SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 15, 2005

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

33-11491

 

34-1755769

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

115 WEST WASHINGTON STREET

 

 

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

 

46204

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  317.636.1600

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

ITEM 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On November 15, 2005, Simon Property Group, L.P. (“SPG LP”) issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% Notes due 2011 (the “2011 Notes”) and $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes” and together with the 2011 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to a sixteenth supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee, relating to the Notes.  The Notes were sold in a private placement (i) to “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and (ii) outside the United States to persons who are not “U.S. persons” (as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act) in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.  A copy of the Supplemental Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  For a description of the material terms of the Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, see the information set forth below under Item 2.03, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

 

ITEM 2.03  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The 2011 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.375% per annum and mature on June 1, 2011.  The 2015 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.750% per annum and mature on December 1, 2015.  Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 each year, beginning on June 1, 2006, to holders of record of such Notes registered at the close of business on May 17 or November 16, respectively, preceding such interest payment date.

 

The Supplemental Indenture contains certain financial covenants that, among other things, (i) limit the amount of debt and secured debt that SPG LP may have outstanding as of certain dates, and (ii) requires SPG LP to maintain certain fixed charge coverage ratios and unencumbered assets.  However, these covenants will not apply to the Notes for so long as any securities issued under prior supplemental indentures remain outstanding or until the covenants in the prior supplemental indentures have been amended.  Until such time, the covenants applicable to all currently outstanding securities issued under prior supplemental indentures will apply to the Notes.

 

SPG LP may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time on not less than 30 and not more than 60 days’ prior written notice mailed to the holders of the Notes to be redeemed.  The Notes will be redeemable at a price equal to the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption and, unless redeemed within 90 days of the maturity date, a “make-whole” premium calculated under the Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Supplemental Indenture provides for customary events of default, including, among other things, nonpayment, failure to comply with the other agreements in the Supplemental Indenture for a period of 90 days, and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization.

 

Under the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 15, 2005, SPG LP has agreed to register notes having substantially identical terms as the Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an offer to exchange freely tradable exchange notes for the Notes.  Under the Registration Rights Agreement, if SPG LP fails to satisfy certain filing and other obligations with respect to the exchange, SPG LP will be obligated to pay an additional

 

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annual interest rate on the Notes of 0.25% per annum.  Such additional interest would cease to accrue once such default is remedied.

 

The description set forth above is qualified in its entirety by the Supplemental Indenture (including the form of notes attached thereto) and the Registration Rights Agreement filed herewith as exhibits.

 

A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and incorporated herein by reference.  A press release issued by Simon Property Group, Inc., the general partner of  SPG LP, on November 15, 2005 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

Sixteenth Supplemental to the Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 between Simon Property Group, L.P. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to the Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee.

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2005, among Simon Property Group, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and the other initial purchasers referenced therein.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press release dated November 15, 2005.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

 

Dated: November 15, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Simon Property Group, Inc., General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen E. Sterrett

 

 

 

 

Stephen E. Sterrett

 

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP

 

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

ISSUER

TO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

TRUSTEE



SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 2005



$500,000,000  5.375% NOTES due 2011

$600,000,000  5.75% NOTES due 2015

 

SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE,
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 26, 1996,
BETWEEN
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
AND
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(AS SUCCESSOR TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK),
AS TRUSTEE

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS, CREATION, FORMS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES

 

SECTION 1.01. Definitions

 

SECTION 1.02. Creation of the Notes

 

SECTION 1.03. Form of the Notes

 

SECTION 1.04. Terms and Conditions of the 2011 Notes

 

SECTION 1.05. Terms and Conditions of the 2015 Notes

 

ARTICLE II

COVENANTS FOR BENEFIT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES; EVENTS AND NOTICE OF DEFAULT

 

SECTION 2.01. Covenants for Benefit of Holders of Notes

 

SECTION 2.02. Definitions

 

SECTION 2.03. Events of Default

 

SECTION 2.04. Notice of Defaults

 

ARTICLE III

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

SECTION 3.01. Registration Rights Agreement

 

SECTION 3.02. Special Interest Premium

 

SECTION 3.03. Legend

 

ARTICLE IV

TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

 

SECTION 4.01. Transfer and Exchange

 

ARTICLE V

LEGENDS

 

SECTION 5.01. Legends

 

ARTICLE VI

TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 6.01. Corporate Trust Office

 

SECTION 6.02. Recitals

 

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 7.01. Ratification of Original Indenture

 

SECTION 7.02. Effect of Headings

 

SECTION 7.03. Successors and Assigns

 

SECTION 7.04. Separability Clause

 

SECTION 7.05. Governing Law

 

SECTION 7.06. Counterparts

 

 

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EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

Form of Initial Restricted Global Note

 

EXHIBIT B

Form of Initial Regulation S Global Note

 

EXHIBIT C

Form of Initial Certificated Note

 

EXHIBIT D

Form of Exchange Global Note

 

EXHIBIT E

Form of Exchange Certificated Note

 

 

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SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 15, 2005 (the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”), between SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P. (formerly known as Simon DeBartolo Group, L.P.), a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer” or the “Operating Partnership”), having its principal offices at National City Center, 115 West Washington Street, Suite 15 East, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer and Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership acting as a guarantor (the “Guarantor”), executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 26, 1996 (the “Original Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of debt securities evidencing unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer;

 

WHEREAS, on December 31, 1997 the Guarantor was merged into the Issuer as contemplated under the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer changed its name from “Simon DeBartolo Group, L.P.” to “Simon Property Group, L.P.” effective as of September 24, 1998;

 

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Issuer may create one or more series of its debt securities and establish the form and terms and conditions thereof;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer intends by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the following series of debt securities (the “Initial Notes”):

 

(i)                                     Simon Property Group, L.P. 5.375% Notes due 2011 (the “Initial 2011 Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000; and

 

(ii)                                  Simon Property Group, L.P. 5.75% Notes due 2015 (the “Initial 2015 Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer further intends by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for, if and when issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement (defined below), the following additional series of debt securities (the “Exchange Notes”):

 

(i)                                     Simon Property Group, L.P. 5.375% Notes due 2011 (the “Exchange 2011 Notes,” and together with the Initial 2011 Notes, the “2011 Notes”), in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500,000,000; and

 

(ii)                                  Simon Property Group, L.P. 5.75% Notes due 2015 (the “Exchange 2015 Notes,” and together with the Initial 2015 Notes, the “2015 Notes”), in an aggregate principal amount of up to $600,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Simon Property Group, Inc., the general partner of the Issuer, has approved the creation of the Notes and the forms, terms and conditions thereof pursuant to Sections 301 and 1701 of the Original Indenture; and

 



 

WHEREAS, all actions required to be taken under the Original Indenture with respect to this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture have been taken.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS, CREATION, FORMS AND
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES

 

SECTION 1.01.                 Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Indenture.  Certain terms, used principally in Article II of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, are defined in that Article.  In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined:

 

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

 

Clearstream Banking” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, its successors and assigns.

 

Closing Date” means November 15, 2005.

 

Dollar” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their successors and assigns.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, its successors and assigns.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Exchange Certificated Notes” means a note in definitive, fully registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

 

Exchange Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Operating Partnership to exchange all of the Initial Notes of a series for Exchange Notes of the same series.

 

Exchange Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03(e).

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

Exchange 2011 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Exchange 2015 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Global Notes” means the Initial Global Notes and the Exchange Global Notes.

 

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Indenture” means the Original Indenture as supplemented by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Initial Certificated Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03(d).

 

Initial Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03(c).

 

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Initial 2011 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Initial 2015 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.

 

Initial Regulation S Global Note” means a single fully registered global note in book-entry form, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

Initial Restricted Global Note” means a single fully registered global note in book-entry form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institutional “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

 

Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value, as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment, of each Dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of each such dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate, determined on the third Business Day preceding the date notice of such redemption or accelerated payment is given, from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, to the date of redemption or accelerated payment, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or accelerated.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person that is not a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S, and includes dealers or other professional fiduciaries in the United States acting on a discretionary basis for foreign beneficial owners (other than an estate or trust) in offshore transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S.

 

Notes” means the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.

 

Operating Partnership” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Original Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Prior Supplemental Indentures” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

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Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated November 8, 2005 between the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers.

 

QIB” means a qualified institutional buyer, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 15, 2005, between the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

Reinvestment Rate” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the yield on treasury securities at a constant maturity corresponding to the remaining life (as of the date of redemption or accelerated payment, and rounded to the nearest month) to Stated Maturity of the principal being redeemed (the “Treasury Yield”) as stated in such Notes, plus (i) 0.20%, in the case of the 2011 Notes or (ii) 0.25%, in the case of the 2015 Notes.  For purposes hereof, the Treasury Yield shall be equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields published in the Statistical Release under the heading “Week Ending” for “U.S. Government Securities — Treasury Constant Maturities” with a maturity equal to such remaining life; provided, that if no published maturity exactly corresponds to such remaining life, then the Treasury Yield shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the arithmetic means of the yields for the next shortest and next longest published maturities, rounding each of such relevant periods to the nearest month.  For purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.  If the format or content of the Statistical Release changes in a manner that precludes determination of the Treasury Yield in the above manner, then the Treasury Yield shall be determined in the manner that most closely approximates the above manner, as reasonably determined by the Operating Partnership.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

 

Special Interest Premium has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

 

Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any required determination, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Operating Partnership.

 

Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

2011 Interest Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c).

 

2015 Interest Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05(c).

 

2011 Notes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

2015 Notes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

2011 Redemption Price has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(f).

 

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2015 Redemption Price has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05(f).

 

2011 Regular Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c).

 

2015 Regular Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05(c).

 

SECTION 1.02.                 Creation of the Notes.

 

(a)                                  Initial Notes.  In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates each of the Initial 2011 Notes and the Initial 2015 Notes as a separate series of its securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.  The Initial 2011 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 and the Initial 2015 Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000, except as permitted by Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Exchange Notes.  In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates each of the Exchange Notes as a separate series of its securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.  Each series of the Exchange Notes is to be issued in exchange for the corresponding series of the Initial Notes as provided in this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement.  The Exchange 2011 Notes may be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500,000,000 (but in no event in excess of the principal amount of the Initial 2011 Notes tendered in exchange therefor in an Exchange Offer), except as permitted by Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.  The Exchange 2015 Notes may be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of up to $600,000,000 (but in no event in excess of the principal amount of the Initial 2015 Notes tendered in exchange therefor in an Exchange Offer), except as permitted by Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.

 

SECTION 1.03.                 Form of the Notes.

 

(a)                                  The Initial Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B or Exhibit C hereto, as applicable, and the Exchange Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit D or Exhibit E hereto, as applicable.

 

(b)                                 Initial Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A as provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued in book-entry form and shall be represented by a single, permanent global note in fully registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and shall bear the legends set forth in Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(b) (the “Initial Restricted Global Note”).  Upon issuance, the Initial Restricted Global Note shall be registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as nominee of DTC, duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee and deposited with or on behalf of DTC.

 

(c)                                  Initial Notes offered and sold to Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S as provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued in book-entry form and shall be represented by a single, permanent global note in definitive, fully registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto and shall bear the legends set forth in Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(b) (the “Initial Regulation S Global Note,” and together with the Initial Restricted Global Note, the “Initial Global Notes”).  Upon issuance, the Initial Regulation S Global Note shall be registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as nominee for DTC, duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee and deposited with or on behalf of DTC for the accounts of Euroclear or Clearstream Banking.  Interests in the Initial Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream Banking.

 

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(d)                                 Initial Notes offered and sold to Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs or Non-U.S. Persons as provided in the Purchase Agreement shall be issued in definitive, fully registered certificated form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto and shall bear the legends set forth in Section 5.01(a) hereof (the “Initial Certificated Notes”).  Upon issuance, any such Initial Certificated Note or the transfer thereof shall be duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee.  Upon the registration of the transfer of any Initial Certificated Note to a QIB or Non-U.S. Person, such Initial Certificated Note shall be exchanged for a beneficial interest in the applicable Initial Global Note.  Except as provided in Section 4.01(b), interests in an Initial Global Note may not be exchanged for Initial Certificated Notes and the Operating Partnership waives any discretionary right it may otherwise have to cause the Notes to be issued in certificated form.

 

(e)                                  In the event all or a portion of the Initial Notes of any series are tendered in an Exchange Offer, such Notes or the portions thereof being exchanged shall be exchanged for a single, permanent global note in definitive, fully registered form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (the “Exchange Global Notes”) and shall bear the legends set forth in Section 5.01(c) hereof.  Upon issuance, each Exchange Global Note shall be registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as nominee of DTC, duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee and deposited with or on behalf of DTC.  Except as provided in Section 4.01(b), Exchange Certificated Notes shall not be issued and the Operating Partnership waives any discretionary right it may otherwise have to cause the Notes to be issued in certificated form.

 

SECTION 1.04.                 Terms and Conditions of the 2011 Notes.  The 2011 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.  In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2011 Notes:

 

(a)                                  Title and Aggregate Principal Amount.  The title of the Initial 2011 Notes and the Exchange 2011 Notes shall be as specified in the Recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the Initial 2011 Notes and the Exchange 2011 Notes shall be as specified in Section 1.02 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, except as permitted by Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Stated Maturity.  The 2011 Notes shall mature, and the unpaid principal thereon shall be payable, on June 1, 2011, subject to the provisions of the Original Indenture.

 

(c)                                  Interest.  The rate per annum at which interest shall be payable on the 2011 Notes shall be 5.375%.  Interest on the 2011 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 1 and December 1, commencing on June 1, 2006 (each, a “2011 Interest Payment Date”), and on the Stated Maturity as specified in Section 1.04(b) of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, to the Persons in whose names the applicable 2011 Notes are registered in the Security Register applicable to the 2011 Notes at the close of business on the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (each, a “2011 Regular Record Date”).  Interest on the 2011 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Interest on the 2011 Notes shall accrue from November 15, 2005.

 

If an Initial 2011 Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Regular Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such 2011 Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of the Exchange 2011 Note(s) issued in exchange for such Initial 2011 Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange 2011 Note(s) to the Holder or Holders of such Exchange 2011 Note(s) on the first Regular Record Date with respect to such Exchange 2011 Note(s).  If such Initial 2011 Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent to the Regular Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such

 

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Initial 2011 Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchange 2011 Note(s) issued in exchange for such Initial 2011 Note, through the day before such Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Initial 2011 Note on such Regular Record Date.

 

(d)                                 Registration Rights.  The Holders of the Initial 2011 Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, as described in Article III hereof.

 

(e)                                  Special Interest Premium.  If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, then a Special Interest Premium shall become payable in respect of the 2011 Notes as provided in Article III hereof.

 

(f)                                    Sinking Fund, Redemption or Repayment.  No sinking fund shall be provided for the 2011 Notes and the 2011 Notes shall not be repayable at the option of the Holders thereof prior to Stated Maturity.  The 2011 Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2011 Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such 2011 Notes (collectively, the “2011 Redemption Price”), all in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of the Original Indenture.

 

If the 2011 Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Stated Maturity of the 2011 Notes, the 2011 Redemption Price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.

 

If notice of redemption has been given as provided in the Original Indenture and funds for the redemption of any 2011 Notes called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such 2011 Notes shall cease to bear interest on the Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of the 2011 Notes from and after the Redemption Date shall be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such 2011 Notes in accordance with such notice.

 

(g)                                 Registration and Form.  The 2011 Notes shall be issuable as Registered Securities as provided in Section 1.03 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.  Initial 2011 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 ($100,000 for Institutional Accredited Investors) and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Exchange 2011 Notes shall be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 ($100,000 for Institutional Accredited Investors) and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  All payments of principal and interest in respect of the 2011 Notes shall be made by the Issuer in immediately available funds.

 

(h)                                 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.  The provisions for defeasance in Section 1402 of the Original Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance (which provisions shall apply, without limitation, to the covenants set forth in Article II of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture) in Section 1403 of the Original Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2011 Notes.

 

(i)                                     Make-Whole Amount Payable Upon Acceleration.  Upon any acceleration of the Stated Maturity of the 2011 Notes in accordance with Section 502 of the Original Indenture, the Make-Whole Amount on the 2011 Notes shall become immediately due and payable, subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.

 

(j)                                     Further Issues.  The Issuer may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same terms and conditions as the 2011 Notes in all respects, except for issue date and issue price.  Additional 2011 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2011 Notes.  Notice of

 

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any such issuance shall be given to the Trustee and a new supplemental indenture shall be executed in connection with the issuance of such securities.

 

(k)                                  Other Terms and Conditions.  The 2011 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the forms thereof attached as Exhibits A, B, C, D and E hereto.

 

SECTION 1.05.                 Terms and Conditions of the 2015 Notes.  The 2015 Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.  In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the 2015 Notes:

 

(a)                                  Title and Aggregate Principal Amount.  The title of the Initial 2015 Notes and the Exchange 2015 Notes shall be as specified in the Recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the Initial 2015 Notes and the Exchange 2015 Notes shall be as specified in Section 1.02 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, except as permitted by Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Stated Maturity.  The 2015 Notes shall mature, and the unpaid principal thereon shall be payable, on December 1, 2015, subject to the provisions of the Original Indenture.

 

(c)                                  Interest.  The rate per annum at which interest shall be payable on the 2015 Notes shall be 5.75%.  Interest on the 2015 Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 1 and December 1, commencing on June 1, 2006 (each, a “2015 Interest Payment Date”), and on the Stated Maturity as specified in Section 1.04(b) of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, to the Persons in whose names the applicable 2015 Notes are registered in the Security Register applicable to the 2015 Notes at the close of business on the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (each, a “2015 Regular Record Date”).  Interest on the 2015 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Interest on the 2015 Notes shall accrue from November 15, 2005.

 

If an Initial 2015 Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Regular Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such 2015 Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of the Exchange 2015 Note(s) issued in exchange for such Initial 2015 Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange 2015 Note(s) to the Holder or Holders of such Exchange 2015 Note(s) on the first Regular Record Date with respect to such Exchange 2015 Note(s).  If such Initial 2015 Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent to the Regular Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Initial 2015 Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchange 2015 Note(s) issued in exchange for such Initial 2015 Note, through the day before such Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Initial 2015 Note on such Regular Record Date.

 

(d)                                 Registration Rights.  The Holders of the Initial 2015 Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, as described in Article III hereof.

 

(e)                                  Special Interest Premium.  If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, then a Special Interest Premium shall become payable in respect of the 2015 Notes as provided in Article III hereof.

 

(f)                                    Sinking Fund, Redemption or Repayment.  No sinking fund shall be provided for the 2015 Notes and the 2015 Notes shall not be repayable at the option of the Holders thereof prior to Stated Maturity.  The 2015 Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of

 

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the 2015 Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such 2015 Notes (collectively, the “Redemption Price”), all in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of the Original Indenture.

 

If the 2015 Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Stated Maturity of the 2015 Notes, the 2015 Redemption Price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.

 

If notice of redemption has been given as provided in the Original Indenture and funds for the redemption of any 2015 Notes called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such 2015 Notes shall cease to bear interest on the Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of the 2015 Notes from and after the Redemption Date shall be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such 2015 Notes in accordance with such notice.

 

(g)                                 Registration and Form.  The 2015 Notes shall be issuable as Registered Securities as provided in Section 1.03 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.  Initial 2015 Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 ($100,000 for Institutional Accredited Investors) and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Exchange 2015 Notes shall be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 ($100,000 for Institutional Accredited Investors) and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  All payments of principal and interest in respect of the 2015 Notes shall be made by the Issuer in immediately available funds.

 

(h)                                 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.  The provisions for defeasance in Section 1402 of the Original Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance (which provisions shall apply, without limitation, to the covenants set forth in Article II of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture) in Section 1403 of the Original Indenture, shall be applicable to the 2015 Notes.

 

(i)                                     Make-Whole Amount Payable Upon Acceleration.  Upon any acceleration of the Stated Maturity of the 2015 Notes in accordance with Section 502 of the Original Indenture, the Make-Whole Amount on the 2015 Notes shall become immediately due and payable, subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.

 

(j)                                     Further Issues.  The Issuer may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same terms and conditions as the 2015 Notes in all respects, except for issue date and issue price.  Additional 2015 Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 2015 Notes.  Notice of any such issuance shall be given to the Trustee and a new supplemental indenture shall be executed in connection with the issuance of such securities.

 

(k)                                  Other Terms and Conditions.  The 2015 Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the forms thereof attached as Exhibits A, B, C, D and E hereto.

 

ARTICLE II

 

COVENANTS FOR BENEFIT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES;
EVENTS AND NOTICE OF DEFAULT

 

SECTION 2.01.                 Covenants for Benefit of Holders of Notes.  In addition to the covenants set forth in Article Ten of the Original Indenture, there are established pursuant to Section 901(2) of the Original Indenture the following covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and to which the Notes shall be subject; provided, however, that the covenants set forth in Article II of any Supplemental Indenture dated prior to the date hereof (“Prior Supplemental Indentures”) as the same may be amended or modified

 

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from time to time hereafter shall apply to the Notes only for so long as any Securities issued pursuant to any Prior Supplemental Indentures remain outstanding.

 

(a)                                  Limitation on Debt.  As of each Reporting Date (as defined below), Debt (as defined below) shall not exceed 65% of Total Assets (as defined below).

 

(b)                                 Limitation on Secured Debt.  As of each Reporting Date, Secured Debt (as defined below) shall not exceed 50% of Total Assets.

 

(c)                                  Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  For the four consecutive quarters ending on each Reporting Date, the ratio of Annualized EBITDA (as defined below) to Annualized Interest Expense (as defined below) shall be at least 1.50 to 1.00.

 

(d)                                 Maintenance of Unencumbered Assets.  As of each Reporting Date, Unencumbered Assets (as defined below) shall be at least 125% of Unsecured Debt (as defined below).

 

SECTION 2.02.                 Definitions.  As used herein:

 

Annualized EBITDA” means, for the four consecutive quarters ending on each Reporting Date, the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, with other adjustments as are necessary to exclude the effect of all realized or unrealized gains and losses related to hedging obligations, items classified as extraordinary items and impairment charges in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, adjusted to reflect the assumption that (i) any EBITDA related to any assets acquired or placed in service since the first day of such four-quarter period had been earned, on an annualized basis, from the beginning of such period, and (ii) any assets disposed of during such four-quarter period had been disposed of as of the first day of such period and no EBITDA related to such assets had been earned during such period.

 

Annualized Interest Expense” means, for the four consecutive quarters ending on each Reporting Date, the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of interest expense, with other adjustments as are necessary to exclude the effect of items classified as extraordinary items, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, reduced by amortization of debt issuance costs and adjusted to reflect the assumption that (i) any interest expense related to indebtedness incurred since the first day of such four-quarter period is computed as if such indebtedness had been incurred as of the beginning of such period, and (ii) any interest expense related to indebtedness that was repaid or retired since the first day of such four-quarter period is computed as if such indebtedness had been repaid or retired as of the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of interest expense related to indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such indebtedness during such four-quarter period).

 

Capitalization Rate” means 7.00%.

 

Capitalized Value” means, as of any date, Annualized EBITDA divided by the Capitalization Rate.

 

Company” means Simon Property Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.

 

Debt” means the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness in respect of (i) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (ii) indebtedness

 

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secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary directly, or indirectly through unconsolidated joint ventures, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (iii) reimbursement obligations in connection with any letters of credit actually issued and called, (iv) any lease of property by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected in the Operating Partnership’s balance sheet as a capitalized lease, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that Debt also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, items of indebtedness of another Person (other than the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary) described in clauses (i) through (iv) above (or, in the case of any such obligation made jointly with another Person, the Operating Partnership’s or Subsidiary’s allocable portion of such obligation based on its ownership interest in the related real estate assets); and provided, further, that Debt excludes Intercompany Debt (as defined below).

 

Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are the Company, the Operating Partnership and any of their Subsidiaries or affiliates (but only so long as such Debt is held solely by any of the Company, the Operating Partnership and any Subsidiary or affiliate) that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

 

Pro Rata Share” means any applicable figure or measure of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, less any portion attributable to minority interests, plus the Operating Partnership’s or its Subsidiaries’ allocable portion of such figure or measure, based on their ownership interest, of unconsolidated joint ventures.

 

Reporting Date” means March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.

 

Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of the property of the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary.

 

Stabilized Asset” means (i) with respect to an acquisition of an asset, such asset becomes stabilized when the Operating Partnership or its Subsidiaries or an unconsolidated joint venture in which the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has an interest has owned the asset as of at least six Reporting Dates, and (ii) with respect to a new construction or development asset, such asset becomes stabilized four Reporting Dates after the earlier of (a) six Reporting Dates after substantial completion of construction or development or (b) the first Reporting Date on which the asset is at least 90% leased.

 

Total Assets” means, as of any Reporting Date, the sum of (i) for Stabilized Assets, Capitalized Value; (ii) for all other assets of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries, the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of undepreciated book value as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and (iii) the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of cash and cash equivalents.

 

Unencumbered Annualized EBITDA” means Annualized EBITDA less any portion thereof attributable to assets serving as collateral for Secured Debt.

 

Unencumbered Assets” as of any Reporting Date shall be equal to Total Assets as of such date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is Unencumbered Annualized EBITDA and the denominator of which is Annualized EBITDA.

 

Unsecured Debt” means Debt which is not secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind.

 

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SECTION 2.03.                 Events of DefaultFor the purposes of the Notes, Section 501 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by, supplemented with, and where inconsistent replaced by, the following provisions; provided, however that Section 501 of the Original Indenture, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time hereafter, shall apply to the Notes only for so long as any Securities issued pursuant to any Prior Supplemental Indentures remain outstanding:

 

(a)                                  Section 501(4) of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“(4)                            default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or”

 

(b)                                 Section 501(5) of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“(5)                            a default under any evidence of recourse indebtedness of the Issuer, or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Issuer (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured any recourse indebtedness of the Issuer (or of any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Issuer has guaranteed or for which the Issuer is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto and shall have resulted in such indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Issuer to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or”

 

SECTION 2.04.                 Notice of Defaults.  For the purposes of the Notes, Section 601 of the Original Indenture is hereby replaced in its entirety by the following; provided, however that Section 601 of the Original Indenture, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time hereafter, shall apply to the Notes only for so long as any Securities issued pursuant to any Prior Supplemental Indentures remain outstanding:

 

Notice of Defaults.  Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default

 

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hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if an so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons of such series; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities and Coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof.  For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series.”

 

ARTICLE III

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

SECTION 3.01.                 Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(a)                                  The Operating Partnership shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement with the Initial Purchasers for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes wherein the Operating Partnership shall agree, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, to use its reasonable best efforts (i) to file with the Commission within 180 calendar days after the date on which the Operating Partnership delivers the Notes to the Initial Purchasers (the “Closing Date”) a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) with respect to the Exchange Notes and (ii) to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within 210 calendar days after the Closing Date.  Promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective, the Operating Partnership shall offer to the Holders the opportunity to exchange all their Notes of a series for Exchange Notes of the same series pursuant to the Exchange Offer.  The Operating Partnership shall keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 calendar days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which the notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders of the Notes but shall, in any event, use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be completed within 240 days of the Closing Date.  For each Note validly tendered to the Operating Partnership pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Holder of such Note shall receive an Exchange Note of the same series having a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the tendered Note.

 

(b)                                 Each Holder of the Notes (other than certain specified Holders) that wishes to exchange the Notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer shall be required to represent that (i) it is not an Affiliate of the Operating Partnership, (ii) the Exchange Notes to be received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its business and (iii) at the time of the Exchange Offer, it has no arrangement with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes.

 

(c)                                  The Registration Rights Agreement also shall provide that if, (i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the Commission, the Operating Partnership is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not completed within 240 days of the Closing Date, or (iii) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act or as a broker-dealer), then

 

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in each case, the Operating Partnership shall (x) promptly deliver to the Holders written notice thereof and (y) at the Operating Partnership’s sole expense (a) as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 60 days after so required or requested pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement), file a shelf registration statement covering resales of the Notes (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), (b) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act (but in no event more than 60 days after such filing) and (c) use its reasonable best efforts to keep effective the Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of two years (or, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) after the Closing Date or such time as all of the applicable Notes have been sold thereunder.  The Operating Partnership shall, if a Shelf Registration Statement is filed, provide to each Holder of the Notes copies of the prospectus that is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement, notify each such Holder when the Shelf Registration Statement for the Notes has become effective and take certain other actions as are required to permit unrestricted resales of the Notes.  A Holder that sells Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement shall be required to be named as a selling security Holder in the related prospectus, to provide information related thereto and to deliver such prospectus to purchasers, shall be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales and shall be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement that are applicable to such a Holder (including certain indemnification rights and obligations).

 

SECTION 3.02.                 Special Interest Premium.  If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case as described below, then a special interest premium (the “Special Interest Premium”) shall become payable in respect of the Notes as follows:

 

(a)                                  If (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the 240th day following the Closing Date, (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 60th day following the date the obligation arises or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th day following the date the Shelf Registration Statement was filed, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of (a) such 180-day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 210-day period in the case of clause (ii) above, (c) such 240-day period in the case of clause (iii) above, and (d) such 60-day periods in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.  The aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions shall in no event exceed 0.25% per annum.  If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request Holders of Notes to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Notes owned by Holders who do not deliver such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall not be entitled to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the Operating Partnership has filed the Shelf Registration Statement.  Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 180-day period described in clause (i), (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 210-day period described in clause (ii) above, (3) the completion of the Exchange Offer after the 240-day period described in clause (iii) above, (4) the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (iv) above or (5) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (v) above, the interest rate on each series of Notes from the date of such effectiveness or completion, as the case may be, shall be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein for such series of Notes.

 

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(b)                                 If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, or because the prospectus contains an 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 not misleading, and such failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the “Default Day”), then from the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that the Shelf Registration Statement is again deemed effective or is useable, (ii) the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (iii) the date as of which all of the Notes are sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

 

SECTION 3.03.                 Legend.  Each Note shall contain a legend to the effect that the Holder thereof, by its acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement.  Such legend shall be in the form set forth in Section 5.01(a) hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

 

SECTION 4.01.                 Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                                  By its acceptance of any Initial Note represented by a certificate bearing the legend set forth in Section 5.01(a) hereof (the “Private Placement Legend”), each Holder of, and beneficial bearer of an interest in, such Initial Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Initial Note and agrees that it shall transfer such Initial Note only in accordance with such restrictions.  Each purchaser (other than the Initial Purchasers) of the Notes and each Person to whom the Notes are transferred shall, prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date (as defined in the Private Placement Legend), be deemed to have acknowledged, represented and agreed to the matters and restrictions on transfer described under the heading “Notice to Investors” in the Offering Memorandum of the Operating Partnership, dated November 8, 2005, relating to the Initial Notes.  Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of an Initial Note not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Trustee shall deliver an Initial Note or Initial Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.  Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of an Initial Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Trustee shall deliver an Initial Note or Initial Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, unless such legend may be removed from such Note as provided in this Section 4.01(a).  If the Private Placement Legend has been removed from an Initial Note, as provided herein, no other Initial Note issued in exchange for all or any part of such Initial Note shall bear such legend, unless the Operating Partnership has reasonable cause to believe that such other Initial Note represents a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and instructs the Trustee in writing to cause a legend to appear thereon.  Each Initial Note shall bear the Private Placement Legend unless and until:

 

(i)                                     a transfer of such Initial Note is made pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement, in which case the Private Placement Legend shall be removed from such Initial Note so transferred at the request of the Holder; or

 

(ii)                                  there is delivered to the Operating Partnership such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent counsel licensed to practice law in the State of New York, as may reasonably be requested by the Operating Partnership confirming that neither such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers of such

 

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Initial Note shall not violate the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; provided, that the Trustee shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a determination made by the Operating Partnership with respect to) the sufficiency of any such evidence; and upon written direction of the Operating Partnership, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such Initial Note, an Initial Note or Initial Notes representing the same aggregate principal amount of the Initial Note being exchanged) without such legend.

 

(b)                                 The Initial Global Note or Exchange Global Note, as the case may be, shall be exchanged by the Operating Partnership for one or more Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange Certificated Notes, as applicable, if (i) DTC (1) has notified the Operating Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to continue as, or ceases to be, a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and (2) a successor to DTC registered as a clearing agency under Section 17A of the Exchange Act is not able to be appointed by the Operating Partnership within 90 calendar days or (ii) DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and the Operating Partnership is not able to appoint a successor to DTC within 90 calendar days.  If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Operating Partnership shall, at the request of the Trustee or the Holder thereof, exchange all or part of the Initial Global Note or Exchange Global Note, as the case may be, for one or more Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange Certificated Notes, as applicable.  Whenever a Global Note is exchanged for one or more Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange Certificated Notes, as the case may be, it shall be surrendered by the Holder thereof to the Trustee and cancelled by the Trustee.  All Initial Certificated Notes or Exchange Certificated Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or a portion thereof shall be registered in such names, and delivered, as DTC shall instruct the Trustee.  Any Initial Certificated Notes issued pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) shall include the Private Placement Legend, except as set forth in Section 4.01(a) hereof.

 

(c)                                  Any Initial Notes that are presented to the Trustee for exchange pursuant to an Exchange Offer shall be exchanged for Exchange Notes of equal principal amount upon surrender to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer.  Whenever any Initial Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Operating Partnership shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the surrendering Holder thereof, Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the Initial Notes so surrendered.

 

(d)                                 Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by such Holder (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Notes represented thereby shall be required to be reflected in book-entry form.  Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers in whole and not in part, to DTC, its successors and their respective nominees.  Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note shall be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC (or its successors).

 

ARTICLE V

 

LEGENDS

 

SECTION 5.01.                 Legends.  The following legends shall appear on each Initial Note and each Exchange Note.

 

(a)                                  Except as provided in Section 4.01(a) hereof, each Initial Note shall bear the following legends on the face thereof:

 

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THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.  NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.  THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $2,000 ($100,000 FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS) AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY SUBSEQUENT REOPENING OF THE NOTES OF THIS SERIES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE), ONLY (a) TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR BY, THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (b) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (d) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT FOR OTHERS (WHICH OTHERS MUST ALSO BE INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS UNLESS SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A BANK ACTING IN ITS FIDUCIARY CAPACITY) FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (e) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON) WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (f) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL NOTES OF THE SERIES.

 

(b)                                 In addition to the legends set forth in Section 4.01(a), each Initial Global Note shall also bear the following legends on the face thereof:

 

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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

(c)                                  The Exchange Global Note shall bear the following legends on the face thereof:

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 6.01.                 Corporate Trust Office.  The Trustee is appointed as the principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar for the Notes and for the purposes of Section 1002 of the Indenture.  The Notes may be presented for payment at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other agency as may be appointed from time to time by the Operating Partnership in The City of New York.

 

SECTION 6.02.                 Recitals.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Issuer.  The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 7.01.                 Ratification of Original Indenture.  This Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 7.02.                 Effect of Headings.  The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 7.03.                 Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

SECTION 7.04.                 Separability Clause.  In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

SECTION 7.05.                 Governing Law.  This Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  This Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

SECTION 7.06.                 Counterparts.  This Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date first above written.

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Simon Property Group, Inc.,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Simon

 

 

 

Name: David Simon

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James D. Heaney

 

 

 

Name: James D. Heaney

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF INITIAL RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.  NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.  THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $2,000 ($100,000 FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS) AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY SUBSEQUENT REOPENING OF THE NOTES OF THIS SERIES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE), ONLY (a) TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR BY, THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (b) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (d) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT FOR OTHERS (WHICH OTHERS MUST ALSO BE INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS UNLESS SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A BANK ACTING IN ITS FIDUCIARY CAPACITY) FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (e) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON) WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (f) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL NOTES OF THE SERIES.

 

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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

REGISTERED

REGISTERED

NO. [     ]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

CUSIP NO. [                    ]

$[                                           ]

 

RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [                                  ] dollars on [June 1, 2011/December 1, 2015] (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from November 15, 2005, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 1, 2006, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of [5.375/5.75]% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below).  Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture (as defined below).  Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

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Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including November 15, 2005, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  If any date for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount with respect to, this Note (each a “Payment Date”) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable with respect to such Payment Date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.  “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

 

If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on this Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of the Note(s) issued in exchange (the “Exchange Note”) for this Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Note(s) to the Holder or Holders of such Exchange Note(s) on the first Record Date with respect to such Exchange Note(s).  If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid interest with respect to this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchange Note(s) issued in exchange for this Note, through the day before such Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of this Note on the Record Date.

 

The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated November 15, 2005 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) among the Issuer and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).

 

If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case as described below, then a special interest premium (the “Special Interest Premium”) shall become payable in respect of the Notes as follows:

 

If (i) a registration statement with respect to the Exchange Notes (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the 240th day following the Closing Date, (iv) the shelf registration statement covering resales of the Notes (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 60th day following the date the obligation arises or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th day following the date the Shelf Registration Statement was filed, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of (a) such 180-day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 210-day period in the case of clause (ii) above, (c) such 240-day period in the case of clause (iii) above, and (d) such 60-day periods in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.  The aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions shall in no event exceed 0.25% per annum.  If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request the Holder of this Note to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement and the Holder of this Note does not deliver such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, then the Holder of this Note shall not be entitled to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the Operating Partnership has filed the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration statement after the 180-day period described in clause (i), (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 210-day period described in clause (ii) above, (3) the completion of the Exchange Offer after the 240-day period described in clause (iii) above, (4) the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (iv) above or (5) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (v) above, the interest rate on this Note from the date of such effectiveness or completion, as the case may be, shall be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein.

 

If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, or because the prospectus contains an 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 not misleading, and such failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the “Default Day”), then from the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (ii) the date as of which this Note is sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

 

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:  November 15, 2005

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2005, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto.  This Security is one of a series designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. [5.375/5.75]% Notes due [2011/2015], initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $[500,000,000/600,000,000] (the “Notes”).

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes.  If the Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Maturity Date, the redemption price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.  Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.  The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the

 

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enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities.  The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal of, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner.  It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Notes of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal and any premium hereof or hereon, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the

 

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Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –             Custodian       (Cust)        

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                                (State)

TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

This Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice: The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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ASSIGNMENT & TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

TO BE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED WITH THIS NOTE TO THE TRUSTEE IF THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTERED HOLDER WISHES TO SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER NOTE:

 

In connection with the resale or other transfer of this Note occurring prior to the time the legend originally set forth on the face of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) restricting resales and other transfers thereof has been removed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture (other than a resale or other transfer made to the Operating Partnership or to, by, through, or in a transaction approved by an Initial Purchaser), the undersigned registered holder certifies that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

o                                    (a)                                  Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

 

or

 

o                                    (b)                                 Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to an institutional investor which is an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that the undersigned has been advised by the prospective transferee that such transferee shall hold such Note for its own account, or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also institutional accredited investors, unless such transferee is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity), for investment purposes and not for distribution, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of such transferee’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.

or

 

o                                    (c)                                  Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to an institutional investor which is a person that is not a “U.S. person” (or acquiring such Note for the account or benefit of a U.S. person) in an “offshore transaction,” as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes are checked, then, so long as this Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof restricting resales and other transfers thereof (except in the case of a resale or other transfer made to the Operating Partnership or to, by, through, or in a transaction approved by, an Initial Purchaser), the Trustee shall not be obligated to register such Note in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof and until the conditions to any such registration of transfer set forth in this Note and in the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

The signature of the registered holder must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that (i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and acknowledges that the undersigned either has received such information regarding the Operating Partnership as the undersigned transferee has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information, (ii) this instrument has been executed on behalf of the undersigned transferee by one of its executive officers and (iii) it is aware that the registered holder of this Note is relying upon the undersigned transferee’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.  The undersigned transferee acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (b) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that it is an institutional investor and an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that this instrument has been executed on behalf of the undersigned transferee by one of its executive officers.  The undersigned transferee undertakes to hold this Note acquired from the registered holder thereof for its own account, or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also institutional accredited investors, unless such transferee is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity), for investment purposes and not for distribution, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of the undersigned transferee’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.  The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may

 

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not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (c) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that it is an institutional investor and that it is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and it is acquiring this Note from the registered holder thereof in an “offshore transaction” (as defined in Regulation S) pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder.  The undersigned transferee acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit B

 

FORM OF INITIAL REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.  NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $2,000 ($100,000 FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS) AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY SUBSEQUENT REOPENING OF THE NOTES OF THIS SERIES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE), ONLY (a) TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR BY, THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (b) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (d) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT FOR OTHERS (WHICH OTHERS MUST ALSO BE INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS UNLESS SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A BANK ACTING IN ITS FIDUCIARY CAPACITY) FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (e) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON) WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (f) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL NOTES OF THE SERIES.

 

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UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

REGISTERED

REGISTERED

NO. [      ]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

CUSIP NO. [                           ]

$[                                       ]

 

REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [                                            ] dollars on [June 1, 2011/December 1, 2015] (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from November 15, 2005, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 1, 2006, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of [5.375/5.75]% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below).  Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture (as defined below).  Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

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Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including November 15, 2005, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  If any date for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount with respect to, this Note (each a “Payment Date”) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable with respect to such Payment Date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.  “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

 

If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on this Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of the Note(s) issued in exchange (the “Exchange Note”) for this Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Note(s) to the Holder or Holders of such Exchange Note(s) on the first Record Date with respect to such Exchange Note(s).  If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid interest with respect to this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchange Note(s) issued in exchange for this Note, through the day before such Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of this Note on the Record Date.

 

The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated November 15, 2005 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) among the Issuer and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).

 

If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case as described below, then a special interest premium (theSpecial Interest Premium) shall become payable in respect of the Notes as follows:

 

If (i) a registration statement with respect to the Exchange Notes (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the 240th day following the Closing Date, (iv) the shelf registration statement covering resales of the Notes (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 60th day following the date the obligation arises or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th day following the date the Shelf Registration Statement was filed, he Special Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of (a) such 180-day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 210-day period in the case of clause (ii) above, c) such 240-day period in the case of clause (iii) above, and (d) such 60-day periods in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.  The aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions shall in no event exceed 0.25% per annum.  If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request the Holder of this Note to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement and the Holder of this Note does not deliver such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, then the Holder of this Note shall not be entitled to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the Operating Partnership has filed the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration statement after the 180-day period described in clause (i), (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 210-day period described in clause (ii) above, (3) the completion of the Exchange Offer after the 240-day period described in clause (iii) above, (4) the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (iv) above or (5) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (v) above, the interest rate on this Note from the date of such effectiveness or completion, as the case may be, shall be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein.

 

If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, or because the prospectus contains an 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 not misleading, and such failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the “Default Day”), then from the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (ii) the date as of which this Note is sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

 

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:  November 15, 2005

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

By:

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2005, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto.  This Security is one of a series designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. [5.375/5.75]% Notes due [2011/2015], initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $[500,000,000/600,000,000] (the “Notes”).

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes.  If the Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Maturity Date, the redemption price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.  Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.  The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the

 

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enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities.  The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal of, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner.  It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Notes of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal and any premium hereof or hereon, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the

 

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Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –             Custodian       (Cust)        

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                                (State)

TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

This Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice:    The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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ASSIGNMENT & TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

TO BE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED WITH THIS NOTE TO THE TRUSTEE IF THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTERED HOLDER WISHES TO SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER NOTE:

 

In connection with the resale or other transfer of this Note occurring prior to the time the legend originally set forth on the face of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) restricting resales and other transfers thereof has been removed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture (other than a resale or other transfer made to the Operating Partnership or to, by, through, or in a transaction approved by an Initial Purchaser), the undersigned registered holder certifies that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

o

 

(a)

 

Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

(b)

 

Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to an institutional investor which is an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that the undersigned has been advised by the prospective transferee that such transferee shall hold such Note for its own account, or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also institutional accredited investors, unless such transferee is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity), for investment purposes and not for distribution, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of such transferee’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

(c)

 

Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to an institutional investor which is a person that is not a “U.S. person” (or acquiring such Note for the account or benefit of a U.S. person) in an “offshore transaction,” as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes are checked, then, so long as this Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof restricting resales and other transfers thereof (except in the case of a resale or other transfer made to the Operating Partnership or to, by, through, or in a transaction approved by, an Initial Purchaser), the Trustee shall not be obligated to register such Note in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof and until the conditions to any such registration of transfer set forth in this Note and in the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

 

 

The signature of the registered holder must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that (i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and acknowledges that the undersigned either has received such information regarding the Operating Partnership as the undersigned transferee has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information, (ii) this instrument has been executed on behalf of the undersigned transferee by one of its executive officers and (iii) it is aware that the registered holder of this Note is relying upon the undersigned transferee’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.  The undersigned transferee acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (b) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that it is an institutional investor and an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that this instrument has been executed on behalf of the undersigned transferee by one of its executive officers.  The undersigned transferee undertakes to hold this Note acquired from the registered holder thereof for its own account, or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also institutional accredited investors, unless such transferee is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity), for investment purposes and not for distribution, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of the undersigned transferee’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.  The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may

 

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not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (c) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that it is an institutional investor and that it is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and it is acquiring this Note from the registered holder thereof in an “offshore transaction” (as defined in Regulation S) pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder.  The undersigned transferee acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit C

 

FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATED NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION, THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $100,000 AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY SUBSEQUENT REOPENING OF THE NOTES OF THIS SERIES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE), ONLY (a) TO THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OR BY, THROUGH OR IN A TRANSACTION APPROVED BY, AN INITIAL PURCHASER, (b) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (d) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AS A FIDUCIARY OR AGENT FOR OTHERS (WHICH OTHERS MUST ALSO BE INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS UNLESS SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A BANK ACTING IN ITS FIDUCIARY CAPACITY) FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (e) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (AND WAS NOT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON) WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (f) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUSTEE.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT RELATING TO ALL NOTES OF THE SERIES.

 

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REGISTERED

REGISTERED

NO. [        ]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

CUSIP NO. [                 ]

$[                                              ]

 

DEFINITIVE SECURITY
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                                               , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                dollars on [June 1, 2011/December 1, 2015] (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from November 15, 2005, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 1, 2006, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of [5.375/5.75]% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below).  Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture (as defined below).  Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including November 15, 2005, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  If any date for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount with respect to, this Note (each a “Payment Date”) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable with respect to such Payment Date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.  “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

 

If this Note is exchanged in an Exchange Offer prior to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on this Note, up to but not including the date of issuance of the Note(s) issued in exchange (the “Exchange Note”) for this Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Note(s) to the Holder or Holders of such Exchange Note(s) on the first Record Date with respect to such Exchange Note(s).  If this Note is

 

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exchanged in an Exchange Offer subsequent to the Record Date for the first Interest Payment Date following such exchange but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, then any such accrued and unpaid interest with respect to this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchange Note(s) issued in exchange for this Note, through the day before such Interest Payment Date, shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of this Note on the Record Date.

 

The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement dated November 15, 2005 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) among the Issuer and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).

 

If the Operating Partnership fails to comply with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case as described below, then a special interest premium (the “Special Interest Premium”) shall become payable in respect of the Notes as follows:

 

If (i) a registration statement with respect to the Exchange Notes (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the 240th day following the Closing Date, (iv) the shelf registration statement covering resales of the Notes (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 60th day following the date the obligation arises or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th day following the date the Shelf Registration Statement was filed the Special Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of (a) such 180-day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 210-day period in the case of clause (ii) above, (c) such 240-day period in the case of clause (iii) above, and (d) such 60-day periods in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.  The aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions shall in no event exceed 0.25% per annum.  If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request the Holder of this Note to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement and the Holder of this Note does not deliver such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, then the Holder of this Note shall not be entitled to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the Operating Partnership has filed the Shelf Registration Statement.  Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration statement after the 180-day period described in clause (i), (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 210-day period described in clause (ii) above (3) the completion of the Exchange Offer after the 240-day period described in clause (iii) above, (4) the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (iv) above or (5) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (v) above, the interest rate on this Note from the date of such effectiveness or completion, as the case may be, shall be reduced to the original interest rate provided for herein.

 

If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by the Registration Rights Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, or because the prospectus contains an 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 not misleading, and such failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the “Default Day”), then from the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act is amended to provide a shorter restrictive

 

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period, the end of such shorter period) or (ii) the date as of which this Note is sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

 

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:  November 15, 2005

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

By:

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Attest:

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2005, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto.  This Security is one of a series designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. [5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015], initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $[500,000,000/600,000,000] (the “Notes”).

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes.  If the Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Maturity Date, the redemption price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.  Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.  The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the

 

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enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities.  The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal of, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner.  It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Notes of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal and any premium hereof or hereon, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the

 

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Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –             Custodian       (Cust)        

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                                (State)

TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

This Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice: The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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ASSIGNMENT & TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

TO BE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED WITH THIS NOTE TO THE TRUSTEE IF THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTERED HOLDER WISHES TO SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER NOTE:

 

In connection with the resale or other transfer of this Note occurring prior to the time the legend originally set forth on the face of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) restricting resales and other transfers thereof has been removed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture (other than a resale or other transfer made to the Operating Partnership or to, by, through, or in a transaction approved by an Initial Purchaser), the undersigned registered holder certifies that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

o

 

(a)

 

Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

(b)

 

Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to an institutional investor which is an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that the undersigned has been advised by the prospective transferee that such transferee shall hold such Note for its own account, or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also institutional accredited investors, unless such transferee is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity), for investment purposes and not for distribution, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of such transferee’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

(c)

 

Such Note is being transferred by the undersigned registered holder to an institutional investor which is a person that is not a “U.S. person” (or acquiring such Note for the account or benefit of a U.S. person) in an “offshore transaction,” as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes are checked, then, so long as this Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof restricting resales and other transfers thereof (except in the case of a resale or other transfer made to the Operating Partnership or to, by, through, or in a transaction approved by, an Initial Purchaser), the Trustee shall not be obligated to register such Note in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof and until the conditions to any such registration of transfer set forth in this Note and in the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of registered holder]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

The signature of the registered holder must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that (i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and acknowledges that the undersigned either has received such information regarding the Operating Partnership as the undersigned transferee has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information, (ii) this instrument has been executed on behalf of the undersigned transferee by one of its executive officers and (iii) it is aware that the registered holder of this Note is relying upon the undersigned transferee’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.  The undersigned transferee acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of transferee]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (b) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that it is an institutional investor and an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that this instrument has been executed on behalf of the undersigned transferee by one of its executive officers.  The undersigned transferee undertakes to hold this Note acquired from the registered holder thereof for its own account, or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also institutional accredited investors, unless such transferee is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity), for investment purposes and not for distribution, subject to any requirement of law that the disposition of the undersigned transferee’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.  The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may

 

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not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of transferee]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEREE
IF (c) ABOVE IS CHECKED:

 

The undersigned transferee represents and warrants that it is an institutional investor and that it is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and it is acquiring this Note from the registered holder thereof in an “offshore transaction” (as defined in Regulation S) pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder.  The undersigned transferee acknowledges and agrees that this Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred except in accordance with the resale and other transfer restrictions set forth in the legend on the face thereof.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

[Type or print name of transferee]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit D

 

FORM OF EXCHANGE GLOBAL NOTE

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

REGISTERED

REGISTERED

NO. [            ]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

CUSIP NO. [                        ]

$[                                          ]

 

GLOBAL SECURITY
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [                      ] dollars on [June 1, 2011/December 1, 2015]  (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from November 15, 2005, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 1, 2006, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of [5.375/5.75]% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below).  Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more

 

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fully provided in the Indenture (as defined below).  Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including November 15, 2005, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  If any date for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount with respect to, this Note (each a “Payment Date”) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable with respect to such Payment Date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.  “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

 

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:                                   , 20    

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

By:

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Attest:

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2005, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto.  This Security is one of a series designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. [5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015], initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $[500,000,000/600,000,000] (the “Notes”).

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes.  If the Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Maturity Date, the redemption price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.  Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.  The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any

 

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Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities.  The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal of, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner.  It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Notes of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal and any premium hereof or hereon, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the

 

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Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –             Custodian       (Cust)        

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                                (State)

TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

This Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice:    The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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Exhibit E

 

FORM OF EXCHANGE CERTIFICATED NOTE

 

REGISTERED

REGISTERED

NO. [            ]

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

CUSIP NO. [                   ]

$[                                          ]

 

DEFINITIVE SECURITY

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (theIssuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                                           , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                            dollars on [June 1, 2011/December 1, 2015] (the Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from November 15, 2005, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 1, 2006, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of [5.375/5.75]% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately prior to such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below).  Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture (as defined below).  Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including November 15, 2005, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  If any date for the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest on, or any other amount with respect to, this Note (each a “Payment Date”) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable with respect to such Payment Date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.  “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for business.

 

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The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:                           , 20    

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

By:

 SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Attest:

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

[5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015]

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2005, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto.  This Security is one of a series designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. [5.375/5.75]% Note due [2011/2015], initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $[500,000,000/600,000,000] (the “Notes”).

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes and the Make-Whole Amount may be declared accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes.  If the Notes are redeemed within 90 days of the Maturity Date, the redemption price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.  Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.  The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any

 

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Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities.  The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal of, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner.  It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Notes of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal and any premium hereof or hereon, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the

 

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Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –             Custodian       (Cust)        

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                                (State)

TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

This Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice:    The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP

 

 


 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of November 15, 2005

 

among

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

and

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

UBS SECURITIES LLC

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

 

 


 



 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 15th day of November, 2005, among Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“JPMorgan”), UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”), Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (“Wachovia”) and the other Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated November 8, 2005, among the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Operating Partnership to the Initial Purchasers of an aggregate of $500,000,000 principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 5.375% senior unsecured notes due 2011 and an aggregate of $600,000,000  principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 5.75% senior unsecured notes due 2015 (collectively, the “Securities”).  In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Operating Partnership has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.  The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

 

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Citigroup” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Depositary” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other depositary appointed by the Operating Partnership, provided, however, that such depositary must have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York.

 

Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Operating Partnership of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the 1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein.

 

Exchange Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Exchange Securities” shall mean the 5.375% senior unsecured notes due 2011 and the 5.75% senior unsecured notes due 2015 issued by the Operating Partnership under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities in all material respects (except for references to certain interest rate

 



 

provisions, restrictions on transfers and restrictive legends), to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

 

Holder” shall mean an Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture and each Participating Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange Securities for so long as such Participating Broker-Dealer is required to deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

 

Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of November 26, 1996, between the Operating Partnership, Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (which, effective December 31, 1997, was merged into the Operating Partnership) and The Chase Manhattan Bank (now, JPMorgan Chase Bank), as trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Initial Purchaser” or “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

JPMorgan” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture) Registrable Securities; provided, that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Operating Partnership and other obligors or any Affiliate (as defined in the Indenture) of the Operating Partnership shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage amount.

 

Operating Partnership” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Operating Partnership’s successors.

 

Participating Broker-Dealer” shall mean any of Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS and Wachovia and, if applicable, any other broker-dealer which makes a market in the Securities and exchanges Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer for Exchange Securities.

 

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership (general or limited), corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Private Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Private Exchange Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any such prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities and, if issued, the Private Exchange Securities; provided, however, the Securities and, if issued, the Private Exchange Securities, shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Securities shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (iii) such Securities shall have

 

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ceased to be outstanding, or (iv) the Exchange Offer is consummated (except in the case of Securities purchased from the Operating Partnership and continued to be held by the Initial Purchasers).

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Operating Partnership with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) registration and filing fees, including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” (and its counsel) that is required to be retained by any holder of Registrable Securities in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the rules of the NASD (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with the blue sky qualification of any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities and any filings with the NASD), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or exchanges, (v) all rating agency fees, (vi) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Operating Partnership and of the independent public accountants of the Operating Partnership, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any escrow agent or custodian, (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exchange Offer, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, (ix) the reasonable fees and disbursements of any special counsel representing the Holders of Registrable Securities, and (x) any fees and disbursements of the underwriters customarily required to be paid by issuers or sellers of securities and the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Operating Partnership in connection with any Registration Statement, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

 

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Operating Partnership which covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency or government body performing the functions currently performed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Operating Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Securities or all of the Private Exchange Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

 

Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

 

UBS” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

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Wachovia” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

2.                                       Registration Under the 1933 Act.

 

2.1                                 Exchange Offer.  The Operating Partnership shall, for the benefit of the Holders, at the Operating Partnership’s cost, (A) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and, as soon as practicable but not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, file with the SEC an Exchange Offer Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the 1933 Act with respect to a proposed Exchange Offer and the issuance and delivery to the Holders, in exchange for the Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Securities), of a like principal amount of Exchange Securities, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the 1933 Act within 210 days of the Closing Date, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer, and (D) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be completed not later than 240 days following the Closing Date.  The Exchange Securities shall be issued under the Indenture.  Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Operating Partnership shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to exchange Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, (b) is not a broker-dealer tendering Registrable Securities acquired directly from the Operating Partnership for its own account, (c) acquired the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, or (d) has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Securities) to transfer such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act and under state securities or blue sky laws.

 

In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Operating Partnership shall:

 

(a)                                  mail as promptly as practicable to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

 

(b)                                 keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period of not less than 30 calendar days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the “Exchange Period”);

 

(c)                                  utilize the services of the Depositary for the Exchange Offer;

 

(d)                                 permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), on the last business day of the Exchange Period, by sending to the institution specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder’s election to have such Securities exchanged;

 

(e)                                  notify each Holder that any Registrable Security not tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but shall not retain any rights under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and

 

(f)                                    otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer.

 

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If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold any Securities acquired by them and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the Operating Partnership upon the request of any Initial Purchaser shall, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for the Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Operating Partnership that are identical (except that such securities shall bear appropriate transfer restrictions) to the Exchange Securities (the “Private Exchange Securities”).

 

The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA, or is exempt from such qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Securities shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture but that the Private Exchange Securities shall be subject to such transfer restrictions.  The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities or the Securities shall have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.  The Private Exchange Securities shall be of the same series as and the Operating Partnership shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Private Exchange Securities bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.  The Operating Partnership shall not have any liability under this Agreement solely as a result of such Private Exchange Securities not bearing the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.

 

As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and/or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Operating Partnership shall:

 

(i)                                     accept for exchange all Registrable Securities duly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the letter of transmittal which shall be an exhibit thereto;

 

(ii)                                  accept for exchange all Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Private Exchange;

 

(iii)                               deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange; and

 

(iv)                              cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, to each Holder of Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Registrable Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Registrable Securities, from the date of original issuance.  The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, or the making of any exchange by a Holder, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, (ii) the due tendering of Registrable Securities in accordance with the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, (iii) that each Holder of Registrable Securities exchanged in the Exchange Offer shall have represented that all Exchange Securities to be received by it shall be acquired in the ordinary course of its business and that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer it shall have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Securities and shall have made such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules,

 

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regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form S-4 or other appropriate form under the 1933 Act available, and (iv) that no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange which, in the Operating Partnership’s judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Operating Partnership to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange.  The Operating Partnership shall inform the Initial Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.

 

2.2                                 Shelf Registration.

 

(a)                                  (i) If, because of any changes in law, SEC rules or regulations or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the SEC, the Operating Partnership is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) if for any other reason the Exchange Offer is not completed within 240 days after the original issue of the Registrable Securities, or (iii) if a Holder is not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer or does not receive fully tradeable Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer (other than due solely to the status of such holder as an affiliate of the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the 1933 Act or as a broker dealer), then in case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) the Operating Partnership shall (x) promptly deliver to the holders written notice thereof and (y) at the Operating Partnership’s sole expense:

 

(b)                                 As promptly as practicable, (but in no event more than 60 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Agreement) file with the SEC, and thereafter shall use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 60 days after such filing), a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Majority Holders participating in the Shelf Registration and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(c)                                  Use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period of two years from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, or for such shorter period that will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or otherwise to be Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”); provided, however, that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the 1933 Act and as otherwise provided herein.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use its best efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an 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 not misleading, and (iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time), does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder and furnishes to the Operating Partnership in writing within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Operating Partnership may, after conferring with counsel, reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein.  Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish to the Operating Partnership all information with respect to such Holder necessary to make the information previously furnished to the Operating Partnership by such Holder not materially misleading.

 

The Operating Partnership shall not permit any securities other than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Operating Partnership further agrees, if necessary, to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, as required by Section 3(b) below, and to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

 

2.3                                 Expenses.  The Operating Partnership shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2.  Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.4                                 Effectiveness.

 

(a)                                  The Operating Partnership shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite period if the Operating Partnership voluntarily takes any action that would, or omits to take any action which omission would, result in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Securities during that period as and to the extent contemplated hereby, unless such action is required by applicable law.

 

(b)                                 An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.

 

2.5                                 Interest.  The Indenture executed in connection with the Securities shall provide that if (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the 240th day following the Closing Date, (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the 60th day following the date the obligation arises or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 60th day following the date the Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue from and including the next day following each of (a)  such 180-day period in the case of clause (i) above, (b) such 210-day period in the case of clause (ii) above, (c) such 240-day period in the case of clause (iii) above, and (d) such 60-day periods in the case of clauses (iv) and (v) above, in each case at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.  The aggregate amount of the Special Interest Premium payable pursuant to the above provisions shall in no event exceed 0.25% per annum.  If the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 210th day following the Closing Date and the Operating Partnership shall request holders

 

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of Securities to provide the information called for by the Registration Rights Agreement referred to herein for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Securities owned by holders who do not deliver such information to the Operating Partnership when required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall not be entitled to any such increase in the interest rate for any day after the Operating Partnership has filed the Shelf Registration Statement.  Upon (1) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 180-day period described in clause (i) above, (2) the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 210-day period described in clause (ii) above, (3) the completion of the Exchange Offer after the 240-day period described in clause (iii) above, (4) the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (iv) above or (5) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement after the 60-day period described in clause (v) above, the interest rate on each series of Securities from the date of such filing, effectiveness or consummation, as the case may be, shall be reduced to the original interest rate.

 

If a Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs, and if the Operating Partnership fails to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously (x) effective or (y) useable for resales for the period required by this Agreement due to certain circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, or because the Prospectus contains an 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 not misleading, and such failure continues for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 61st day being referred to as the “Default Day”), then from the Default Day until the earlier of (i) the date that the Shelf Registration Statement is again deemed effective or is useable, (ii) the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the end of such shorter period) or (iii) the date as of which all the Securities are sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Special Interest Premium shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum.

 

If the Operating Partnership fails to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective or useable for resales pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it shall give the Holders notice to suspend the sale of the Securities and shall extend the relevant period referred to above during which the Operating Partnership is required to keep effective the Shelf Registration Statement (or the period during which Participating Broker-Dealers are entitled to use the prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in connection with the resale of Exchange Securities, as the case may be) by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when holders shall have received copies of the supplemental or amended prospectus necessary to permit resales of the Securities or to and including the date on which the Operating Partnership has given notice that the sale of Securities may be resumed, as the case may be.

 

Each Note shall contain a legend to the effect that the holder thereof, by its acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

 

The Operating Partnership shall notify the Trustee within three business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which the Special Interest Premium is required to be paid (an “Event Date”).  The Special Interest Premium shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semiannual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Special Interest Premium then due.  The Special Interest Premium due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the record Holder of Securities entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture.  Each obligation to pay the Special Interest Premium shall be deemed to accrue from and include the day following the applicable Event Date.

 

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3.                                       Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with the obligations of the Operating Partnership with respect to Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 hereof, the Operating Partnership shall:

 

(a)                                  prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement, within the relevant time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Operating Partnership, (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof, (iii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein, and (iv) shall comply in all respects with the requirements of Regulation S-T under the 1933 Act, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

 

(b)                                 prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period; and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the 1933 Act and comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to them with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof (including sales by any Participating Broker-Dealer);

 

(c)                                  in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, at least five business days prior to filing, that a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being filed and advise such Holders that the distribution of Registrable Securities shall be made in accordance with the method selected by the Majority Holders participating in the Shelf Registration; (ii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules and, if the Holder so requests, all exhibits in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; and (iii) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

(d)                                 in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall reasonably request by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(e)                                  notify promptly each Holder of Registrable Securities under a Shelf Registration or any Participating Broker-Dealer who has notified the Operating Partnership that it is utilizing the Exchange

 

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Offer Registration Statement as provided in paragraph (f) below and, if requested by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, confirm such advice in writing promptly (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for post-effective amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (v) of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (vi) of the receipt by the Operating Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (vii) of any determination by the Operating Partnership that a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement would be appropriate;

 

(f)                                    (i)                                     in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (a) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution” which section shall be reasonably acceptable to Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS and Wachovia on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers, and which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that shall be the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Securities to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer, whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS and Wachovia on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers and their counsel, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC, including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities, (b) furnish to each Participating Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Operating Partnership the notice referred to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request, (c) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, by any Person subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the SEC, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (d) include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer (i) the following provision:

 

“If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of Exchange

 

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Securities received in respect of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer;” and

 

(ii)                                  a statement to the effect that, by a broker-dealer making the acknowledgment described in clause (i) and by delivering a Prospectus in connection with the exchange of Registrable Securities, the broker-dealer shall not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act; and

 

(iii)                               in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Operating Partnership agrees to deliver to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (a) an opinion of counsel or opinions of counsel substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, (b) officers’ certificates substantially in the form customarily delivered in a public offering of debt securities and (c) a comfort letter or comfort letters in customary form to the extent permitted by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or if such a comfort letter is not permitted, an agreed upon procedures letter in customary form) from the Operating Partnership’s independent certified public accountants (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Operating Partnership or of any business acquired by the Operating Partnership for which financial statements are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) at least as broad in scope and coverage as the comfort letter or comfort letters delivered to the Initial Purchasers in connection with the initial sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers;

 

(g)                                 The Operating Partnership may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Operating Partnership, as applicable, such information regarding such seller as may be required by the staff of the SEC to be included in a Registration Statement.  The Operating Partnership shall have no obligation to register under the Securities Act the Registrable Securities of a seller who so fails to furnish such information.

 

(h)                                 (i)                                     in the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for the Initial Purchasers and (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any comment letters received from the SEC or any other request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information;

 

(i)                                     make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment;

 

(j)                                     in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, and each underwriter, if any, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules (without documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto, unless requested);

 

(k)                                  in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may reasonably request at least three business days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

 

(l)                                     in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any facts, each as contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) and Section 3(e)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective

 

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amendment to the Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities or Participating Broker-Dealers, such Prospectus shall not contain at the time of such delivery any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or shall remain so qualified.  At such time as such public disclosure is otherwise made or the Operating Partnership determines that such disclosure is not necessary, in each case to correct any misstatement of a material fact or to include any omitted material fact, the Operating Partnership agrees promptly to notify each Holder of such determination and to furnish each Holder such number of copies of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably request;

 

(m)                               in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders; and make representatives of the Operating Partnership as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities, or the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, available for discussion of such document;

 

(n)                                 use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, Private Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the Exchange Securities, Private Exchange Securities or the Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;

 

(o)                                 use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Indenture Supplement to be qualified under the TIA in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, (ii) cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA, and (iii) execute, and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

(p)                                 in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into agreements (including underwriting agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in such connection whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten registration:

 

(i)                                     make such representations and warranties to the Holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings as may be reasonably requested by them;

 

(ii)                                  obtain opinions of counsel to the Operating Partnership and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if any, and the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

 

(iii)                               obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the Operating Partnership’s independent certified public accountants (and, if necessary, any other independent certified

 

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public accountants of any subsidiary of the Operating Partnership or of any business acquired by the Operating Partnership for which financial statements are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) addressed to the underwriters, if any, and use reasonable efforts to have such letter addressed to the selling Holders of Registrable Securities (to the extent consistent with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts), such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters to underwriters in connection with similar underwritten offerings;

 

(iv)                              enter into a securities sales agreement with the Holders and an agent of the Holders providing for, among other things, the appointment of such agent for the selling Holders for the purpose of soliciting purchases of Registrable Securities, which agreement shall be in form, substance and scope customary for similar offerings;

 

(v)                                 if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to set forth indemnification provisions and procedures substantially equivalent to the indemnification provisions and procedures set forth in Section 4 hereof with respect to the underwriters and all other parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section or, at the request of any underwriters, in the form customarily provided to such underwriters in similar types of transactions; and

 

(vi)                              deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar offerings to the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold and the managing underwriters, if any.

 

The above shall be done at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement (and each post-effective amendment thereto) and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder;

 

(q)                                 in the case of a Shelf Registration or if a Prospectus is required to be delivered by any Participating Broker-Dealer in the case of an Exchange Offer, make available for inspection by representatives of the Holders of the Registrable Securities, any underwriters participating in any disposition pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, any Participating Broker-Dealer and any counsel or accountant retained by any of the foregoing, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Operating Partnership reasonably requested by any such persons, and cause the respective officers, directors, employees, and any other agents of the Operating Partnership to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, special counsel or accountant in connection with a Registration Statement, and make such representatives of the Operating Partnership available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Purchasers by the Representative and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by the Representatives and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 3(c) hereof.  Records which the Operating Partnership determines in good faith, to be confidential and any records which they notify such representatives are confidential shall not be disclosed by such representatives unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court a competent jurisdiction or is necessary in connection with any action, suit or proceeding or (iii) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public.  Each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer shall be required to agree in writing that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential, shall not be communicated to any third-party (other than its agents and affiliates (who shall also be subject to the confidentially requirements of this paragraph) on a “need-to-know” basis) and shall not be used by it as the basis for market transaction in the securities of

 

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the Operating Partnership unless and until such is made generally available to the public.  Each selling holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer shall be required to further agree in writing that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Operating Partnership and allow the Operating Partnership at its expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;

 

(r)                                    (i)                                     in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities and make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers or counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request and, except as otherwise required by applicable law, not file any such document in a form to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities and counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities or counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities shall reasonably object, and make the representatives of the Operating Partnership available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers; and

 

(ii)                                  in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Holders of Registrable Securities, to the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for the Holders and to the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any, make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers, the counsel to the Holders or the underwriter or underwriters reasonably request and not file any such document in a form to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall reasonably object, and make the representatives of the Operating Partnership available for discussion of such document as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities or any underwriter.

 

(s)                                  in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange on which similar debt securities issued by the Operating Partnership are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

 

(t)                                    in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be rated by the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Majority Holders, or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

 

(u)                                 otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

 

(v)                                 cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter and its

 

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counsel (including any “qualified independent underwriter” that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD); and

 

(w)                               upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, obtain a customary opinion of counsel to the Operating Partnership addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, and which includes an opinion that (i) the Operating Partnership has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Securities and/or Private Exchange Securities, as applicable, and the related indenture, and (ii) each of the Exchange Securities and related indenture constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with its respective terms (with customary exceptions).

 

In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Operating Partnership may (as a condition to such Holder’s participation in the Shelf Registration) require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Operating Partnership such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Operating Partnership may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Operating Partnership of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts, each of the kind described in Section 3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(l) hereof, and, if so directed by the Operating Partnership, such Holder shall deliver to the Operating Partnership (at its expense) all copies in such Holder’s possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

In the event that the Operating Partnership fails to effect the Exchange Offer or file any Shelf Registration Statement and maintain the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement as provided herein, the Operating Partnership shall not file any Registration Statement with respect to any securities (within the meaning of Section 2(1) of the 1933 Act) of the Operating Partnership other than Registrable Securities.

 

If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that will manage such offering shall be selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be acceptable to the Operating Partnership.  No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

4.                                       Indemnification, Contribution.

 

(a)                                  The Operating Partnership agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers, each Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer, each Person who participates as an underwriter (any such Person being an “Underwriter”) and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser, Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

 

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(i)                                     against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) pursuant to which Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities were registered under the 1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(ii)                                  against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 4(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Operating Partnership; and

 

(iii)                               against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by any indemnified party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or subparagraph (ii) above;

 

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Operating Partnership by the Holder or Underwriter expressly for use in a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

(b)                                 Each Holder severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership, the Initial Purchasers, each underwriter and the other selling Holders, and each of their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls the Operating Partnership, the Initial Purchasers, any Underwriter or any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus included therein (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Holder furnished to the Operating Partnership by such Holder expressly for use in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, however, that no such Holder shall be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(c)                                  Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof, and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this

 

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indemnity agreement.  An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party.  In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

(d)                                 If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 4(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

(e)                                  If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Holders and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

The relative fault of the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Holders and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Operating Partnership, the Holders or the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The Operating Partnership, the Holders and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 4.  The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 4 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, no Holder or Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities sold by

 

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it were offered exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder or Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

For purposes of this Section 4, each Person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser or Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser or Holder, and each director of the Operating Partnership, and each Person, if any, who controls the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Operating Partnership.  The Initial Purchasers’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 4 are several in proportion to the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement and not joint.

 

5.                                       Miscellaneous.

 

5.1                                 Rule 144 and Rule 144A.  For so long as the Operating Partnership is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15 of the 1934 Act, the Operating Partnership covenants that it shall file the reports required to be filed by it under the 1933 Act and Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder.  If the Operating Partnership ceases to be so required to file such reports, the Operating Partnership covenants that it shall upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities (a) make publicly available such information as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, (b) deliver such information to a prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and it shall take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, and (c) take such further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Securities without registration under the 1933 Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, (ii) Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC.  Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Operating Partnership shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

5.2                                 No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Operating Partnership has not entered into and the Operating Partnership shall not after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not and shall not for the term of this Agreement in any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Operating Partnership’s other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

 

5.3                                 Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Operating Partnership has obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure.

 

5.4                                 Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such

 

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Holder to the Operating Partnership by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.4, which address initially is the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Initial Purchasers; and (b) if to the Operating Partnership, initially at the Operating Partnership’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and thereafter at such other address of which notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.4.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; two business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee under the Indenture, at the address specified in such Indenture.

 

5.5                                 Successor and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.  If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

 

5.6                                 Third Party Beneficiaries.  The Initial Purchasers (even if the Initial Purchasers are not Holders of Registrable Securities) shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.  Each Holder of Registrable Securities shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights hereunder.

 

5.7                                 Specific Enforcement.  Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Operating Partnership acknowledges that any failure by the Operating Partnership to comply with its obligations under Section 2.1 through Section 2.4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Operating Partnership’s obligations under Section 2.1 through Section 2.4 hereof.

 

5.8                                 Restriction on Resales.  Until the expiration of two years after the original issuance of the Securities, the Operating Partnership shall not, and shall cause its “affiliates” (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the 1933 Act) not to, resell any Securities which are “restricted securities” (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act) that have been reacquired by any of them and shall immediately upon any purchase of any such Securities submit such Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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5.9                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

5.10                           Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

5.11                           GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THEREOF.

 

5.12                           Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

By:

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Simon

 

 

 

Name: David Simon

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED

AS OF THE DATE FIRST ABOVE

WRITTEN:

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

 

By:

 /s/ Paul Ingrassia

 

 

Name: Paul Ingrassia

 

Title: Managing Director

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

 

 

By:

 /s/ Robert Bottamedi

 

 

Name: Robert Bottamedi

 

Title: Vice President

 

UBS SECURITIES LLC

 

 

By:

 /s/ Christopher Forshner

 

 

Name: Christopher Forshner

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

By:

 /s/ Ryan Donovan

 

 

Name: Ryan Donovan

 

Title: Director

 

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

 

 

By:

 /s/ Teresa Hee

 

 

Name: Teresa Hee

 

Title: Director

 

For themselves and for the

other Initial Purchasers named

in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement.

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Opinion of Counsel

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York  10013

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel for Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), in connection with the sale by the Operating Partnership to the Initial Purchasers (as defined below) of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% senior unsecured notes due 2011 and $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior unsecured notes due 2015 (the “Securities”) of the Operating Partnership pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated November 8, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among the Operating Partnership, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and the other Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”) and the filing by the Operating Partnership of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) in connection with an Exchange Offer to be effected pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated November 15, 2005, between the Operating Partnership and the Initial Purchasers.  This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 3(f)(iii) of the Registration Rights Agreement.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this opinion that are defined in the Registration Rights Agreement are used herein as so defined.

 

We have examined such documents, records and matters of law as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion.  In rendering this opinion, as to all matters of fact relevant to this opinion, we have assumed the completeness and accuracy of, and are relying solely upon, the representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership set forth in the Purchase Agreement and the statements set forth in certificates of public officials and officers of the Operating Partnership, without making any independent investigation or inquiry with respect to the completeness or accuracy of such representations, warranties or statements, other than a review of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws and relevant minute books of the Operating Partnership.

 

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.                                       The Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements, notes or schedules thereto and other financial data and supplemental schedules included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

2.                                       We have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in the course thereof have had discussions with representatives of the underwriters, officers and other representatives of the Operating Partnership and Ernst & Young LLP, the Operating Partnership’s independent public accountants, during which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were discussed.  We have not, however, independently verified and are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  Based on our participation as described

 



 

above, nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that the Registration Statement (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included therein as to which we make no statement) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included therein, as to which such counsel need make no statement), as of the date of the Prospectus, as of the date of any such amended or supplemented Prospectus or on the Closing Date, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

This opinion is being furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, and may not be used for any other purpose or relied upon by any person other than you.  Except with our prior written consent, the opinions herein expressed are not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in connection with any transactions other than those contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement by or to any other person.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

 

CONTACTS:
 
Shelly Doran
317.685.7330
Investors
Les Morris
317.263.7711
Media

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF PRIVATE OFFERING OF $1.1 BILLION OF SENIOR NOTES

 

Indianapolis, IN, November 15, 2005 - Simon Property Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:SPG) announced today the closing of a private offering of $1.1 billion of senior notes by its operating partnership subsidiary, Simon Property Group, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”).  The offering consisted of $500 million of 5.375% notes due 2011 and $600 million of 5.750% notes due 2015.  The notes were offered in a private placement within the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Operating Partnership intends to use the proceeds to reduce the outstanding balances of existing credit facilities.

 

The Company also reported that it had settled certain forward-hedging instruments concurrently with the pricing of this issue.  If the proceeds of the settlement to the Company were applied to the notes, the effective yield of the 2011 notes would be reduced to 5.37%, 5.65% for the 2015 notes, and 5.52% on a blended basis over the eight-year weighted average maturity.

 

The notes have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.  The issuance of the notes has been structured to allow secondary market trading under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction where such an offering would be unlawful.

 

About Simon

 

Simon Property Group, Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, development and management of retail real estate, primarily regional malls, Premium Outlet® centers and community/lifestyle centers. The Company’s current total market capitalization is approximately $39 billion. Through its subsidiary partnership, it currently owns or has an interest in 296 properties in the United States containing an aggregate of 202 million square feet of gross leasable area in 40 states plus Puerto Rico. Simon also holds interests in 51 European shopping centers in France, Italy and Poland; 5 Premium Outlet centers in Japan; and one Premium Outlet center in Mexico. Additional Simon Property Group information is available at www.simon.com.