UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2009
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Registrants 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 August 6, 2009, Simon Property Group, L.P. (Operating Partnership) entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC (collectively, the Underwriters), in connection with the public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnerships 6.75% notes due 2014 (the Notes). The offering of the Notes is expected to close on August 11, 2009.
The Notes will be issued pursuant to the twenty-third supplemental indenture (the Supplemental Indenture) to the Indenture (the Indenture) dated as of November 26, 1996, between the Operating Partnership and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee. 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 into this Item 1.01.
The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-157794-01), the prospectus dated March 9, 2009, and the related prospectus supplement dated August 6, 2009.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement and the form of Supplemental Indenture are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The Indenture was incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
ITEM 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Except for the issue date and the issue price, the Notes will have the same terms as, be fully fungible with, rank equally with and form a single series with the $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Notes due 2014 initially issued by the Operating Partnership on May 15, 2009 (the Initial Notes), and will have the same CUSIP number assigned to the Initial Notes.
The Notes bear interest at a rate of 6.75% per annum and mature on May 15, 2014. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 each year, beginning on November 15, 2009 (each, an Interest Payment Date). Interest will be paid to holders of record of such Notes registered at the close of business the fifteenth calendar day preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
The Operating Partnership 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 a make-whole premium calculated under the Supplemental Indenture (unless the Notes are redeemed within 90 days prior to the applicable maturity date, in which case no make-whole will be payable).
The Supplemental Indenture provides for customary events of default, including, among other things, nonpayment, failure to comply with the other agreements in the Supplemental
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Indenture for a period of 90 days, and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization.
The description set forth above is qualified in its entirety by the form of Supplemental Indenture (including the form of notes attached thereto).
ITEM 8.01 Other Events.
On August 6, 2009, Simon Property Group, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership (SPG), issued a press release announcing the Operating Partnerships intent to issue, subject to market conditions, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% notes due 2014, which issue would be a re-opening of the Initial Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
On August 6, 2009, SPG also issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit 1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement dated as of August 6, 2009 among Simon Property Group, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC. |
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Exhibit 4.1 |
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Form of Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 between Simon Property Group, L.P. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee. |
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Exhibit 4.2 |
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Form of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Notes due 2014. |
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Exhibit 5.1 |
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Opinion of Baker & Daniels LLP. |
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Exhibit 8.1 |
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Opinion of Baker & Daniels LLP regarding tax matters. |
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Exhibit 23.1 |
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Consent of Baker & Daniels LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
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Exhibit 99.1 |
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Press Release, dated August 6, 2009, issued by Simon Property Group, Inc., announcing the intent to re-open the Initial Notes |
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Exhibit 99.2 |
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Press Release, dated August 6, 2009, issued by Simon Property Group, Inc., announcing the pricing of the Notes |
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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.
Date: August 11, 2009
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P. |
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Simon Property Group, Inc., the sole General Partner |
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/s/ Stephen E. Sterrett |
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Stephen E. Sterrett |
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Executive Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 6, 2009
among
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
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UBS SECURITIES LLC
as Representatives
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties |
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(a) Representations and Warranties by the Operating Partnership |
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(b) Officers Certificates |
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SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters; Closing |
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(a) Notes |
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(b) Payment |
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(c) Denominations; Registration |
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SECTION 3. Covenants of the Operating Partnership |
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(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests; Payment of Filing Fees |
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(b) Delivery of Registration Statements |
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(c) Delivery of Prospectus(es) |
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(d) Notice and Effect of Material Events |
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(e) Filing of Amendments and 1934 Act Documents |
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(f) Renewal of Registration Statement |
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(g) Blue-Sky Qualifications |
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(h) Stop Order by State Securities Commission |
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(i) Earnings Statement |
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(j) Reporting Requirements |
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(k) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses; Preparation of Final Term Sheet |
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(l) REIT Qualification |
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(m) Use of Proceeds |
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(n) 1934 Act Filings |
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(o) Supplemental Indentures |
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(p) Ratings |
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(q) DTC |
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses |
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SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations |
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(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus; Payment of Filing Fee |
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(e) Accountants Comfort Letter |
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(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter |
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(i) Termination of this Agreement |
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SECTION 6. Indemnification |
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(a) Indemnification of Underwriters |
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(b) Indemnification of Operating Partnership, Company and Companys Directors and Officers |
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(d) Settlement Without Consent If Failure to Reimburse |
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SECTION 7. Contribution |
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SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery |
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SECTION 9. Termination |
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(a) Termination; General |
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(b) Liabilities |
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SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters |
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SECTION 11. Notices |
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SECTION 12. Parties |
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SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME |
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SECTION 14. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship |
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SECTION 15. Integration |
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SECTION 16. Effect of Headings |
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Exhibit A-1 |
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
(a Delaware limited partnership)
$500,000,000 6.75% Notes due 2014
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
August 6, 2009
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), confirms its agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (Citi), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DB), Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman Sachs), UBS Securities LLC (UBS) and each of the Underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto (collectively, the Underwriters, which term shall also include any Underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Citi, DB, Goldman Sachs and UBS are acting as Representatives (in such capacity, the Representatives), with respect to the issue and sale by the Operating Partnership and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule 1 of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2014 (the Notes).
Except for the issue date and the issue price, the Notes will have the same terms as, be fully fungible with, rank equally with and form a single series with $600,000,000 of 6.75% Notes due 2014 initially issued by the Operating Partnership on May 15, 2009 (the Initial Notes), and will have the same CUSIP number assigned to the Initial Notes.
The Initial Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of November 26, 1996 (the Original Indenture), between the Operating Partnership and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by a twenty-second supplemental indenture to the Original Indenture entered into between the Operating Partnership and the Trustee on May 15, 2009 under which the terms of the Initial Notes were established. The Notes will be issued as part of the same series of debt securities as the Initial Notes under the Original Indenture, as supplemented by a twenty-third supplemental indenture to the Original Indenture to be entered into between the Operating Partnership and the Trustee on or prior to the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(b)) (the
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Original Indenture, as supplemented by the twenty-second supplemental indenture thereto and by the twenty-third supplemental indenture thereto, and as the same may be amended or further supplemented from time to time, the Indenture). Notes issued in book-entry form shall be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) pursuant to a blanket issuer letter of representations, dated August 11, 2004 (the DTC Agreement), between the Operating Partnership and DTC.
The Operating Partnership understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Notes on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the 1939 Act).
The Operating Partnership and Simon Property Group, Inc. a Delaware corporation and the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership (the Company), have jointly prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-157794 and 333-157794-01), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission (the 1933 Act Regulations) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act). Such registration statement covers the registration of the sale of the Notes under the 1933 Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Operating Partnership will prepare and file with the Commission a prospectus supplement to the prospectus of the Operating Partnership that is a part of the aforementioned registration statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (Rule 430B) of the 1933 Act Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (Rule 424(b)) of the 1933 Act Regulations, and deliver such prospectus supplement and prospectus to the Underwriters, for use by the Underwriters in connection with their solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Notes. Any information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as Rule 430B Information. The prospectus of the Operating Partnership that is part of such registration statement and each prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Notes that omitted Rule 430B Information is herein referred to as a preliminary prospectus. Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act Regulations, is herein referred to as the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein referred to as the Original Registration Statement. The final prospectus and the final prospectus supplement in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Notes, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement, is herein referred to as the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Prospectus.
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All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is contained, included or stated in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the date of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act) which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, on or after the date of this Agreement.
The term subsidiary means a corporation, partnership or other entity, a majority of the outstanding voting stock, partnership interests or other equity interests, as the case may be, of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Operating Partnership and/or the Company, or by one or more other subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership and/or the Company.
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At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or the Operating Partnership or another offering participant made or will make a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Notes and at the date hereof, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership was not and is not an ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405.
Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Notes made prior to the filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Company or the Operating Partnership or any person acting on their behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 163) and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.
At the respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the 1939 Act Regulations), and did not and will not 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; provided, that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Operating Partnership in writing by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement.
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Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto), the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Notes or until any earlier date that the Operating Partnership notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(d), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon or in conformity with written information furnished to the Operating Partnership by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein.
As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
Applicable Time means 12:38 p.m. (New York City Time) on August 6, 2009 or such other time as agreed by the Operating Partnership and the Representatives.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 433), relating to the Notes that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Operating Partnership, (ii) is a road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Notes or of the
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offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Operating Partnerships records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule 2 hereto.
Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
Statutory Prospectus as of any time means the prospectus and/or prospectus supplement relating to the Notes that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus and/or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof.
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(34) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Operating Partnership and each other Simon Entity and Property Partnership are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Operating Partnership or any other Simon Entity or Property Partnership with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Operating Partnership, threatened.
(35) OFAC. Neither the Operating Partnership nor any other Simon Entity or Property Partnership nor, to the knowledge of the Operating Partnership, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliates of the Operating Partnership or any other Simon Entity or Property Partnership is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Operating Partnership will not directly or indirectly use the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such net proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
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Payment for the Notes shall be made to the Operating Partnership by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Operating Partnership, against delivery to the Representatives or their designee for the respective accounts of the Underwriters for the Notes to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Notes that it has agreed to purchase. Citi, individually, and not as a representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Notes to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
The Notes shall be delivered in the form of one or more global certificates in aggregate denomination equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes upon original issuance and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC.
The Operating Partnership covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
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The obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer or authorized representative of the Operating Partnership or any other Simon Entity delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Operating Partnership of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
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(1) 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 the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, 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 preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the 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;
(2) 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 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Operating Partnership; and
(3) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Underwriters), 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 (1) or (2) above;
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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 any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
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If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof 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, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, 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 benefits received by the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of such Notes (before deducting expenses) received by the Operating Partnership and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Notes as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, 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 or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Operating Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal
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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 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any 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 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriters Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Operating Partnership or the Company 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 Underwriters respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule 1 hereto and not joint.
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Operating Partnership or the Company or authorized representatives of each of the Operating Partnership or the Company submitted pursuant hereto or thereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Operating Partnership or the Company, and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Notes.
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No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the Representatives or the Operating Partnership shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term Underwriter includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at c/o Citi, 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, with a copy to Sidley Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, attention of Edward F. Petrosky, Esq. and J. Gerard Cummins, Esq.; and notices to the Simon Entities shall be directed to any of them at National City Center, 225 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, attention of Mr. David Simon, with a copy to Baker & Daniels LLP, 600 East 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240, attention of David C. Worrell, Esq.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Operating Partnership, the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives and the Company, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SAID STATE. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE TO THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. THE COMPANY, THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND THE UNDERWRITERS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
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PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
The Operating Partnership acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Notes and any related discounts and commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Operating Partnership or the Company, or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Operating Partnership or the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Operating Partnership or the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Operating Partnership or the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Operating Partnership and the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Operating Partnership and the Company has consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the they deemed appropriate. Furthermore, the Operating Partnership agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering of the Notes (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Operating Partnership or the Company on related or other matters).
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Operating Partnership a counterpart hereof, whereupon this Agreement, along with all counterparts, shall become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms.
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. |
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Name: Scott Eisen |
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On behalf of themselves and the other several Underwriters
SCHEDULE 1
Underwriters and Principal Amount of Notes
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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SCHEDULE 2
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus
The Final Term Sheet specified in Section 3(k) and substantially in the form of Schedule 4.
SCHEDULE 3
Purchase Price of the Notes
The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the Notes shall be 104.579% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest on the Notes from May 15, 2009.
SCHEDULE 4
Dated August 6, 2009 |
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Registration Statement No. 333-157794-01 |
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(TOTAL ISSUE SIZE $1,100,000,000)
$500,000,000 REOPENING 6.750% NOTES DUE 2014
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Simon Property Group, L.P. |
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Principal Amount Offered Hereby: |
$500,000,000 |
Aggregate Principal Amount to be Outstanding: |
$1,100,000,000 |
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May 15, 2014 |
Coupon (Interest Rate): |
6.750% |
Benchmark Treasury: |
2.625% due July 31, 2014 |
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: |
99-17 / 2.726% |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: |
T+275 |
Yield to Maturity: |
5.476% |
Ratings (S&P / Moodys): |
A- (stable) / A3 (stable) |
Interest Payment Dates: |
May 15 and November 15, commencing November 15, 2009 |
Day Count Convention: |
30/360 |
Redemption Provision: |
Make whole call at any time based on U.S. Treasury + 0.50% (50 basis points) or at par on or after 90 days prior to May 15, 2014 |
Initial Price to Public: |
105.029% plus accrued interest from May 15, 2009 |
Accrued Interest on Notes Offered Hereby: |
$8,062,500 |
Settlement Date: |
T+3; August 11, 2009 |
Denominations: |
$2,000 x $1,000 |
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828807CB1; US828807CB12 |
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Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. |
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This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by the issuer.
Ratings may be changed, suspended or withdrawn at any time and are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell any security.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the Securities and Exchange Commissions website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc., toll-free at 1-877-858-5407, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., toll-free at 1-800-503-4611, Goldman, Sachs & Co., toll-free at 1-866-471-2526, or UBS Securities LLC, toll-free at 1-877-827-6444 ext 561-3884.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER E-MAIL SYSTEM.
Exhibit A-1
FORM OF OPINION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
FOR THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
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In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Operating Partnership and the independent public accountants for the Operating Partnership and the Company at which the contents of the same and related matters were discussed. On the basis of such participation and review, but without independent verification by such counsel of, and, other than with respect to opinion paragraphs 7 and 10 above, without assuming any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel that would lead such counsel to
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believe that the Original Registration Statement (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which such counsel need make no statement), at the time such Original Registration Statement became effective, 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; that the Registration Statement, including the Rule 430B Information (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which such counsel need make no statement), at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, 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 (except for financial statements, the schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need make no statement), as of the time the final prospectus supplement relating to the Notes was issued or at the Closing Time, contained or contains 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. In addition, nothing has come to such counsels attention that would lead such counsel to believe that the General Disclosure Package, other than the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need make no statement, at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Operating Partnership and public officials.
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Exhibit A-2
FORM OF OPINION OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIPS GENERAL COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
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Exhibit 4.1
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
ISSUER
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
TRUSTEE
FORM
OF
TWENTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF AUGUST 11, 2009
$500,000,000 6.75% NOTES due 2014
(Constituting
part of the same series as the series of debt securities designated: Simon
Property Group L.P. 6.75% Notes due 2014, which was initially limited to an
aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 under the Twenty-Second Supplemental
Indenture to the Indenture referred to below, pursuant to which Supplemental
Indenture, Simon Property Group, L.P. issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Notes on May 15, 2009)
SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE,
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 26, 1996,
BETWEEN
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, 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 |
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Global Note
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificated Note
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TWENTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 11, 2009 (the Twenty-Third 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 225 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, 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 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
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, pursuant to the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2009, between the Issuer and the Trustee (the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture), which supplements the Original Indenture, the Issuer created and provided for a series of debt securities designated as Simon Property Group, L.P. 6.75% Notes due 2014 (the Series), initially in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Series (the Initial Notes) on May 15, 2009;
WHEREAS, Section 1.04(h) of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture provides that the Issuer may, from time to time, create and issue, without the consent of holders of debt securities of the Series, additional debt securities under the Original Indenture having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes, in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, first payment of interest, and that such additional debt securities shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with previously outstanding debt securities of the Series, and that a new supplemental indenture shall be executed in connection with the issuance of such additional debt securities;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 301 and 901 of the Original Indenture and Section 1.04(h) of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Board of Directors of Simon Property Group, Inc., the general partner of the Issuer, has approved the creation and issuance of debt securities (the August Notes) to be represented by the forms set forth herein and having the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes, except for the issue price and except that the issue date of the August Notes shall be the date first above written;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1.04(h) of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the August Notes shall be consolidated with and form a single series with the Initial Notes (collectively, the Notes); and
WHEREAS, all actions required to be taken under the Original Indenture with respect to this Twenty-Third 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 Twenty-Third 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 Twenty-Third 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:
August Notes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banking institutions in The City of New York are open for business.
Certificated Notes has the meaning set forth in Article III.
Closing Date means August 11, 2009.
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.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
Global Note means a permanent fully-registered global note in book-entry form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
Indenture means the Original Indenture as supplemented by the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture and this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture.
Initial Notes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c).
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
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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.
Notes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
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.
Redemption Price has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(d).
Regular Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c).
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), plus 0.50%. 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.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
Series has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
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.
Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Underwriters means, collectively, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Securities LLC, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets
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LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Underwriting Agreement means the Underwriting Agreement relating to the August Notes, dated August 6, 2009, among the Operating Partnership and those Underwriters executing such agreement, as representatives for the other Underwriters named therein.
SECTION 1.02. Creation of the August Notes; Aggregate Principal Amount of the Series. In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture and Section 1.04(h) of the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates the August Notes as part of the same series of its debt securities under the Indenture as the Initial Notes. Except as permitted by Sections 301, 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture, the August Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000.
Subject to any further issuance of debt securities of the Series, the debt securities of the Series shall be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000, except as permitted by Sections 301, 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 1.03. Form of the August Notes. The August Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee without the necessity of the reproduction thereon of the corporate seal of the General Partner (as defined in the Original Indenture), which shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC. The August Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such Global Notes for all purposes under the Indenture. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Notes shall be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or Persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).
SECTION 1.04. Terms and Conditions of the August Notes. The August Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the August Notes:
(a) Title and Aggregate Principal Amount. The August Notes shall have the same title as the designated title of the Series; the aggregate principal amount of the August Notes shall be as specified in Section 1.02 of this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture; and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of the Series as specified in Section 1.02 of this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture.
(b) Stated Maturity. The August Notes shall mature, and the unpaid principal thereon shall be payable, on May 15, 2014, subject to the provisions of the Original Indenture and Section 1.04(d) below.
(c) Interest. The rate per annum at which interest shall be payable on the August Notes shall be 6.75%. Interest on the August Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 15 and November 15, commencing on November 15, 2009 (each, an Interest Payment Date), to the Persons in whose names the applicable Notes are registered in the Security Register applicable to the August Notes at the close of business on the 15th calendar day immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (each, a Regular Record Date).
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Interest on the August Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the August Notes shall accrue from and including May 15, 2009.
(d) Sinking Fund, Redemption or Repayment. No sinking fund shall be provided for the August Notes and the August Notes shall not be repayable at the option of the Holders thereof prior to Stated Maturity. The Notes, including the August 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 (collectively, the Redemption Price), all in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of the Original Indenture; provided, however, that if the Notes are redeemed on or after 90 days prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the 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 Notes called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Notes shall cease to bear interest on the Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of the Notes from and after the Redemption Date shall be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes in accordance with such notice.
(e) Registration and Form. The August Notes shall be issuable as Registered Securities as provided in Section 1.03 of this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture. The August Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the August Notes shall be made by the Issuer in immediately available funds.
(f) 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 Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture) in Section 1403 of the Original Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes, including the August Notes.
(g) Make-Whole Amount Payable Upon Acceleration. Upon any acceleration of the Stated Maturity of the Notes, including the August Notes, in accordance with Section 502 of the Original Indenture, the Make-Whole Amount on the Notes shall become immediately due and payable, subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
(h) Further Issues. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Original Indenture, the Issuer may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further debt securities under the Indenture having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and, to the extent applicable, first payment of interest. Additional debt securities issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding 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 additional debt securities.
(i) Other Terms and Conditions. The August Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit A.
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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 X 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, including the August Notes, and to which the Notes, including the August Notes, shall be subject. Furthermore, the covenants set forth in Article II of any Supplemental Indenture dated prior to June 7, 2005 (Prior Supplemental Indentures) 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) 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 Partnerships Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), 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 Partnerships 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%.
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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 Partnerships 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 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 Partnerships 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 Partnerships or Subsidiarys 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) and provided that, in the case of Debt owed by the Operating Partnership to any Subsidiary or affiliate, the Debt is subordinated 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 Partnerships 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 Partnerships Pro Rata Share of undepreciated book value as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and (iii) the Operating Partnerships Pro Rata Share of cash and cash equivalents.
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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.
SECTION 2.03. Events of Default. For the purposes of the Notes, including the August 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 also 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
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SECTION 2.04. Notice of Defaults. For the purposes of the Notes, including the August 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 also 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 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
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
SECTION 3.01. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Operating Partnership for one or more Notes in definitive, fully registered certificated form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the Certificated Notes) 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 applicable Global Note, for one or more Certificated Notes, as applicable. In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes upon request but only upon at least 30 calendar days prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with customary procedures. Whenever a Global Note is exchanged for one or more Certificated Notes, it shall be surrendered by the Holder thereof to the Trustee and cancelled by the Trustee. All Certificated Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note, a beneficial interest therein or a portion thereof shall be registered in such names, and delivered, as DTC shall instruct the Trustee.
(b) 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, subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, 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
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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 IV
LEGENDS
SECTION 4.01. Legends. Each 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 V
TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.01. Corporate Trust Office. The Trustee is appointed as the principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar for the Notes, including the August Notes, and for the purposes of Section 1002 of the Indenture. The Notes, including the August 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 or the City of Chicago.
SECTION 5.02. Recitals of Fact. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Twenty-Third 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.
SECTION 5.03. Successor. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor trustee hereunder without any further act.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 6.01. Ratification of Original Indenture. This Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture and the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby and thereby, the Original Indenture and the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture are in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
SECTION 6.02. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 6.03. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 6.04. Separability Clause. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Twenty-Third 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 6.05. Governing Law. This Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
SECTION 6.06. Counterparts. This Twenty-Third 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 Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date first above written.
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FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE
[FACE OF 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.
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6.75% Note due 2014
Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Issuer, which term includes any successor under the Indenture (as defined below)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN WORDS] dollars on May 15, 2014 (the Maturity Date), unless earlier redeemed as described on the reverse hereof, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from May 15, 2009, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on November 15, 2009, at the rate of 6.75% per annum, until payment of said principal amount has been made or duly provided for.
The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment 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 Interest Payment Date, 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
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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 be more than 15 calendar days and 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. 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 or date of redemption shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 15, 2009, in the case of the initial period) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of redemption, 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 The City of New York are open for business.
The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date or earlier date of redemption 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 or The City of Chicago. 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, premium, if any, 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 Trustees 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
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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 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 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 Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 2009, and the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2009, 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. 6.75% Notes due 2014, currently limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,100,000,000 (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, and in certain cases shall automatically be, 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 on or after 90 days prior to 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 partners 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 or The City of Chicago, 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 or The City of Chicago, 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 Twenty-Third 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
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this Note and all rights thereunder and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Exhibit B
FORM OF CERTIFICATED NOTE
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
6.75% Note due 2014
Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Issuer, which term includes any successor under the Indenture (as defined below)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN WORDS] dollars on May 15, 2014 (the Maturity Date), unless earlier redeemed as described on the reverse hereof, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from May 15, 2009, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on November 15, 2009, at the rate of 6.75% per annum, until payment of said principal amount has been made or duly provided for.
The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment 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 Interest Payment Date, 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 be more than 15 calendar days and 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. 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 or date of redemption shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 15, 2009, in the case of the initial period) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of redemption, 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,
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other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banking institutions in The City of New York are open for business.
The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date or earlier date of redemption 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 or The City of Chicago. 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, premium, if any, 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 Trustees 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
6.75% Note due 2014
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 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 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 Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 2009, and the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2009, 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. 6.75% Notes due 2014, currently limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,100,000,000 (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, and in certain cases shall automatically be, 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 on or after 90 days prior to 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 partners 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 or The City of Chicago, 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 or The City of Chicago, 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 Twenty-Third 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
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this Note and all rights thereunder and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Exhibit 4.2
FORM OF 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.
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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP,
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6.75% Note due 2014
Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Issuer, which term includes any successor under the Indenture (as defined below)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal amount of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION dollars on May 15, 2014 (the Maturity Date), unless earlier redeemed as described on the reverse hereof, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from May 15, 2009, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on November 15, 2009, at the rate of 6.75% per annum, until payment of said principal amount has been made or duly provided for.
The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment 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 Interest Payment Date, 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 be more than 15 calendar days and 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. 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 or date of redemption shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 15, 2009, in the case of the initial period) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of redemption, 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 The City of New York are open for business.
The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date or earlier date of redemption 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 or The City of Chicago. 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, premium, if any, 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 Trustees 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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REVERSE OF NOTE
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
6.75% Note due 2014
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 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 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 Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 2009, and the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2009, 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. 6.75% Notes due 2014, currently limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,100,000,000 (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, and in certain cases shall automatically be, 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 on or after 90 days prior to 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 partners 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 or The City of Chicago, 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 or The City of Chicago, 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 Twenty-Third 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
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Exhibit 5.1
BAKER & DANIELS LLP
600 East 96th Street, Suite 600
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240
Tel 317.569.9600 Fax 317.569.4800
www.bakerdaniels.com
August 11, 2009
Simon Property Group, L.P
225 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Issuer), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Issuer of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% Notes due 2014 (the Notes), including the preparation and/or review of:
For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined originals or copies, identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, instruments and other relevant materials as we deemed advisable and have made such examination of statutes and decisions and reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to facts material to this opinion letter, we have relied upon certificates, statements or representations of public officials, of officers and representatives of the Issuer and of others, without any independent verification thereof.
On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provisions contained in the Supplemental Indenture for the Notes that constitute waivers which are prohibited by law prior to default.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading Legal Matters in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act or the rules or regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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Exhibit 8.1
BAKER & DANIELS LLP
600 East 96th Street, Suite 600
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240
Tel 317.569.9600 Fax 317.569.4800
www.bakerdaniels.com
August 11, 2009
Simon Property Group, L.P
225 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Re: Federal Income Tax Considerations
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as tax counsel to Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Issuer), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Issuer of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% Notes due May 15, 2014 (the Notes), including the preparation and/or review of:
You have requested our opinion concerning certain of the federal income tax consequences relating to the offering of the Notes pursuant to the Registration Statement. This opinion is based on various factual assumptions, including the facts set forth in the Registration Statement concerning the business, properties and governing documents of the Issuer, Simon Property Group, Inc., and their subsidiaries.
In our capacity as tax counsel to the Operating Partnership, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. For the purposes of our
opinion, we have not made an independent investigation or audit of the facts set forth in the above referenced documents. In our examination, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures thereon, the legal capacity of natural persons executing such documents and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.
We are opining herein only with respect to the federal income tax laws of the United States, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability to the Notes, or the effect thereon, of other federal laws, the laws of any state or other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any other local agencies within any state.
Based on such facts, assumptions and representations, it is our opinion that the statements in the Prospectus Supplement set forth under the caption Federal Income Tax Considerations are, subject to the limitations set forth therein, the material United States federal income tax consequences relevant to holders of the Notes.
No opinion is expressed as to any matter not discussed herein.
This opinion is rendered to you as of the date of this letter, and we undertake no obligation to update this opinion subsequent to the date hereof. This opinion is based on various statutory provisions, regulations promulgated thereunder and interpretations thereof by the Internal Revenue Service and the courts having jurisdiction over such matters, all of which are subject to change either prospectively or retroactively. Also, any variation or difference in the facts from those set forth in the Prospectus Supplement may adversely affect the accuracy of the conclusions stated herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us in the Prospectus Supplement included as part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consents, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
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Exhibit 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP TO REOPEN
5-YEAR SENIOR NOTES
Indianapolis, Indiana August 6, 2009 ..Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG) announced today that its majority-owned partnership subsidiary, Simon Property Group, L.P., subject to market conditions, intends to issue $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% notes due 2014.
The issue would be a re-opening of the 6.75% notes due 2014 issued on May 15, 2009. Assuming a successful re-opening, there would be $1.1 billion of this series of senior notes outstanding. No assurance can be given that the re-opening will be consummated.
Simon Property Group, L.P. intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general business purposes.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and UBS Securities LLC are serving as joint book-running managers of the offering. When available, copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., toll-free at 1-877-858-5407; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., toll-free at 1-800-503-4611; Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Prospectus Department, toll-free at 1-866-471-2526; or UBS Securities LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171, Attention: Prospectus Department, toll-free at 1-877-827-6444, ext. 561-3884.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
About Simon
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and the largest public U.S. real estate company. The Company is a fully integrated real estate company which operates from five retail real estate platforms: regional malls, Premium Outlet Centers®, the Mills®, community/lifestyle centers and international properties. It currently owns or has an interest in 386 properties comprising 262 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. Simon Property Group, Inc. common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol SPG.
Exhibit 99.2
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Les Morris |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP SELLS $500 MILLION OF
5-YEAR SENIOR NOTES
Indianapolis, Indiana August 6, 2009 Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) announced today that its majority-owned partnership subsidiary, Simon Property Group, L.P., has agreed to sell $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2014 in an underwritten offering through Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and UBS Securities LLC, as joint book-running managers. The notes were priced at 105.029% of the principal amount plus accrued interest from May 15, 2009 to yield 5.46% to maturity. The offering is expected to close on August 11, 2009.
Todays issue is a re-opening of the 6.75% notes due 2014 issued on May 15, 2009. Upon closing, there will be $1.1 billion of this series of senior notes outstanding.
Simon Property Group, L.P. intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general business purposes.
Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., toll-free at 1-877-858-5407; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., toll-free at 1-800-503-4611; Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Prospectus Department, toll-free at 1-866-471-2526; or UBS Securities LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171, Attention: Prospectus Department, toll-free at 1-877-827-6444, ext. 561-3884.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
About Simon
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and the largest public U.S. real estate company. The Company is a fully integrated real estate company which operates from five retail real estate platforms: regional malls, Premium Outlet Centers®, the Mills®, community/lifestyle centers and international properties. It currently owns or has an interest in 386 properties comprising 262 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. Simon Property Group, Inc. common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol SPG.