Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
B1BANK – LOAN NO. 10000160875-10001
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (including all schedules, exhibits and appendices attached or otherwise identified therewith, as amended, modified or restated from time to time, this “Agreement”) dated as of July 24, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), is between (a) b1BANK, a Louisiana state-chartered bank (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”) and (b) SERITAGE SRC FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS Borrower (a) has determined that Borrower will benefit specifically and materially from the Credit Facility contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) has requested and bargained for the structure, terms and obligations set forth in the Loan Documents.
WHEREAS Lender is willing to make the Credit Facility available upon and subject to the provisions, terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
“Advance” means any advance under the Credit Facility, which advance shall be part of the Loan.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Approved Lease” means a Lease for space at a Property that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(a) the tenant under such Lease is not an Affiliate of Borrower or Guarantor (unless otherwise consented to by Lender in writing), (b) such Lease is on an industry standard form of tenant lease agreement for use by Borrower in leasing space at the Property or on tenant’s standard form of tenant lease agreement if a large commercial tenant, in each instance subject to customarily negotiated changes thereto, (c) such Lease is for commercial use only, (d) such Lease has been entered into by Borrower in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, (e) such Lease shall be with a tenant that is creditworthy, as reasonably determined by Borrower, or shall be guaranteed by a Person that is creditworthy, as reasonably determined by Borrower, (f) if considered a “covered real estate transaction” under The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018, 50 U.S.C. Section 4565, as such may be hereafter amended or superseded, together with the rules and regulations which may now or hereafter be promulgated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) (or any other governmental body or agency) with respect thereto, Borrower shall have received clearance (or deemed clearance) from CFIUS prior to becoming effective, (g) unless an SNDA is obtained concurrently with such Lease, such Lease shall provide for automatic self-operative subordination to the Security Instrument, (h) such Lease shall not contain any option to purchase, any right of first refusal to purchase or any other provision which might adversely affect the rights of Lender under the Loan Documents in any material respect, and (i) such Lease shall not result in the violation of any provisions of any other Leases for space at such Property; provided, however, any Lease which does not satisfy the foregoing requirements may still be categorized as an Approved Lease to the extent Lender has provided express prior written approval thereto, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
“Authorizing Entity” means the board of directors, shareholders, members, managers, trustees, general partner, or other Person authorized or empowered to act on behalf of a Person pursuant to the Organizational Documents of such Person.
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