Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

UNITED STATES

Washington, DC 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)     March 6, 2019

 

 

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida (Regency Centers Corporation)

 

Delaware (Regency Centers, L.P.)

  

1-12298 (Regency Centers Corporation)

 

0-24763 (Regency Centers, L.P.)

  

59-3191743 (Regency Centers Corporation)

 

59-3429602 (Regency Centers, L.P.)

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One Independent Drive, Suite 114

Jacksonville, Florida

   32202
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code:    (904)-598-7000

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:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230 .425)

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company     ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(A) of the Exchange Act.     ☐

 

 

 


Item 8.01

Other Events.

On March 6, 2019, Regency Centers, L.P. (“RCLP”) completed the public offering and issuance of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.650% Notes due 2049 (the “Notes”) priced to the public at 99.661% of principal amount. The Notes are guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by Regency Centers Corporation, the general partner of RCLP (“Regency”).

The Notes were issued pursuant to the terms of an Indenture dated as of December 5, 2001 (the “Indenture”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 5, 2007, a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 2, 2010, a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 17, 2015, a Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 26, 2017 and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 6, 2019 (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), each among RCLP, Regency, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. RCLP and Regency entered into the Fifth Supplemental Indenture in connection with the offering of the Notes in order to amend the definition of “Statistical Release” in the Indenture.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

4.1    Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 6, 2019 to the Indenture dated as of December 5, 2001 among RCLP, Regency, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee
4.2    Form of Global Note for 4.650% Notes due 2049 of Regency Centers, L.P.
4.3    Guarantee of Regency Centers Corporation (included in the Global Note filed as Exhibit 4.2)


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION
March 6, 2019     By:   /s/ J. Christian Leavitt
       

J. Christian Leavitt, Senior Vice President and

Treasurer

    REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.
      By:  

Regency Centers Corporation,

its general partner

   
March 6, 2019     By:   /s/ J. Christian Leavitt
       

J. Christian Leavitt, Senior Vice President and

Treasurer

EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

AND

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

to

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

Fifth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of March 6, 2019

to

Indenture

Dated as of December 5, 2001


FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 6, 2019 (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), among REGENCY CENTERS, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Issuer”), having its principal office at One Independent Drive, Suite 114, Jacksonville, FL 32202, REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, having its principal office at One Independent Drive, Suite 114, Jacksonville, FL 32202, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly First Union National Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE ISSUER

The Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee are parties to that certain Indenture dated as of December 5, 2001 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 5, 2007 (the, “First Supplemental Indenture”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 2, 2010 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 17, 2015 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), and as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 26, 2017 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of Securities.

Section 9.1(e) of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to change any of the provisions of the Indenture with regard to Securities issued on or after the date of such change.

All the conditions and requirements necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of all series of Securities created on or after the date of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture (the “Affected Securities”), it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, from time to time, of the Affected Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE I

RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1.    Relation to Indenture. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.


Section 1.2.    Definitions. For all purposes of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)    Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture; and all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

(b)    The following terms shall have the following meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined:

Affected Securities” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

Fifth Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

First Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

Fourth Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

Second Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

Third Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

ARTICLE II

AMENDMENTS

Section 2.1.    Definition of Statistical Release. The definition of “Statistical Release” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety solely with respect to the Affected Securities as follows:

“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15” or any comparable online data source or publication which is made available by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes 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 determination under this Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Issuer.”

Section 2.2.    Waiver of the Corporate Seal. For the purposes of the Affected Securities, it is agreed that the corporate seal of the general partner referred to in Section 3.3 of the Indenture shall not be required to be affixed to the Affected Securities for the Affected Securities to be duly and validly issued pursuant to the Indenture.


ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 3.1.    Ratification of Indenture. Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and effect and is in all respects confirmed and preserved.

Section 3.2.    Governing Law. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

Section 3.3.    Counterparts. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.

 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.
By:  

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION

Its General Partner

 

By:   /s/ Dan M. Chandler, III
  Name:   Dan M. Chandler, III
  Title:   Executive Vice President of Investments

 

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Dan M. Chandler, III
  Name:   Dan M. Chandler, III
  Title:   Executive Vice President of Investments

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Sheryl Lear
  Name:   Sheryl Lear
  Title:   Vice President
EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

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.

 

 

 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.

4.650% NOTES DUE 2049

 

No. 1

CUSIP No. 75884R AY9

   $300,000,000

Regency Centers, L.P., a limited partnership duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) (such amount the “principal amount” of this Security), or such other principal amount as may be set forth in the records of the trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture, on March 15, 2049 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from March 6, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing on September 15, 2019, at the rate of 4.650% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 2.000% per annum in excess of the then applicable rate (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)

 


is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 and September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in Jacksonville, Florida or in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated: March 6, 2019

 

REGENCY CENTERS, L.P.
By:  

Regency Centers Corporation,

its general partner

 

By    
  Name:   Dan M. Chandler, III
  Title:   Executive Vice President of Investments

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

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

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

Dated: March 6, 2019

 

By    
  Authorized Officer

 

[Signature Page to the Form of Note]

 


[Reverse of Security]

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2001, among the Issuer, Regency Centers Corporation, as Guarantor, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 5, 2007 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture”), the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 2, 2010 (herein called the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2015 (herein called the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2017 (herein called the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 6, 2019 (herein called the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”); and such Indenture as originally executed and delivered and as supplemented from time to time thereafter, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, herein called the “Indenture”), each among the Issuer, Regency Centers Corporation, as Guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, upon notice of not more than 60 nor less than 15 days prior to the Redemption Date, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Securities; provided, however, that if any Security is redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the redemption price shall not include the Make-Whole Amount.

As used herein, “Make-Whole Amount” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Securities, 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 to the Par Call Date if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal

 

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amount of the Securities being redeemed or paid.

“Par Call Date” means September 15, 2048.

“Reinvestment Rate” means 0.25% plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the respective heading “Week Ending” published in the Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity of the Securities (assuming that the Securities matured on the Par Call Date, the “remaining life”), as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the 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.

“Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15” or any comparable online data source or publication which is made available by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes 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 determination under the Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by us.

The Securities of this series do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon cancellation thereof.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding

 

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of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Issuer or by the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in Jacksonville, Florida or in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series

 

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and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, unless otherwise defined herein.

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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GUARANTEE

For value received, Regency Centers Corporation, as Guarantor (the “Guarantor”), hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, purchase or otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to therein. In case of the failure of the Issuer punctually to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by acceleration, purchase or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Issuer.

The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any release or amendment or waiver of any term of any other Guarantee of, or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other Guarantee of all or of any of the Securities on which this Guarantee is endorsed, the election by the Trustee or any of the Holders in any proceeding under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Issuer, as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of the claims of the Trustee or any of the Holders for payment of any of the Securities on which this Guarantee is endorsed, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such Security or by the Trustee or either of them with respect to any provisions thereof or of the Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Issuer or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders exhaust any right or take any action against the Issuer or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such Security, whether at their Stated Maturity, by acceleration, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Issuer. The Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Securities on which this Guarantee is endorsed, to collect interest on such Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to such Securities, the Guarantor

 

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agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.

No reference herein to the Indenture, and no provision of this Guarantee or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the Guarantee of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of this Security against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of this Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security and all other Securities of this series issued under the Indenture shall have been paid in full.

This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation or reorganization, should the Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuer’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities of this series is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities of this series whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Securities of this series shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by manual signature.

Reference is made to Article Twelve of the Indenture for further provisions with respect to this Guarantee.

This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Regency Centers Corporation, as Guarantor, has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.

 

REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION,
By    
 

Name:  Dan M. Chandler, III

Title:    Executive Vice President of Investments

 

[Signature Page to the Guarantee]