ASSIGNMENT AND
ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
AGREEMENT dated as of November 22, 2006 (the
“Agreement”) by and among WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (the “Assignor”), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (the “Assignee”), and WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Assignor is a Lender
under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 31,
2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among NNN
Apartment REIT Holdings, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership (the
“Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto
and their assignees under Section 12.5 thereof (the
“Lenders”), the Agent, and the other parties
thereto;
WHEREAS, the Assignor desires to
assign to the Assignee, among other things, all or a portion of the
Assignor’s Commitment under the Credit Agreement, all on the
terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Agent and, if required
by the Credit Agreement, the Borrower consents to such assignment
on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are
acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
Section 1. Assignment
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(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and in consideration of the payment to
be made by the Assignee to the Assignor pursuant to Section 2
of this Agreement, effective as of November 22, 2006 (the
“Assignment Date”), the Assignor hereby irrevocably
sells, transfers and assigns to the Assignee, without recourse, the
following (such interest being assigned, the “Assigned
Commitment”):
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Commitment
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Percentage of
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Assigned Facility
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Amount Assigned
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Amount Retained
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Interest Assigned
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37,500,000.00
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37,500,000.00
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and all voting rights of the Assignor associated with the
Assigned Commitment, all rights to receive interest on such amount
of such Loans and all commitment and other Fees with respect to the
Assigned Commitment and other rights of the Assignor under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to the
Assigned Commitment, all as if the Assignee were an original Lender
under and signatory to the Credit Agreement having a Commitment as
set forth above equal to the amount of the Assigned Commitment. The
Assignee, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, hereby
assumes all obligations of the Assignor with respect to the
Assigned Commitment as if the Assignee were an original Lender
under and signatory to the Credit Agreement having a Commitment as
set forth above equal to the Assigned Commitment, which obligations
shall include, but shall not be limited to, the obligation of the
Assignor to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower with respect to
the Assigned Commitment, the obligation to pay amounts due in
respect of Swing Loans as required under Section 2.2 of the
Credit Agreement, the obligation to pay amounts due in respect of
draws under Letters of Credit as required under Section 2.3 of
the Credit Agreement, and in any case the obligation to indemnify
the Agent as provided therein (the foregoing enumerated
obligations, together with all other similar obligations more
particularly set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, shall be referred to hereinafter, collectively, as the
“Assigned Obligations”). The Assignor shall have no
further duties or obligations with respect to, and shall have no
further interest in, the Assigned Obligations or the Assigned
Commitment from and after the Assignment Date.
(b) The assignment by the
Assignor to the Assignee hereunder is without recourse to the
Assignor. The Assignee makes and confirms to the Agent, the
Assignor, and the other Lenders all of the representations,
warranties and covenants of a Lender under Article XI of the
Credit Agreement. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Assignee
acknowledges and agrees that, except as set forth in Section 4
below, the Assignor is making no representations or warranties with
respect to, and the Assignee hereby releases and discharges the
Assignor for any responsibility or liability for: (i) the
present or future solvency or financial condition of the Borrower,
any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the
Collateral, (ii) any representations, warranties, statements
or information made or furnished by the Borrower, any other Obligor
or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the
Credit Agreement or otherwise, (iii) the validity, efficacy,
sufficiency, or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any other document or instrument executed in
connection therewith, or the collectability of the Assigned
Obligations, (iv) the perfection, priority or validity of any
Lien with respect to any collateral at any time securing the
Obligations or the Assigned Obligations under the Notes or the
Credit Agreement and (v) the performance or failure to perform
by the Borrower or any other Obligor of any obligation under the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party.
Further, the Assignee acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent, or on any affiliate or subsidiary
thereof, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on the
financial statements supplied by the Borrower and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis and decision to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement. The Assignee also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Documents or pursuant to any other obligation.
Except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the Agent