaser Group designated pursuant to Section 1(vi) regarding its
status as the type of offeree to whom a private sale can be made concurrently with a
registered public offering in compliance with applicable securities Laws.
(ii) Notice. In the event THHC proposes to offer Proposed Securities, it shall
give each Purchaser written notice of its intention, describing the estimated price (or
range of prices), anticipated amount of securities, timing and other terms upon which THHC
proposes to offer the same (including, in the case of a registered public offering and to
the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed
with respect to such offering), no later than ten (10) Business Days after the commencement
of marketing with respect to such offering or after THHC takes substantial steps to pursue
any other offering. The applicable member of the Purchaser Group shall have three (3)
Business Days from the date of receipt of such a notice to notify THHC in writing that it
intends to exercise the applicable Subscription Right and as to the amount of Proposed
Securities such member of the Purchaser Group desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount
calculated pursuant to Section 1(i). In connection with an underwritten public
offering, such notice shall constitute a non-binding indication of interest to purchase
Proposed Securities at such a range of prices as such member of the Purchaser Group may
specify and, with respect to other offerings, such notice shall constitute a binding
commitment of the applicable member of such Purchaser Group to purchase the amount of
Proposed Securities so specified at the price and other terms set forth in THHCs notice to
each Purchaser. The failure of such member of the Purchaser Group to so respond within such
three (3) Business Day period shall be deemed to be a waiver of the applicable Subscription
Right under this Section 1 only with respect to the offering described in the
applicable notice. In connection with an underwritten public offering or a private
placement, the applicable member of the Purchaser Group shall further enter into an
agreement (in form and substance customary for transactions of this type) to purchase the
Proposed Securities to be acquired contemporaneously with the
execution of any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into with THHC,
the underwriters or initial purchasers of such underwritten public offering or private
placement, and the failure of such member of the Purchaser Group to enter into such an
agreement at or prior to such time shall constitute a waiver of the Subscription Right in
respect of such offering.
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(iii) Purchase Mechanism. If a member of the Purchaser Group exercises its
Subscription Right provided in this Section 1, the closing of the purchase of the
Proposed Securities with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place
concurrently with the sale to the other investors in the applicable offering, which period
of time for the closing of the purchase of the Proposed Securities with respect to which
such right has been exercised shall be extended for a maximum of one hundred eighty (180)
days in order to comply with applicable Laws (including receipt of any applicable regulatory
or stockholder approvals). Each of THHC and the applicable member of the Purchaser Group
shall use its reasonable best efforts to secure any regulatory or stockholder approvals or
other consents, and to comply with any Law necessary in connection with the offer, sale and
purchase of, such Proposed Securities.
(iv) Failure of Purchase. In the event (A) the applicable member of the
Purchaser Group fails to exercise its Subscription Right provided in this Section 1
within said three (3) Business Day period, or (B) if so exercised, such member of the
Purchaser Group fails or is unable to consummate such purchase within the one hundred eighty
(180) day period specified in Section 1(iii), without prejudice to other remedies,
THHC shall thereafter be entitled during the Additional Sale Period to sell the Proposed
Securities not elected to be purchased pursuant to this Section 1 or which the
applicable member of the Purchaser Group fails to, or is unable to, purchase, at a price and
upon terms no more favorable in any material respect to the purchasers of such securities
than were specified in THHCs notice to each Purchaser. In the event THHC has not sold the
Proposed Securities within the Additional Sale Period, THHC shall not thereafter offer,
issue or sell such Proposed Securities without first offering such securities to the members
of the Purchaser Group in the manner provided above.
(v) Non-Cash Consideration. In the case of the offering of securities for a
consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in exchange
therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other
than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Board of
Directors of THHC (the Board); provided, however, that such fair
value as determined by the Board shall not exceed the aggregate market price of the
securities being offered as of the date the Board authorizes the offering of such
securities.
(vi) Cooperation. THHC and each applicable member of the Purchaser Group shall
cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of such member of the Purchaser Groups
Subscription Right hereunder, including using reasonable efforts to secure any required
approvals or consents.
(vii) Allocation Among Purchaser Group. PSCM shall have the right as
attorney-in-fact of each member of the Purchaser Group to exercise all of the rights of the
members of the Purchaser Group hereunder and designate the members of such Purchaser
Group to receive any securities to be issued and THHC may rely on any designations made by
PSCM. As a condition to the THHCs obligations with respect to the exercise of a
Subscription Right by a member of the Purchaser Group not a party to this Agreement, such
member will agree to perform each obligation applicable to it under this Section 1.
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(viii) General. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) if (1) a
member of the Purchaser Group exercises its Subscription Right pursuant to this Section
1 and is unable to complete the purchase of the Proposed Securities concurrently with
the sales to the other investors in the applicable offering as contemplated by Section
1(iii) due to applicable regulatory or stockholder approvals and (2) THHC or the Board
determines in good faith that any delay in completion of an offering in respect of which
such member of the Purchaser Group is entitled to Subscription Rights would materially
impair the financing objective of such offering, THHC may proceed with such offering without
the participation of such member of the Purchaser Group in such offering, in which event
THHC and such member of the Purchaser Group shall promptly thereafter agree on a process
otherwise consistent with this Section 1 as would allow such member of the Purchaser
Group to purchase, at the same price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions
or any other discounts or fees if not purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement
agent or broker) as in such offering, up to the amount of shares of GGO Common Stock (or
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the
performance of, GGO Common Stock) as shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to
maintain its aggregate proportionate GGO Common Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully
Diluted Basis, (B) if THHC or the Board determines in good faith that compliance with the
notice provisions in Section 1(ii) would materially impair the financing objective
of an offering in respect of which the members of the Purchaser Group are entitled to
Subscription Rights, THHC shall be permitted by notice to each Purchaser to reduce the
notice period required under Section 1(ii) (but not to less than one (1) Business
Day) to the minimum extent required to meet the financing objective of such offering, and
the members of the Purchaser Group shall have the right to either (x) exercise their
Subscription Rights during the shortened notice periods specified in such notice or (y)
require THHC to promptly thereafter agree on a process otherwise consistent with this
Section 1 as would allow the applicable members of the Purchaser Group to purchase,
at the same price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other
discounts or fees if not purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement agent or
broker) as in such offering, up to the amount of shares of GGO Common Stock (or securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance
of, GGO Common Stock) as shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its
aggregate proportionate GGO Common Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully Diluted
Basis and (C) in the event THHC is unable to issue shares of GGO Common Stock (or securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the performance
of, GGO Common Stock) to the applicable members of the Purchaser Group as a result of a
failure to receive regulatory or stockholder approval therefor, THHC shall take such action
or cause to be taken such other action in order to place the Purchaser Group, in so far as
reasonably practicable (subject to any limitations that may be imposed by applicable Law
or stock exchange rules), in the same position in all material respects as if the
applicable member of the Purchaser Group was able to effectively exercise its Subscription
Rights hereunder, including, without limitation, at the option of such member, issuing to
such member of the Purchaser Group another class of securities of THHC having terms to be
agreed by THHC and such member having a value at least equal to the value per share of GGO
Common Stock, in each case, as shall be necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain
its aggregate proportionate GGO Common Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully Diluted
Basis.
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(ix) Termination. This Section 1 shall terminate at such time as the
Purchaser Group collectively beneficially own less than 5% of the outstanding shares of GGO
Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis.
2. Board of Directors.
(i) As of the date hereof, the GGO Board shall have nine (9) members and three (3) of
such members shall be persons designated by PSCM (the Purchaser GGO Board
Designees).
(ii) THHC shall nominate as part of its slate of directors and use its reasonable best
efforts to have them elected to the Board (including through the solicitation of proxies for
such person to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the GGO Board)
(subject to applicable Law and stock exchange rules (provided that the Purchaser GGO Board
Designees need not be independent under the applicable rules of the applicable stock
exchange or the SEC)) (x) so long as the Purchaser Group has at least a 17.5% Fully Diluted
GGO Economic Interest, three (3) Purchaser Board Designees, and (y) otherwise, so long as
the Purchaser Group beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) in the aggregate at least 10%
of the shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis, two (2) Purchaser Board
Designees. For the avoidance of doubt, at and following such time as the Purchaser Group
beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) in the aggregate less than 10% of the shares of
GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis, PSCM shall no longer have the right to designate
directors for election to the GGO Board.
(iii) Subject to applicable Law and stock exchange rules, there shall be proportional
representation by Purchaser GGO Board Designees on any committee of the GGO Board, except
for special committees established for potential conflict of interest situations, and except
that only Purchaser GGO Board Designees who qualify under the applicable rules of the
applicable stock exchange or the SEC may serve on committees where such qualification is
required. If at any time the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees serving on the GGO
Board exceeds the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees that PSCM is then otherwise
entitled to designate as a result of a decrease in the percentage of shares of GGO Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Purchaser Group, such Purchaser Group shall, to the extent
it is within such Purchaser Groups control, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
any such additional Purchaser GGO Board Designees to offer to resign such that the number of
Purchaser GGO Board Designees serving on the GGO Board after giving effect to such
resignation does not
exceed the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees that PSCM is entitled to designate
for election to the GGO Board.
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(iv) Except with respect to the resignation of a Purchaser GGO Board Designee pursuant
to Section 2(iii), (A) PSCM shall have the power to designate a Purchaser GGO Board
Designees replacement upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal
from office of such Purchaser GGO Board Designee and (B) the Board shall promptly take all
action reasonably required to fill any vacancy resulting therefrom with such replacement
Purchaser GGO Board Designee (including nominating such person, subject to applicable Law,
as THHCs nominee to serve on the Board and causing THHC to use all reasonable efforts to
have such person elected as a director of THHC and solicit proxies for such person to the
same extent as it does for any of THHCs other nominees to the Board).
(v) (A) Each Purchaser GGO Board Designee shall be entitled to the same compensation
and same indemnification in connection with his or her role as a director as the members of
the Board, and each Purchaser GGO Board Designee shall be entitled to reimbursement for
documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board or
any committees thereof, to the same extent as other members of the Board, (B) THHC shall
notify each Purchaser GGO Board Designee of all regular and special meetings of the Board
and shall notify each Purchaser GGO Board Designee of all regular and special meetings of
any committee of the Board of which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is a member, and (C)
THHC shall provide each Purchaser GGO Board Designee with copies of all notices, minutes,
consents and other materials provided to all other members of the Board concurrently as such
materials are provided to the other members (except, for the avoidance of doubt, as are
provided to members of committees of which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is not a
member).
(vi) Purchaser GGO Board Designee candidates shall be subject to such reasonable
eligibility criteria as applied in good faith by the nominating, corporate governance or
similar committee of the Board to other candidates for the Board.
3. Stockholder Vote With Respect to Subscription Right. THHC shall, for the benefit
of each Purchaser, to the extent required by any U.S. national securities exchange upon which
shares of GGO Common Stock are listed, for so long as any Purchaser has subscription rights as
contemplated by Section 1, put up for a stockholder vote at the annual meeting of its
stockholders, and include in its proxy statement distributed to such stockholders in connection
with such annual meeting, approval of such Purchasers subscription rights for the maximum period
permitted by the rules of such U.S. national securities exchange.
4. Transfer Restrictions. Each Purchaser covenants and agrees that the GGO Shares
(and shares issuable upon exercise of GGO Warrants) shall be disposed of only pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable
state securities Laws. Each Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this
Section 4, of the following legend on any certificate evidencing the GGO Shares (and shares
issuable upon exercise of GGO Warrants):
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THE SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED (THE
ACT) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS (BLUE SKY) OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION. THE SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION OR RESALE. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE
SOLD, ASSIGNED, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS EITHER (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE
SHARES IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS AND THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION ARE COMPLIED WITH OR (II) UNLESS WAIVED BY
THE ISSUER, THE ISSUER RECEIVES AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
ISSUER THAT NO VIOLATION OF THE ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS WILL BE INVOLVED IN
SUCH TRANSACTION.
Certificates evidencing the GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of GGO Warrants)
shall not be required to contain such legend (A) while a registration statement covering the resale
of the GGO Shares is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) following any sale of any such GGO
Shares pursuant to Rule 144 of the Exchange Act (Rule 144), or (C) following receipt of a
legal opinion of counsel to the applicable Purchaser that the remaining GGO Shares held by such
Purchaser are eligible for resale without volume limitations or other limitations under Rule 144.
In addition, THHC will agree to the removal of all legends with respect to shares of GGO Common
Stock deposited with DTC from time to time in anticipation of sale in accordance with the volume
limitations and other limitations under Rule 144, subject to THHCs approval of appropriate
procedures, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Following the time at which such legend is no longer required (as provided above) for certain
GGO Shares, THHC shall promptly, following the delivery by the applicable Purchaser to THHC of a
legended certificate representing such GGO Shares, deliver or cause to be delivered to such
Purchaser a certificate representing such GGO Shares that is free from such legend. In the event
the above legend is removed from any of the GGO Shares, and thereafter the effectiveness of a
registration statement covering such GGO Shares is suspended or THHC determines that a supplement
or amendment thereto is required by applicable securities Laws, then THHC may require that the
above legend be placed on any such GGO Shares that cannot then be sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement or under Rule 144 and such Purchaser shall cooperate in the replacement of
such legend. Such legend shall thereafter be removed when such GGO Shares may again be sold
pursuant to an effective registration statement or under Rule 144.
Each Purchaser further covenants and agrees not to sell, transfer or dispose of (each, a
Transfer) any GGO Shares or GGO Warrants in violation of the GGO Non-Control Agreement.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser Groups rights to designate for nomination the
Purchaser GGO Board Designees pursuant to Section 2 and Subscription Rights pursuant to
Section 1 may not be Transferred to a Person that is not a member of the Purchaser Group.
5. Rights Agreement. In the event THHC adopts a rights plan analogous to the Rights
Agreement (the GGO Rights Agreement), (i) the GGO Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable
to the Stock Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and
hereby, (ii) no Purchaser, nor any other member of its Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an
Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) whether in connection with the acquisition of
shares of GGO Common Stock or GGO Warrants or the shares issuable upon exercise of the GGO
Warrants, (iii) neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) nor a
Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall be deemed to occur and (iv) the Rights
(as defined in the Rights Agreement) will not separate from the GGO Common Stock, in each case
under (ii), (iii) and (iv), as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of the Stock
Purchase Agreement or this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
and hereby including the acquisition of shares of GGO Common Stock by any Purchaser or other member
of the Purchaser Group after the date hereof as otherwise permitted by the Stock Purchase Agreement
and this Agreement, or the GGO Warrants or as otherwise contemplated by the GGO Non-Control
Agreement.
6. Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned by any party without the
prior written consent of the other party. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, this Agreement,
or a Purchasers rights, interests or obligations hereunder, may be assigned or transferred, in
whole or in part, by such Purchaser to one or more members of its Purchaser Group. Notwithstanding
the foregoing or any other provisions herein, no such assignment shall relieve Purchaser of its
obligations hereunder if such assignee fails to perform such obligations.
7. Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements or understandings,
whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
8. Governing Law; Venue. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW
YORK AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts
have been signed by each of the parties; and delivered to the other party (including via facsimile
or other electronic transmission), it being understood that each party need not sign the same
counterpart.
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10. Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded,
cancelled, renewed or extended, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be waived, only
by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving
compliance. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant
to this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party
of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement.
The rights and remedies provided pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive
of any rights or remedies which any party otherwise may have at law or in equity.
11. Certain Remedies. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the
event that any provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific
terms. It is accordingly agreed that each of the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions (without necessity of proving damages or posting a bond or other security) to prevent
breaches of this Agreement, and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
in addition to any other applicable remedies at law or equity
[Signature Page Follows]
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Please evidence your acceptance of, and agreement to, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement by executing and returning an executed copy of this Agreement to the address first
written above as soon as practicable.
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
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Accepted and agreed as of the date of this Agreement:
PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
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[SIGNATURE
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Exhibit 99.6
Exhibit 99.6
Warrant Agreement
WARRANT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
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MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC,
as WARRANT AGENT
Dated as of November 9, 2010
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List of Exhibits
EXHIBIT A-1 Form of Series A-1 Warrant Certificate
EXHIBIT A-2 Form of Series A-2 Warrant Certificate
EXHIBIT B Form of Assignment
EXHIBIT C Option Pricing Assumptions / Methodology
SCHEDULE A Allocations of Warrants to Initial Investors
SCHEDULE B Warrant Agent Compensation
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
WARRANT
AGREEMENT, dated as of November 9, 2010 (together with the Warrants, this
Agreement), by and between The Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company
(together with its successors and assigns, the Warrant Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company is issuing and delivering warrant certificates (the Warrant
Certificates) evidencing Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of its
Common Stock, subject to adjustment, including (a) Series A-1 Warrants to purchase 3,833,333 shares
of its Common Stock, subject to adjustment, in connection with that certain Amended and Restated
Cornerstone Investment Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between Brookfield Retail
Holdings LLC (formerly known as REP Investments LLC) and General Growth Properties, Inc.
(GGP) (as amended from time to time, the Investment Agreement), (b) Series A-2
Warrants to purchase 1,916,667 shares of its Common Stock, subject to adjustment, in connection
with that certain Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by
and between each of The Fairholme Fund and The Fairholme Focused Income Fund (each a Fairholme
Purchaser, and collectively, the Fairholme Purchasers) and GGP (as amended from time
to time, the Fairholme Stock Purchase Agreement), (c) Series A-2 Warrants to purchase
1,916,667 shares of its Common Stock in connection with that certain Amended and Restated Stock
Purchase Agreement, effective as of March 31, 2010, by and between each of Pershing Square, L.P.,
Pershing Square II, L.P., Pershing Square International, Ltd. and Pershing Square International V,
Ltd. (each, a Pershing Square Purchaser, collectively, the Pershing Square
Purchasers) and GGP (as amended from time to time, the Pershing Square Stock Purchase
Agreement and, together with the Fairholme Stock Purchase Agreement, the Stock Purchase
Agreements) and (d) Series A-1 Warrants to purchase 333,333 shares of its Common Stock in
connection with the Blackstone Purchase Agreements (as defined herein) and those certain
designations, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and each of Brookfield Retail
Holdings LLC (formerly known as REP Investments LLC), the Fairholme Purchasers and the Pershing
Square Purchasers (the Blackstone Designations) pursuant to each of which each Purchaser
(as defined herein) has agreed to make an equity investment in the Company upon the terms and
subject to the conditions specified therein; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange,
replacement and exercise of the Warrant Certificates and other matters as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for the purpose of defining the terms
and provisions of the Warrants and the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company
and the record holders of the Warrants, the Company and the Warrant Agent each hereby agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Affiliate: of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by
or under common control with such particular Person. For the purposes of this definition, (i)
control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and
policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise and
(ii) none of the Initial Investors or their Affiliates shall be deemed to control the Company or
any of the Companys controlled Affiliates prior to such Initial Investor or Affiliate, as
applicable, acquiring or becoming part of the acquiring group for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii)
or combining with the Company for purposes of clause (iii) of the definition of Change of Control
Event.
Announcement Date: the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.
Blackstone Designations: the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Blackstone Investors: means all members, collectively, of the Blackstone Purchaser
Group.
Blackstone Purchase Agreements: means, collectively, the Brookfield Purchase
Agreement, the Fairholme Purchase Agreement and the Pershing Purchase Agreement.
Blackstone Purchaser: means Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P.
Blackstone Purchaser Group: means the Blackstone Purchaser, Blackstone Real Estate
Partners (AIV) VI L.P., Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.F L.P., Blackstone Real Estate Partners
VI.TE.1 L.P., Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P., Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P.
and Blackstone GGP Principal Transaction Partners L.P. and their respective investment managers and
their respective controlled Affiliates. For such purpose, one or more investment funds under
common investment management shall constitute controlled Affiliates of their investment manager.
Board: the board of directors of the Company.
Brookfield Consortium Member: as defined in the Investment Agreement.
Brookfield Investors: means, collectively, the Brookfield Consortium Members.
Brookfield Purchase Agreement: means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of
August 2, 2010, by and between REP Investments LLC and the Blackstone Purchaser.
Brookfield Purchaser: the Purchaser defined in the Investment Agreement.
Business Day: any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banks in the
states of New York or New Jersey are required or permitted to be closed.
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Cash Consideration Ratio: means, in connection with a Mixed Consideration Merger, a
fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the aggregate Fair Market Value of cash and all other
property (other than Public Stock) that holders of Common Stock will receive for each such share of
Common Stock in connection with such Mixed Consideration Merger, and (ii) the denominator of which
shall be the Fair Market Value of all of the consideration holders of Common Stock will receive for
each such share of Common Stock in connection with such Mixed Consideration Merger;
provided, that, if the holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the
consideration to be received in such Mixed Consideration Merger, the Cash Consideration Ratio shall
be determined by reference to the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration
received in such transaction in respect of shares of Common Stock held by holders who are not
affiliated with the Company or any entity acquiring the Company.
Cash Redemption Value: the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Certificate of Incorporation: the Companys certificate of incorporation (or
equivalent organizational document), as amended from time to time.
Change of Control Event: an event or series of events, by which (i) any Person or
group of Persons shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3(a)
promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or
more (by voting power) of the outstanding shares of Voting Securities, (ii) all or substantially
all of the consolidated assets of the Company are sold, leased (other than leases to tenants in the
ordinary course of business), exchanged or transferred to any Person or group of Persons, (iii) the
Company is consolidated, merged, amalgamated, reorganized or otherwise enters into a similar
transaction in which it is combined with another Person (in each case, other than pursuant to the
Plan), unless shares of Common Stock held by holders who are not affiliated with the Company or any
entity acquiring the Company remain unchanged or are exchanged for, converted into or constitute
solely (except to the extent of applicable appraisal rights or cash received in lieu of fractional
shares) the right to receive as consideration Public Stock and the Persons who beneficially own the
outstanding Voting Securities of the Company immediately before consummation of the transaction
beneficially own a majority (by voting power) of the outstanding Voting Securities of the combined
or surviving entity or new parent immediately thereafter, (iv) the Company engages in a
reclassification or similar transaction pursuant to which shares of Common Stock are converted into
the right to receive anything other than Public Stock, or (v) the holders of capital stock of the
Company have approved any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
provided that with respect to an election by any Holder pursuant to Section 6.1, no event
or series of events shall constitute a Change of Control Event if (x) such event or series of
events is not approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company and (y) such
Holder or any of its Affiliates is the acquiror or part of the acquiring group for purposes of
clause (i) or (ii) above or is combined with the Company for purposes of clause (iii) above. For
purposes of this definition, a group means a group of Persons within the meaning of Rule 13d-5
under the Exchange Act.
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Closing Sale Price: as of any date, the last reported per share sales price of a
share of Common Stock or the applicable security on such date (or, if no last reported sale price
is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average
of the average bid and the average ask prices on such date) as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange, or if the Common Stock or such other security is not listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or quotation
system on which the Common Stock or such other security is then listed or quoted; provided,
however, that in the absence of such listing or quotations, the Closing Sale Price shall be
determined by an Independent Financial Expert appointed for such purpose, using one or more
valuation methods that the Independent Financial Expert in its best professional judgment
determines to be most appropriate, assuming such Common Stock or securities are fully distributed
and are to be sold in an arms-length transaction and there was no compulsion on the part of any
party to such sale to buy or sell and taking into account all relevant factors.
Code: the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Common Stock: the common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company.
Company: the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and its successors
and assigns.
Distribution: the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
Exchange Act: the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exercise Date: the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
Exercise Price: means $50.00 per share, subject to all adjustments made on or prior
to the date of exercise thereof as herein provided.
Expiration Date: the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
Fairholme Investors: all members, collectively, of the Fairholme Purchaser Group.
Fairholme Purchase Agreement: means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of
August 2, 2010, by and between the Fairholme Purchasers and the Blackstone Purchaser.
Fairholme Purchasers: the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Fairholme Purchaser Group: the Purchaser Group defined in the Fairholme Stock
Purchase Agreement.
Fairholme Stock Purchase Agreement: the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Fair Market Value:
(i) in the case of shares or securities, the average of the daily volume weighted average
prices per share of such shares or securities for the ten consecutive trading days immediately
preceding the day as of which Fair Market Value is being determined, as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange, or if such shares or securities are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as
reported by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or quotation system on
which such shares or securities are then listed or quoted; provided, however,
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if (x) such shares or securities are not listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange or
any U.S. national or regional securities exchange or quotations system or (y) a transaction
impacting such shares or securities makes it unjust or inequitable to value such shares or
securities in the manner provided above as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board, then
the Fair Market Value of such securities shall be the fair market value per share or unit of such
shares or securities as determined by an Independent Financial Expert appointed for such purpose,
using one or more valuation methods that the Independent Financial Expert in its best professional
judgment determines to be most appropriate, assuming such shares or other securities are fully
distributed and are to be sold in an arms-length transaction and there was no compulsion on the
part of any party to such sale to buy or sell and taking into account all relevant factors.
(ii) in the case of cash, the amount thereof.
(iii) in the case of other property, the Fair Market Value of such property shall be the fair
market value thereof as determined by an Independent Financial Expert appointed for such purpose,
using one or more valuation methods that the Independent Financial Expert in its best professional
judgment determines to be most appropriate, assuming such property is to be sold in an arms-length
transaction and there was no compulsion on the part of any party to such sale to buy or sell and
taking into account all relevant factors.
Full Physical Settlement: the settlement method with respect to Series A-1 Warrants
pursuant to which an exercising Holder shall be entitled to receive from the Company, for each
Warrant exercised, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Full Physical Share Amount in
exchange for payment by the Holder of the aggregate Exercise Price applicable to such Warrant.
Full Physical Share Amount: the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
Holders: from time to time, the holders of the Warrants and, unless otherwise
provided or indicated herein, the holders of the Warrant Securities, solely in their capacity as
such.
Independent Financial Expert: a nationally recognized financial advisory firm
mutually agreed by the Company and the Majority Holders. If the Company and the Majority Holders
are unable to agree on an Independent Financial Expert for a valuation contemplated herein, each of
them shall choose promptly a separate Independent Financial Expert and these two Independent
Financial Experts shall choose promptly a third Independent Financial Expert to conduct such
valuation.
Initial Investor: means, as applicable, (i) the Fairholme Purchasers, (ii) Pershing
Square Capital Management, L.P. and the Pershing Square Purchasers, (iii) the Brookfield Purchaser;
provided that, solely for the purposes of this definition, in the event the Brookfield
Purchaser is not in existence, the Brookfield Purchaser shall be Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
or an Affiliate designated by Brookfield Asset Management Inc and (iv) the Blackstone Purchaser.
Investment Agreement: the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Majority Holders: means at any time Holders of a majority in number of the
outstanding Warrants not held by the Company or any of the Companys Affiliates.
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Mixed Consideration Merger: means an event described in clause (iii) of the
definition of Change of Control Event pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock held by holders who are not affiliated with the Company or any entity acquiring the Company
are exchanged for, converted into or constitute solely (except to the extent of applicable
appraisal rights or cash received in lieu of fractional shares) the right to receive as
consideration a combination of (i) Public Stock and (ii) other securities, cash or other property.
Net Share Amount: the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
Net Share Settlement: the settlement method for Series A-1 Warrants, if elected in
accordance with Section 3.4, and for Series A-2 Warrants pursuant to which an exercising
Holder shall be entitled to receive from the Company, for each Warrant exercised, a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the Net Share Amount without any payment therefor.
Organic Change: the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
Pershing Investors: all members, collectively, of the Pershing Purchaser Group.
Pershing Square Purchasers: the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Pershing Purchase Agreement: means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of
August 2, 2010, by and between the Pershing Purchasers and the Blackstone Purchaser.
Pershing Purchaser Group: the Purchaser Group defined in the Pershing Stock Purchase
Agreement.
Pershing Square Stock Purchase Agreement: the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
Person: any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan: the plan of reorganization as contemplated by the Plan Term Sheet attached as
Exhibit A to the Investment Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreements.
Preliminary Change of Control Event: with respect to the Company, the first public
announcement that describes the economic terms of a transaction that results in a Change of Control
Event.
Premium Per Post-Tender Share: the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.
Public Stock: means common stock listed on a recognized U.S. national securities
exchange with an aggregate market capitalization (held by non-Affiliates of the issuer) in excess
of $1 billion in Fair Market Value.
Purchaser Group: (a) means with respect to Brookfield Purchaser, the Brookfield
Consortium Members, (b) with respect to Fairholme Purchasers, the Fairholme Purchaser Group,
(c) with respect to Pershing Square Purchasers, the Pershing Purchaser Group and (d) with
respect to the Blackstone Purchaser, the Blackstone Purchaser Group.
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Public Stock Merger: means an event described in clause (iii) of the definition of
Change of Control Event pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock held by
holders who are not affiliated with the Company or any entity acquiring the Company are exchanged
for, converted into or constitute solely (except to the extent of applicable appraisal rights or
cash received in lieu of fractional shares) the right to receive as consideration Public Stock.
Purchaser: means each of the Blackstone Purchaser, the Brookfield Purchaser, the
Fairholme Purchasers and the Pershing Square Purchasers.
Registration Rights Agreements: means those certain registration rights agreements,
dated as of the date hereof, between the Company, and separately, each of (i) the Pershing
Investors and Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Blackstone
Real Estate Partners (AIV) VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Blackstone Real Estate Partners
VI.F L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.1 L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI.TE.2 L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Blackstone Real Estate Holdings VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Blackstone GGP
Principal Transaction Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, (ii) the Fairholme Investors
and (iii) Brookfield Retail Holdings LLC (formerly known as REP Investments LLC), a Delaware
limited liability company, Brookfield Retail Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Brookfield Retail Holdings III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield Retail
Holdings IV-A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield Retail Holdings IV-D LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield Retail Holdings V LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, and Brookfield US Retail Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Rule 144: means such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as the same shall be amended from time to time.
Sale: the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a) of this Agreement.
SEC: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act: the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Exchange Act: the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Sell: the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a) of this Agreement.
Series A-1 Warrants: the Series A-1 Warrants issued by the Company from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
Series A-2 Warrants: the Series A-2 Warrants issued by the Company from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
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Settlement Date: means, in respect of a Warrant that is exercised hereunder, a
reasonable time, not to exceed three Business Days, immediately following the Exercise Date for
such Warrant.
Stock Consideration Ratio: means, in connection with a Mixed Consideration Merger, 1
the Cash Consideration Ratio for such Mixed Consideration Merger.
Stock Dividend: the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
Stock Purchase Agreements: the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Supermajority Holders: means at any time Holders of two-thirds or greater in number
of the outstanding Warrants not held by the Company or any of the Companys Affiliates.
Underlying Common Stock: the shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon the
exercise of the Warrants.
Voting Securities: means any securities of the Company, surviving entity or parent,
as applicable, having power generally to vote in the election of directors of the Company,
surviving entity or parent, as applicable.
Warrant Agent: the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Warrant Certificates: the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Warrant Registrar: the meaning set forth in Article 7.
Warrant Securities: the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
Warrants: the Series A-1 Warrants and the Series A-2 Warrants.
2. ORIGINAL ISSUE OF WARRANTS.
2.1 Form of Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Certificates shall be in registered
form only and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, with respect to
Series A-1 Warrants, and Exhibit A-2, with respect to Series A-2 Warrants, with such
appropriate instructions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Agreement (but which do not affect the rights, duties or responsibilities of the
Warrant Agent) shall be dated the date on which countersigned by the Warrant Agent and may have
such legends and endorsements typed, stamped, printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as required
by the Certificate of Incorporation or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule
or regulation pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which
the Warrants may be listed.
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2.2 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates; Vesting.
(a) Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Warrant Certificates evidencing such
total number of Warrants to be delivered to each Initial Investor as set forth on
Schedule A shall be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent for
countersignature, by manual or facsimile signature, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon
countersign and deliver such Warrant Certificates to each Initial Investor (or their designee(s) in
accordance with the last sentence of this Section 2.2(a)). The Warrant Certificates shall
be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or a Vice President, either manually or by
facsimile signature printed thereon. Each Initial Investor, in its sole discretion, may designate
that some or all of its Warrants and Warrant Certificates be issued in the name of, and delivered
to, one or more of the members of its Purchaser Group.
(b) From time to time, the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in
required denominations to Persons entitled thereto in connection with any transfer or exchange
permitted under this Agreement. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably (but subject to Article
9) authorized to countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates as required by Section
2.2, Section 3.4, Article 7, and Section 12.4 or otherwise as provided
herein. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or a
Vice President, either manually or by facsimile signature printed thereon. The Warrant Certificates
shall be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall
not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company whose
signature shall have been placed upon any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such
officer of the Company before countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issue and delivery thereof,
such Warrant Certificates may, nevertheless, be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, either manually
or by facsimile signature printed thereon, and issued and delivered with the same force and effect
as though such Person had not ceased to be such officer of the Company
(c) No Warrant Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby may be exercised, unless such
Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the Warrant
Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company
shall be conclusive evidence that such Warrant Certificate has been duly issued under the terms of
this Agreement.
3. EXERCISE PRICE; EXERCISE OF WARRANTS AND EXPIRATION OF WARRANTS.
3.1 Exercise Price. Each Warrant Certificate shall, when countersigned by the Warrant
Agent, entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to purchase, except
as provided in Section 3.3 hereof, one share of Common Stock for each Warrant represented
thereby, subject to all adjustments made on or prior to the date of exercise thereof, at the
applicable Exercise Price.
3.2 Exercise of Warrants. The Warrants shall be exercisable in whole or in part from
time to time on any Business Day beginning on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration Date, in
the manner provided for herein; provided, that solely with respect to the exercise any time
prior to the date that is 180 days prior to the Expiration Date of any Warrant held at the time of
exercise by a Fairholme Investor, such Fairholme Investor must have delivered written notice of its
intent to exercise such Warrant to the Company 90 days prior to the Exercise Date of such Warrant
and no exercise of such Warrant shall be effective until such 90-day period has lapsed.
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3.3 Expiration of Warrants. Any unexercised Warrants shall expire and the rights of
the Holders of such Warrants to purchase Underlying Common Stock shall terminate at the close of
business on November ____, 2017 (the Expiration Date).
3.4 Method of Exercise; Settlement of Warrant. In order to exercise a Warrant, the
Holder thereof must (i) surrender the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant to the Warrant
Agent, with the form on the reverse of or attached to the Warrant Certificate properly completed
and duly executed (the date of the surrender of such Warrant Certificate, the Exercise
Date), and (ii) with respect to Series A-1 Warrants for which Net Share Settlement is not
elected, deliver in full the aggregate Exercise Price then in effect for the shares of Underlying
Common Stock as to which a Warrant Certificate is submitted for exercise, not later than the
Settlement Date as more fully set forth herein. Full Physical Settlement shall apply to each
Series A-1 Warrant unless the Holder elects for Net Share Settlement to apply upon exercise of such
Warrant. Only Net Share Settlement shall apply (and shall be automatically deemed to have been
irrevocably elected) upon exercise of each Series A-2 Warrant. The election of Net Share
Settlement shall be made in the form on the reverse of or attached to the Warrant Certificate for
each Series A-1 Warrant.
(a) If Full Physical Settlement is applicable with respect to the exercise of a Warrant, then,
for each Series A-1 Warrant exercised hereunder (i) prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Settlement Date for such Warrant, the Holder shall pay the aggregate Exercise Price (determined as
of such Exercise Date) for the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of such
Warrant at such time by federal wire or other immediately available funds payable to the order of
the Company to the account maintained by the Warrant Agent and notified to the Holder upon request
of the Holder, and (ii) on the Settlement Date, following receipt by the Warrant Agent of such
Exercise Price, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder the number of shares of
Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of each Series A-1 Warrant at such time (the Full
Physical Share Amount), together with cash in respect of any fractional shares of Common Stock
as provided in Section 3.4(f).
(b) If Net Share Settlement is applicable with respect to the exercise of a Warrant, then, for
each Warrant exercised hereunder, on the Settlement Date for such Warrant, the Company shall cause
to be delivered to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock (which in no event will be less
than zero) (the Net Share Amount) equal to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of such Warrant at such time, multiplied by (ii) the Closing Sale Price on
the relevant Exercise Date, minus the Exercise Price (determined as of such Exercise Date), divided
by (iii) such Closing Sale Price, together with cash in respect of any fractional shares of Common
Stock as provided in Section 3.4(f). The Warrant Agent shall not take any action under
this Section unless and until the Company has provided it with written instructions containing the
Net Share Amount. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to investigate or confirm
whether the Companys determination of the number of the Net Share Amount is accurate or correct.
(c) Upon surrender of a Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent in conformity with the
foregoing provisions and, in the event of Full Physical Settlement of a Series A-1 Warrant, receipt
by the Warrant Agent of the Exercise Price therefor, the Warrant Agent shall thereupon promptly
notify the Company, and the Company shall instruct its transfer agent
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to transfer to the Holder of such Warrant Certificate appropriate evidence of ownership of any
shares of Underlying Common Stock or other securities or property to which the Holder is entitled,
registered or otherwise placed in, or payable to the order of, such name or names as may be
directed in writing by the Holder, and shall deliver such evidence of ownership to the Person or
Persons entitled to receive the same, together with cash in respect of any fractional shares of
Common Stock as provided in Section 3.4(f), provided that if the Holder shall
direct that such securities be registered in a name other than that of the Holder, such direction
shall be tendered in conjunction with a signature guarantee by a participant in a Medallion
Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Companys transfer agent, and
any other reasonable evidence of authority that may be required by the Warrant Agent. Upon
surrender of a Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent in conformity with subsection (a) above
and, in the event of Full Physical Settlement of a Series A-1 Warrant, receipt by the Warrant Agent
of the Exercise Price therefor, a Holder shall be deemed to own and have all of the rights
associated with any Underlying Common Stock or other securities or property to which such Holder is
entitled pursuant to this Agreement upon the surrender of a Warrant Certificate in accordance with
this Agreement.
(d) The Company acknowledges that the bank accounts maintained by the Warrant Agent in
connection with its performance under this Agreement shall be in the Warrant Agents name and that
the Warrant Agent may receive investment earnings in connection with the investment at the Warrant
Agents risk and for its benefit of funds held in those accounts from time to time. The Warrant
Agent shall remit any payments received in connection with the exercise of Warrants to the Company
as soon as practicable and in any event within three Business Days by federal wire or other
immediately available funds to an account selected by the Company and notified in writing to the
Warrant Agent.
(e) If fewer than all the Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate are surrendered, such
Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered and a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and for
the number of Warrants that were not surrendered shall promptly be executed and delivered to the
Warrant Agent by the Company. The Warrant Agent shall promptly countersign, by either manual or
facsimile signature, the new Warrant Certificate, register it in such name or names as may be
directed in writing by the Holder and deliver the new Warrant Certificate to the Person or Persons
entitled to receive the same.
(f) The Company shall not be required to issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon
exercise of any Warrants; provided, that, if more than one Warrant shall be exercised
hereunder at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be
issuable upon exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of all Warrants so exercised, and
shall include the aggregation of all fractional shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
such Warrants. If after giving effect to the aggregation of all shares of Common Stock (and
fractions thereof) issuable upon exercise of Warrants by the same Holder at one time as set forth
in the previous sentence, any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions
of this Section 3.4(f), be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant or Warrants, the Company
shall pay the Holder cash in lieu of such fractional share valued at the Closing Sale Price on the
Exercise Date.
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3.5 Transferability of Warrants and Common Stock. Except as any Holder may otherwise
agree in writing, any Warrants, all rights with respect thereto and any shares of Underlying Common
Stock may be sold, transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, without any requirement of
obtaining the consent of the Company to so sell, transfer or dispose of, provided that any
such sale, transfer or disposition shall be in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, Article 7 hereof.
3.6 Compliance with Law. (a) To the extent the Warrants or Common Stock issued upon
exercise of the Warrants are Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreements
(Warrant Securities), no Series A-1 Warrant may be exercised using Full Physical
Settlement (and the Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to process any such exercise) and no
such Warrant Securities may be sold, transferred, hypothecated, pledged or otherwise disposed of
(any such sale, transfer or other disposition, a Sale, and the action of making any such
sale, transfer or other disposition, to Sell), except in compliance with applicable
Federal and state securities and other applicable laws and this Section 3.6.
(b) A Holder may exercise its Warrants if it is an accredited investor or a qualified
institutional buyer, as defined in Regulation D and Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
respectively, and a Holder may Sell its Warrant Securities to a transferee that is an accredited
investor or a qualified institutional buyer, as such terms are defined in Regulation D and Rule
144A under the Securities Act, respectively, provided that each of the following conditions
is satisfied:
(i) such Holder or transferee, as the case may be, provides certification establishing
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that it is an accredited investor;
(ii) such Holder or transferee represents to the Company in writing that it is
acquiring the applicable Warrant Securities for its own account and that it is not acquiring
such Warrant Securities with a view to, or for offer or Sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof (within the meaning of the Securities Act) that would be in violation
of the securities laws of the United States or any applicable state thereof, but subject,
nevertheless, to the disposition of its property being at all times within its control;
(iii) such Holder or transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this
Section 3.6 with respect to any exercise of the Warrants and any Sale of the Warrant
Securities; and
(iv) such Holder or transferee represents and warrants in writing to the Company that
the Holder or transferee has sufficient knowledge and experience in investment transactions
of this type to evaluate the merits and risks of its exercise or purchases, as applicable.
(c) A Holder may exercise its Warrants and may Sell its Warrant Securities in accordance with
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
(d) A Holder may exercise its Warrants and may Sell its Warrant Securities if:
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(i) such Holder gives written notice to the Company of its intention to exercise or
effect such Sale, which notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed
transaction in reasonable detail;
(ii) such notice includes a customary opinion from internal or external counsel to the
Holder to the effect that, in either case, such proposed exercise or Sale may be effected
without registration under the Securities Act or under applicable blue sky laws; and
(iii) such Holder or transferee complies with Sections 3.6(b)(ii),
3.6(b)(iii), and 3.6(b)(iv).
(e) subject to Section 12.5, each certificate representing Warrant Securities shall
bear the following legend:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES
MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS
AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF
NOVEMBER ____, 2010 BETWEEN THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION (THE
COMPANY), AND MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, AS WARRANT
AGENT. A COPY OF SUCH WARRANT AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES
OF THE COMPANY.
(f) [Intentionally omitted.]
(g) the provisions of Section 3.6 shall not apply to, and any Holder may exercise its
Warrants or may Sell its Warrant Securities:
(i) in a transaction that is registered under the Securities Act; and
(ii) in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Exchange Act; and
(iii) in a transaction following receipt of a legal opinion of counsel to a Holder that
the applicable Warrant Securities are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume
limitations or other limitations under Rule 144; and
(iv) with respect to an exercise of a Warrant, in an exercise using Net Share
Settlement.
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(h) The Warrant Agent shall not take any action with respect to a Sale of Warrant Securities
under this Section 3.6 unless and until it has received appropriate instructions from the Company
and a certification of compliance with these provisions from the Company.
4. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
4.1 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits
of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may permit the sale of the Warrant Securities to
the public without registration, the Company agrees, so long as it is subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the Securities Act, to use its reasonable best efforts to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in
Rule 144(c)(1) or any similar or analogous rule promulgated under the Securities Act, at all times
after the effective date of this Agreement;
(b) file with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Exchange Act; and
(c) so long as the Holders own any Warrant Securities, furnish to such Holders forthwith upon
request: a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and of the Exchange Act; and such other reports and documents as
any Initial Investor or Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation
of the SEC allowing it to sell any such securities without registration.
4.2 Obtaining Exchange Listing. The Company will file a listing application for
listing on the exchange on which the then outstanding Common Stock is listed with respect to the
Underlying Common Stock as soon as practicable after the date hereof. The Company shall use
reasonable best efforts to list the Warrants, and maintain such listing, on such exchange or, if
not possible, another U.S. national securities exchange, in connection with any proposed
underwritten distribution of the Warrants that meets the applicable listing criteria. A copy of
any opinion of counsel accompanying a listing application by the Company with respect to the
Underlying Common Stock or Warrants shall be furnished to the Warrant Agent, together with a letter
to the effect that the Warrant Agent may rely on the statements made in such opinion.
4.3 The Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall have no duties or obligations under
the Registration Rights Agreements and shall have no duty to monitor or enforce the Companys
compliance with this Article 4 or the Registration Rights Agreements.
5. ADJUSTMENTS AND OTHER RIGHTS.
5.1 Stock Dividend; Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any
time issues to holders of the Common Stock a dividend payable solely in, or other distribution
solely of, Common Stock (a Stock Dividend), the Exercise Price in effect at the close of
business on the record date for such dividend or distribution shall be reduced immediately
thereafter to the price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by the quotient of (x) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date divided
by (y) the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares
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constituting such dividend or other distribution. If the Company at any time subdivides or
combines (by stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization or otherwise) the outstanding
Common Stock into a greater or smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to the time of effectiveness of such subdivision or combination shall be adjusted at such
time of effectiveness to the price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by the quotient of
(x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such time of
effectiveness divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of
effectiveness of and after giving effect to such subdivision or combination. In any such event
referred to in this Section 5.1, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of each Warrant as in effect immediately prior to the Exercise Price adjustment
contemplated by the foregoing shall be adjusted immediately thereafter to the amount determined by
multiplying such number by the quotient of (x) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such Exercise Price adjustment divided by (y) the Exercise Price determined in accordance with such
Exercise Price adjustment.
5.2 Other Dividends and Distributions. If at any time or from time to time prior to
the exercise of any Warrant the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a dividend or
other distribution (other than (i) as contemplated by Section 5.5, (ii) a Stock Dividend
covered by Section 5.1 or (iii) a distribution of rights or warrants covered by Section
5.3), to the holders of its Common Stock (collectively, a Distribution) of:
(A) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its capital stock or any
other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including cash); or
(B) any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any of
the following: any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its capital stock or
any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever;
then, in each such case, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on
such record date shall be reduced immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying
such Exercise Price by the quotient of (x) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the last
trading day immediately preceding the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on
the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading without the right to receive such Distribution, minus the amount of cash and/or the Fair
Market Value of the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights or warrants to be so
distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock divided by (y) the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock on the last trading day immediately preceding the first date on which the Common Stock
trades regular way on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
listed or admitted to trading without the right to receive such Distribution; such adjustment shall
be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. In such event, the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant as in effect immediately prior to the close
of business on such record date shall be increased immediately thereafter to the amount determined
by multiplying such number by the quotient of (x) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the adjustment contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence divided by (y) the new Exercise
Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. If the Distribution
includes Common Stock as well as other items of the sort referred to in Section 5.2(A) or
(B), then instead of
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adjusting for the entire Distribution under this Section 5.2 the Common Stock portion shall
be treated as a Stock Dividend that triggers an adjustment to the Exercise Price and number of
shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of each Warrant under Section 5.1 and the other
items in the Distribution shall trigger a further adjustment to such adjusted Exercise Price and
number of shares under this Section 5.2. In the event that such Distribution is not so
made, the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each
Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board determines not
to distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash or warrants, as the case
may be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then
be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed.
5.3 Rights Offerings. If at any time the Company shall distribute rights or warrants
to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock entitling them, for a period of not more
than 45 days, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than
the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date on which the
Board declares such distribution of rights or warrants, the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to the close of business on the record date for such distribution shall be reduced
immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by the quotient
of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record
date plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate of the offering price of the
total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at
such Fair Market Value divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for
subscription or purchase. In such event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of each Warrant as in effect immediately prior to the close of business on such record
date shall be increased immediately thereafter to the amount determined by multiplying such number
by the quotient of (x) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the adjustment
contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence divided by (y) the new Exercise Price determined
in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. In case any rights or warrants referred to
in this Section 5.3 in respect of which an adjustment shall have been made shall expire
unexercised and any shares that would have been underlying such rights or warrants shall not have
been allocated pursuant to any backstop commitment or any similar arrangement, the Exercise Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Warrant then in effect
shall be readjusted at the time of such expiration to the Exercise Price that would then be in
effect and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of each Warrant if no
adjustment had been made on account of such expired rights or warrants.
5.4 Issuer Tender or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any subsidiary of the Company
shall consummate a tender or exchange offer for all or any portion of the Common Stock for a
consideration per share with a Fair Market Value greater than the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock on the date such tender or exchange offer is first publicly announced (the Announcement
Date), the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the expiration date for such tender
or exchange offer shall be reduced immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying
such Exercise Price by the quotient of (x) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the
Announcement Date minus the Premium Per Post-Tender Share divided by (y) the Fair Market Value of
the Common Stock on the Announcement Date. In such event, the number
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of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant as in effect immediately
prior to such expiration date shall be increased immediately thereafter to the amount determined by
multiplying such number by the quotient of (x) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the adjustment contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence divided by (y) the new Exercise
Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. As used in this
Section 5.4 with respect to any tender or exchange offer, Premium Per Post-Tender
Share means the quotient of (x) the amount by which the aggregate Fair Market Value of the
consideration paid in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the aggregate Fair Market Value on the
Announcement Date of the shares of Common Stock purchased therein divided by (y) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the expiration date for such tender
or exchange offer (after giving pro forma effect to the purchase of shares being purchased in the
tender or exchange offer).
5.5 Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. Any
recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of all or
substantially all of the Companys assets or other transaction, which in each case is effected in
such a way that the shares of Common Stock are converted into the right to receive (either directly
or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities, other equity interests or assets (including
cash) with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock is referred to herein as
Organic Change. Prior to the consummation of any Organic Change, the Company shall make
appropriate provision to ensure that each of the Holders shall thereafter have the right to acquire
and receive, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the Common Stock immediately
theretofore acquirable and receivable upon the exercise of such Holders Warrants, (x) in the case
of a Mixed Consideration Merger, the Public Stock issued in such Mixed Consideration Merger and (y)
in the case of any other Organic Change, such stock, securities, other equity interests or assets,
in each case as may be issued or payable in connection with the Organic Change with respect to or
in exchange for the number of shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore acquirable and
receivable upon exercise of such Holders Warrants, for an aggregate Exercise Price per Warrant
equal to (i) in the case of a Mixed Consideration Merger, the aggregate Exercise Price per Warrant
as in effect immediately prior to such Mixed Consideration Merger times the Stock Consideration
Ratio and (ii) in the case of any other Organic Change, the aggregate Exercise Price per Warrant as
in effect immediately prior to such Organic Change. In any such case, the Company shall make
appropriate provision to insure that all of the provisions of the Warrants shall thereafter be
applicable to such stock, securities, other equity interests or assets. The Company shall not
effect any such consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets
where the Warrants will be assumed by the successor entity, unless prior to the consummation
thereof, the successor entity (if other than the Company) resulting from consolidation or merger or
the entity purchasing such assets assumes by written instrument the obligation to deliver to each
such Holder upon exercise of any Warrant, such stock, securities, equity interests or assets
(including cash) as, in accordance with Article 5, such Holder may be entitled to acquire.
This Section 5.5 shall not apply to any Warrants or Common Stock redeemed or sold in
connection with any Organic Change pursuant to Section 6.1, Section 6.2(b),
Section 6.3(a)(i) and Section 6.3(b), provided that, for the avoidance of
doubt, the adjustments set forth in this Section 5.5 shall be applicable to any Warrants
that remain outstanding pursuant to this Agreement in connection with a Public Stock Merger or
Mixed Consideration Merger (including any adjustment applicable in connection with such Public
Stock Merger or Mixed Consideration Merger).
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5.6 Other Adjustments. The Board shall make appropriate adjustments to the amount of
cash or number of shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, due upon exercise of the Warrants, as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Article 5 and to avoid
unjust or inequitable results as determined in its reasonable good faith judgment, in each case to
account for any adjustment to the Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable on exercise
of Warrants for the relevant Warrant Certificate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an
adjustment to the Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable on exercise of Warrants for
the relevant Warrant Certificate where the record date or effective date (in the case of a
subdivision or combination of the Common Stock) of the event occurs, during the period beginning
on, and including, the Exercise Date and ending on, and including, the related Settlement Date.
5.7 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of each Warrant is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall cause the Warrant
Agent promptly to mail by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder notice of such
adjustment or adjustments and shall promptly deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate of a firm
of independent public accountants selected by the Board (who may be the regular accountants
employed by the Company) setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of each Warrant after such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement in reasonable
detail of the facts requiring such adjustment and setting forth the computation by which such
adjustment was made. The Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in relying on such certificate, and
on any adjustment contained therein, and shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of such
adjustment unless and until it shall have received such certificate, and shall be under no duty or
responsibility with respect to any such certificate, except to exhibit the same from time to time,
to any Holder desiring an inspection thereof during reasonable business hours. The Warrant Agent
shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holders to determine whether any
facts exist that may require any adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock or other stock
or property issuable on exercise of the Warrants, or with respect to the nature or extent of any
such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making such adjustment or the
validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock or other stock or property
which may be issuable on exercise of the Warrants, or to investigate or confirm whether the
information contained in the above referenced certificate complies with the terms of this Agreement
or any other document. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to
make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or security
instruments or other securities or properties upon the exercise of any Warrant.
6. CHANGE OF CONTROL.
6.1 Redemption in Connection with a Change of Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control Event (other than a Public Stock Merger or Mixed Consideration Merger), at the
election of each Holder in its sole discretion by written notice to the Company or the successor to
the Company on or prior to the Exercise Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder of outstanding
Warrants as of the date of such Change of Control Event, an amount in immediately available funds
equal to the Cash Redemption Value for such Warrants, not later than the date which is ten (10)
Business Days after such Change of Control Event and the Warrants shall thereafter be extinguished.
For purposes of this Section 6.1, the Exercise Date
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shall mean (a) if the Company entered into a definitive agreement with respect to a Change of
Control Event and has provided to the Holders notice of the date on which the Change in Control
Event will become effective at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such
event, the tenth (10th) Business Day prior to such event and (b) otherwise, the fifth (5th)
Business Day following the effectiveness of the Change of Control Event. The Cash Redemption
Value for any Warrant will equal the fair value of the Warrant as of the date of such Change
of Control Event as determined by an Independent Financial Expert, by employing a valuation based
on a computation of the option value of each Warrant using the calculation methods and making the
assumptions set forth in Exhibit C. The Cash Redemption Value of the Warrants shall be due
and payable within ten (10) Business Days after the date of the applicable Change of Control Event.
If a Holder of Warrants does not elect to receive the Cash Redemption Value for such Holders
Warrants as provided by this Section 6.1, such Warrants will remain outstanding as adjusted
pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 hereof.
6.2 Public Stock Merger. (a) In connection with a Public Stock Merger, the Company
may by written notice to the Holders not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective
date of such Public Stock Merger elect to have all the unexercised Warrants remain outstanding
after the Public Stock Merger, in which case the Warrants will remain outstanding as adjusted
pursuant to Section 5.5 and the other provisions of Article 5 hereof.
(b) In the case of any Public Stock Merger with respect to which the Company does not make a
timely election as contemplated by Section 6.2(a) above, the Company shall pay within five
(5) Business Days after the effective date of such Public Stock Merger, to the Warrant Agent on
behalf of each Holder of outstanding Warrants as of the effective date of such Public Stock Merger,
an amount in cash in immediately available funds equal to the Cash Redemption Value for such
Warrants determined in accordance with Section 6.1 and the Warrants shall be terminated and
extinguished.
6.3 Mixed Consideration Merger. (a) In connection with a Mixed Consideration Merger,
the Company may by written notice to the Holders not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the
effective date of such Mixed Consideration Merger elect the following treatment with respect to
each outstanding Warrant: (i) pay to the Holder of such Warrant as of the date of such Mixed
Consideration Merger the product of the Cash Consideration Ratio multiplied by the Cash Redemption
Value for such Warrant, which amount shall be paid in immediately available funds, not later than
the date which is ten (10) Business Days after such Mixed Consideration Merger and (ii) the Warrant
shall remain outstanding after the Mixed Consideration Merger, as further adjusted pursuant to
Section 5.5 and the other provisions of Article 5. The portion of the Cash
Redemption Value of the Warrants payable pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 6.3(a)
shall be due and payable not later than the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date of the Mixed
Consideration Merger.
(b) In the case of any Mixed Consideration Merger with respect to which the Company does not
make a timely election as contemplated by Section 6.3(a) above, the Company shall pay,
within ten (10) Business Days after the effective date of such Mixed Consideration Merger, to the
Warrant Agent on behalf of each Holder of outstanding Warrants as of the effective date of such
Mixed Consideration Merger, an amount in cash in immediately
available funds equal to the Cash Redemption Value for such Warrants determined in accordance
with Section 6.1 and the Warrants shall be terminated and extinguished.
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6.4 The Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to make any
of the payments required under this Article 6 unless and until it has been provided with
available cash.
7. WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS.
The Warrant Certificates shall be issued in registered form only. The Company shall cause to
be kept at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose a register in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Warrant Certificates and of transfers or exchanges of Warrant Certificates as herein provided
(the Warrant Register).
At the option of the Holder, Warrant Certificates may be exchanged at such office, and upon
payment of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, by manual or
facsimile signature, and deliver, the Warrant Certificates that the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant
Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Warrant Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Warrant Agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or otherwise satisfactory
to the Warrant Agent, properly completed and duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. Until a Warrant Certificate is transferred in the Warrant Register,
the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the person in whose name the Warrant Certificate is
registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Warrants represented thereby for all purposes,
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent will be
liable or responsible for any registration or transfer of any Warrants that are registered or to be
registered in the name of a fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Warrant Certificates. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty under this Section or any Section of
this Agreement requiring the payment of taxes and other governmental charges unless and until it is
satisfied that all such taxes and/or governmental charges have been paid. The Warrant Agent shall
be deemed satisfied if it receives a certificate from the Company stating that all required taxes
and governmental charges have been paid.
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8. WARRANT HOLDERS.
8.1 No Voting Rights. Prior to the exercise of Warrants and full payment of the
Exercise Price thereof, or in the event of Net Share Settlement, prior to the election of a Holder
for Net Share Settlement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, no Holder of a Warrant
Certificate, in respect of such Warrants, shall be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the
Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote, to consent, to exercise any preemptive
right (except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, including the subscription rights set
forth in the Investment Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreements), to receive any notice of
meetings of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter or to
receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company.
8.2 Right of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement are vested in
the Holders of the Warrants, and any Holder of Warrants, without the consent of the Warrant Agent
or the Holder of any other Warrant, may, on such Holders own behalf and for such Holders own
benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company
suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such Holders right to exercise or exchange such
Holders Warrants in the manner provided in this Agreement or any other obligation of the Company
under this Agreement.
9. WARRANT AGENT
9.1 Nature of Duties and Responsibilities Assumed. The Company hereby appoints the
Warrant Agent to act as agent of the Company as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Warrant
Agent hereby accepts such appointment as agent of the Company and agrees to perform that agency
upon the express terms and conditions herein set forth (and no implied terms), by all of which the
Company and the Holders, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound. The Warrant Agent shall not
by countersigning Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder be deemed to make any
representations as to validity or authorization of the Warrants or the Warrant Certificates (except
as to its countersignature thereon) or of any securities or other property delivered upon exercise
or tender of any Warrant, or as to the accuracy of the computation of the Exercise Price or the
number or kind or amount of stock or other securities or other property deliverable upon exercise
of any Warrant, the independence of any Independent Financial Expert or the correctness of the
representations of the Company made in such certificates that the Warrant Agent receives. The
Warrant Agent shall not have any duty to calculate or determine any adjustments with respect to the
Exercise Price and the Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in determining the
accuracy or correctness of such calculation. The Warrant Agent shall not (a) be liable for any
recital or statement of fact contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith on the belief that any Warrant
Certificate or any other documents or any signatures are genuine or properly authorized, (b) be
responsible for any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and
obligations contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates, or (c) be liable for any
act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct (as each is determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction). The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to accept instructions with respect to the
performance of its duties hereunder from the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the
Company and to apply to any such officer for instructions (which instructions will be promptly
given in writing when requested) and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable and shall be indemnified
and held harmless for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in accordance with the
instructions of any such officer, but in its discretion the Warrant Agent may in lieu thereof
accept other evidence of such or may require such further or additional evidence as it may deem
reasonable.
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The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights and powers hereby vested in it or
perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys, agents or employees,
provided reasonable care has been exercised in the selection and in the continued employment of any
such attorney, agent or employee. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation or duty to
institute, appear in or defend any action, suit or legal proceeding in respect hereof, unless first
indemnified to its satisfaction, but this provision shall not affect the power of the Warrant Agent
to take such action as the Warrant Agent may consider proper, whether with or without such
indemnity. The Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of any claim made or
action, suit or proceeding instituted against it arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
The Company will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed,
acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be
required by the Warrant Agent in order to enable it to carry out or perform its duties under this
Agreement. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of
any action taken or thing suffered by it in reliance upon any notice, direction, consent,
certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
The Warrant Agent shall act solely as agent of the Company hereunder and does not assume any
obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any of the owners or holders of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agent shall not be liable except for the failure to perform such duties as are
specifically set forth herein, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Warrant Agent, whose duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the
express provisions hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Warrant
Agents aggregate liability under this Agreement with respect to, arising from, or arising in
connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided under this
Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the
amounts paid hereunder by the Company to Warrant Agent as fees and charges, but not including
reimbursable expenses.
The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it (which may be counsel to the
Company).
Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Warrant Agent deems it
necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to
taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter may be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by a certificate signed by any authorized officer of the Company and
delivered to the Warrant Agent; and such certificate will be full authorization to the Warrant
Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Agreement in
reliance upon such certificate. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any one of the authorized
officers of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection
with its duties, and it will not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.
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The Warrant Agent will not be under any duty or responsibility to insure compliance with any
applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance, transfer or exchange
of Warrant Certificates.
The Warrant Agent shall have no duties, responsibilities or obligations as the Warrant Agent
except those which are expressly set forth herein, and in any modification or amendment hereof to
which the Warrant Agent has consented in writing, and no duties, responsibilities or obligations
shall be implied or inferred. Without limiting the foregoing, unless otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall not be subject to, nor be required to comply with, or
determine if any person or entity has complied with, the Warrant Certificate or any other agreement
between or among the parties hereto, even though reference thereto may be made in this Warrant
Agreement, or to comply with any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication,
paper or document other than as expressly set forth in this Warrant Agreement.
In the event the Warrant Agent believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in
any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by
the Warrant Agent hereunder, the Warrant Agent, may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking
any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Company or any
Holder or other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Warrant Agent
receives written instructions signed by the Company which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty
to the satisfaction of the Warrant Agent.
9.2 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent
from time to time compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in accordance with
Schedule B hereto and as the Company and the Warrant Agent may agree from time to time, and
to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable expenses and disbursements actually incurred in
connection with the preparation, delivery, negotiation, amendment, execution and administration of
this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and out of pocket expenses of its counsel),
and further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability, suit, action, proceeding, judgment, claim, settlement, cost or expense incurred without
gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, (as each is determined by a final,
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), for any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by the Warrant Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of
this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, indirectly
or directly. The Warrant Agent shall not be obligated to expend or risk its own funds or to take
any action which it believes would expose it to expense or liability or to a risk of incurring
expense or liability, unless it has been furnished with assurances of repayment or indemnity
satisfactory to it.
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9.3 Warrant Agent May Hold Company Securities. The Warrant Agent and any stockholder,
director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or
other securities of the Company or its Affiliates or become pecuniarily interested in transactions
in which the Company or its Affiliates may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the
Company or its Affiliates or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant
Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any
other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
9.4 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal
of the Warrant Agent and no appointment of a successor warrant agent shall become effective until
the acceptance of appointment by the successor warrant agent as provided herein. The Warrant Agent
may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liability hereunder (except
liability arising as a result of the Warrant Agents own gross negligence, willful misconduct or
bad faith) after giving written notice to the Company at least thirty (30) days prior to the date
such resignation will become effective. The Company shall, upon written request of Holders of a
majority of the outstanding Warrants, remove the Warrant Agent upon written notice provided at
least thirty (30) days prior to the date of such removal, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon in
like manner be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, except as aforesaid.
The Warrant Agent shall, at the Companys expense, cause to be mailed at the Companys expense (by
first-class mail, postage prepaid) to each Holder of a Warrant at his last address as shown on the
register of the Company maintained by the Warrant Agent a copy of said notice of resignation or
notice of removal, as the case may be. Upon such resignation or removal, the Person holding the
greatest number of Warrants as of the date of such event shall appoint in writing a new warrant
agent reasonably acceptable to the Company. If the Person holding the greatest number of Warrants
as of the date of such event shall fail to make such appointment within a period of twenty (20)
days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent or
after such removal, then the Company shall appoint a new warrant agent. Any new warrant agent,
whether appointed by a Holder or by the Company, shall be a reputable bank, trust company or
transfer agent doing business under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, in good
standing and having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000. The combined
capital and surplus of any such new warrant agent shall be deemed to be the combined capital and
surplus as set forth in the most recent annual report of its condition published by such warrant
agent prior to its appointment, provided that such reports are published at least annually
pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or state supervising or examining authority.
After acceptance in writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent, it shall be vested with
the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as
the Warrant Agent, without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it
shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or
deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company and shall be legally and validly
executed and delivered by the resigning or removed Warrant Agent. Not later than the effective date
of any such appointment, the Company shall give notice thereof to the resigning or removed Warrant
Agent. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 9.4(a), however, or any
defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation of the Warrant Agent
or the appointment of a new warrant agent, as the case may be.
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(b) Any Person into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent may be merged or any
Person resulting from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party or any Person to
which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all the assets and
business of the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a party, shall be a successor
Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act, provided that such Person would
be eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant Agent under the provisions of Section
9.4(a). Any such successor Warrant Agent shall promptly cause notice of succession as Warrant
Agent to be mailed (by first-class mail, postage prepaid) to each Holder of a Warrant at such
Holders last address as shown on the register of the Company maintained by the Warrant Agent.
9.5 Damages. No party to this Agreement shall be liable to any other party for any
consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages under any provision of this
Agreement or for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages arising out
of any act or failure to act hereunder even if that party has been advised of or has foreseen the
possibility of such damages.
9.6 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Warrant Agent be responsible or liable for
any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or
caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without
limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military
disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
9.7 Survival. The provisions of this Article 9 shall survive the termination
of this Warrant Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent
10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
10.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and
warrants that the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 3.1, 3.2,
3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the Investment Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreements and any other
representations and warranties made by the Company in Article III of the Investment Agreement and
Stock Purchase Agreements, in each case, to the extent relating to the authorization and issuance
of the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof, are true and
accurate in all respects and not misleading in any respect.
11. COVENANTS.
11.1 Reservation of Common Stock for Issuance on Exercise of Warrants. The Company
covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of
its authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issue upon exercise of Warrants
as herein provided, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall then be issuable upon the
exercise of all Warrants issuable hereunder plus such number of shares of Common Stock as shall
then be issuable upon the exercise of other outstanding warrants, options and rights (whether or
not vested), the settlement of any forward sale, swap or other derivative
contract, and the
conversion of all outstanding convertible securities or other instruments convertible into Common
Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock
which shall be issuable shall, upon such issue, be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable.
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11.2 Notice of Distributions. At any time when the Company declares any Distribution
on its Common Stock, it shall give notice to the Holders of all the then outstanding Warrants of
any such declaration not less than 15 days prior to the related record date for payment of the
Distribution so declared.
12. MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1 Money and Other Property Deposited with the Warrant Agent. Any moneys,
securities or other property which at any time shall be deposited by the Company or on its behalf
with the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be and are hereby assigned, transferred and
set over to the Warrant Agent in trust for the purpose for which such moneys, securities or other
property shall have been deposited; but such moneys, securities or other property need not be
segregated from other funds, securities or other property except to the extent required by law. The
Warrant Agent shall distribute any money deposited with it for payment and distribution to a Holder
to an account designated by such Holder in such amount as is appropriate. Any money deposited with
the Warrant Agent for payment and distribution to the Holders that remains unclaimed for two years
after the date the money was deposited with the Warrant Agent shall be paid to the Company. The
Warrant Agent shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by
it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement.
12.2 Payment of Taxes. The Company shall pay all transfer, stamp and other similar
taxes that may be imposed in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Warrants or in respect of
the issuance or delivery by the Company of any securities upon exercise of the Warrants with
respect thereto. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed
in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of any Warrants, certificate for shares of
Common Stock or other securities underlying the Warrants or payment of cash to any Person other
than the Holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise or purchase of a Warrant,
and in case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant Agent and the Company shall not be required to
issue any security or to pay any cash until such tax or charge has been paid or it has been
established to the Warrant Agents and the Companys satisfaction that no such tax or other charge
is due. The Company and each Initial Investor agree that neither the issuance nor exercise of the
Warrants is governed by Section 83(a) of the Code or otherwise a compensatory transaction, and the
Company agrees that it will not deduct any amount as compensation in connection with such issuance
or exercise for federal income tax purpose.
12.3 Surrender of Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exercise or
purchase shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrant
Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by the
Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued by the Company. The Warrant Agent shall destroy such
cancelled Warrant Certificates.
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12.4 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Warrant Certificates. If (a) any mutilated
Warrant Certificate is surrendered to the Warrant Agent or (b) the Company and the Warrant Agent
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Warrant
Certificate, and there is delivered to the Company and the Warrant Agent such appropriate affidavit
of loss, applicable processing fee and a corporate bond of indemnity as may be required by them and
satisfactory to them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company
or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon its written request the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver,
in exchange for any such mutilated Warrant Certificate or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and for a like aggregate number
of Warrants.
Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section 12.4, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and other expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
the Warrant Agent and of counsel to the Company) in connection therewith.
Every new Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 12.4 in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall constitute an original contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement
equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates of like tenor properly
completed and duly executed and delivered hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 12.4 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed lost
or stolen Warrant Certificates.
12.5 Removal of Legends. Certificates evidencing the Warrants and shares of Common
Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants shall not be required to contain any legend referenced
in Sections 2.1 or 3.6(e) (A) while a registration statement covering the resale of
the Warrants or the shares of Common Stock is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) following
any sale of any such Warrants or shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144, or (C) following
receipt of a legal opinion of counsel to Holder that the remaining Warrants or shares of Common
Stock held by Holder are eligible for resale without volume limitations or limitations on manner of
sale under Rule 144. In addition, the Company and the Warrant Agent will agree to the removal of
all legends with respect to Warrants or shares of Common Stock deposited with DTC from time to time
in anticipation of sale in accordance with the volume limitations and other limitations under Rule
144, subject to the Companys approval of appropriate procedures, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Following the time at which any such legend is no longer required (as provided above) for
certain Warrants or shares of Common Stock, the Company shall promptly, following the delivery by
Holder to the Warrant Agent of a legended certificate representing such Warrants or shares of
Common Stock, as applicable, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate
representing such Warrants or shares of Common Stock that is free from such legend. In the event
any of the legends referenced in Sections 2.1 or 3.6(e) are removed from any of the
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Warrants or shares of Common Stock, and thereafter the effectiveness of a registration statement
covering such Warrants or shares of Common Stock is suspended or the Company determines that a
supplement or amendment thereto is required by applicable securities Laws, then the Company may
require that such legends, as applicable, be placed on any such applicable Warrants or shares of
Common Stock that cannot then be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or under Rule
144 and Holder shall cooperate in the replacement of such legend. Such legend shall thereafter be
removed when such Warrants or shares of Common Stock may again be sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement or under Rule 144.
12.6 Notices. (a) Any notice, demand or delivery authorized by this Agreement shall
be sufficiently given or made when mailed if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to any Holder of a Warrant at such Holders address shown on the register of the Company maintained
by the Warrant Agent and to the Company or the Warrant Agent as follows:
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(b) Any notice required to be given by the Company to the Holders pursuant to this Agreement,
shall be made by mailing by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Holders at their
respective addresses shown on the register of the Company maintained by the Warrant Agent. The
Company hereby irrevocably authorizes the Warrant Agent, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, to mail any such notice upon receipt thereof from the Company. Any notice that is mailed
in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given when mailed,
whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
12.7 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder
and all rights arising hereunder shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.
In connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the Warrants, the parties hereto and each Holder irrevocably submit to (i) the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York until the
chapter 11 cases of General Growth Properties, Inc. and its Affiliates are closed, and (ii) the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court located within the County of New York,
State of New York.
12.8 Persons Benefiting. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent, and their respective successors, assigns,
beneficiaries, executors and administrators, and the Holders from time to time of the Warrants.
The Holders of the Warrants are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and each such
Holder of Warrants is hereby conferred the benefits, rights and remedies under or by reason of the
provisions of this Agreement as if a signatory hereto. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to confer upon any Person, other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the
Holders of the Warrants, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or any
part hereof.
12.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
or which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same
instrument.
12.10 Amendments. (a) The Company and the Warrant Agent may from time to time
supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any Holder in order to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with regard to
matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary
or desirable and, in each case, which shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder.
(b) In addition to the foregoing, with the consent of the Supermajority Holders, the Company
and the Warrant Agent may modify this Agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Warrant Agreement or modifying
in any manner the rights of the Holders hereunder; provided, however, that no
modification effecting the terms upon which the Warrants are
exercisable, redeemable or transferable, or reduction in the percentage required for consent to modification of this
Agreement, may be made without the consent of each Holder affected thereby.
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12.11 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction
of any of the provisions hereof.
12.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict, discrepancy, or ambiguity
between the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and any schedules or attachments
hereto, the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall take precedence.
12.13 Specific Performance. The parties shall be entitled to specific performance of
the terms of this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives (i) any defenses in any
action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate and
(ii) any requirement under any Law to post a bond or other security as a prerequisite to obtaining
equitable relief.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed,
as of the day and year first above written.
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[Signature Page to THHC Warrant Agreement]
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
THESE WARRANTS AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE
WARRANTS AND SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER
_____, 2010 BETWEEN THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION (THE
COMPANY) AND MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, WARRANT AGENT. A COPY OF SUCH WARRANT
AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
OF THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
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Certificate for Series A-1 Warrants |
This certifies that [HOLDER], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the
number of Series A-1 Warrants set forth above. Each Series A-1 Warrant entitles the holder thereof
(a Holder), subject to the provisions contained herein and in the Warrant Agreement
referred to below, to purchase from THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION (the Company) a number
of shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 (Common Stock), equal to $50.00
divided by the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement referred to below), for a price
per share of Common Stock equal to the Exercise Price.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement, dated
as of November
_____, 2010 (the Warrant Agreement), between the Company and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as warrant agent (the Warrant
Agent, which term includes any successor Warrant Agent under the Warrant Agreement), and is
subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions the Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Warrant
Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. Reference is hereby
made to the Warrant Agreement for a full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders of
the Warrants.
This Warrant Certificate shall terminate and be void as of the close of business on November
_____, 2017 (the Expiration Date).
As provided in the Warrant Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions therein set
forth, the Series A-1 Warrants shall be exercisable from time to time on any Business Day and
ending on the Expiration Date.
The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each
Series A-1 Warrant are subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
All shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company upon the exercise of Series A-1 Warrants
shall, upon such issue, be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
In order to exercise a Series A-1 Warrant, the registered holder hereof must surrender this
Warrant Certificate at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, with the Exercise
Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed by the Holder hereof, with signature
guaranteed as therein specified, together with any required payment in full of the Exercise Price
(unless the Holder shall have elected Net Share Settlement, as such term is defined in the Warrant
Agreement) then in effect for the shares(s) of Underlying Common Stock as to which the Series A-1
Warrant(s) represented by this Warrant Certificate are submitted for exercise, all subject to the
terms and conditions hereof and of the Warrant Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer, stamp and other similar taxes that may be imposed in
respect of the issuance or delivery of the Series A-1 Warrants or in respect of the issuance or
delivery by the Company of any securities upon exercise of the Series A-1 Warrants with respect
thereto. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in
connection with any transfer involved in the issue of any Series A-1 Warrants, certificate for
shares of Common Stock or other securities underlying the Series A-1 Warrants or payment of cash in
each case to any Person other than the Holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the
exercise or purchase of a Series A-1 Warrant, and in case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant
Agent and the Company shall not be required to issue any security or to pay any cash until such tax
or charge has been paid or it has been established to the Warrant Agents and the Companys
satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.
This Warrant Certificate and all rights hereunder are transferable by the registered holder
hereof, subject to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, in whole or in part, on the register of the
Company, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of
the Warrant Agent maintained for such purpose in the City of New York, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with
signature guaranteed as specified in the attached Form of Assignment. Upon any partial transfer,
the Company will issue and deliver to such holder a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates with
respect to any portion not so transferred.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
the Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Subject to compliance with any restrictions on transfer under applicable law and this Warrant
Agreement, each taker and holder of this Warrant Certificate by taking or holding the same,
consents and agrees that this Warrant Certificate when duly endorsed in blank shall be deemed
negotiable and that when this Warrant Certificate shall have been so endorsed, the holder hereof
may be treated by the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other Persons dealing
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with this Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the Person
entitled to exercise the rights represented hereby, or to the transfer hereof on the register of
the Company maintained by the Warrant Agent, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding, but until
such transfer on such register, the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered Holder
hereof as the owner for all purposes.
This Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement are subject to amendment as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate that are defined in the Warrant Agreement shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.
Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Company and the Warrant Agent
and may be obtained by writing to the Company or the Warrant Agent at the following address: Mellon
Investor Services LLC, 200 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1590, Chicago, IL 60606.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it shall have been
countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
Dated: November ____, 2010
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REVERSE OF SERIES A-1 WARRANT CERTIFICATE
EXERCISE SUBSCRIPTION FORM
(To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant)
To:
The undersigned irrevocably exercises of the Series A-1 Warrants for
the purchase of one share (subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement) of
common stock, par value $0.01, of The Howard Hughes Corporation for each Series A-1 Warrant
represented by the Warrant Certificate and herewith (i) elects for Net Share Settlement of such
Series A-1 Warrants by marking X in the space that follows
_____, or (ii) makes payment of
$ (such payment being by means permitted by the Warrant Agreement and the within
Warrant Certificate), in each case at the Exercise Price and on the terms and conditions specified
in the within Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement therein referred to, and herewith
surrenders this Warrant Certificate and all right, title and interest therein to
and directs that the shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise
of such Series A-1 Warrants be registered in the name and delivered at the address specified below.
Date
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The signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Warrant
Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and
must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee
level acceptable to the Companys transfer agent. |
Securities to be issued to:
Please insert social security or identifying number:
Name:
Street Address:
City, State and Zip Code:
Any unexercised Series A-1 Warrants evidenced by the within Warrant Certificate to be issued to:
Please insert social security or identifying number:
Name:
Street Address:
City, State and Zip Code:
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
THESE WARRANTS AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE
WARRANTS AND SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER
_____, 2010 BETWEEN THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION (THE
COMPANY) AND MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, WARRANT AGENT. A COPY OF SUCH WARRANT
AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
OF THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
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This certifies that [HOLDER], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the
number of Series A-2 Warrants set forth above. Each Series A-2 Warrant entitles the holder thereof
(a Holder), subject to the provisions contained herein and in the Warrant Agreement
referred to below, to purchase from THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION (the Company) by means
of Net Share Settlement (as defined in the Warrant Agreement defined below) a number of shares of
the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 (Common Stock), equal to $50.00 divided by
the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement referred to below), for a price per share
of Common Stock equal to the Exercise Price.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement, dated
as of November
_____, 2010 (the Warrant Agreement), between the Company and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as warrant agent (the Warrant
Agent, which term includes any successor Warrant Agent under the Warrant Agreement), and is
subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions the Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Warrant
Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. Reference is hereby
made to the Warrant Agreement for a full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders of
the Warrants.
This Warrant Certificate shall terminate and be void as of the close of business on November
_____, 2017 (the Expiration Date).
As provided in the Warrant Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions therein set
forth, the Series A-2 Warrants shall be exercisable from time to time on any Business Day and
ending on the Expiration Date.
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The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each
Series A-2 Warrant are subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
All shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company upon the exercise of Series A-2 Warrants
shall, upon such issue, be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
In order to exercise a Series A-2 Warrant, the registered holder hereof must surrender this
Warrant Certificate at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, with the Exercise
Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed by the Holder hereof, with signature
guaranteed as therein specified, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Warrant
Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer, stamp and other similar taxes that may be imposed in
respect of the issuance or delivery of the Series A-2 Warrants or in respect of the issuance or
delivery by the Company of any securities upon exercise of the Series A-2 Warrants with respect
thereto. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in
connection with any transfer involved in the issue of any Series A-2 Warrants, certificate for
shares of Common Stock or other securities underlying the Series A-2 Warrants or payment of cash in
each case to any Person other than the Holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the
exercise or purchase of a Series A-2 Warrant, and in case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant
Agent and the Company shall not be required to issue any security or to pay any cash until such tax
or charge has been paid or it has been established to the Warrant Agents and the Companys
satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.
This Warrant Certificate and all rights hereunder are transferable by the registered holder
hereof, subject to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, in whole or in part, on the register of the
Company, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of
the Warrant Agent maintained for such purpose in the City of New York, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with
signature guaranteed as specified in the attached Form of Assignment. Upon any partial transfer,
the Company will issue and deliver to such holder a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates with
respect to any portion not so transferred.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
the Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Subject to compliance with any restrictions on transfer under applicable law and this Warrant
Agreement, each taker and holder of this Warrant Certificate by taking or holding the same,
consents and agrees that this Warrant Certificate when duly endorsed in blank shall be deemed
negotiable and that when this Warrant Certificate shall have been so endorsed, the holder hereof
may be treated by the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other Persons dealing with this Warrant
Certificate as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the Person entitled to exercise the
rights represented hereby, or to the transfer hereof on the register of the Company maintained by
the Warrant Agent, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding, but until
such transfer on such register, the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered
Holder hereof as the owner for all purposes.
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This Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement are subject to amendment as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate that are defined in the Warrant Agreement shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.
Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Company and the Warrant Agent
and may be obtained by writing to the Company or the Warrant Agent at the following address: Mellon
Investor Services LLC, 200 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1590, Chicago, IL 60606.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until it shall have been
countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
Dated: November ____, 2010
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THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION
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Countersigned:
Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Warrant Agent
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REVERSE OF SERIES A-2 WARRANT CERTIFICATE
EXERCISE SUBSCRIPTION FORM
(To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant)
To:
The undersigned irrevocably exercises of the Series A-2 Warrants for
the purchase of one share (subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement) of
common stock, par value $0.01, of The Howard Hughes Corporation for each Series A-2 Warrant
represented by the Warrant Certificate by means of Net Share Settlement of such Series A-2
Warrants, at the Exercise Price and on the terms and conditions specified in the within Warrant
Certificate and the Warrant Agreement therein referred to, and herewith surrenders this Warrant
Certificate and all right, title and interest therein to and directs that
the shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of such Series A-2 Warrants be registered
in the name and delivered at the address specified below.
Date
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The signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Warrant
Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and
must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee
level acceptable to the Companys transfer agent. |
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Securities to be issued to:
Please insert social security or identifying number:
Name:
Street Address:
City, State and Zip Code:
Any unexercised Series A-2 Warrants evidenced by the within Warrant Certificate to be issued to:
Please insert social security or identifying number:
Name:
Street Address:
City, State and Zip Code:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder of the within Warrant Certificate hereby
sells, assigns, and transfers unto the Assignee(s) named below (including the undersigned with
respect to any Warrants constituting a part of the Warrants evidenced by the within Warrant
Certificate not being assigned hereby) all of the right of the undersigned under the within Warrant
Certificate, with respect to the number of Warrants set forth below:
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and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the undersigneds attorney to
make such transfer on the books of maintained for that purpose, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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The signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Warrant
Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and
must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee
level acceptable to the Companys transfer agent. |
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EXHIBIT C
Option Pricing Assumptions / Methodology
For the purpose of this Exhibit C:
Acquiror means (A) the third party that has entered into definitive document for a
transaction, or (B) the offeror in the event of a tender or exchange offer.
Reference Date means the date of consummation of a Change of Control Event.
The Cash Redemption Value of the Warrants shall be determined using the Black-Scholes Model as
applied to third party options (i.e., options issued by a third party that is not affiliated with
the issuer of the underlying stock). For purposes of the model, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below:
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(1) that is a fixed exchange ratio transaction, a fixed
value transaction where as a result of a cap, floor,
collar or similar mechanism the number of Acquirors
shares to be paid per share of Common Stock to the
Companys stockholders in the transaction is greater or
less than it would otherwise have been or a transaction
that is not otherwise described in this clause (B)(1) or
clause (B)(2) below, the product of (i) the Fair Market
Value of the Acquirors common stock on the day preceding
the date of the Preliminary Change of Control Event and
(ii) the number of Acquirors shares per share of Common
Stock to be paid to the Companys stockholders in the
transaction (provided that the Independent Financial
Expert shall make appropriate adjustments to the Fair
Market Value of the Acquirors common stock referred to
above as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
intent of this Exhibit C and to avoid unjust or
inequitable results as determined in its reasonable good
faith judgment, in each case to account for any event
impacting the Acquirors common stock that is analogous to
any of the events described in Article V of this Agreement
if the record date, ex date or effective date of that
event occurs during or after the 10 trading day period
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clause (B)(1) above, the value per share of Common Stock
to be paid to the Companys stockholders in the
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(3) any other forms of consideration shall be valued by
the Independent Financial Expert valuing the Warrants,
using one or more valuation methods that the Independent
Financial Expert in its best professional judgment
determines to be most appropriate, assuming such
consideration (if securities) is fully distributed and is
to be sold in an arms-length transaction and there was no
compulsion on the part of any party to such sale to buy or
sell and taking into account all relevant factors and
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events, the Fair Market Value per share of the Common
Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of the
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Interest Rate:
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The annual yield as of the Reference Date (expressed on a
semi-annual basis in the manner in which U.S. treasury
notes are ordinarily quoted) of the U.S. treasury note
maturing approximately at the Expiration Date as selected
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Put or Call:
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For calculation of Cash Redemption Value in connection
with a Change of Control Event with respect to the
Warrants, the lesser of (A) 30% or (B) the volatility of
the Company as determined by an Independent Financial
Expert engaged to make the calculation, who shall be
instructed to assume for purposes of the determination of
volatility referred to in this clause (B) that the Change
of Control Event had not occurred; provided, however, that
if the Warrants are adjusted as a result of a Change of
Control Event, volatility for purposes of calculating Cash
Redemption Value in connection with succeeding Change of
Control Events with respect to such warrants (or their
successors) shall be as determined by an Independent
Financial Expert engaged to make the calculation, who
shall be instructed to assume for purposes of the
calculation that such succeeding Change of Control Event
had not occurred. |
Such valuation of the Warrant shall not be discounted in any way.
For illustrative purposes only, an example Black-Scholes model calculation with respect to a
hypothetical warrant appears on the following page.
Illustrative Example
Inputs:
S = Underlying Security Price
X = Exercise Price
PV(X) = Present value of the Exercise Price, discounted at a rate of R = X * (e^-(R * T))
V = Volatility
R = continuously compounded risk free rate = 2 * [ ln (1 + Interest Rate / 2) ]
T = Time to Expiration
W = warrant value per underlying share
Z = number of shares underlying warrants
Value = total warrant value
Formulaic inputs:
D1 = [ ln [ S / X ] + (R + (V^2 / 2)) * T)] ÷ (V * ÖT)
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= [ ln [ S / X ] + (R - (V^2 / 2)) * T)] ÷ (V * ÖT)
Black-Scholes Formula
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= [N(D1) * S] - [N(D2) * PV(X)]
Where N is the cumulative normal probability function
Value = W * Z
Example of a Hypothetical Warrant:1
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Inputs:
Interest Rate = 4.00%
S = $50.00
X = $60.00
PV(X) = $55.43
V = 25%
R = 3.96%
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SCHEDULE
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ALLOCATIONS OF WARRANTS TO INITIAL INVESTORS
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Blackstone Purchaser |
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333,333 Series A-1 Warrants |
Brookfield Purchaser |
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3,833,333 Series A-1 Warrants |
Fairholme Purchasers |
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1,916,667 Series A-2 Warrants |
Pershing Square Purchasers |
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SCHEDULE
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WARRANT AGENT COMPENSATION
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(window items, deficient items, correspondence items, legal
items, items not providing a taxpayer identification number,
Transfer Requests, etc), additional each |
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25.00 |
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1,000.00 |
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Special Services |
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Additional |
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Out of Pocket Expenses |
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Additional |
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Including Postage, Printing, Stationery, Overtime, Transportation, Microfilming, Imprinting, Mailing, etc. |
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Exhibit 99.7
Exhibit 99.7
Exhibit 99.7Trading Data
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Name |
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Trade Date |
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Buy/Sell |
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No. of Shares / Quantity |
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Unit Cost |
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Strike Price |
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Trade Amount |
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Security |
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Expiration Date |
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Pershing Square, L.P. |
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November 9, 2010 |
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Buy |
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1,072,854 |
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$ |
47.62 |
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N/A |
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$ |
51,088,286 |
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Common Stock |
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N/A |
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Pershing Square, L.P. |
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November 9, 2010 |
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Buy |
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1,696,188 |
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$ |
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$ |
50.00 |
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$ |
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Warrant |
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November 9, 2017 |
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Name |
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Trade Date |
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Buy/Sell |
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No. of Shares / Quantity |
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Unit Cost |
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Strike Price |
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Trade Amount |
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Security |
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Expiration Date |
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Pershing Square II, L.P. |
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November 9, 2010 |
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Buy |
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3,092 |
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$ |
47.62 |
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N/A |
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$ |
147,238 |
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Common Stock |
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N/A |
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Pershing Square II, L.P. |
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November 9, 2010 |
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Buy |
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4,888 |
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$ |
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$ |
50.00 |
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$ |
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Warrant |
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November 9, 2017 |
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Name |
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Trade Date |
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Buy/Sell |
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No. of Shares / Quantity |
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Unit Cost |
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Strike Price |
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Trade Amount |
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Security |
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Expiration Date |
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Pershing Square International, Ltd. * |
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November 9, 2010 |
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Buy |
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136,363 |
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$ |
47.62 |
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N/A |
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$ |
6,493,476 |
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Common Stock |
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N/A |
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Pershing Square International, Ltd. * |
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November 9, 2010 |
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Buy |
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215,591 |
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$ |
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$ |
50.00 |
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$ |
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Warrant |
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November 9, 2017 |
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* |
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Includes securities held by Pershing Square International, Ltd.s wholly owned subsidiary PSRH, Inc. |