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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): January 3, 2017

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

000-51217, 001-36693

20-1920798

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3333 Beverly Road

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

60179

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 286-2500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

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

☐	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.

The information required by Item 1.01 is included in Item 2.03 below and is incorporated by reference herein.

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

On January 3, 2017, Sears Holdings Corporation (the “Company”), through Sears, Roebuck and Co., Kmart Stores of Illinois LLC, Kmart of Washington LLC and Kmart Corporation (collectively, “Borrowers”), entities wholly-owned and controlled, directly or indirectly by the Company, obtained a $500 million secured loan facility (the “Loan Facility”) from JPP, LLC and JPP II, LLC (collectively, the “Lenders”). Mr. Edward S. Lampert, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, is the sole stockholder, chief executive officer and director of ESL Investments, Inc., which controls JPP, LLC and JPP II, LLC. $321 million was funded under the Loan Facility on January 3, 2017, and, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including pledging additional properties as collateral, up to an additional $179 million may be drawn by the Company prior to July 3, 2017. The Loan Facility matures on July 20, 2020. The Company expects to use the proceeds of the Loan Facility for general corporate purposes.

The Loan Facility will have an annual base interest rate of 8%, with accrued interest payable monthly during the term of the Loan Facility. The Borrowers paid an upfront commitment fee equal to 1.0% of the full principal amount of the Loan Facility and also are required to pay a funding fee equal to 1.0% of the amounts drawn under the Loan Facility at the time such amounts are drawn.

The Loan Facility is guaranteed by the Company, is currently secured by a first priority lien on 46 real properties owned by the Borrowers, and is required to be secured by additional real properties if the remaining $179 million loan commitment is drawn. In certain circumstances, the Lenders and the Borrowers may elect to substitute one or more properties as collateral. To the extent permitted under other debt of the Company or its affiliates, the Loan Facility may be prepaid at any time in whole or in part, without penalty or premium. The Borrowers are required to apply the net proceeds of the sale of any real property collateral for the Loan Facility to repay the loan.

The Loan Facility includes certain representations and warranties, indemnities and covenants, including with respect to the condition and maintenance of the real property collateral. The Loan Facility has certain events of default, including (subject to certain materiality thresholds and grace periods) payment default, failure to comply with covenants, material inaccuracy of representation or warranty, and bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. If there is an event of default, the Lenders may declare all or any portion of the outstanding indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, exercise any rights they might have under any of the Loan Facility documents (including against the collateral), and require the Borrowers to pay a default interest rate equal to the greater of (i) 2.5% in excess of the base interest rate and (ii) the prime rate plus 1%.

The foregoing description of the Loan Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Loan Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01.

Other Events

On January 4, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the entry into the Loan Facility. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit 10.1		Loan Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2017, among Sears Roebuck and Co., Kmart Stores of Illinois LLC, Kmart of Washington LLC and Kmart Corporation, collectively as borrower, and JPP, LLC and JPP II, LLC, collectively as initial lender.

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release, dated January 4, 2017

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 –

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements about the Company’s ability to draw the remaining $179 million of commitments contemplated by the Loan Facility. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Form 8-K and those discussed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company intends the forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time made and does not undertake to update or revise them as more information becomes available, except as required by law.

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.


SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Kristin M. Coleman
		Kristin M. Coleman
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Date: January 4, 2017

Exhibit 10.1

LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated as of January 3, 2017

between

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.,

KMART STORES OF ILLINOIS LLC,

KMART OF WASHINGTON LLC AND

KMART CORPORATION

collectively, as Borrower,

and

JPP, LLC and JPP II, LLC

collectively, as Initial Lender


ARTICLE I GENERAL TERMS		15

Section 1.1.	The Loan; Fees; Term	15
Section 1.2.	Interest and Principal	16
Section 1.3.	Method and Place of Payment	16
Section 1.4.	Taxes; Regulatory Change	16
Section 1.5.	Release	17
Section 1.6.	Individual Property Releases	17

ARTICLE II CLOSING DELIVERIES; SUBSTITUTION PROPERTIES		18

Section 2.1.	Post-Closing Deliveries	18
Section 2.2.	Substitution Properties	19
Section 2.3.	Deliverables	21

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS		22

Section 3.1.	Organization	22
Section 3.2.	Authorization	22
Section 3.3.	No Conflicts	23
Section 3.4.	Consents	23
Section 3.5.	Enforceable Obligations	23
Section 3.6.	No Default	24
Section 3.7.	Payment of Taxes	24
Section 3.8.	Compliance with Law	24
Section 3.9.	ERISA	24
Section 3.10.	Investment Company Act	24
Section 3.11.	[Reserved]	24
Section 3.12.	Other Debt	24
Section 3.13.	Litigation	25
Section 3.14.	Leases	25
Section 3.15.	Full and Accurate Disclosure	25
Section 3.16.	Use of Loan Proceeds	26
Section 3.17.	[Reserved]	26
Section 3.18.	[Reserved]	26
Section 3.19.	Title	26
Section 3.20.	No Encroachments	26
Section 3.21.	Physical Condition	26
Section 3.22.	Reserved	27
Section 3.23.	Management	27
Section 3.24.	Condemnation	27
Section 3.25.	Utilities and Public Access	27
Section 3.26.	Environmental Matters	27
Section 3.27.	Assessments	28
Section 3.28.	No Joint Assessment	28
Section 3.29.	Separate Lots	28
Section 3.30.	Permits; Certificate of Occupancy	28
Section 3.31.	Flood Zone	28

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Section 3.32.	Security Deposits	29
Section 3.33.	Insurance	29
Section 3.34.	No Dealings	29

ARTICLE IV AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS		29

Section 4.1.	Existence; Licenses	29
Section 4.2.	Maintenance of Properties	29
Section 4.3.	Compliance with Legal Requirements	30
Section 4.4.	Impositions and Other Claims	30
Section 4.5.	Access to Properties	30
Section 4.6.	Cooperate in Legal Proceedings	31
Section 4.7.	Leases	31
Section 4.8.	Plan Assets, etc.	32
Section 4.9.	Further Assurances	32
Section 4.10.	Notice of Material Event	33
Section 4.11.	Property-Specific Information	33
Section 4.12.	Insurance	33
Section 4.13.	Casualty and Condemnation	35
Section 4.14.	Compliance with Encumbrances and Material Agreements	36
Section 4.15.	FATCA	37

ARTICLE V NEGATIVE COVENANTS		37

Section 5.1.	Liens on the Collateral	37
Section 5.2.	Transfer; Prohibited Change of Control	37
Section 5.3.	Debt	38
Section 5.4.	Dissolution; Merger or Consolidation	38
Section 5.5.	Misapplication of Funds	38
Section 5.6.	Jurisdiction of Formation; Name	38
Section 5.7.	Modifications and Waivers	38
Section 5.8.	ERISA	38
Section 5.9.	Alterations and Expansions	39
Section 5.10.	Zoning and Uses	39
Section 5.11.	Waste	39

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS		39

Section 6.1.	Event of Default	39
Section 6.2.	Remedies	42
Section 6.3.	Application of Payments after an Event of Default	43

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS		43

Section 7.1.	Successors	43
Section 7.2.	GOVERNING LAW	43
Section 7.3.	Modification, Waiver in Writing	44
Section 7.4.	Notices	44
Section 7.5.	TRIAL BY JURY	46

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Section 7.6.	Headings	46
Section 7.7.	Transfers of Loan; Cooperation	46
Section 7.8.	Severability	48
Section 7.9.	Preferences; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets	48
Section 7.10.	Remedies of Borrower	49
Section 7.11.	Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses	49
Section 7.12.	No Joint Venture	49
Section 7.13.	Conflict; Construction of Documents	49
Section 7.14.	Brokers and Financial Advisors	49
Section 7.15.	Counterparts	50
Section 7.16.	Estoppel Certificates	50
Section 7.17.	General Indemnity; Payment of Expenses	50
Section 7.18.	No Third-Party Beneficiaries	52
Section 7.19.	Right of Set-Off	53
Section 7.20.	Exculpation of Lender	53
Section 7.21.	Servicer	53
Section 7.22.	No Fiduciary Duty	53
Section 7.23.	Borrower Information	54
Section 7.24.	Prior Agreements	55
Section 7.25.	Delay Not a Waiver	55
Section 7.26.	Schedules and Exhibits Incorporated	55
Section 7.27.	Joint and Several Liability	55
Section 7.28.	Survival or Representations	56
Section 7.29.	Certain Tax Forms	56

Exhibits

A	Organizational Chart

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LOAN AGREEMENT

This Loan Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of January 3, 2017 and is between JPP, LLC and JPP II, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (together “JPP”, or the “Initial Lender”), and SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. (“Sears”), KMART STORES OF ILLINOIS LLC, KMART OF WASHINGTON LLC and KMART CORPORATION (“KMART”) collectively as borrower (individually or collectively, as the context may require, jointly and severally, together with their respective permitted successors and assigns, “Borrower”).

RECITALS

Borrower desires to obtain from Lender the Loan (as hereinafter defined) in connection with the financing of the Properties (as hereinafter defined).

Lender is willing to make the Loan on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement if Borrower joins in the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents.

In consideration of the agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein and in the other Loan Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lender and Borrower agree as follows:

DEFINITIONS

(a) When used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

“Agreement” means this Loan Agreement, as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

“Allocated Loan Amount” means, with respect to each Property, the portion of the Loan Amount allocated thereto as set forth next to each Property on the Property List. Following delivery by Borrower of an Appraisal for a Delayed Advance Property (as required pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.3), Lender may, in its sole discretion, adjust the Allocated Loan Amount for such Delayed Advance Property.

“Alteration” means any demolition, or any material alteration, installation, improvement or expansion of or to any of the Properties or any portion thereof.

“Appraisal” means, with respect to each Property, an appraisal of such Property determining market value on an as if leased basis that is prepared by a member of the Appraisal Institute selected by Lender, meets the minimum appraisal standards for national banks promulgated by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended (FIRREA) and complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

“Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(d).

“BBOFD” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Borrower or “Borrowers” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Broker” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(d).

“Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday and a Sunday and (ii) a day on which federally insured depository institutions in the State of New York or the state in which the offices of Lender, its trustee, its Servicer or its Servicer’s collection account are located are authorized or obligated by law, governmental decree or executive order to be closed.

“Casualty” means a fire, explosion, flood, collapse, earthquake or other casualty affecting all or any portion of any Property.

“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.

“Closing Date Advance” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

“Closing Date Advance Amount” means $321,231,646.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collateral” means all assets owned from time to time by Borrower located at and including the Properties and all other tangible and intangible property located at or related to the Properties, in respect of which Lender is expressly granted a Lien under the Loan Documents, and all proceeds thereof.

“Condemnation” means a taking or voluntary conveyance of all or part of any of the Properties or any interest in or right accruing to or use of any of the Properties, as the result of, or in settlement of, any condemnation or other eminent domain proceeding by any Governmental Authority, other than immaterial takings by and/or the granting of immaterial easements or rights of way to a Governmental Authority in the ordinary course of business that do not, in the aggregate, have a Property Material Adverse Effect.

“Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person in any manner and any contingent obligation to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any other Person or otherwise to assure or indemnify a creditor against loss.

“Damages” to a Person means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, demands, damages, penalties, assessments, actions, causes of action, judgments, proceedings, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs of defense and/or enforcement whether or not suit is brought), fines, charges, fees, settlement costs and disbursements imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such party, whether based on any federal, state, local or foreign laws, statutes, rules or

regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise; provided, however, that “Damages” shall not include special, consequential or punitive damages, except to the extent imposed upon Lender by one or more third parties.

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

(i) all indebtedness of such Person to any other party (regardless of whether such indebtedness is evidenced by a written instrument such as a note, bond or debenture), including indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services;

(ii) all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and all unreimbursed amounts drawn thereunder;

(iii) all indebtedness secured by a Lien on any property owned by such Person (whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed) except obligations for impositions that are not yet due and payable;

(iv) all Contingent Obligations of such Person;

(v) all payment obligations of such Person under any interest rate protection agreement (including any interest rate swaps, floors, collars or similar agreements) and similar agreements;

(vi) all contractual indemnity obligations of such Person; and

(vii) any material actual or contingent liability to any Person or Governmental Authority with respect to any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

“Default” means the occurrence of any event that, but for the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Interest” means, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the amount by which interest accrued on the Notes or Note Components at their respective Default Rates exceeds the amount of interest that would have accrued on the Notes or Note Components at their respective Interest Rates.

“Default Rate” means, with respect to any Note or Note Component, the greater of (x) 2.5% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Note or Note Component hereunder and (y) 1% per annum in excess of the Prime Rate from time to time; provided that, if the foregoing would result in an interest rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, the Default Rate shall be limited to the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

“Delayed Advance” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(b).

“Delayed Advance Officer’s Certificate” means the officer’s certificate of Borrower, dated as of the date that the first Delayed Advance is made, delivered to Lender and certifying (i) the Rent Roll, (ii) the Exception Report and (iii) the Policies.

“Delayed Advance Properties” shall mean the Properties for which mortgages were not delivered at the time of the making of the Closing Date Advance, as indicated on the Property List.

“Engineering Report” means a structural (and, with respect to the Properties located in California only, seismic engineering) report or reports (including a “probable maximum loss” calculation, if applicable) with respect to each of the Properties prepared by an independent engineer approved by Lender and delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan, and any amendments or supplements thereto delivered to Lender.

“Environmental Claim” means any written notice, claim, proceeding, notice of proceeding, investigation, demand, abatement order or other order or directive by any Person or Governmental Authority alleging or asserting liability with respect to Borrower directly in connection with any Property arising out of, based on, in connection with, or resulting from (i) the actual or alleged presence, Use or Release of any Hazardous Substance, (ii) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, or (iii) any actual or alleged injury or threat of injury to property, health or safety, natural resources or to the environment caused by Hazardous Substances.

“Environmental Indemnity” means that certain environmental indemnity agreement executed by Borrower and Guarantor as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

“Environmental Laws” means, with respect to any Properties, any and all present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, any judicial or administrative orders, decrees or judgments thereunder, and any permits, approvals, licenses, registrations, filings and authorizations, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, relating to (i) the pollution, protection or cleanup of the environment, (ii) the impact of Hazardous Substances on property, health or safety, (iii) the Use or Release of Hazardous Substances, (iv) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare or (v) the liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to health or the environment. The term “Environmental Law” includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successors thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. The term “Environmental Law” also includes, but is not

limited to, any present and future federal state and local laws, statutes ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, conditioning transfer of property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a Governmental Authority of the environmental condition of a property; or requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental conditions of a property to any Governmental Authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property.

“Environmental Reports” means “Phase I Environmental Site Assessments” as referred to in the ASTM Standards on Environmental Site Assessments for Commercial Real Estate, E 1527-013 (and, if necessary as determined in such Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, “Phase II Environmental Site Assessments”), prepared by an independent environmental auditor selected by Borrower and reasonably approved by Lender and delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan and any amendments or supplements thereto delivered to Lender, and shall also include any other environmental reports delivered to Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means, at any time, each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that would, at the time, be treated together with Borrower as a single employer under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

“Exception Report” means the report prepared by Borrower and certified to Lender in the Delayed Advance Officer’s Certificate, setting forth any exceptions to the representations set forth in Article III, together with each Supplemental Exception Report delivered thereafter.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code or any legislation adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.

“Form W-8BEN” means Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals)) of the Department of Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

“Form W-8BEN-E” means Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

“Form W-8ECI” means Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim that Income is Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

“Form W-9” means Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied.

“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, county, regional, local or municipal government, any bureau, department, agency or political subdivision thereof and any Person with jurisdiction exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any court).

“Guarantor” means Sears Holdings Corporation.

“Guaranty” means that certain guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

“Hazardous Substances” means any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, pollutants or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or the presence of which on, in or under any of the Properties is prohibited or requires monitoring, investigation or remediation under Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon, and compounds containing them (including gasoline, diesel fuel, oil and lead-based paint), pesticides and radioactive materials, flammables and explosives and compounds containing them, but excluding those substances commonly used in the operation and maintenance of properties of kind and nature similar to those of the Properties that are used at the Properties in compliance with all Environmental Laws and in a manner that does not result in contamination any of the Properties or in a Property Material Adverse Effect.

“Indebtedness” means the Principal Indebtedness, together with interest and all other obligations and liabilities of Borrower under the Loan Documents, including all transaction costs, late fees and other amounts due or to become due to Lender pursuant to this Agreement, under the Notes or in accordance with any of the other Loan Documents, and all other amounts, sums and expenses reimbursable by Borrower to Lender hereunder or pursuant to the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents.

“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.17.

“Innovel” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Insurance Requirements” means, collectively, (i) all material terms of any insurance policy required pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all material regulations and then-current standards applicable to or affecting any of the Properties or any portion thereof or any use or condition thereof, which may, at any time, be recommended by the board of fire underwriters, if any, having jurisdiction over any of the Properties, or any other body exercising similar functions.

“Interest Accrual Period” means each period from and including the first day of a calendar month (and, if the Closing Date is not the first day of a calendar month, the Closing Date) through but excluding the first day of the immediately succeeding calendar month (or, if earlier, the Maturity Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first Interest Accrual Period shall commence on and include the Closing Date.

“Interest Rate” means 8.0% per annum.

“LC Facility Agreement” means that certain Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2016, among the Guarantor, certain of its subsidiaries, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and the LC lenders party thereto.

“Lease” means any leasehold estate, lease, sublease, sub-sublease, license, concession, occupancy agreement or other agreement (written or oral, now or at any time in effect and every modification, amendment or other agreement relating thereto, including every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto) that grant a possessory interest in, or the right to use or occupy, all or any part of the Property, together with all related security and other deposits (together with any and all modifications, renewals, extensions and substitutions of the foregoing), but specifically excluding (a) all Leases under which Borrower is not the landlord, sublandlord or licensor thereunder, (b) Multi-Site Agreements and (c) REA’s that expressly prohibit the encumbrance of Borrower’s interests, rights and obligations thereunder.

“Legal Requirements” means all governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws and zoning restrictions) affecting Borrower, Guarantor, the Property or any other Collateral or any portion thereof or the construction, ownership, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any portion thereof (whether now or hereafter enacted and in force), and all permits, licenses and authorizations and regulations relating thereto.

“Lender” means, collectively (i) the Initial Lender, (ii) each Loan Transferee and (iii) their respective successors and/or assigns.

“Lien” means any mortgage, lien (statutory or other), pledge, hypothecation, assignment, preference, priority, security interest, restrictive covenant, easement, or any other encumbrance or charge on or affecting any Collateral or any portion thereof, or any interest therein (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any sale-leaseback, any financing lease or similar transaction having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any other jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, and mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar liens and encumbrances, as well as any option to purchase, right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right).

“Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

“Loan Amount” means $500,000,000.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Note, each of the Mortgages (and related financing statements), the Environmental Indemnity, the Guaranty and all other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents necessary to effectuate the granting to Lender of Liens on the Collateral or otherwise in satisfaction of the requirements of this Agreement or the other documents listed above or hereafter entered into by Lender and Borrower in connection with the Loan, as all of the aforesaid may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance herewith.

“Loan Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(b).

“Loan Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(c).

“Loss Proceeds” means amounts, awards or payments payable to Borrower or Lender in respect of all or any portion of any of the Properties in connection with a Casualty or Condemnation thereof (after the deduction therefrom and payment to Borrower and Lender, respectively, of any and all reasonable expenses incurred by Borrower and Lender in the recovery thereof, including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, the fees of insurance experts and adjusters and the costs incurred in any litigation or arbitration with respect to such Casualty or Condemnation).

“Loss Proceeds Account” means an account maintained by Lender for purposes of depositing any Loss Proceeds.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect upon (i) Borrower’s title to the Properties taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of Borrower and Guarantor, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) Lender’s ability to enforce and derive the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, or (iv) the use or value of the Properties taken as a whole.

“Material Agreements” means each contract and agreement in force and effect relating to the Property a default under which or the termination or cancellation of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, other than (i) Leases (but including REA’s), (ii) Multi-Site Agreements and (iii) any agreement (other than REA’s) set forth on Schedule B of the Title Insurance Policy.

“Material Alteration” means any Alteration to be performed by or on behalf of Borrower at any of the Properties that (i) is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the applicable Property or (ii) is reasonably expected to permit (or is reasonably likely to induce) any Tenant to terminate its Lease or abate rent.

“Maturity Date” means July 20, 2020, or such earlier date as may result from acceleration of the Loan in accordance with this Agreement.

“Maximum Delayed Advance Amount” means $178,768,354.

“Mortgage” means, with respect to each Property, that certain mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt, as the case may be, assignment of rents and leases, collateral assignment of property rents, security agreement and fixture filing encumbering such Property, executed by Borrower as of the Closing Date and with respect to each Delayed Advance Property, the date that such mortgage is executed, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith. Each Mortgage shall secure the entire Indebtedness, provided that in the event that the jurisdiction in which the Property is located imposes a mortgage recording, intangibles or similar Tax and does not permit the allocation of indebtedness for the purpose of determining the amount of such Tax payable, the principal amount secured by such Mortgage shall be equal to the value allocated to the applicable Property as determined by the applicable Appraisal.

“Multi-Site Agreements” means, collectively, national, multi-site or master leases, licenses, or concession or department agreements with tenants or licensees that operate within and as a part of Borrower’s store, or that operate kiosks, ATM or vending machines or drive–through facilities located on the Property, in each case, solely to the extent any such leases, licenses, concessions or agreements terminate with respect to the Property upon the cessation of Mortgagor’s operations at the Property.

“Note(s)” means, collectively, that certain Promissory, dated as of the Closing Date, in the principal amount of $500,000,000 by Borrower in favor of Initial Lender, together evidencing the Loan, as each such note may be replaced by multiple Notes pursuant to the terms thereof and as otherwise assigned (in whole or in part), amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

“Note Component” has the meaning set forth in the Note.

“Officer’s Certificate” means the officer’s certificate of Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, delivered to Lender and certifying (i) certain organizational documents of Borrower, (ii) the Properties and (iii) the Substitution Properties.

“Overpaying Borrower” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.28.

“PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended from time to time.

“Payment Date” means (i) the first day of each calendar month and (ii) the Maturity Date. Whenever a Payment Date is not a Business Day, the entire amount that would have been due and payable on such Payment Date shall instead be due and payable on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

“Permits” means all licenses, permits, variances and certificates used in connection with the ownership, operation, use or occupancy of each of the Properties (including certificates of occupancy, business licenses, state health department licenses, licenses to conduct business and all such other permits, licenses, consents, approvals and rights, obtained from any Governmental Authority or private Person concerning ownership, operation, use or occupancy of such Property).

“Permitted Debt” means (i) the Indebtedness and any other Debt of Borrower or any affiliate of Borrower that is not secured by a lien on any of the Properties and, to the extent constituting Debt, all obligations secured by Liens constituting Permitted Encumbrances other than Debt for borrowed money secured by a Lien on the Land or the Improvements, each as defined in the Mortgage or (ii) any Debt incurred by Borrower or Guarantor pursuant to the LC Facility Agreement.

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(i) the Liens created by the Loan Documents;

(ii) all (A) Liens and other matters specifically disclosed on Schedule B of the Title Insurance Policies and any matters omitted from any previous title report or commitment that would have appeared on such Schedule B but for such omission, (B) easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions (including building, fire and safety, land use and development, and zoning regulations and restrictions), declarations, rights of reverter, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances, whether or not of record, in each case and (C) matters which a physical inspection or accurate survey of the Properties would disclose, in each case of (B) and (C), solely to the extent the same do not, in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(iii) second mortgages on the Properties that are subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage, solely to the extent required to secure the LC Facility Agreement;

(iv) Liens, if any, for Taxes not yet delinquent and Liens for delinquent taxes or impositions if being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, provided that, with respect to delinquent taxes or impositions, either (a) each such Lien is released or discharged of record or fully insured over by the title insurance company issuing the applicable Title Insurance Policy (including be subsequent endorsement) within 60 days of its creation, or (b) Borrower deposits with Lender, by the expiration of such 60-day period, an amount equal to 125% of the dollar amount of such Lien or a bond in the aforementioned amount from such surety, and upon such terms and conditions, as is reasonably satisfactory to Lender, as security for the payment or release of such Lien;

(v) mechanics’, materialmen’s, environmental or similar Liens or other Liens created by operation of law and judgment liens or lis pendens, in each case securing obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, provided that no such Lien is in imminent danger of foreclosure and provided further that either (a) each such Lien is released or discharged of record or fully insured over by the title insurance company issuing the applicable Title Insurance Policy (including by subsequent endorsement) within 30 days of its creation, or (b) Borrower deposits with Lender, by the expiration of such 30-day period, an amount equal to 125% of the dollar amount of such Lien or a bond in the aforementioned amount from such surety, and upon such terms and conditions, as is reasonably satisfactory to Lender, as security for the payment or release of such Lien;

(vi) all Leases (including all subleases, licenses, sublicenses and concessions by the Tenant of any Borrower, as landlord, lessor or licensor, which are permitted under the terms of any Lease with Borrower) and all Multi-Site Agreements, and all rights of existing and future Tenants as tenants only (including the rights of any subtenant or licensee deriving rights through any such Tenant) pursuant to written Leases, and all rights of existing and future occupants under all Multi-Site Agreements;

(vii) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease with respect to assets other than the Land or Improvements as defined in the Mortgage (including without limitation, leases of furniture, furnishings, fixtures, equipment and other personal property) entered into by a Borrower in the ordinary course of business and covering only the assets so leased;

(viii) all other Liens on personal property Collateral existing as of the date hereof or hereafter incurred in connection with the acquisition thereof;

(ix) all bonds, deposits and security instruments or other Liens required or imposed by any Governmental Authority in connection with the use, occupancy or operation of the Property in the ordinary course of business of a Borrower, so long as such Liens do not arise from the failure of Borrower to pay taxes or other amounts payable with respect to the Properties;

(x) all Material Agreements and all other agreements and licenses in connection the ordinary use and operation of the Properties, in each case, solely to the extent the same do not grant a Lien on the Land or the Improvements (as defined in the Mortgage) for the purpose of securing Debt; and

(xi) any financing of a Tenant’s leasehold interest under its Lease.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated association or Governmental Authority and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.

“Plan Assets” means assets of any (i) employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) subject to federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

“Policies” means each insurance policy covering any of the Properties as more particularly described in the Delayed Advance Officer’s Certificate.

“Post-Closing Items” means the items described in Section 2.3 hereof that have not been delivered as of the Closing Date.

“Prime Rate” means the “prime rate” published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal. If The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “prime rate,” then Lender shall select an equivalent publication that publishes such “prime rate,” and if such “prime rate” is no longer generally published or is limited, regulated or administered by a governmental or quasi-governmental body, then Lender shall reasonably select a comparable interest rate index.

“Principal Indebtedness” means the principal balance of the Loan outstanding from time to time, including the aggregate amount of any Delayed Advances actually advanced to Borrower and not yet repaid.

“Prohibited Change of Control” means the failure of each Borrower to be, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by Guarantor.

“Properties” means the real property on the Property List for which Mortgages were delivered at the time of the making of the Closing Date Advance (as indicated on the Property List), together with any Delayed Advance Property or Substitution Property, in each case, upon the delivery of an executed Mortgage to Lender, as described in greater detail under the applicable Mortgage, together with all buildings and other improvements thereon (other than leasehold improvements that are the property of a Tenant under a Lease at a Property) and all personal property owned by Borrower and encumbered by the Mortgages, together with all rights pertaining to such property; and “Property” means an individual property included in the Properties or all Properties collectively, as the context may require.

“Property List” means the real property on the list of properties certified to Lender in the Officer’s Certificate as set forth as Exhibit 6 in the Officer’s Certificate.

“Property Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect upon (i) Borrower’s title to any individual Property, (ii) Lender’s ability to enforce and derive the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by any Mortgage and/or the other Loan Documents, or (iii) the use or value of any individual Property.

“Proportional Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.28.

“REA” means any reciprocal access, easement, construction and/or operating or similar agreements with respect to the individual Properties in effect as of the Closing Date.

“Release” with respect to any Hazardous Substance means any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the movement of Hazardous Substances through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata), and “Released” has the meaning correlative thereto.

“Release Price” means, with respect to the release of any individual Property, the greater of (a) the proceeds actually received by Borrower from the sale of such Property, net of the documented reasonable and customary closing costs actually incurred by Borrower in connection with such sale; and (b) 100% of such Property’s Allocated Loan Amount.

“Rent Roll” means the rent roll certified to Lender in the Delayed Advance Officer’s Certificate.

“Replacement Qualifications” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

“Representative Borrower” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

“SAC Conditions” means, collectively, the visible or surface level presence of materials and/or the existence of hydraulic lifts, oil and fluid separators, storage tanks and all other machinery and equipment, in each case, solely to the extent related to, used in or incidental to the operation of a Sears Auto Center facility.

“Service” means the Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency thereto.

“Servicer” means the entity or entities (if any) appointed by Lender from time to time to serve as servicer and/or special servicer of the Loan. If at any time no entity is so appointed, the term “Servicer” shall be deemed to refer to Lender.

“Severed Loan Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(g).

“Substitution Properties” means the real property on the list of substitution properties certified to Lender in the Officer’s Certificate, together with all buildings and other improvements thereon (other than leasehold improvements that are the property of a Tenant under a Lease at a Property) and any New Property that is used to replace a Property in accordance with Section 2.2(b); and “Substitution Property” means an individual property included in the Substitution Properties or all Substitution Properties collectively, as the context may require; provided, however, in the event there is an insufficient number of Substitution Properties on such list to satisfy the replacements required hereunder (or if the value of such Substitution Properties based on the Appraisal delivered to Lender pursuant to this Agreement is not sufficient to satisfy the Replacement Qualifications), Borrower and Lender shall agree on such additional properties owned by Borrower as necessary to provide such replacements.

“Supplemental Exception Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

“Survey” means, with respect to each Property, a current land title survey thereof, certified to Borrower, the title company issuing the applicable Title Insurance Policy and Lender and their respective successors and assigns, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

“Taxes” means all real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, fees, taxes on rents or rentals, water rates or sewer rents, facilities and other governmental, municipal and utility district charges or other similar taxes or assessments now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the Properties or Borrower with respect to the Properties or rents therefrom or that may become Liens upon any of the Properties, without deduction for any amounts reimbursable to Borrower by third parties.

“Tenant” means any Person liable by contract or otherwise to pay monies (including a percentage of gross income, revenue or profits) pursuant to a Lease.

“Threshold Amount” means, with respect to each Property, $1,000,000.

“Third-Party Lease” means any Lease that covers all or any portion of any Property with a Tenant that is not an affiliate of Borrower.

“Title Insurance Policy” means, with respect to each Property, an American Land Title Association lender’s title insurance policy or a comparable form of lender’s title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender (taking into account any endorsements or other modifications to the any such policy to made upon the subsequent delivery of the Surveys and zoning reports required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement).

“Transfer” means the sale or other whole or partial conveyance of all or any portion of any of the Collateral or any direct or indirect interest therein to a third party, including any grant made after the Closing Date of any purchase options, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer or similar rights in respect of any portion of the Collateral or the subjecting of any portion of the Collateral to restrictions on transfer; except that the conveyance (including assignment and subleasing) of a space lease at such Property by a Borrower in accordance herewith or by a Tenant or subtenant or licensee in accordance with the terms and conditions of any Lease or any Multi-Site Agreement shall not constitute a Transfer.

“Use” means, with respect to any Hazardous Substance, the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, handling, possession, use, discharge, placement, treatment, disposal, disposition, removal, abatement, recycling or storage of such Hazardous Substance or transportation of such Hazardous Substance.

“Waste” means any intentional and material abuse or destructive use (whether by action or inaction) of any Property.

(b) Rules of Construction. Unless otherwise specified, (i) all references to sections, schedules and exhibits are to sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this Agreement, (ii) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Agreement shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (iii) “including” means “including, but not limited to”, (iv) “mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument, as applicable, and “mortgagee” means the secured party under a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument, (v) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Agreement, (vi) unless otherwise indicated, all references to “this Section” shall refer to the Section of this Agreement in which such reference appears in its entirety and not to any particular clause or subsection or such Section, (vii) terms used herein and defined by cross-reference to another agreement or document shall have the meaning set forth in such other agreement or document as of the Closing Date, notwithstanding any subsequent amendment or restatement of or modification to such other agreement or document. Except as otherwise indicated, all accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as the same may be modified in this Agreement and (viii) all references to “foreclosure’ herein shall include acceptance of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.

ARTICLE I

GENERAL TERMS

Section 1.1. The Loan; Fees; Term.

(a) On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Initial Lender shall make an advance (the “Closing Date Advance”) to Borrower in an amount equal to the Closing Date Advance Amount. The Loan shall be represented by Notes that shall bear interest as described in this Agreement at a per annum rate equal to the Interest Rate. Interest payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period. On the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay to the Initial Lender an origination fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the Loan Amount.

(b) Provided no Event of Default is continuing, at Borrower’s request from time to time prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, Lender shall make one or more additional advances (each, a “Delayed Advance”), which advances shall not in the aggregate exceed the Maximum Delayed Advance Amount and shall be conditioned on (i) the delivery of Title Insurance Policies reasonably acceptable to the Initial Lender for each of the Properties for which Mortgages were delivered at the time of the Closing Date Advance, (ii) the delivery of Title Insurance Policies reasonably acceptable to the Initial Lender for each of the Delayed Advance Properties for which Mortgages are delivered in connection with the making of the Delayed Advance, (iii) recording of Mortgages encumbering Delayed Advance Properties having Allocated Loan Amounts that, in the aggregate, equal the amount of the applicable Delayed Advance, (iv) the payment of Lender’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including attorney’s fees) incurred in connection with the origination of the Loan or the making of a Delayed Advance, as the case may be and (v) delivering to Lender the Delayed Advance Officer’s Certificate. Each request for a Delayed Advance shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Advance requested and (ii) the requested date of such advance, which shall be a Business Day at least six (6) Business Days after the date of such request. Each Delayed Advance shall be made on the requested date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as the Borrower shall specify. Concurrently with the making of the Closing Date Advance, Borrower shall pay the Initial Lender a funding fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the Closing Date Advance. Concurrently with the making of each Delayed Advance, Borrower shall pay to the Initial Lender a funding fee in an aggregate amount equal to 1.00% of the amount of such Delayed Advance. Interest on each Delayed Advance shall begin to accrue on the date that such Delayed Advance is made to Borrower. Each Delayed Advance is not in the nature of a revolving credit facility, and amounts borrowed and repaid hereunder may not be re-borrowed. Each Delayed Advance shall be in an amount no less than $30,000,000.

(c) The Closing Date Advance together with each Delayed Advance is referred to herein as the “Loan”. The Loan shall be secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents. Upon making the Closing Date Advance, the Loan shall be secured by each of the Properties, except the Delayed Advance Properties, and Lender shall record Mortgages encumbering each of the Properties, except the Delayed Advance Properties. Upon making each Delayed Advance, the Loan shall be further secured by each of the Delayed Advance Properties for which Mortgages are delivered pursuant to Section 1.1(b), and Lender shall record Mortgages encumbering the Delayed Advance Properties.

(d) Borrower may, upon at least 5 Business Days’ written notice to Lender, reduce in whole or in part the remaining Maximum Delayed Advance Amount that has not theretofore been advanced to Borrower.

Section 1.2. Interest and Principal.

(a) On each Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender interest in arrears on each Note for the applicable Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Interest Rate (except that in each case, interest shall be payable on the Indebtedness, including due but unpaid interest, at the Default Rate with respect to any portion of such Interest Accrual Period falling during the continuance of an Event of Default).

(b) The Loan may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, to the extent not prohibited by any agreement governing other Debt of the Borrower. The Loan must be repaid in connection with a release of a Property pursuant to Section 1.6(a), in the amount required thereby. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Loan, together with interest through the Maturity Date and all other amounts then due under the Loan Documents, shall be due and payable by Borrower to Lender on the Maturity Date. Interest will cease to accrue on any portion of the Principal Indebtedness that has been repaid to Lender.

(c) Any payments of interest and/or principal not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest at the applicable Default Rate.

(d) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder shall be made without deduction or withholding for any taxes, except as required by law; provided that to the extent any deduction or withholding is so required by law, Borrower shall be entitled to so deduct or withhold the amounts required to be withheld or deducted from any such payment.

Section 1.3. Method and Place of Payment. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all payments under this Agreement and the Notes shall be made to Lender not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due and shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer in federal or other immediately available funds to the account specified from time to time by Lender. Any funds received by Lender after such time shall be deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any changes in the account to which payments are to be made. If the amount received from Borrower is less than the sum of all amounts then due and payable hereunder, such amount shall be applied, at Lender’s sole discretion, either toward the components of the Indebtedness (e.g., interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder) and the Notes and Note Components, in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, or toward the payment of Property expenses.

Section 1.4. Taxes; Regulatory Change. Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any present or future stamp, documentary or other similar taxes or charges now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority solely by reason of the execution and

delivery of the Loan Documents and any consents, waivers, amendments and enforcement of rights under the Loan Documents, other than any such taxes or charges imposed as a result of a present or former connection between Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such tax or charges (other than connections arising from the Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in the Loan or any Loan Document).

Section 1.5. Release. Upon (a) payment in full of the Indebtedness, (b) in connection with the replacement of a Property with a Substitution Property or New Property pursuant to Section 2.2, or (c) in connection with the Transfer of a Property permitted by Section 5.2 and upon making the payment required pursuant to Section 1.6(a), Lender shall execute instruments prepared by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Lender, which, at Borrower’s election and at Borrower’s sole cost and expense: either, (i) in the case of a repayment of the Indebtedness in full (w) release and discharge all Liens on all Collateral securing payment of the Indebtedness (subject to Borrower’s obligation to pay any associated fees and expenses), or (x) assign such Liens (and the Loan Documents) to a new lender designated by Borrower; or (ii) in the case of (y) the replacement of a Property with one or more Substitution Properties or New Properties pursuant to Section 2.2 or (z) the Transfer of a Property permitted by Section 5.2 and upon making the payment required under Section 1.6, (A) release and discharge the Lien of the applicable Mortgage on the Property being so replaced or subject to a Transfer (which may be in the form of a partial release of mortgage if such Mortgage covers multiple Properties) (the date of the recording of such release and discharge of the Lien of the applicable Mortgage on the Property, the “Release Date”) and (B) if following such replacement or sale, any Borrower (other than Sears or Kmart) that is not then the owner of any Property or Substitution Property requests a release from being “Borrower” under the Loan Documents, release such Borrower from its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and release and discharge all Liens on all Collateral of such Borrower securing payment of the Indebtedness. All Liens on Collateral constituting personal property (but expressly excluding the Land and Improvements as defined in the Mortgage) shall be automatically released upon any transfer of such Collateral permitted under Section 5.2 and Lender shall, upon Borrower’s request and at Borrower’s expense, execute such further documents reasonably acceptable to Lender as Borrower may reasonably request to evidence such release. Any release or assignment provided by Lender pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind.

Section 1.6. Individual Property Releases.

(a) Provided that no Event of Default is then continuing and all amounts then due and owing to Lender have been paid in full, Borrower shall have the right, at its option, on not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to Lender, to obtain the release of one or more of the Properties from the Liens of the Loan Documents in connection with an arm’s-length Transfer of such Property, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(i) Borrower shall make a payment to Lender, as repayment of the Indebtedness, in an amount equal to the applicable Release Price, which payment shall be accompanied by all interest thereon through the end of the applicable Interest Accrual Period; and

(ii) Borrower shall reimburse Lender for any actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with this Section 1.6 (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel).

(b) Upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in this Section 1.6, Lender will execute and deliver to Borrower such instruments as required pursuant to Section 1.5.

ARTICLE II

CLOSING DELIVERIES; SUBSTITUTION PROPERTIES

Section 2.1. Post-Closing Deliveries.

(a) As a material inducement to Lender making the Loan, Borrower agrees that it shall deliver Appraisals, Title Insurance Policies and Surveys, in each case acceptable to Lender, for each of the Properties on or before January 31, 2017 and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy all other Post-Closing Items to Lender’s reasonable satisfaction by February 15, 2017; provided, however, that in any event Borrower shall satisfy all such Post-Closing Items to Lender’s reasonable satisfaction by February 28, 2017, or such later date as to which Lender may grant its consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (so long as Borrower is diligently pursuing the satisfaction of the applicable Post-Closing Items). Post-Closing Items with respect to any Substitution Property shall be delivered no later than the date that is 45 days following the selection of the Substitution Property, or such later date as to which Lender may grant its consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (so long as Borrower is diligently pursuing the satisfaction of the applicable Post-Closing Items). For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the foregoing, the making of any Delayed Advance shall be conditioned on Lender’s receipt of reasonably acceptable Title Insurance Policies for each of the Properties and the payment of all title costs (to the extent any amounts reserved by the title company, if any, are insufficient for paying the premiums for the Title Insurance Policies and other title costs and fees) and Lender’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including attorney’s fees) incurred in connection with the origination of the Loan and/or the making of a Delayed Advance, as the case may be.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, on or prior to March 31, 2016, Borrower may deliver one or more supplements to the Exception Report (collectively, the “Supplemental Exception Report”) which may supplement, modify or correct the Exception Report and each such Supplemental Exception Report shall be deemed to have been a part of the Exception Report as in effect on the Closing Date, provided that, following the delivery of any such Supplemental Exception Report, Lender shall have the right (in its sole but reasonable discretion) to require Borrower to substitute one or more of the Properties pursuant to Section 2.2 on the basis of the information contained in any such Supplemental Exception Report or the Exception Report. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of any fact or state of affairs on the Exception Report or any Supplemental Exception Report shall not in any way limit Lender’s right to require Borrower to substitute one or more Properties with one or more Substitution Properties pursuant to this Section 2.2.

(c) If Lender shall receive comments to any Mortgage from local counsel in connection with the delivery of the opinions delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(b), or from the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policies, in each case, regarding the enforceability, validity, effectiveness or insurability of such Mortgage, Borrower shall cooperate with Lender in the preparation, execution and recording of any amendments to such Mortgages necessitated by such comments and the delivery of an appropriate mortgage modification endorsement to the applicable Title Insurance Policy, all at Borrower’s sole cost and expense. In addition, Lender and Borrower acknowledge and agree that the legal descriptions attached to the Mortgages delivered as of the Closing Date may not be up to date, and such legal descriptions shall be amended as necessary to conform to the legal descriptions in the Title Insurance Policies as and when delivered. In such event, an amendment or modification of the respective affected Mortgages shall be executed, acknowledged and recorded by the parties to substitute the amended legal description as contained in the Title Insurance Policies and an appropriate mortgage modification endorsement to the applicable Title Insurance Policy shall be obtained, all at the sole cost and expense of Borrower. In addition, if any Environmental Report delivered to Lender shall recommend the performance of a Phase II Environmental Report other than by virtue of the existence of SAC Conditions, at Lender’s request, Borrower shall promptly obtain such assessment with respect to the applicable Property if (1) Lender has requested a Phase II Environmental Report with respect to the applicable Property, (2) no then-identified Substitution Property or Substitution Properties have a value equal to or greater than the value of the Property for which such request has been made, as determined by reference to the Appraisals delivered to Lender pursuant to this Agreement, and (3) either (x) Borrower has not proposed one or more Substitution Properties to be added to the list of Substitution Properties (pursuant to the proviso of the definition of “Substitution Properties”) that have a value equal to or greater than the value of the Property for which such request has been made or (y) Borrower has made such a proposal and Lender has reasonably rejected the same; provided, however, if Lender shall have the right to require the delivery of a Phase II Environmental Report with respect to any Property pursuant to this sentence, to the extent practicable based on the recommendations of a reputable environmental engineer, any investigation of the Property in connection with the creation of such report shall be limited only to the portions of the Property as may be reasonably necessary to address the recommendations contained in the related Phase I Environmental Report, other than recommendations related to SAC Conditions.

Section 2.2. Substitution Properties.

(a) In the event that information received by Lender in connection with the Exception Report, delivery of any Supplemental Exception Report or the satisfaction of any Post-Closing Item (whether with respect to a Property or a Substitution Property) shall result in the determination by Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion that (i) any material representation in this Agreement with respect to any Property or Substitution Property is untrue (notwithstanding the inclusion of any fact or state of affairs on the Exception Report), provided that, solely for the purposes of this clause (i), any reference to the term “Material Adverse Effect” in any representation in this Agreement shall be deemed to be replaced with “Property Material Adverse Effect”, (ii) any Property or Substitution Property does not constitute acceptable Collateral for the Loan (other than solely by virtue of the existence of SAC Conditions), including by reason of anything contained in any Lease or Material Agreement delivered to Lender (either prior to or after the Closing Date), the results of any searches with

respect to the Borrower or the Properties received by Lender or any exception contained in the Exception Report or any Supplemental Exception Report or (iii) if Borrower does not provide a Phase II Environmental Report with respect to any Property or Substitution Property following a request by Lender to provide such Phase II Environmental Report (if obtaining such a Phase II Environmental Report is indicated by a Phase I Environmental Report with respect to such Property or Substitution Property for any reason other than the existence of SAC Conditions), then, in each such case, Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require that the applicable Property or Substitution Property be replaced by a Substitution Property, which Substitution Property may be selected by Borrower (but subject to Lender’s reasonable approval) so long as (1) such Substitution Property has a value no less than the value of the Property being replaced, as determined by reference to the final Appraisals for both such Substitution Property and the Property being replaced, in each case, delivered to Lender pursuant to this Agreement (which final Appraisals, for the avoidance of doubt, shall reflect matters contained in the Title Insurance Policies as reasonably requested by Lender) and (2) Borrower shall certify that each of the representations in Article III hereof are true with respect to the applicable Substitution Property (collectively, the “Replacement Qualifications”), subject to any exceptions to such representations contained in any such certification (which exceptions shall be deemed to be a part of the Exception Report); provided, however, the Replacement Qualifications shall not be deemed satisfied if Lender shall reasonably determine that such exceptions to such representations are not acceptable and provided, further that Lender may exercise its rights to require that a Property or Substitution Property be replaced by a Substitution Property pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) only until 120 days following full satisfaction by Borrower of the Post-Closing Items with respect to such Property or Substitution Property. If Borrower is required to replace one or more Properties pursuant to this Section 2.2(a), (A) any individual Property may be replaced by multiple Substitution Properties, so long as the aggregate value of such Substitution Properties is no less than the value of the individual Property so replaced (in each case, based on the Appraisals delivered to Lender pursuant to this Agreement) and (B) up to two Properties may be replaced by a single Substitution Property, so long as the value of such Substitution Properties is no less than the aggregate value of the Properties so replaced (in each case, based on the Appraisals delivered to Lender pursuant to this Agreement).

(b) In addition to the election by Lender to require a Property to be replaced by a Substitution Property pursuant to Section 2.2(a), (i) if the aggregate valuation of the Properties constituting Collateral based on final Appraisals delivered to Lender (which final Appraisals, for the avoidance of doubt, shall reflect matters contained in the Title Insurance Policies as reasonably requested by Lender) pursuant to this Agreement following delivery of such Appraisals pursuant to Section 2.1 or on the date of any Delayed Advance (including any Property for which Borrower is delivering a new Mortgage in connection with any such Delayed Advance) is less than 140% of the Principal Indebtedness, Borrower shall (at its option) either replace one or more Properties with one or more Substitution Properties or another real property owned by Borrower or any affiliate of Borrower (a “New Property”) or add as additional Collateral one or more Substitution Properties or a New Property selected by Borrower, in each case, that satisfies the Replacement Qualifications, such that following such replacement or addition the appraised value of the Properties is at least 140% of the Principal Indebtedness; and (ii) Borrower may until the 75^th day following the Closing Date replace a Property with one or more Substitution Properties or a New Property, in each case that satisfies the Replacement Qualifications; provided, however, that Borrower may not replace a Property pursuant to the

foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) if such Property is the subject of a Transfer in connection with such replacement or is the subject of an executed agreement or letter of intent pursuant to which Borrower or any of its affiliates intends to Transfer such Property.

(c) In connection with any replacement of a Property by a Substitution Property pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (w) Borrower shall satisfy the Replacement Qualifications, (x) Borrower shall cooperate with Lender in executing and recording a Mortgage securing the applicable Substitution Property and shall provide to Lender such other then-existing information and documentation in Borrower’s possession or control with respect to such Substitution Property as was provided to Lender in connection with the other Properties, together with all documentation and information necessary to satisfy each of the items in Section 2.3 and (y) upon the recordation of a Mortgage securing such Substitution Property, Lender shall fully release of record the Property being so replaced from the Lien of the applicable Mortgage in accordance with Section 1.5. In the case of clause (i) of the first sentence of Section 2.2(a), such replacement shall constitute the sole remedy of Lender for such misrepresentation, so long as Borrower did not intentionally cause such misrepresentation to occur. Notwithstanding anything herein, it shall be a condition to any replacement of a Property with a Substitution Property (or a New Property) that Lender shall have received final Appraisals for such replaced Property and Substitution Property (or New Property, as applicable) that in each case is dated within 90 days of the replacement of such Property.

Section 2.3. Deliverables. Borrower shall satisfy the following requirements within the time periods set forth in Section 2.1(a):

(a) Title. Lender shall have received a marked, signed commitment to issue, or a signed pro-forma version of, a Title Insurance Policy in respect of each Property, listing only such exceptions as are reasonably satisfactory to Lender, subject to all Permitted Encumbrances (with the exception of clause (ii)(A) thereof). If any Title Insurance Policy is to be issued by, or if disbursement of the proceeds of the Loan are to be made through, an agent of the actual insurer under such Title Insurance Policy (as opposed to the insurer itself), the actual insurer shall have issued to Lender for Lender’s benefit a so-called “Insured Closing Letter.”

(b) Opinion of Local Counsel. Lender shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, a legal opinion as to the enforceability of each Mortgage under the laws of the state in which the applicable individual Property is located, the good standing, foreign qualification, valid existence or other comparable concept under applicable law of the applicable Borrower in such state and the other matters described in the form local counsel opinion delivered to Borrower as of the Closing Date (it being understood that the formulation of such opinions shall be subject to the policies of the counsel providing such opinions and qualifications required by the various jurisdictions in which the Properties are located).

(c) Lien Search Reports. Lender shall have received satisfactory reports of Uniform Commercial Code, tax lien, bankruptcy and judgment searches (subject to all Permitted Encumbrances) conducted by a search firm acceptable to Lender with respect to the Property, Guarantor and each Borrower, such searches to be conducted in such locations as Lender shall have requested.

(d) Zoning. Lender shall have received a zoning report for each Property indicating that it is in material compliance with all applicable zoning requirements (taking into account all variances, exceptions, special use permits and all grandfathering provisions thereof).

(e) Engineering Report. Lender shall have received a current Engineering Report with respect to each Property, which report shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. No such report shall be deemed unsatisfactory solely by reason of the location of such Property in a seismic zone or in area which may be prone to or affected by seismic events.

(f) Environmental Report. Lender shall have received an Environmental Report (not more than six months old) with respect to each Property that discloses no material environmental contingencies with respect to the Properties. In addition, Lender shall have received all Phase II Environmental Reports relating to the Properties in the possession of Borrower and completed within the last two years. For the avoidance of doubt, the presence of asbestos in compliance with Environmental Laws shall not be deemed to be an environmental contingency.

(g) Survey. Lender shall have received a Survey with respect to each Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

(h) Appraisal. Lender shall have received an Appraisal for each Property.

(i) Exception Report. Lender shall have received a certified copy of the Exception Report.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS

Each individual Borrower represents to Lender with respect to itself and each other Borrower that, as of the Closing Date, except as set forth in the Exception Report:

Section 3.1. Organization.

(a) Each Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the of its jurisdiction of organization, and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where ownership of the Properties requires it to be so, and each Borrower has all power and authority under such laws and its organizational documents and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted at the Properties.

(b) The organizational chart contained in Exhibit A is true and correct as of the date hereof.

Section 3.2. Authorization. Borrower has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and has by proper action duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents.

Section 3.3. No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, nor performance of and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will (i) violate or conflict with any provision of its formation and governance documents, (ii) violate any Legal Requirement, regulation (including Regulation U, Regulation X or Regulation T), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or permit applicable to it where, except in the case of Regulation U, Regulation X or Regulation T, such violation is not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) violate or conflict with contractual provisions of, or cause an event of default under, any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, contract or other Material Agreement to which Guarantor, any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or any Borrower is a party or may be bound except where such violation or conflict is not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) result in or require the creation of any Lien or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to the Collateral in favor of any Person other than Lender. No reciprocal easement agreement or similar agreement to which any of the Properties are subject requires Borrower to obtain the consent of any party thereto in connection with the making of the Loan or the recording of the Mortgages.

Section 3.4. Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court or Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Borrower of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for any of the foregoing that have already been obtained and for the filings to perfect any security interest granted to Lender or its agents or representatives under the Loan Documents.

Section 3.5. Enforceable Obligations. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and constitute Borrower’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law), and further subject to any requirements in the various jurisdictions in which the Properties are located with respect to the order of and requirements for the realization on security, including any applicable so-called “security first” and “one-action” or similar rules, requirements or limitations. The Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party have been duly executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitute Guarantor’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law), and further subject to any requirements in the various jurisdictions in which the Properties are located with respect to the order of and requirements for the realization on security, including any applicable so-called “security first” and “one-action” or similar rules, requirements or limitations. The Loan Documents are not subject to any right of rescission, offset, abatement, counterclaim or defense by Borrower or Guarantor, including the defense of usury or fraud

Section 3.6. No Default. No Default or Event of Default will exist immediately following the making of the Loan.

Section 3.7. Payment of Taxes. Borrower has filed, or caused to be filed, all material tax returns (federal, state, local and foreign) required to be filed (taking into account any applicable extensions) and paid all material amounts of taxes due (including interest and penalties) except for taxes that are not yet delinquent and taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and has paid all other taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges (including mortgage recording taxes, documentary stamp taxes and intangible taxes) owing by it necessary to preserve the Liens in favor of Lender.

Section 3.8. Compliance with Law. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of Borrower, Borrower, each Property and the uses thereof comply with all applicable material Insurance Requirements and Legal Requirements, including building and zoning ordinances and codes (taking into account all grandfathering provisions thereof). Borrower is not in default or violation of any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority with respect to any Property the violation of which could result in a Material Adverse Effect. There has not been committed by or on behalf of Borrower or, to Borrower’s knowledge, any other person in occupancy of or involved with the operation or use of any Property, any act or omission affording any federal Governmental Authority or any state or local Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against any Property or any portion thereof or any monies paid in performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents. Neither Borrower nor Guarantor has purchased any portion of the Properties with proceeds of any illegal activity.

Section 3.9. ERISA. Except as would not be otherwise expect to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower (a) has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than the payment of premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, none of which are overdue, or (b) failed to satisfy the requirements of Section 302(a) of ERISA and Section 412(a) of the Code with respect to any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or substantially similar provisions under federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations, assuming that the source of funds used by Lender for the Loan does not constitute Plan Assets.

Section 3.10. Investment Company Act. Borrower is not an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 3.11. [Reserved].

Section 3.12. Other Debt. Borrower does not have outstanding any Debt other than Permitted Debt.

Section 3.13. Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations by or before any Governmental Authority or other court or agency now filed or otherwise pending, and to Borrower’s knowledge there are no such actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations threatened in writing against Borrower, Guarantor or any of the Collateral, in each case, (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.14. Leases. As of the date that any Delayed Advance is made by Lender, Borrower has delivered to Lender true and complete copies of all Leases pursuant to which any Borrower is the lessor at any of the Properties, including all modifications and amendments thereto, which are in Borrower’s possession. Except for Borrower or affiliates of Borrower occupying all or any part of any Property, no person has any possessory interest in any of the Properties or right to occupy the same except under and pursuant to the provisions of the Leases or Permitted Encumbrances. The Rent Roll is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date the first Delayed Advance is made, and the applicable Borrower that owns the Property covered by each Lease on the Rent Roll is the lessor under such Lease as of the date the first Delayed Advance is made. Except as indicated on the Rent Roll or Exception Report, no security deposits are being held by Borrower (including bonds or letters of credit being held in lieu of cash security deposits) and no Tenant or other party has any option, right of first refusal or similar preferential right to purchase all or any portion of any Property. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.7(a) and except as set forth in the Exception Report, upon foreclosure on any Property, with respect to each Lease at such Property either (i) Lender shall automatically succeed to the rights and obligations of the landlord under such Leases (ii) or such Leases may be terminated in accordance with any early termination provisions within such Lease. Lender agrees, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, to provide a subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender if expressly required pursuant to any Lease. No material amounts are payable by Borrower to any Tenant under a Lease (other than in connection with common area maintenance and other routine reconciliations) and no Tenant has the right to require Borrower to perform or finance any Material Alterations or improvements to the space covered by its Lease. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Leases may contain (and the same shall be expressly permitted hereunder without notice to or the consent of Lender, except to the extent required pursuant to Section 4.7(b)) the rights of tenants to receive reimbursement, contribution or allowance by landlord for tenant improvements or rent concessions or abatements, in each case as set forth in the Exception Report.

Section 3.15. Full and Accurate Disclosure. No statement of fact heretofore delivered by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in writing with respect to the Properties or the Loan contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained therein not misleading unless subsequently corrected (except that the foregoing representation, as it relates to any Environmental Report, Engineering Report, Title Insurance Policy and zoning report delivered to Lender in connection with the closing of the Loan, shall be limited to Borrower’s actual knowledge). To Borrower’s actual knowledge, there is no fact, event or circumstance presently known to Borrower that has intentionally not been disclosed to Lender that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.16. Use of Loan Proceeds. No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or for any other purpose that would be inconsistent with such Regulations T, U or X or any other Regulations of such Board of Governors, or for any purpose prohibited by Legal Requirements or by the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. The Loan is solely for the general corporate purposes of Borrower, Guarantor and the subsidiaries and no portion thereof shall be used for personal, consumer, household or similar purposes.

Section 3.17. [Reserved]

Section 3.18. [Reserved]

Section 3.19. Title. Borrower owns good, valid and insurable title to the Properties and good, valid and transferrable title to any other Collateral, in each case free and clear of all Liens whatsoever except the Permitted Encumbrances. No Property is subject to a Lien that secures Debt for borrowed money (expressly excluding all leases of furnishings, fixtures, equipment and other personal property). The Mortgages, when properly recorded in the appropriate records, together with any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed in connection therewith, will create (i) valid, perfected first priority Liens on the Properties, enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from Borrower and subject only to Permitted Encumbrances any requirements in the various jurisdictions in which the Properties are located with respect to the order of and requirements for the realization on security, including any applicable so-called “security first” and “one-action” or similar rules, requirements or limitations and (ii) perfected Liens in and to all personalty constituting Collateral, all in accordance with the terms thereof, in each case subject only to any applicable Permitted Encumbrances any requirements in the various jurisdictions in which the Properties are located with respect to the order of and requirements for the realization on security, including any applicable so-called “security first” and “one-action” or similar rules, requirements or limitations. The Permitted Encumbrances do not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Subject to clause (v) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances, there are no claims for payment for work, labor or materials affecting the Properties that are or may become a Lien prior to, or of equal priority with, the Liens created by the Loan Documents.

Section 3.20. No Encroachments. Except as set forth on the Surveys, all of the improvements on each Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the such Property, and no improvements on adjoining property encroach upon any Property, and no easements or other encumbrances upon any Property encroach upon any of the improvements, except to the extent the same is not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.21. Physical Condition.

(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Property and all building systems (including sidewalks, storm drainage system, roof, plumbing system, HVAC system, fire protection system, electrical system, equipment, elevators, exterior sidings and doors, irrigation system and all structural components) are free of all material damage and are in good condition, order and repair in all respects material to such Property’s use, operation and value, subject to ordinary wear and tear and any maintenance, restoration, repairs and/or replacements that are diligently being prosecuted to completion in accordance with Borrower’s ordinary course of business.

(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Borrower is not aware of any material structural or other material defect or damages in any of the Properties, whether latent or otherwise.

(c) Borrower has not received written notice, and has not received written notice that any Tenant has received written notice from any insurance company or bonding company of any defects or inadequacies in any of the Properties that would, alone or in the aggregate, adversely affect in any material respect the insurability of the same or cause the imposition of extraordinary premiums or charges thereon or of any termination or threatened termination of any policy of insurance or bond.

Section 3.22. Reserved.

Section 3.23. Management. No property management agreements to which Borrower or any affiliate is a party are in effect with respect to the Properties.

Section 3.24. Condemnation. No Condemnation has been commenced or, to Borrower’s knowledge, is contemplated or threatened with respect to all or any portion of any of the Properties or for the relocation of roadways providing access to any of the Properties to the extent that such Condemnation would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.25. Utilities and Public Access. Each Property has adequate rights of access to dedicated public ways (and makes no material use of any means of access or egress that is not pursuant to such dedicated public ways or recorded, irrevocable rights-of-way or easements) and is adequately served by all public utilities, including water and sewer (or well and septic), necessary to the continued use and enjoyment of such Property as presently used and enjoyed.

Section 3.26. Environmental Matters. To Borrower’s knowledge, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Property Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that the presence of SAC Conditions shall not, in and of themselves, constitute a Property Material Adverse Effect):

(i) No Hazardous Substances are located at, on, in or under any of the Properties or have been handled, manufactured, generated, stored, processed, or disposed of at, on, in or under, or have been Released from, any of the Properties. Without limiting the foregoing, there is not present at, on, in or under any of the Properties, any PCB-containing equipment not maintained in compliance with Environmental Laws), asbestos or asbestos containing materials not maintained in compliance with Environmental Laws, underground storage tanks or surface impoundments for any Hazardous Substance not maintained in compliance with Environmental Laws, lead in drinking water (except in concentrations that comply with all Environmental Laws, or lead-based paint. There is no threat of any Release of any Hazardous Substance migrating to any of the Properties.

(ii) Each Property is in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to such Property (which compliance includes, but is not limited to, the possession of, and compliance with, all environmental, health and safety permits, approvals, licenses, registrations and other governmental authorizations required in connection with the ownership and operation of such Property under all Environmental Laws). No Environmental Claim is pending with respect to any of the Properties, nor is any threatened, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to Borrower or any of the Properties.

(iii) No Liens are presently recorded with the appropriate land records under or pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any of the Properties and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no Governmental Authority has been taking any action to subject any of the Properties to Liens under any Environmental Law.

(iv) There are no Phase I Environmental Reports completed within the last two years months in the possession of Borrower in relation to any of the Properties that have not been made available to Lender.

Section 3.27. Assessments. There are no pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, proposed special or other assessments for public improvements or otherwise affecting any of the Properties, nor are there any contemplated improvements to any of the Properties that may result in such special or other assessments, to the extent the same would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.28. No Joint Assessment. Borrower has not suffered, permitted or initiated the joint assessment of any of the Properties (i) with any other real property constituting a separate tax lot, or (ii) with any personal property, or any other procedure whereby the Lien of any Taxes that may be levied against such other real property or personal property shall be assessed or levied or charged to any of the Properties as a single Lien.

Section 3.29. Separate Lots. No portion of any of the Properties is part of a tax lot that also includes any real property that is not Collateral.

Section 3.30. Permits; Certificate of Occupancy. Borrower has obtained all material Permits necessary for the present use and operation of each Property. The uses being made of each Property are in conformity in all material respects with the certificate of occupancy (if any) and/or Permits for such Property and any other restrictions, covenants or conditions affecting such Property.

Section 3.31. Flood Zone. None of the improvements on any of the Properties is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Federal Insurance Administration as a “100 year flood plain” or as having special flood hazards (including Zones A and V), or, to the extent that any portion of any of the Properties is located in such an area, such Property is covered by flood insurance in an amount equal to the maximum limit of coverage available under the National Flood Insurance Program.

Section 3.32. Security Deposits. Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all Legal Requirements relating to security deposits.

Section 3.33. Insurance. As of the date that any Delayed Advance is made by Lender, Borrower has obtained insurance policies reflecting the insurance coverages as set forth and certified to Lender in the Delayed Advance Officer’s Certificate, and such list accurately reflects the insurance coverage maintained with respect to each of the Properties. All premiums on such insurance policies required to be paid as of the Closing Date have been paid for the current policy period. No Person, including Borrower, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of any such policy.

Section 3.34. No Dealings. Neither Borrower nor Guarantor is aware of any unlawful influence on the assessed value of any of the Properties.

ARTICLE IV

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Borrower covenants and agrees as follows with respect to itself, and each other Borrower:

Section 4.1. Existence; Licenses. Each Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to remain in existence. Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect all rights, licenses, Permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, approvals and other agreements necessary for the continued use and operation of the Properties.

Section 4.2. Maintenance of Properties. Borrower shall cause each Property to be maintained in good and safe working order and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and in keeping with the condition and repair of properties of a similar use, value, age, nature and construction, all in accordance with each Borrower’s customary practice in the ordinary course of business. Borrower shall not knowingly use, maintain or operate any Property in any manner that constitutes a public or private nuisance or that makes void, voidable, or cancelable, or increases the premium of, any insurance then in force with respect thereto. Subject to Section 5.9, no improvements or fixtures constituting Collateral located at or on any Property shall be voluntarily removed, demolished or materially altered without the prior written consent of Lender (except for replacement of fixtures, furnishings, machinery, equipment and other personal property in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business with items of the same utility and of equal or greater value and sales or dispositions of obsolete or economically unusable fixtures, furnishings, machinery, equipment or other personal property no longer needed for the operation of the applicable Property), and Borrower shall from time to time make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary and desirable repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements to the Properties in accordance with Borrower’s reasonable business judgment. Borrower shall not make any change in the use of any Property that would materially increase the risk of fire or other hazard arising out of the operation of any Property, or do or permit to be

done thereon anything that may in any way impair the value of any Property in any material respect or the Liens of the Mortgages or otherwise cause or reasonably be expected to result in a Property Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall not install or permit to be installed on any Property any underground storage tank except in accordance with Environmental Laws, and solely in connection with the Sears Auto Centers. Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, permit any drilling or exploration for or extraction, removal, or production of any minerals from the surface or the subsurface of any Property, regardless of the depth thereof or the method of mining or extraction thereof, subject to all Permitted Encumbrances.

Section 4.3. Compliance with Legal Requirements. Borrower shall materially comply with (or cause all Tenants to materially comply with), and shall cause each Property to materially comply with and be operated, maintained, repaired and improved in material compliance with, all Legal Requirements, Insurance Requirements and all material contractual obligations by which Borrower is legally bound.

Section 4.4. Impositions and Other Claims. Borrower shall timely pay and discharge all Taxes and all other taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied upon it, its income and its assets pursuant to Legal Requirements as and when such taxes, assessments and charges are due and payable, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise, subject to any rights to contest contained in the definition of Permitted Encumbrances. Borrower shall timely file all material federal, state and local tax returns and other reports that it is required by law to file (taking into account any applicable extensions). If any law or regulation applicable to Lender, any Note, any of the Collateral or any of the Mortgages is enacted that deducts from the value of property for the purpose of taxation any Lien thereon, or imposes upon Lender the payment of the whole or any portion of the taxes or assessments or charges or Liens required by this Agreement to be paid by Borrower, or changes in any way the laws or regulations relating to the taxation of mortgages or security agreements or debts secured by mortgages or security agreements or the interest of the mortgagee or secured party in the property covered thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, so as to affect any of the Mortgages, the Indebtedness or Lender, then Borrower, upon demand by Lender, shall pay such taxes, assessments, charges or Liens, or reimburse Lender for any amounts paid by Lender.

Section 4.5. Access to Properties. Borrower shall permit, subject to the rights of Tenants under Leases, agents, representatives and employees of Lender and the Servicer to enter and inspect the Properties or any portion thereof, and/or inspect, examine, audit and copy the books and records of Borrower to the extent relating to the Properties (including all recorded data of any kind or nature, regardless of the medium of recording), at such reasonable times so as not to disrupt the normal business operations of Borrower as may be requested by Lender upon reasonable advance notice allowing an opportunity for agents or representatives of Borrower to be present. If an Event of Default is continuing, the reasonable cost of such inspections, examinations, copying or audits shall be borne by Borrower, including the reasonable cost of all follow up or additional investigations, audits or inquiries deemed reasonably necessary by Lender. The cost of such inspections, examinations, audits and copying, if not paid for by Borrower within a reasonable time after presentment with documentation of expenses in reasonable detail following demand, may be added to the Indebtedness and shall bear interest thereafter until paid at the Default Rate.

Section 4.6. Cooperate in Legal Proceedings. Except with respect to any claim by Borrower against Lender, Borrower shall reasonably cooperate with Lender with respect to any proceedings before any Governmental Authority that may in any way affect the rights of Lender hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents and, in connection therewith, Lender may, at its election, participate or designate a representative to participate in any such proceedings.

Section 4.7. Leases.

(a) Borrower shall furnish Lender with copies of all Leases to which any Borrower is a party entered into after the Closing Date. All new Leases and renewals or amendments of Leases shall, subject in the case of renewals to the terms and provisions of the applicable existing Lease (including any conditions or requirements with respect to attornment, subordination and attornment), be (i) entered into on terms and with Tenants that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) subject and subordinate to the Mortgages and (iii) contain provisions for the agreement by the Tenant thereunder to attorn to Lender and any purchaser at a foreclosure sale, such attornment to be self-executing and effective upon acquisition of title to the applicable Property by any purchaser at a foreclosure sale, which agreement by Tenant may be conditioned upon Lender entering into a subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement mutually acceptable to Lender and the applicable Tenant. If expressly required pursuant to a Lease, Lender shall enter into a subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement mutually acceptable to Lender and the applicable Tenant.

(b) Any Lease that does not conform to the standards set forth in Section 4.7(a) (except for any Lease to an owner or operator of part or all of the Sears Auto Center business in connection with the separation of a material portion of the business or assets of such business from the assets of Guarantor ) shall be subject to the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. In addition, all new Leases that are Third-Party Leases, and all terminations, renewals and amendments of Third-Party Leases, and any surrender of rights under any Third-Party Lease, shall be subject to the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

(c) Borrower shall (i) observe and punctually perform in all material respects all the material obligations imposed upon the lessor under the Leases; (ii) use all reasonable efforts to enforce all of the material terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Leases on the part of the lessee thereunder to be observed or performed, short of termination thereof, except that Borrower may terminate any Lease following a material default thereunder by the respective Tenant; (iii) not collect any of the rents thereunder more than one month in advance; (iv) not execute any assignment of lessor’s interest in the Leases or associated rents other than the assignments of rents and leases under the Mortgages; and (v) not cancel or terminate any guarantee of any of the Third-Party Leases without the prior written consent of Lender.

(d) Security deposits of Tenants under all Leases shall be held in compliance with Legal Requirements and any provisions in Leases relating thereto. Borrower shall maintain books and records of sufficient detail to identify all security deposits of Tenants separate and

apart from any other payments received from Tenants. Subject to Legal Requirements, Borrower hereby pledges to Lender as security for the Indebtedness any bond or other instrument held by Borrower in lieu of cash security. Upon foreclosure on any Property, Borrower shall deliver to Lender an amount equal to the aggregate security deposits of the Tenants at such Property (and any interest theretofore earned on such security deposits and actually received by Borrower), and any such bonds, that Borrower had not returned to the applicable Tenants or applied in accordance with the terms of the applicable Lease.

(e) Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a copy of each written notice from a Tenant under any Third-Party Lease claiming that Borrower is in default in the performance or observance of any of the material terms, covenants or conditions thereof to be performed or observed by Borrower. Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide in each Third-Party Lease executed after the Closing Date to which Borrower is a party that any Tenant delivering any such notice shall send a copy of such notice directly to Lender.

(f) All agreements entered into by or on behalf of Borrower that require the payment of leasing commissions with respect to Leases at any Property or other similar compensation to any party shall (i) provide that the obligation will not be enforceable against Lender and (ii) be subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage.

Section 4.8. Plan Assets, etc. Borrower will do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to ensure that it will not be deemed to hold Plan Assets at any time.

Section 4.9. Further Assurances. Borrower shall, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, from time to time as reasonably requested by Lender, execute, acknowledge, record, register, file and/or deliver to Lender such other reasonable instruments, agreements, certificates and documents (including amended or replacement mortgages), and Borrower hereby consents to the filing by Lender of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case as Lender may reasonably request to evidence, confirm, perfect and maintain the Liens securing or intended to secure the obligations of Borrower and the rights of Lender under the Loan Documents and do and execute all such further lawful and reasonable acts, conveyances and assurances for the better and more effective carrying out of the intents and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as Lender shall reasonably request from time to time (including the payment and application of Loss Proceeds), so long as none of the same decrease any rights or remedies of Borrower under any of the Loan Documents (the “Further Assurance Standard”). Upon foreclosure, the appointment of a receiver or any other relevant action, Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, cooperate fully and completely to effect the assignment or transfer of any license, permit, agreement or any other right necessary or useful to the operation of the Collateral, subject to the Further Assurance Standard. Upon receipt of an affidavit of Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note, Borrower shall issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in the same principal amount thereof and in the form thereof. Borrower hereby authorizes and appoints Lender as its attorney-in-fact to, during the continuance of an Event of Default, execute, acknowledge, record, register and/or file such instruments, agreements, certificates and documents, and to do and execute such acts, conveyances and assurances, should Borrower fail to do so itself in violation of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents following written request from Lender, in each case without the signature of Borrower, subject to the Further Assurance Standard. The foregoing grant of

authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. Borrower hereby ratifies all actions that such attorney shall lawfully take or cause to be taken in accordance with this Section.

Section 4.10. Notice of Material Event. Borrower shall give Lender prompt notice (containing reasonable detail) of (i) any material change in the financial or physical condition of any Property that would have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened in writing against Borrower or any Property that is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of any Borrower, Guarantor or an affiliate of any of the foregoing and (iv) any other circumstance or event that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11. Property-Specific Information. At Lender’s request, Borrower shall furnish within 30 days after the end of the applicable calendar month such information with respect to the Properties as Lender shall reasonably request, to the extent such other information is then reasonably available at no material expense to Borrower.

Section 4.12. Insurance.

(a) At all times while any portion of the Loan remains outstanding, Borrower shall maintain the Policies with respect to the Properties, for the mutual benefit of Borrower and Lender.

(b) All Policies:

(i) shall be maintained throughout the term of the Loan without cost to Lender and shall name each Borrower (and may name affiliates of each Borrower) as the named insured;

(ii) with respect to property insurance policies, shall contain a standard noncontributory mortgagee clause naming Lender and its successors and assigns as their interests may appear as first mortgagee and loss payee;

(iii) with respect to liability policies, except for workers compensation, employers liability and auto liability, shall name Lender and its successors and assigns as their interests may appear as additional insureds;

(iv) with respect to property insurance policies, shall either be written on a no coinsurance form or contain an endorsement providing that neither Borrower nor Lender nor any other party shall be a co-insurer under such Policies;

(v) with respect to property insurance policies, shall contain an endorsement or other provision providing that Lender shall receive 10 days’ prior written notice of cancellation thereof due to non-payment of premium;

(vi) with respect to property insurance policies, shall contain an endorsement providing that no act or negligence of Borrower or any foreclosure or other proceeding or notice of sale relating to one or more of the Properties shall affect the validity or enforceability of the insurance insofar as a mortgagee is concerned;

(vii) shall not contain provisions that would make Lender liable for any insurance premiums thereon or subject to any assessments thereunder;

(viii) shall contain a waiver of subrogation against Lender, as applicable;

(ix) may be in the form of a blanket or umbrella policy; and

(x) shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender and shall contain such other provisions as Lender deems reasonably necessary or desirable to protect its interests; provided, that nothing in this clause (x) shall require Borrower to obtain types of coverage that it does not typically carry, or coverage in an amount greater than it typically carries, each case in the ordinary course of its business.

(c) Borrower shall pay the premiums for all Policies as the same become due and payable. Complete copies of such Policies shall be delivered to Lender reasonably promptly upon request. Not later than 30 days prior to the expiration date of each Policy, Borrower shall deliver to Lender evidence, reasonably satisfactory to Lender, of its renewal. Borrower shall reasonably promptly forward to Lender a copy of each written notice received by Borrower of any modification, reduction or cancellation of any of the Policies or of any of the coverages afforded under any of the Policies.

(d) Borrower shall not procure any other insurance coverage that would be on the same level of payment as the Policies or would adversely impact in any way the ability of Lender or Borrower to collect any proceeds under any of the Policies, unless the foregoing provisions (a)-(c) are applicable to such other insurance coverage. If at any time Lender is not in receipt of written evidence that all Policies are in full force and effect when and as required hereunder, upon notice to Borrower Lender shall have the right to take such reasonable action as Lender deems necessary to protect its interest in the Properties, including the obtaining of such insurance coverage as Lender in its sole discretion deems appropriate (but limited to the coverages and amounts required hereunder). All premiums, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in connection with such action or in obtaining such insurance and keeping it in effect shall be paid by Borrower to Lender upon demand and, until paid, shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

(e) Borrower or Guarantor shall provide Lender with at least 30 days’ prior written notice of cancellation by Borrower or Guarantor or any of their respective affiliates of any property insurance policies relating to any Property.

(f) Borrower shall have the right to replace any Policy with one or more additional Policies providing substantially similar or better coverage.

Section 4.13. Casualty and Condemnation.

(a) Upon learning thereof, Borrower shall give reasonably prompt notice to Lender of any Casualty or Condemnation or of the actual or threatened commencement of proceedings that would result in a Condemnation.

(b) Lender may participate in any proceedings for any taking by any public or quasi-public authority accomplished through a Condemnation or any transfer made in lieu of or in anticipation of a Condemnation, to the extent permitted by law. Upon Lender’s request, Borrower shall deliver to Lender all instruments reasonably requested by it to permit such participation. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, diligently prosecute any such proceedings, and shall consult with Lender, its attorneys and experts, and cooperate with them in the carrying on or defense of any such proceedings. Borrower shall not consent or agree to a Condemnation or action in lieu thereof without the prior written consent of Lender in each instance, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned in the case of a taking of an immaterial portion of any Property.

(c) Lender may (x) jointly with Borrower settle and adjust any insurance claims, (y) following the commencement of a foreclosure action, settle and adjust any insurance claims without the consent or cooperation of Borrower, or (z) allow Borrower to settle and adjust any insurance claims; except that if no Event of Default is continuing, Borrower may settle and adjust such claims aggregating not in excess of the Threshold Amount if such settlement or adjustment is carried out in a competent and timely manner, but Lender, at its election, shall be entitled to collect and receive (as set forth below) any and all Loss Proceeds. The reasonable expenses incurred by Lender in the adjustment and collection of Loss Proceeds shall become part of the Indebtedness and shall be reimbursed by Borrower to Lender upon demand therefor.

(d) All Loss Proceeds from any Casualty or Condemnation shall be immediately deposited into an account under the sole dominion and control of Lender. So long as no Event of Default exists and is continuing, Loss Proceeds after receipt thereof by Lender and reimbursement of any reasonable expenses incurred by Lender in connection therewith shall be applied promptly to the cost of restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding such Property or part thereof subject to the Casualty or Condemnation, in the manner set forth below (and Borrower shall commence, as promptly and diligently as practicable, to prosecute such restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding of such Property in a workmanlike fashion and in accordance with applicable law to a status at least equivalent to the quality and character of such Property immediately prior to the Condemnation or Casualty). Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be then continuing, Lender shall disburse such Loss Proceeds to Borrower upon Lender’s being furnished with (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the estimated cost of completion of the restoration, (ii) if the cost of completion of the restoration plus payment of debt service on the Loan during the period of restoration exceeds the amount then contained in the Loss Proceeds Account, funds in an amount equal to such excess, which funds shall be remitted into the Loss Proceeds Account as additional Collateral for the Loan, and (iii) such architect’s certificates, waivers of lien, contractor’s sworn statements, title insurance endorsements, bonds, plats of survey and such other evidences of cost, payment and performance as Lender may reasonably request; and Lender may, in any event, require that all plans and specifications for restoration reasonably estimated by Lender to exceed the Threshold Amount be

submitted to and approved by Lender prior to commencement of work (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). If Lender reasonably estimates that the cost to restore will exceed the Threshold Amount, Lender may retain a local construction consultant to inspect such work and review Borrower’s request for payments and Borrower shall, on demand by Lender, reimburse Lender for the reasonable fees and expenses of such consultant (which fees and expenses shall constitute Indebtedness). No payment shall exceed 90% of the value of the work performed from time to time until such time as 50% of the restoration (calculated based on the anticipated aggregate cost of the work) has been completed, and thereafter, 100% of the value of the work shall be disbursed, and amounts retained prior to completion of 50% of the restoration shall not be paid prior to the final completion of the restoration. Funds other than Loss Proceeds shall be disbursed prior to disbursement of such Loss Proceeds, and at all times the undisbursed balance of such proceeds remaining in the Loss Proceeds Account, together with any additional funds irrevocably and unconditionally deposited therein or irrevocably and unconditionally committed for that purpose, shall be at least sufficient in the reasonable judgment of Lender to pay for the cost of completion of the restoration free and clear of all Liens or claims for Lien, subject to all Permitted Encumbrances.

(e) Borrower shall cooperate with Lender in obtaining for Lender the benefits of any Loss Proceeds lawfully or equitably payable to Lender in connection with the Properties. Lender shall be reimbursed for any expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, and, if reasonably necessary to collect such proceeds, the expense of an Appraisal on behalf of Lender) out of such Loss Proceeds or, if insufficient for such purpose, by Borrower.

Section 4.14. Compliance with Encumbrances and Material Agreements. Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:

(i) Borrower shall comply with all material terms, conditions and covenants of each Material Agreement and each material Permitted Encumbrance, including any reciprocal easement agreement, ground lease, declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, and any condominium arrangements.

(ii) Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a true and complete copy of each and every notice of default or event of default received by Borrower with respect to any obligation of Borrower under the provisions of any Material Agreement and/or Permitted Encumbrance.

(iii) Borrower shall deliver to Lender copies of any written notices of default or event of default relating to any Material Agreement and/or Permitted Encumbrance served by Borrower.

(iv) Without the prior written consent of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, Borrower shall not grant or withhold any material consent, approval or waiver under any Material Agreement or Permitted Encumbrance, unless no Event of Default is continuing and the same is not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v) Borrower shall deliver to each other party to any Permitted Encumbrance and any Material Agreement notice of the identity of Lender and each assignee of Lender of which Borrower is aware if such notice is required under the terms of such Material Agreement or Permitted Encumbrance in order to protect Lender’s interest thereunder.

(vi) Borrower shall use reasonable efforts to enforce, short of termination thereof, the performance and observance of each and every material term, covenant and provision of each Material Agreement and Permitted Encumbrance to be performed or observed, if any, if and to the extent the failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.15. FATCA. If a payment made to the Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if the Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to such Borrower at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower as may be necessary for such Borrower to comply with its obligations under FATCA and to determine that the Lender has complied with the Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.

ARTICLE V

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each individual Borrower covenants and agrees as follows with respect to itself and each other individual Borrower:

Section 5.1. Liens on the Collateral. No Borrower shall permit or suffer the existence of any Lien on any of the Properties senior to the Lien of the applicable Mortgage, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

Section 5.2. Transfer; Prohibited Change of Control. Borrower shall not Transfer any Collateral other than the replacement or other disposition of obsolete or non-useful personal property and fixtures in the ordinary course of business, and except as otherwise provided in Section 4.2 and Borrower shall not hereafter file a declaration of condominium with respect to any of the Properties. Neither Guarantor, nor Borrower nor any of their affiliates shall Transfer, or enter into an agreement or understanding (whether or not legally binding) that contemplates a Transfer of, a Property that has been released pursuant to Section 2.2(b) during the 120 day period following the applicable Release Date. No Prohibited Change of Control shall occur. No transfers of any direct or indirect equity interests in any Borrower shall be permitted, except for (i) any such transfers that do not result in a Prohibited Change of Control, (ii) transfers of shares of common stock in Sears Holdings Corporation and (iii) any other such transfer for which Borrower shall have obtained Lender’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may Transfer any Property provided that the Borrower complies with the requirements of Section 1.6.

Section 5.3. Debt. Borrower shall not have any Debt, other than Permitted Debt.

Section 5.4. Dissolution; Merger or Consolidation. No Borrower shall dissolve, liquidate, merge with or consolidate into another Person, unless such Borrower is the surviving Person.

Section 5.5. Misapplication of Funds. Borrower shall not (a) distribute any Loss Proceeds in violation of the provisions of this Agreement (and shall promptly cause the reversal of any such distributions made in error of which Borrower becomes aware), or (b) misappropriate any security deposit or portion thereof.

Section 5.6. Jurisdiction of Formation; Name. Borrower shall not change its jurisdiction of formation or name without receiving Lender’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and promptly providing Lender such information and replacement Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and legal opinions as Lender may reasonably request in connection therewith.

Section 5.7. Modifications and Waivers. Unless otherwise consented to in writing by Lender:

(i) Borrower shall not amend, modify, terminate, renew, or surrender any material rights or remedies under any Lease, or enter into any Lease, except in accordance with the express terms and conditions of any Lease or otherwise in compliance with Section 4.7; and

(ii) Borrower shall not (x) enter into any Material Agreement, or amend, modify, surrender or waive any material rights or remedies under any Material Agreement, except, in each case, on arms-length commercially reasonable terms, (y) terminate any Material Agreement, except for terminations in connection with a material default thereunder, or (z) default in its material obligations under any Material Agreement.

Section 5.8. ERISA. Other than required contributions to the Sears Holdings Pension Plan, Borrower shall not maintain or contribute to, or agree to maintain or contribute to, or permit any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower to maintain or contribute to or agree to maintain or contribute to, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code which would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Borrower shall not engage in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or substantially similar provisions under federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations or in any transaction that would cause any obligation or action taken or to be taken hereunder (or the exercise by Lender of any of its rights under the Notes, this Agreement, the Mortgages or any other Loan Document) to be a non-exempt prohibited transaction under such provisions assuming that the source of the funds for the Loan by Lender does not constitute Plan Assets.

Section 5.9. Alterations and Expansions. Borrower shall not perform, undertake, contract to perform or consent to any Material Alteration without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent (in the absence of the continuation of an Event of Default) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, but may be conditioned on the delivery of additional collateral in the form of cash or cash equivalents acceptable to Lender in respect of the amount by which any such Material Alteration exceeds the Threshold Amount. If Lender’s consent is requested hereunder with respect to a Material Alteration, Lender may retain a construction consultant to review such request and, if such request is granted, Lender may retain a construction consultant to inspect the work from time to time. Borrower shall, on demand by Lender, reimburse Lender for the reasonable fees and disbursements of such consultant.

Section 5.10. Zoning and Uses. Borrower shall not do any of the following without the prior written consent of Lender:

(i) initiate or support any limiting change in the permitted uses of any of the Properties (or to the extent applicable, zoning reclassification of any of the Properties) or any portion thereof, seek any variance under existing land use restrictions, laws, rules or regulations (or, to the extent applicable, zoning ordinances) applicable to a Property, or use or permit the use of a Property in a manner that would result in the use of such Property first becoming a nonconforming use under applicable land-use restrictions or zoning ordinances or that would violate any of the material terms of any Lease, Material Agreement or Legal Requirement (and if under applicable zoning ordinances the use of all or any portion of any Property is a nonconforming use, Borrower shall not cause or permit such nonconforming use to be discontinued or abandoned);

(ii) execute or file any subdivision plat affecting any of the Properties, or institute, or permit the institution of, proceedings to alter any tax lot comprising any of the Properties; or

(iii) permit or consent to any of the Properties being used by the public or any Person in such manner as might reasonably make possible a valid claim of adverse usage or possession or of any implied dedication or easement.

Section 5.11. Waste. Borrower shall not commit or permit any Waste on any of the Properties, nor take any actions that might invalidate any insurance carried on any of the Properties (and Borrower shall promptly correct any such actions of which Borrower becomes aware).

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS

Section 6.1. Event of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall be, and shall constitute the commencement of, an “Event of Default” hereunder (any Event of Default that has occurred shall continue unless and until waived by Lender in writing in its sole discretion):

(a) Payment.

(i) Borrower shall default in the payment when due of any principal or interest owing hereunder or under the Notes (including any mandatory prepayment required hereunder); or

(ii) Borrower shall default, and such default shall continue for at least five Business Days after notice to Borrower that such amounts are owing, in the payment when due of fees, expenses or other amounts owing to Lender hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan Documents (other than principal and interest).

(b) Representations. Any representation made by Borrower in any of the Loan Documents, or in the Officer’s Certificate shall have been false or misleading in any material respect (or, with respect to any representation that itself contains a materiality qualifier, in any respect) as of the date such representation was made; provided, however, if the falsity of any such representation is first determined by information received by Borrower or Lender in connection with the satisfaction of any Post-Closing Item or delivery of a Substitution Exception Report, and Borrower did not have actual knowledge of such falsity as of the Closing Date, the same shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder (and the replacement of the applicable Property with a Substitution Property shall constitute Lender’s exclusive remedy for such falsity of such representation), unless Borrower fails to cooperate with Lender in providing a Substitution Property pursuant to Section 2.2.

(c) Other Loan Documents. Any Loan Document shall fail to be in full force and effect or to convey the material Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby and Borrower shall fail to promptly remedy such failure in accordance with Section 4.9.

(d) Bankruptcy, etc.

(i) Any Borrower or Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under any Title of the United States Code concerning bankruptcy or insolvency (as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced, from time to time, the “Bankruptcy Code”);

(ii) any Borrower or Guarantor shall commence any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of creditors, dissolution, insolvency or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to such Borrower or Guarantor, or shall dissolve or otherwise cease to exist;

(iii) there is commenced against any Borrower or Guarantor an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, or any such other proceeding, which remains undismissed for a period of 90 days after commencement;

(iv) any Borrower or Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(v) any Borrower or Guarantor suffers appointment of any custodian or the like for it or for any substantial portion of its property and such appointment continues unchanged or unstayed for a period of 90 days after commencement of such appointment;

(vi) any Borrower or Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(vii) any Borrower or Guarantor takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

(e) Prohibited Change of Control. A Prohibited Change of Control shall occur.

(f) Insurance. Borrower shall fail to maintain in full force and effect all Policies required hereunder.

(g) Negative Covenants. A default shall occur in the due performance or observance by Borrower of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Article V, provided that such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it shall remain uncured for 30 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof.

(h) Legal Requirements. Borrower shall fail to cure properly any violations of Legal Requirements affecting all or any portion of any Property that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect within 30 days after Borrower first receives written notice of any such violations; provided, however, if any such violation is reasonably susceptible of cure, but not within such 30 day period, then Borrower shall be permitted up to an additional 30 days to cure such violation provided that Borrower commences a cure within such initial 30 day period and thereafter diligently and continuously pursues such cure.

(i) Other Covenants. A default shall occur in the due performance or observance by Borrower of any material term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in any other subsection of this Section or those, if any, that expressly provide for a notice and cure period other than as set forth in this clause (i)) contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, except that in the case of a default that can be cured by the payment of money, such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it shall remain uncured for 10 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; and in the case of a default that cannot be cured by the payment of money but is susceptible of being cured within 30 days, such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it remains uncured for 30 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof, provided that if such non-monetary default is not cured within such 30 day period despite Borrower’s diligent efforts but is susceptible of being cured within 90 days of Borrower’s receipt of Lender’s original notice, then Borrower shall have such additional time as is reasonably necessary to effect such cure, but in no event in excess of 90 days from Borrower’s receipt of Lender’s original notice, provided that Borrower promptly delivers written notice to Lender of its intention and ability to effect such cure prior to the expiration of such 90 day period.

Section 6.2. Remedies.

(a) During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may by written notice to Borrower, in addition to any other rights or remedies available pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents, at law or in equity, declare by written notice to Borrower all or any portion of the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, whereupon all or such portion of the Indebtedness shall so become due and payable, and Lender may enforce or avail itself of any or all rights or remedies provided in the Loan Documents against Borrower and the Collateral (including all rights or remedies available at law or in equity); provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) shall occur, then (except as specified in Section 6.2(f) below) the Indebtedness shall immediately become due and payable without the giving of any notice or other action by Lender. Any actions taken by Lender shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued independently, singly, successively, together or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Lender may determine in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of Lender permitted by law, equity or contract or as set forth in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents.

(b) If Lender forecloses on any Collateral, Lender shall apply all net proceeds of such foreclosure to repay the Indebtedness, the Indebtedness shall be reduced to the extent of such net proceeds and the remaining portion of the Indebtedness shall remain outstanding and secured by the remaining Collateral. At the election of Lender, the Notes shall be deemed to have been accelerated only to the extent of the net proceeds actually received by Lender with respect to the Properties and applied in reduction of the Indebtedness.

(c) During the continuance of any Event of Default (including an Event of Default resulting from a failure to satisfy the insurance requirements specified herein), Lender may, but without any obligation to do so and without notice to or demand on Borrower and without releasing Borrower from any obligation hereunder, take any action to cure such Event of Default. Lender may enter upon any or all of the Properties upon reasonable notice to Borrower for such purposes or appear in, defend, or bring any action or proceeding to protect its interest in the Collateral or to foreclose the Mortgages or collect the Indebtedness. The costs and expenses incurred by Lender in exercising rights under this paragraph (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), with interest at the Default Rate for the period after notice from Lender that such costs or expenses were incurred to the date of payment to Lender, shall constitute a portion of the Indebtedness, shall be secured by the Mortgages and other Loan Documents and shall be due and payable to Lender upon demand therefor.

(d) Interest shall accrue on any judgment obtained by Lender in connection with its enforcement of the Loan at a rate of interest equal to the Default Rate.

(e) Notwithstanding the availability of legal remedies, Lender will be entitled to obtain specific performance, mandatory or prohibitory injunctive relief, or other equitable relief requiring Borrower to cure or refrain from repeating any Default

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an event specified in Section 6.1(d) occurs solely in respect of Guarantor and not any Borrower, then such event shall not constitute an Event of Default or result in an acceleration of the Loan unless, in each case, Lender so determines in its sole discretion by written notice to Borrower.

(g) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right from time to time to sever the Note and the other Loan Documents into one or more separate notes, mortgages and other security documents (the “Severed Loan Documents”) in such denominations as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion for purposes of evidencing and enforcing its rights and remedies provided hereunder. Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender from time to time, promptly after the request of Lender, a severance agreement and such other documents as Lender shall request in order to effect the severance described in the preceding sentence, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. Borrower hereby absolutely and irrevocably appoints Lender as its true and lawful attorney, coupled with an interest, in its name and stead to execute the Severed Loan Documents (Borrower ratifying all that its said attorney shall do by virtue thereof); provided, however, that Lender shall not make or execute any such Severed Loan Documents under such power until the expiration of three days after written notice has been given to Borrower by Lender of Lender’s intent to exercise its rights under the aforesaid power. Borrower shall be obligated to pay any costs or expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, recording or filing of the Severed Loan Documents. The Severed Loan Documents shall not contain any representations, warranties or covenants not contained in the Loan Documents, and any such representations and warranties contained in the Severed Loan Documents will be given by Borrower only as of the Closing Date.

Section 6.3. Application of Payments after an Event of Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts received by Lender in respect of the Loan shall be applied at Lender’s sole discretion either toward the components of the Indebtedness (e.g., Lender’s expenses in enforcing the Loan, interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder) and the Notes or Note Components in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, or toward the payment of Property expenses.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1. Successors. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever in this Agreement any of the parties to this Agreement is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. All covenants, promises and agreements in this Agreement contained, by or on behalf of Borrower, shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns.

Section 7.2. GOVERNING LAW.

(A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

(B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7.4 (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

Section 7.3. Modification, Waiver in Writing. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document may be amended, changed, waived, discharged or terminated, nor shall any consent or approval of Lender be granted hereunder, unless such amendment, change, waiver, discharge, termination, consent or approval is in writing signed by Initial Lender or such other Lender as may be designated in the applicable intercreditor, participation or co-lender agreement among the Lenders.

Section 7.4. Notices. All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (except that any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement in the manner provided for in this Section). A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

If to Lender:

c/o ESL Investments, Inc.

1170 Kane Concourse, Suite 200

Bay Harbor Islands, FL 33154

Attention: Edward S. Lampert, CEO

and

ESL Investments, Inc.

1170 Kane Concourse, Suite 200

Bay Harbor Islands, FL 33154

Attention: Harold R. Talisman

with copies to:

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Attention: John V. Harrison, Esq.

If to Borrower:

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

3333 Beverly Road

Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179

Attention: General Counsel

with copies to (which shall not constitute notice):

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

3333 Beverly Road, Dept. 824RE

Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

Attention: Vice President Real Estate

and

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

3333 Beverly Road, Dept. 824RE

Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

Attention: Associate General Counsel, Real Estate

and

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Scott Charles, Esq.

Borrowers hereby appoint the individual Borrower named as notice party above (the “Representative Borrower”) to serve as agent on behalf of all Borrowers to receive any notices required to be delivered to any or all Borrowers hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and to be the sole party authorized to deliver notices on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder and under each of the other Loan Documents. Any notice delivered to the Representative Borrower shall be deemed to have been delivered to all Borrowers, and any notice received from the Representative Borrower shall be deemed to have been received from all Borrowers. Borrowers shall be entitled from time to time to appoint a replacement Representative Borrower by written notice delivered to Lender and signed by both the new Representative Borrower and the Representative Borrower being so replaced.

Section 7.5. TRIAL BY JURY. LENDER AND BORROWER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY LENDER AND BORROWER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER AND BORROWER ARE EACH HEREBY INDIVIDUALLY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER.

Section 7.6. Headings. The Article and Section headings in this Agreement are included in this Agreement for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

Section 7.7. Transfers of Loan; Cooperation.

(a) Except as expressly set forth in Article II, Borrower may not sell, assign or otherwise transfer any rights, obligations or other interest of Borrower in or under the Loan Documents.

(b) Lender and each Loan Transferee shall have the right from time to time in its discretion and without the consent of Borrower to sell, assign, syndicate or otherwise transfer one or more of the Notes or Note Components or any interest therein and/or sell a participation interest in one or more of the Notes or Note Components (each, a “Loan Transfer”) to one or more banks, financial institutions, funds, institutional lenders or such other Persons that are acceptable to Initial Lender (each, a “Loan Transferee”); provided, however, that (i) for so long as no Event of Default is continuing, no Loan Transfer shall be made to a Loan Transferee that is a competitor or affiliate of a competitor of any Borrower or Guarantor; and (ii) in the case of a participation (x) the obligations under the Loan Documents of the Lender selling such participation shall remain unchanged and (y) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations.

(c) Borrower and Guarantor shall, at their sole and cost and expense, if so requested by the Initial Lender, amend the Note and the other Loan Documents, to the extent necessary, to divide the Loan into multiple tranches (each of which may be evidenced by a separate Note), which tranches may be pari passu and/or senior/subordinate to one another and may bear different interest rates, so long as the weighted average of all such interest rates equals the Interest Rate (except following the application of principal during an Event of Default); provided, however, in connection with this Section 7.7(c), in no event shall Borrower or Guarantor be required to pay any commitment or other fee (other than any fees expressly

provided for in this Agreement), provide any additional security or modify any existing mortgage, deed of trust, or other security document, deliver or pay for any new Title Insurance Policies or endorsements to any new or existing Title Insurance Policies or incur additional liability or obligation whatsoever in connection with any Loan Transfer, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, after a Loan Transfer, the transferring Lender (in addition to the Loan Transferee) shall continue to have the benefits of any indemnifications contained in this Agreement that such transferring Lender had prior to such Loan Transfer with respect to matters occurring prior to the date of such Loan Transfer. If, pursuant to this Section, any interest in this Agreement or any Note is transferred to any Loan Transferee, such Loan Transferee shall, promptly upon receipt of written request from Borrower, furnish to Borrower a Form W-9, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E or Form W-8ECI, as applicable.

(e) As a condition to any Loan Transfer, the applicable Loan Transferee shall expressly agree that the Initial Lender shall (i) serve as agent for such Loan Transferee with respect to the administration of the Loan, and (ii) be the sole party to whom notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be required to be addressed and the sole party authorized to grant or withhold consents hereunder or take other actions contemplated by Section 7.3 on behalf of such Loan Transferee (subject, in each case, to (x) appointment of a Servicer, pursuant to Section 7.21, to receive such notices, requests and other communications and/or to grant or withhold consents, as the case may be and (y) any intercreditor, participation or co-lender arrangements among the Initial Lender and, if applicable, one or more Loan Transferees).

(f) Any Loan Transferee may, in its sole discretion, accept an interest rate lower than the Interest Rate, in which case, the amount payable by Borrower to such Loan Transferee hereunder as interest shall be commensurately reduced; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such acceptance of a lower interest rate by a Loan Transferee (i) shall not result in a reduction or other adjustment of the amounts payable by Borrower hereunder to any Initial Lender or any other Lender (and Borrower shall continue to pay interest to the Initial Lender and such other Lenders based on the Interest Rate, notwithstanding any such acceptance of a reduced interest rate by any Loan Transferee) and (ii) shall not result in a reduction in the amount payable by Borrower in respect of interest hereunder, to the extent that such Loan Transferee is accepting such lower interest rate to effectuate a senior/subordinate structure meeting the requirements of Section 7.7(c)(v). In addition, subject to the consent of each Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), any Loan Transferee may, in its sole discretion, agree to increase the Maximum Delayed Advance Amount, provided that (i) prior to such increase, the Initial Lender and each Loan Transferee are granted the right (but shall not have the obligation) to participate in such increase in the Maximum Delayed Advance Amount, (ii) only a Loan Transferee that has expressly agreed in writing to such increase in the Maximum Delayed Advance Amount shall be liable for funding such increased amount (and neither Initial Lender nor any other Lender shall have any liability for funding such increased amount), (iii) Borrower shall provide such additional Collateral for the Loan in respect of such increased Maximum Delayed Advance Amount as shall be necessary to maintain a loan-to- value ratio of the Loan that is no less than the loan-to-value ratio of the Loan immediately prior to any such increase (and such Collateral shall otherwise be reasonably acceptable to Initial

Lender and each other Lender) and (iv) such increased amount shall be subordinate to all other amounts payable by Borrower to Lender hereunder. Borrower and each Lender shall reasonably cooperate to amend the Loan Documents to effectuate the purposes of this clause (f), provided that any such amendment shall not increase the obligations and liabilities, or decrease the rights and remedies, of any Lender hereunder (except for the rights and obligations of any Lender that agrees, in its sole discretion, to accept a lower interest rate or increase the Maximum Delayed Advance Amount, and then, only to the extent necessary to effectuate the same).

(g) If following the Closing Date, one or more third-parties (in each case that is not an affiliate of Borrower or the Initial Lender) submits in writing to either Borrower or the Initial Lender an indication of interest that such third party is interested in purchasing an interest in the Loan, then the Initial Lender shall effect a Loan Transfer to such third party for such portion of the Loan; provided, that (x) the Initial Lenders shall be entitled to proceeds from such Loan Transfer equal to no less than the portion of the Loan subject to such Loan Transfer (together with any accrued and unpaid interest), (y) the Initial Lenders shall have the right to approve any potential Loan Transferee, the terms of such Loan Transfer and the documentation related thereto, in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and (z) after giving effect to any Loan Transfer, one or both of the Initial Lenders and/or their respective affiliates shall hold, in the aggregate, no less than 40% of the Loan and the Note or Note Components evidencing the same.

Section 7.8. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

Section 7.9. Preferences; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets. Lender shall have no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the obligations of Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents. Lender shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply or reverse and reapply any and all payments by Borrower to any portion of the obligations of Borrower hereunder and under the Loan Documents. If any payment to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then the obligations hereunder or portion thereof intended to be satisfied by such payment shall be revived and continue in full force and effect, as if such payment had not been made. Borrower hereby waives any legal right otherwise available to Borrower that would require the sale of any Collateral either separate or apart from other Collateral, or require Lender to exhaust its remedies against any Collateral before proceeding against any other Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Borrower hereby waives and shall not assert any rights in respect of a marshalling of Collateral, a sale in the inverse order of alienation, any homestead exemption, the administration of estates of decedents, or any other matters

whatsoever to defeat, reduce or affect the right of Lender under the Loan Documents to a sale of the Collateral or any portion thereof in any sequence and any combination as determined by Lender in its sole discretion.

Section 7.10. Remedies of Borrower. If a claim is made that Lender or its agents have unreasonably delayed acting or acted unreasonably (including unreasonable refusal of, or unreasonable conditioning of, of any consent or approval of Lender required hereunder) in any case where by law or under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents any of such Persons has an obligation to act promptly or reasonably, Borrower agrees that no such Person shall be liable for any monetary damages, and Borrower’s sole remedy shall be limited to commencing an action seeking specific performance, injunctive relief and/or declaratory judgment. Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against Lender and/or its affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable Legal Requirement) arising out of, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

Section 7.11. Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses. All payments made by Borrower hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall be made irrespective of, and without any deduction for, any offsets, counterclaims or defenses. Borrower waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender arising out of or in any way connected with the Notes, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Indebtedness. Any assignee of Lender’s interest in the Loan shall take the same free and clear of all offsets, counterclaims or defenses against the assigning Lender.

Section 7.12. No Joint Venture. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create a joint venture, partnership, tenancy-in-common, or joint tenancy relationship between Borrower and Lender, nor to grant Lender any interest in any Property other than that of mortgagee or lender.

Section 7.13. Conflict; Construction of Documents. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. The parties acknowledge that they were each represented by competent counsel in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the Loan Documents and that the Loan Documents shall not be subject to the principle of construing their meaning against the party that drafted same.

Section 7.14. Brokers and Financial Advisors. Borrower represents that neither it nor Guarantor has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders (other than the Broker) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Borrower shall indemnify and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all

claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

Section 7.15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of originals, including copies delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 7.16. Estoppel Certificates.

(a) Borrower shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Lender, within five days after receipt of Lender’s written request therefor at any time from time to time, a statement in writing setting forth (A) the Principal Indebtedness, (B) the date on which installments of interest and/or principal were last paid, (C) any offsets or defenses to the payment of the Indebtedness, (D) that the Notes, this Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents are valid, legal and binding obligations and have not been modified or if modified, giving particulars of such modification and (E) that neither Borrower nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, Lender, is in default under the Loan Documents (or specifying any such default). Any Loan Transferee shall be permitted to rely on such certificate.

(b) Upon Lender’s written request, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from each Tenant and thereafter promptly deliver to Lender duly executed estoppel certificates from any one or more Tenants specified by Lender, attesting to such facts regarding the Leases as Lender may reasonably require, including attestations that each Lease covered thereby is in full force and effect with no material defaults thereunder on the part of any party, that rent has not been paid more than one month in advance, except as security, and that the Tenant claims no defense or offset against the full and timely performance of its obligations under the Lease.

Section 7.17. General Indemnity; Payment of Expenses.

(a) Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, shall protect, indemnify, reimburse, defend and hold harmless Lender and its officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, advisors, employees, agents, sub-agents, affiliates, successors, participants and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) for, from and against any and all Damages of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties, in any way relating to or arising out of Lender’s interest in the Loan; provided, however, that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder to the extent that such Damages have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party.

(b) If for any reason (including violation of law or public policy) the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section are unenforceable in whole or in part or are otherwise unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold it harmless, then Borrower shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any Damages the maximum amount Borrower is permitted to pay under Legal Requirements. The obligations of Borrower under this Section will be in addition to any liability that Borrower may otherwise have hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

(c) To the extent any Indemnified Party has notice of a claim for which it intends to seek indemnification hereunder, such Indemnified Party shall give prompt written notice thereof to Borrower, provided that failure by Lender to so notify Borrower will not relieve Borrower of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent that Borrower suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. In connection with any claim for which indemnification is sought hereunder, Borrower shall have the right to defend the applicable Indemnified Party (if requested by the applicable Indemnified Party, in the name of such Indemnified Party) from such claim by attorneys and other professionals reasonably approved by the applicable Indemnified Party. Upon assumption by Borrower of any defense pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Borrower shall have the right to control such defense, provided that the applicable Indemnified Party shall have the right to reasonably participate in such defense and Borrower shall not consent to the terms of any compromise or settlement of any action defended by Borrower in accordance with the foregoing without the prior consent of the applicable Indemnified Party, unless such compromise or settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of the applicable Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the applicable Indemnified Party. The applicable Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel if (i) Borrower shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Indemnified Party in a timely manner, or (ii) the applicable Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there are actual or potential material conflicts of interest between Borrower and the applicable Indemnified Party, including situations in which there are one or more legal defenses available to the applicable Indemnified Party that are different from or additional to those available to Borrower. So long as Borrower is conducting the defense of any action defended by Borrower in accordance with the foregoing in a prudent and commercially reasonable manner, Lender and the applicable Indemnified Party shall not compromise or settle such action defended without Borrower’s consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Upon demand, Borrower shall pay or, in the sole discretion of the applicable Indemnified Party, reimburse the applicable Indemnified Party for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals retained by the applicable Indemnified Party in accordance with this Section in connection with defending any claim subject to indemnification hereunder.

(d) Any amounts payable to Lender by reason of the application of this Section shall be secured by the Mortgages and shall become immediately due and payable and shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date Damages are sustained by the Indemnified Parties until paid.

(e) The provisions of and undertakings and indemnifications set forth in this Section shall survive the satisfaction and payment in full of the Indebtedness and termination of this Agreement.

(f) Borrower shall reimburse Lender upon receipt of written notice from Lender for (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with the origination of the Loan (whether incurred before or after the Closing Date), including legal fees and disbursements, accounting fees, and the costs of the Engineering Reports, the Title Insurance Policies, the Surveys, the Environmental Reports and any other third-party diligence materials; (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with (A) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents or matters relating hereto (including Leases, Material Agreements, and Permitted Encumbrances), (B) filing, registration and recording fees and expenses and other similar expenses incurred in creating and perfecting the Liens in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including the filing, registration or recording of any instrument of further assurance) and all stamp, court, recording, filing, documentary or other similar taxes (including, if applicable, intangible taxes), search fees, title insurance premiums, duties, imposts, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, any mortgage supplemental thereto, any security instrument with respect to the Collateral or any instrument of further assurance (other than any such taxes or charges resulting from any present or former connection between Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such tax or charges (other than connections arising from the Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in the Loan or any Loan Document)) and (C) enforcing or preserving any rights, in response to third party claims or the prosecuting or defending of any action or proceeding or other litigation, in each case against, under or affecting Borrower, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Collateral; and (iii) all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with the enforcement of any obligations of Borrower, or a Default by Borrower, under the Loan Documents, including any actual or attempted foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, refinancing, restructuring, settlement, protective advance or workout and any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings (including any applicable transfer taxes).

Section 7.18. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are solely for the benefit of Lender and Borrower, and nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to confer upon anyone other than Lender, Borrower and Indemnified Parties any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of the obligations contained herein or therein. All conditions to the obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of Lender, and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that Lender will refuse to make the Loan in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof, and no other Person shall under any circumstances be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any or all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by Lender if, in Lender’s sole discretion, Lender deems it advisable or desirable to do so.

Section 7.19. Right of Set-Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind (all of such rights being hereby expressly waived), set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by Lender (including branches, agencies or affiliates of Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against the obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Lender hereunder, under the Notes, the other Loan Documents or otherwise, irrespective of whether Lender shall have made any demand hereunder and although such obligations, liabilities or claims, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured, and any such set-off shall be deemed to have been made immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default even though such charge is made or entered on the books of Lender subsequent thereto.

Section 7.20. Exculpation of Lender. Lender neither undertakes nor assumes any responsibility or duty to Borrower or any other party to select, review, inspect, examine, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform Borrower or any third party of (a) the existence, quality, adequacy or suitability of Appraisals of the Properties or other Collateral, (b) any environmental report, or (c) any other matters or items, including engineering, soils and seismic reports that are contemplated in the Loan Documents. Any such selection, review, inspection, examination and the like, and any other due diligence conducted by Lender, is solely for the purpose of protecting Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents, and shall not render Lender liable to Borrower or any third party for the existence, sufficiency, accuracy, completeness or legality thereof.

Section 7.21. Servicer. Lender may delegate any and all rights and obligations of Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to the Servicer upon notice by Lender to Borrower, whereupon any notice or consent from the Servicer to Borrower, and any action by Servicer on Lender’s behalf, shall have the same force and effect as if Servicer were Lender.

Section 7.22. No Fiduciary Duty.

(a) Borrower acknowledges that, in connection with the Loan, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated thereby , Lender has relied upon and assumed the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax and other information provided to, discussed with or reviewed by Lender for such purposes, and Lender does not assume any liability therefor or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or independent verification thereof. Lender, its affiliates and their respective equityholders and employees (for purposes of this Section, the “Lending Parties”) have no obligation to conduct any independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance sheet assets and liabilities) of Guarantor, Borrower or any other Person or any of their respective affiliates or to advise or opine on any related solvency or viability issues.

(b) It is understood and agreed that (i) the Lending Parties shall act under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as an independent contractor, (ii) the Loan, the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby represent an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Lending Parties, on the one hand, and Borrower, on the other, (iii) each Lending Party is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of Borrower, Guarantor or their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors or any other Person and (iv) nothing in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby shall be deemed to create (A) a fiduciary duty (or other implied duty) on the party of any Lending Party to Guarantor, Borrower, any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors, or any other Person or (B) a fiduciary or agency relationship between Guarantor, Borrower or any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors, on the one hand, and the Lending Parties, on the other. Borrower agrees that neither it nor Guarantor nor any of their respective affiliates shall make, and hereby waives, any claim against the Lending Parties based on an assertion that any Lending Party has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to Borrower, Guarantor or their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors. Nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is intended to confer upon any other Person (including affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors of Borrower and Guarantor) any rights or remedies by reason of any fiduciary or similar duty.

(c) Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Borrower has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated thereby and the process leading thereto.

Section 7.23. Borrower Information. Borrower shall make available to Lender all information concerning its business and operations that Lender may reasonably request. Lender agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to Borrower, Guarantor, any of their subsidiaries, their businesses or the Properties furnished to it by or on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their subsidiaries; provided that Lender shall have the right to disclose any and all such information (i) to affiliates of Lender and to Lender’s agents and advisors (so long as each such Person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 7.23), (ii) to any actual or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of all or any portion of the Loan or any participations therein and their respective advisors and agents, or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, or to any Person that is a party to a repurchase agreement with respect to the Loan (so long as each such Person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 7.23) and (iii) to any governmental agency, if requested by such governmental agency or otherwise required to comply with the applicable rules and regulations of such governmental agency or if required pursuant to legal or judicial process. In addition, Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to Lender in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each party hereto (and each of their respective affiliates, employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and

tax structure of the Loan, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated thereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to any such party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For the purpose of this Section, “tax structure” means any facts relevant to the federal income tax treatment of the Loan, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated thereby but does not include information relating to the identity of any of the parties hereto or any of their respective affiliates.

Section 7.24. Prior Agreements. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONTAIN THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT THAT ANY ORIGINATION FEE SPECIFIED IN ANY TERM SHEET, COMMITMENT LETTER OR FEE LETTER SHALL BE AN OBLIGATION OF BORROWER AND SHALL BE PAID AT CLOSING, AND ANY INDEMNIFICATIONS, FLEX PROVISION, EXIT FEES AND THE LIKE PROVIDED FOR THEREIN SHALL SURVIVE THE CLOSING).

Section 7.25. Delay Not a Waiver. Neither any failure nor any delay on the part of Lender in insisting upon strict performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement, or exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder, under any other Loan Document, or under any other instrument given as security therefor, shall operate as or constitute a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents, or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount.

Section 7.26. Schedules and Exhibits Incorporated. The Schedules and Exhibits annexed hereto are hereby incorporated herein as a part of this Agreement with the same effect as if set forth in the body hereof.

Section 7.27. Joint and Several Liability. The representations, covenants, warranties and obligations of Borrower hereunder are joint and several. In the event of (a) any payment by any one or more of the Borrowers of any amount in excess of its respective Proportional Amount, or (b) the foreclosure of, or the delivery of deeds in lieu of foreclosure relating to, any of the Collateral owned by one or more of the Borrowers, each Borrower (the “Overpaying Borrower”) that has paid more than its Proportional Amount or whose Collateral or assets have been utilized to satisfy obligations under the Loan or otherwise for the benefit of one or more other Borrowers shall be entitled, after payment in full of the Indebtedness and the satisfaction of all the Borrowers’ other obligations to the Lender under the Loan Documents, to contribution from each of the benefited Borrowers (i.e., the Borrowers, other than the

Overpaying Borrower, who have paid less than their respective Proportional Amount or whose Collateral or assets have not been so utilized to satisfy obligations under the Loan) for the amounts so paid, advanced or benefited, up to such benefited Borrower’s then current Proportional Amount. Such right to contribution shall be subordinate in all respects to the Loan. As used herein, the “Proportional Amount” with respect to any Borrower shall equal the amount derived as follows: (a) the ratio of the aggregate amount of the Loan allocable to the Property or Properties in which such Borrower has an interest to the then outstanding Principal Indebtedness; times (b) the aggregate amount paid or payable by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents (including interest).

Section 7.28. Survival or Representations. All of the representations of Borrower set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall survive for so long as any portion of the Indebtedness is outstanding. All representations, covenants and agreements made by Borrower in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lender notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by Lender or on its behalf.

Section 7.29. Certain Tax Forms. Upon request of Borrower, Lender shall provide to Borrower a duly completed and executed Form W-9, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E or Form W-8ECI, as applicable.

[Signatures appear on following pages.]

Lender and Borrower are executing this Agreement as of the date first above written.


LENDER:

JPP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

By:	/s/ Edward S. Lampert
	Name:	Edward S. Lampert
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

JPP II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

By:	/s/ Edward S. Lampert
	Name:	Edward S. Lampert
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

BORROWER:

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., a New York corporation

By:	/s/ Robert A. Riecker
	Name:	Robert A. Riecker
	Title:	Vice President, Controller and
		Chief Accounting Officer

KMART CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation

By:	/s/ Robert A. Riecker
	Name:	Robert A. Riecker
	Title:	Vice President, Controller and
		Chief Accounting Officer


KMART STORES OF ILLINOIS LLC, an Illinois limited liability company

By:	Kmart Corporation, a Michigan corporation, its Sole Member

By:	/s/ Robert A. Riecker
	Name:	Robert A. Riecker
	Title:	Vice President, Controller and
		Chief Accounting Officer

KMART OF WASHINGTON LLC, a Washington limited liability company

By:	Kmart Corporation, a Michigan corporation, its Sole Member

By:	/s/ Robert A. Riecker
	Name:	Robert A. Riecker
	Title:	Vice President, Controller and
		Chief Accounting Officer

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:

Sears Holdings Public Relations

(847) 286-8371

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 4, 2017

SEARS HOLDINGS OBTAINS $500 MILLION SECURED LOAN FACILITY

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Sears Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced today that certain of its subsidiaries (the “Borrowers”) have entered into a $500 million committed secured loan facility (the “Loan Facility”) maturing in July 2020. $321 million was funded under the Loan Facility today and up to an additional $179 million may be drawn by the Borrowers in the future.

The Loan Facility is secured by mortgages on 46 real properties owned by the Company’s subsidiaries and will be secured by additional real properties if the remaining $179 million loan commitment is drawn. The Loan Facility bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum and is guaranteed by the Company. The Loan Facility is intended to provide the Company with additional liquidity to fund its operations while it initiates a process to market and sell a portfolio of its real estate assets, the proceeds of which would primarily be used to repay outstanding indebtedness.

“This Loan Facility will provide Sears Holdings with additional financial flexibility and support our operations as we meet all of our financial obligations,” said Jason M. Hollar, Sears Holdings’ chief financial officer.

Entities affiliated with ESL Investments, Inc. are the lenders under the Loan Facility. Edward S. Lampert, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, controls ESL Investments, Inc.

The terms of the Loan Facility were approved by the Related Party Transactions Subcommittee of the Board of Directors of the Company, with advice from Centerview Partners and Weil Gotshal & Manges, the Subcommittee’s outside financial and legal advisors.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about our intention and ability to obtain the remaining $179 million in advances contemplated by the Loan Facility and our intention to market and sell real properties and repay outstanding indebtedness. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this release and those discussed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We intend the forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time made and do not undertake to update or revise them as more information becomes available, except as required by law.

About Sears Holdings Corporation

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is a leading integrated retailer focused on seamlessly connecting the digital and physical shopping experiences to serve our members - wherever, whenever and however they want to shop. Sears Holdings is home to Shop Your Way^®, a social shopping platform offering members rewards for shopping at Sears and Kmart as well as with other retail partners across categories important to them. The Company operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation, with full-line and specialty retail stores across the United States. For more information, visit www.searsholdings.com.

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