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Exhibit 10.24.14.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION AND
COOPERATION AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made as of the 20th day of
December, 2005, by and between (i) ASHFORD CRYSTAL CITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
NEW CLEAR LAKE HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NEW INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN HOTEL
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, PALM BEACH FLORIDA HOTEL AND OFFICE BUILDING LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, and ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(collectively, the “Pool 2 Borrowers”) and (ii) MERRILL
LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC., in its capacity as mortgage lender (“Lender”).
RECITALS
A. Ashford
Crystal City Limited Partnership, New Clear Lake Hotel Limited Partnership and
New Indianapolis Downtown Hotel Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Original
Borrowers”) and Lender entered into a certain Cross-Collateralization
and Cooperation Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 (the “Original
Agreement”) in connection with a certain loan from Lender to Original
Borrower described in the Original Agreement (the “Original Loan”).
B. Lender,
the Original Borrowers and the Pool 2 Borrowers have agreed to modify the terms
of the Original Loan to, among other things, cause the Original Borrowers to
assign to the Pool 2 Borrowers, and the Pool 2 Borrowers to assume from the
Original Borrowers, all rights and obligations of the Original Borrowers in and
to the Original Loan, as modified.
C. As
a condition to modifying the terms of the Original Loan, Lender has required
that the Pool 2 Borrowers and the Original Borrowers enter into this Agreement
with Lender to amend and restate the terms of the Original Agreement in their
entirety.
D. The
Pool 2 Borrowers, under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note of
even date herewith given to Lender (“Note 2”), are indebted
to Lender in the original principal sum of $115,645,000 (“Loan 2”)
as governed by that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement of even date
herewith between the Original Borrowers, the Pool 2 Borrowers and Lender
(together with all extensions, renewals, modifications, substitutions and
amendments thereof, “Loan Agreement 2”)
E. The
Borrowers identified on Schedule 1 as the “Pool 3
Borrowers” (collectively, the “Pool 3 Borrowers”),
under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of
October 13, 2005 given to Lender (“Note 3”), are
indebted to Lender in the original principal sum of $95,905,000 (“Loan
3”) as governed by that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement
dated as of October 13, 2005 between, inter alia, the Pool 3
Borrowers and Lender (together with all extensions, renewals, modifications,
substitutions and amendments thereof, “Loan Agreement 3”).
F. The
Borrowers identified on Schedule 1 as the “Pool 7
Borrowers” (collectively, the “Pool 7 Borrowers”, and
together with Pool 2 Borrowers and Pool 3 Borrowers, collectively, the “Borrowers”),
under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated as of
October 13, 2005 given to Lender (“Note 7”, and
together with Note 2 and Note 3, collectively, the “Notes”),
are indebted to Lender in the original principal sum of $83,075,000 (“Loan
7”, and together with Loan 2 and Loan 3, collectively, the “Loans”)
as governed by that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of
October 13, 2005 between, inter alia, the Pool 7 Borrowers and
Lender (together with all extensions, renewals, modifications, substitutions
and amendments thereof, “Loan Agreement 7”, and together with
Loan Agreement 1, Loan Agreement 2 and Loan Agreement 3, collectively, the
“Loan Agreements”).
G. Loan
2, Loan 3 and Loan 7 are secured, in part, by Mortgages (as defined in the Loan
Agreements) on the Properties in the respective pools of Properties identified
on Schedule 2 (each, a “Pool”, and collectively, the
“Pools”). Each of such Properties is referred to herein as a
“Property” and, collectively, as the “Properties”.
The Properties in each Pool are referred to, respectively, as the “Pool
2 Properties”, “Pool 3 Properties” and “Pools
7 Properties”.
H. As
an inducement to the Lender to enter into Loan Agreement 2, the Borrowers have
agreed to amend and restate the Original Agreement in order to modify the terms
of the Original Agreement.
AGREEMENT
For
ten ($10) dollars and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1.
Cross Collateralization Within Pool; Contribution.
(a) Each
Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges that Lender is making Loan 2 to the Pool 2
Borrowers upon the security of its collective interest in the Pool 2 Properties
and in reliance upon the aggregate of the Pool 2 Properties taken together
being of greater value as collateral security than the sum of each Pool 2
Property taken separately. Each Pool 2 Borrower agrees that each Mortgage of a
Pool 2 Property is and will be cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with
each other Mortgage of a Pool 2 Property so that (i) an Event of Default
which continues beyond the expiration of any applicable notice and cure periods
under any of such Mortgages shall constitute an Event of Default under each of
the other such Mortgages securing the related Note; (ii) an Event of
Default which continues beyond the expiration of any applicable notice and cure
periods under the related Loan Agreement or this Agreement shall constitute an
Event of Default under each such Mortgage; (iii) each such Mortgage shall
constitute security for the related Note as if a single blanket lien were
placed on all of the Pool 2 Properties as security for Note 2; and
(iv) such cross-collateralization shall in no event be deemed to
constitute a fraudulent conveyance.
(b) Without
limitation to any other right or remedy provided to Lender in this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents, each Pool 2 Borrower covenants and
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agrees that (i) Lender
shall have the right to pursue all of its rights and remedies in one
proceeding, or separately and independently in separate proceedings which it,
as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine from time to
time, (ii) Lender is not required to either marshall assets, sell any or
all of the Collateral in any inverse order or alienation, or be subjected to
any “one action” or “election of remedies” law or rule,
(iii) the exercise by Lender of any remedies against any of the Collateral
will not impede Lender from subsequently or simultaneously exercising remedies
against any other Collateral, (iv) all Liens and other rights, remedies
and privileges provided to Lender in this Agreement and/or any other Loan
Documents otherwise shall remain in full force and effect until Lender has
exhausted all of its remedies against the Collateral and all the Collateral has
been foreclosed, sold and/or otherwise realized upon and (v) each Pool 2
Property and all Collateral as defined in Loan Agreement 2 shall be security
for the performance of all each Pool 2 Borrower’s obligations hereunder
and under each of the other Loan Documents.
(c) As
a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Pool 2
Borrower will benefit, directly and indirectly, from the obligation of each other
Pool 2 Borrower to pay the related Indebtedness and perform its obligations
hereunder and under the other related Loan Documents and in consideration
therefore each Pool 2 Borrower desires to enter into an allocation and
contribution agreement among themselves as set forth in this Section 1(c)
to allocate such benefits among themselves and to provide a fair and equitable
agreement to make contributions among each Pool 2 Borrower in the event any
payment is made by any individual Pool 2 Borrower under the Loan Documents to
Lender (such payment being referred to herein as a “Contribution”,
and for purposes of this Section, includes any exercise of recourse by Lender
against any Collateral of a Pool 2 Borrower and application of proceeds of such
Collateral in satisfaction of such Borrower’s obligations, to Lender
under the Loan Documents).
(i)
Each Pool 2 Borrower shall be liable under the related Loan Documents with
respect to the related Indebtedness only for such total maximum amount (if any)
that would not render its Indebtedness under the related Loan Agreement or
under any of the Loan Documents subject to avoidance under Section 548 of
the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of any state law.
(ii)
In order to provide for a fair and equitable contribution among Pool 2
Borrowers in the event that any Contribution is made by an individual Pool 2
Borrower (a “Funding Borrower”), such Funding Borrower shall
be entitled to a reimbursement Contribution (“Reimbursement
Contribution”) from all other Pool 2 Borrowers for all payments,
damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Borrower in discharging any of
the Indebtedness, in the manner and to the extent set forth in this Section.
(iii)
For purposes hereof, the “Benefit Amount” of any individual
Pool 2 Borrower as of any date of determination shall be the net value of the
benefits to such Borrower from extensions of credit made by Lender to
(A) such Borrower and (B) to the other Pool 2 Borrowers under the
related Loan Documents.
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(iv)
Each Pool 2 Borrower shall be liable to a Funding Borrower in an amount equal
to the (A) ratio of the Benefit Amount of such Borrower to the total
amount of related Indebtedness, multiplied by (B) the amount of such
Indebtedness paid by such Funding Borrower.
(v)
In the event that at any time there exists more than one Funding Borrower with
respect to any Contribution (in any such case, the “Applicable
Contribution”), then Reimbursement Contributions from other Pool 2
Borrowers pursuant hereto shall be allocated among such Funding Borrowers in
proportion to the total amount of the Contribution made for or on account of
the other Pool 2 Borrowers by each such Funding Borrower pursuant to the
Applicable Contribution. In the event that at any time any Pool 2 Borrower pays
an amount hereunder in excess of the amount calculated pursuant to this Section 1
above, that Borrower shall be deemed to be a Funding Borrower to the extent of
such excess and shall be entitled to a Reimbursement Contribution from the
other Pool 2 Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(vi)
Each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges that the right to Reimbursement Contribution
hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of such Borrower to which such
Reimbursement Contribution is owing.
(vii)
No Reimbursement Contribution payments payable by a Pool 2 Borrower pursuant to
the terms of this Section 1 shall be paid until all amounts then
due and payable by all Pool 2 Borrowers to Lender, pursuant to the terms of the
related Loan Documents, are paid in full in cash. Nothing contained in this Section 1
shall limit or affect in any way the Indebtedness of any Pool 2 Borrower to
Lender under the Note or any other Loan Documents.
(viii)
Each Pool 2 Borrower waives:
(A) any
right to require Lender to proceed against any other Borrower or any other
person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by Lender at any time
or to pursue any other remedy in Lender’s power before proceeding against
Borrower;
(B) any
defense based upon any legal disability or other defense of any other Borrower,
any guarantor of any other person or by reason of the cessation or limitation
of the liability of any other Borrower or any guarantor from any cause other
than full payment of all sums payable under the Notes, this Agreement and any
of the other Loan Documents;
(C) any
defense based upon any lack of authority of the officers, directors, partners
or agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any other Borrower or any
principal of any other Borrower or any defect in the formation of any other
Borrower or any principal of any other Borrower;
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(D) any
defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the
obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in any other respects
more burdensome than that of a principal;
(E) any
defense based upon any failure by Lender to obtain collateral for the
Indebtedness or failure by Lender to perfect a lien on any Collateral;
(F) presentment,
demand, protest and notice of any kind;
(G) any
defense based upon any failure of Lender to give notice of sale or other
disposition of any collateral to any other Borrower or to any other person or
entity or any defect in any notice that may be given in connection with any
sale or disposition of any Collateral;
(H) any
defense based upon any failure of Lender to comply with applicable laws in
connection with the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, including any
failure of Lender to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other
disposition of any Collateral;
(I) any
defense based upon any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the
Federal Bankruptcy Code;
(J) any
defense based upon any agreement or stipulation entered into by Lender with
respect to the provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding;
(K) any
defense based upon any borrowing or any grant of a security interest under
Section 364 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code;
(L) any
defense based upon the avoidance of any security interest in favor of Lender
for any reason;
(M) any
defense based upon any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding, including any
discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any of the obligations
evidenced by the Notes or owing under any of the Loan Documents;
(N) any
defense or benefit based upon such Borrower’s, or any other
party’s, resignation of the portion of any obligation secured by the
Mortgages to be satisfied by any payment from any other Borrower or any such
party;
(O) all
rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Lender even
though the election of remedies, such as non-judicial foreclosure with respect
to security for the Loan or any other amounts owing under the Loan Documents,
has destroyed Borrower’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against
any other Borrower;
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(P) all
rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because any Indebtedness is
secured by real property. This means, among other things: (1) Lender may
collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing on any real or personal
property collateral pledged by any other Borrower, (2) if Lender
forecloses on any real property collateral pledged by any other Borrower,
(I) the amount of the Indebtedness may be reduced only by the price for
which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral
is worth more than the sale price, (II) Lender may collect from such
Borrower even if any other Borrower, by foreclosing on the real property
collateral, has destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from any
other Borrower. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights
and defenses such Borrower may have because any of the Indebtedness is secured
by real property; and
(Q) except
as may be expressly and specifically permitted herein, any claim or other right
which such Borrower might now have or hereafter acquire against any other
Borrower or any other person that arises from the existence or performance of
any obligations under the Notes, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
including any of the following: (i) any right of subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, or indemnification; or (ii) any
right to participate in any claim or remedy of Lender against any other
Borrower or any collateral security therefore, whether or not such claim,
remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law.
Section 2.
Cross-Collateralization Across Pools; Contribution; Release of
Cross-Collateralization.
(a) Until
repayment of the Indebtedness under each Loan Agreement and satisfaction of all
obligations under each Loan Agreement, each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges and
agrees (subject to Lender’s election(s) at Lender’s sole discretion
from time to time or otherwise pursuant to Section 2(g) below):
(i) that each of the Pool 2 Properties shall secure not only Loan 2 but
also all of the other Loans, and that the Liens of the related Loan Documents
shall constitute Liens securing not only Loan 2 but also all of the other
Loans; and (ii) that Lender would not make the Loans to the Pool 2
Borrowers unless the Pool 2 Borrowers granted liens on the Pool 2 Properties to
secure the payment of each of the Loans.
(b) Until
the date that all of the Loans shall have been paid and satisfied in full, the
Pool 2 Borrowers (i) shall have no right of subrogation with respect to
the Loans and (ii) waive any right to enforce any remedy which Lender now
has or may hereafter have against the Borrowers, any endorser or any guarantor
of all or any part of the Loans or any other individual or entity, and the Pool
2 Borrowers waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security
or collateral given to Lender to secure the payment or performance of all or
any part of the Loans or any other liability of any of the other Borrowers to
Lender. Should any Pool 2 Borrower have the right, notwithstanding the
foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, each Pool 2 Borrower hereby
expressly and irrevocably (1) subordinates any and all rights at law or in
equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution,
indemnification or set off that such Borrower may have to the payment in full
in cash of the Loans and (2) waives
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any and all defenses
available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Loans
are paid in full in cash. Each Pool 2 Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
this subordination is intended to benefit Lender and shall not limit or
otherwise affect any Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforceability
of any of the Loan Agreements or the Loan Documents.
(c) Each
Pool 2 Borrower agrees that any and all claims of such Borrower against any
Borrowers in any of the other Pools or any endorser or any guarantor of all or
any part of the Loans (collectively, the “Crossed Obligors”)
with respect to any obligations, liabilities or indebtedness now or hereafter
owing by the Crossed Obligors, or any of them, to such Borrower, or otherwise
existing or claimed to be owed or to exist on the part of any of the Crossed
Obligors, or against any of their respective properties (collectively, the
“Crossed Party Obligations”) shall be subordinate and
subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all
of the Loans. Notwithstanding any right of any Borrower to ask, demand, sue
for, take or receive any payment from any of the Crossed Obligors, all rights,
liens and security interests of each Borrower, whether now or hereafter arising
and howsoever existing, in and to any assets of any of the Crossed Obligors
shall be and are subordinated to the rights of Lender in those assets under the
Loan Documents relating to each Loan or otherwise, and no Borrower shall, until
the date that all of the Loans shall have been paid and satisfied in full, (i) assert,
collect, sue upon, or enforce all or any part of the Crossed Party Obligations;
(ii) commence or join with any other creditors of any of the Crossed
Obligors in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or
insolvency proceeding against any of the Crossed Obligors; (iii) take,
accept, ask for, sue for, receive, set off or demand any payments upon the
Crossed Party Obligations; or (iv) take, accept, ask for, sue for,
receive, demand or allow to be created liens, security interests, mortgages,
deeds of trust or pledges of or with respect to any of the assets of any of the
Crossed Obligors in favor of or for the benefit of such Borrower.
(d) If
all or any part of the assets of any of the Crossed Obligors, or the proceeds
thereof, are subject to any distribution, division or application to the
creditors of such Crossed Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or
involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement,
receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or
proceeding, or if the business of any such Crossed Obligor is dissolved or if
substantially all of the assets of any such Crossed Obligor are sold, then, and
in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an “Crossed
Obligor Insolvency Event”), any payment or distribution of any kind
or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be
payable or deliverable to any Pool 2 Borrower upon or with respect to any
Crossed Party Obligations shall be paid or delivered directly to the Lender for
application on the Loans, due or to become due, until the Loans shall have been
fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution, security
or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by any Pool 2 Borrower upon or
with respect to the Crossed Party Obligations after any Crossed Obligor
Insolvency Event and prior to the payment in full and satisfaction of all of
the Loans, such Borrower shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee,
for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith deliver the same to Lender in
precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of such
Borrower where necessary), for application to any of the Loans, due or not due,
and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by such Borrower as
the property of
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Lender. If such Borrower
fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to Lender, Lender or any of
its officers or employees is irrevocably authorized to make the same. Each Pool
2 Borrower agrees that until the Loans have been paid in full (in cash) and
satisfied, no Pool 2 Borrower will assign or transfer to any individual or
entity (other than Lender) any claim such Borrower has or may have against any
Crossed Obligor.
(e) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2(g), to the extent that any
collection upon any of the Loans is made by Lender from one of the Borrowers or
the Properties in a Pool other than Pool 2 or other assets of the Borrowers
other than the Pool 2 Borrowers (a “Crossed Loans Collection”)
which, taking into account all other Crossed Loans Collections then previously
or concurrently made by such Borrower, exceeds the amount which otherwise would
have been collected from such Borrower if each Borrower had paid the portion of
the Loans satisfied by such Crossed Loans Collection in the same proportion as
such Borrower’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) (as determined
immediately prior to such Crossed Loans Collection) bore to the aggregate
Allocable Amounts of each Borrower as determined immediately prior to the
making of such Crossed Loans Collection, then, following payment in full in
cash of the Loans, such Borrower shall be entitled to receive contribution and
indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Borrower for
the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable
Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Crossed Loans Collection. As of any
date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any
Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be
recovered from such Borrower under the related Loan Documents without rendering
such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law. The
foregoing provision shall be for the benefit of each of the Borrowers and
Lender, but shall be subject to modification as provided in Section 2(g)
below and to amendment by agreement of the Borrowers and Lender. This Section 2(e)
is intended only to define the relative rights of the Borrowers, and nothing
set forth in this Section 2(e) is intended to or shall impair the
liens and security interests of any of the Loan Agreements or the related Loan
Documents or the obligations of the Borrowers thereunder. Each Pool 2 Borrower
acknowledges that the rights of contribution and indemnification under this Section 2(e)
constitute assets of the Borrowers to which such contribution and
indemnification is owing.
(f) Each
Pool 2 Borrower hereby consents and agrees to each of the following, and agrees
that such Borrower’s obligations under its Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and the Liens created under its Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Documents securing the Loans shall not be released, diminished, impaired,
reduced or adversely affected by any of the following, and waives any common
law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including without limitation rights
to notice) that such Borrower might otherwise have as a result of or in
connection with any of the following:
(ix)
Any renewal, extension, increase, modification, alteration or rearrangement of
all or any part of the Loans, the Loan Documents, or other document,
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instrument, contract or
understanding between the Borrowers and Lender, or any other parties,
pertaining to the Loans or any failure of Lender to notify such Borrower of any
such action.
(x)
Any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance or compromise that might be granted or
given by Lender to the Borrowers.
(xi)
The insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation,
disability, dissolution or lack of power of any of the Borrowers or any other
party at any time liable for the payment of all or part of the Loans; or any
dissolution of any of the Borrowers, or any sale, lease or transfer of any or
all of the assets of any of the Borrowers, or any changes in the shareholders,
partners or members of any of the Borrowers; or any reorganization of any of
the Borrowers.
(xii)
The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of all or any part of the Loans,
or any document or agreement executed in connection therewith, for any reason
whatsoever, including without limitation the fact that (A) the Loans, or
any part thereof, exceeds the amount permitted by law, (B) the act of
creating the Loans or any part thereof is ultra vires, (C) the officers or
representatives executing the Loan Documents or otherwise creating the Loans
acted in excess of their authority, (D) the Loans violate applicable usury
laws, (E) the Borrowers have valid defenses, claims or offsets (whether at
law, in equity or by agreement) which render the Loans wholly or partially
uncollectible from the Borrowers, (F) the creation, performance or
repayment of the Loans (or the execution, delivery and performance of any
document or instrument representing part of the Loans or executed in connection
with the Crossed Loans, or given to secure the repayment of the Loans) is
illegal, uncollectible or unenforceable, or (G) any of the Loan Documents
have been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic, it being
agreed that each Borrower shall remain liable hereon regardless of whether any
other Borrower or any other person be found not liable on the Loans or any part
thereof for any reason.
(xiii)
Any full or partial release of the liability of the Borrowers on the Loans, or
any part thereof, or of any co-guarantors, or any other person or entity now or
hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or
jointly and severally, to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the
Loans, or any part thereof, it being recognized, acknowledged and agreed by
each Borrower that such Borrower has not been induced to enter into its Loan
Agreement, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the basis of a
contemplation, belief, understanding or agreement that other parties will be
liable to pay or perform the Loan or such Borrower’s obligations under
its Loan Agreement, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or that Lender
will look to other parties to pay or perform the Loans.
(xiv)
The taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other
assurance of payment, for all or any part of the Loans.
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(xv)
Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or
impairment (including without limitation negligent, willful, unreasonable or
unjustifiable impairment) of any collateral, property or security, at any time
existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any
part of the Loans.
(xvi)
The failure of or refusal of Lender or any other party acting on behalf of
Lender to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the preservation,
protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or treatment of all or any part
of such collateral, property or security, including but not limited to any
neglect, delay, omission, failure or refusal of Lender (A) to take or prosecute
any action for the collection of any of the Loans, (B) to foreclose, or
initiate any action to foreclose, or, once commenced, prosecute to completion
any action to foreclose upon any security therefor, or (C) to take or
prosecute any action in connection with any instrument or agreement evidencing
or securing all or any part of the Loans.
(xvii)
The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated
or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of
the Loans, or any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or
shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest
or lien, it being recognized and agreed by each Borrower that it is not
entering into this Loan Agreement in reliance on, or in contemplation of the
benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of
the collateral for the Loans.
(xviii)
Any payment by any of the Borrowers to Lender is held to constitute a
preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Lender is required to
refund such payment or pay such amount to any of the Borrowers or someone else.
(xix)
Any other action taken or omitted to be taken with respect to any of the Loan
Documents, the Loans, or the security and collateral therefor.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or in any of the Loan
Agreements, but subject to Section 4 of this Agreement, (i) upon
Lender’s delivery to Borrowers of written notice, sent at Lender’s
sole option and in its sole discretion, from time to time (one or more times)
stating that any Loan Agreement, the related Mortgages and the other related
Loan Documents shall no longer secure one or more (at Lender’s sole
election) of the other Loans (each a “Cross Release Notice”),
or (ii) except as set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, upon
Lender’s sale of one or more Pools in a Secondary Market Transaction
(including a securitization), or (iii) upon a sale by Borrowers of one or
more Pools pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the related Loan
Agreement(s), (x) the applicable Loan Agreement (as specified in the Cross
Release Notice or, in the case of a Secondary Market Transaction or a sale of
one or more Pools by the applicable Borrowers, relating to the Pool or Pools
being sold) and the other Loan Documents relating thereto shall, automatically
and without any further notice or other action by Lender or Borrowers, no
longer secure any of the Loans made pursuant to the other Loan Agreements (any
such Loan, an “Excluded Loan”, and,
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collectively, the “Excluded
Loan(s)”; each Borrower which is the borrower with respect to an
Excluded Loan is herein referred to as an “Excluded Borrower”,
and the Loan Agreements, Mortgages and other Loan Documents executed and
delivered by the Excluded Borrowers with respect to any Excluded Loan are
herein referred to as the “Excluded Loan Agreements”,
“Excluded Mortgages” and “Excluded Loan Documents”,
respectively, and each Property encumbered by the Excluded Loan Documents is
herein referred to as an “Excluded Property”), and the
Excluded Loan Agreements and the other Loan Documents relating thereto shall,
automatically and without any further notice or other action by Lender or
Borrowers, no longer secure the Loan made pursuant to the Loan Agreement
specified in the Cross Release Notice or, in the case of a Secondary Market
Transaction or a sale of one or more Pools by the applicable Borrowers,
relating to a Pool or Pools being sold, (y) with respect to such Loan
Agreement and the related Borrowers, the provisions of Section 2(e)
of this Agreement shall not apply to any Crossed Loans Collection from any
Excluded Borrower or its Excluded Property and such Borrowers shall have no
obligation or liability on account thereof, and (z) with respect to such Loan
Agreement and the related Borrowers, such Borrowers shall no longer be
beneficiaries of the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 2(e)
with respect to any Excluded Loan Agreement, and such Borrowers shall have no
rights or claims on account of any contribution or indemnification obligations
of any Excluded Borrower under Section 2(e) with respect to
Excluded Loan Agreement. In addition to and without limiting the foregoing, the
Pool 2 Borrowers hereby agree to fully cooperate with Lender, if Lender is
considering the termination of the cross collateralization and cross default of
any Loan and Loan Documents with any of the other Loans, including, but not
limited to (I) amending this Agreement, any Loan Agreement and any other Loan
Documents as may be reasonably required by Lender, and reasonably approved by
the applicable Borrowers, to effectuate such termination of the cross
collateralization and cross default provisions thereof, and (II) updating
and/or endorsing the title insurance policies (at Lender’s cost as to
additional premium charges, if any) to reflect the continuation of the first
priority lien of any Loan Agreement.
(h) In
the event any Loan is repaid or defeased in full in accordance with the
provisions of the related Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then
provided no Event of Default then exists under the related Loan Agreement, and
no “Event of Default” exists under any of the other Loan Agreements
(other than Excluded Loan Agreements) or the Loan Documents relating thereto,
the cross-collateralization and cross-default of such repaid or defeased Loan
and the Loan Documents relating thereto with the other Loans, and vice versa,
shall terminate and all of such other Loans shall be deemed Excluded Loans with
respect to the repaid or defeased Loan and the provisions of Section 2(g)
above shall become automatically applicable with respect thereto.
Section 3.
Adjustment of Loans; Loan Modification.
(a) Lender
shall have the right in its sole discretion, at any time prior to the final
Start-Up Day of the last of the Loans to be securitized, to cause any of the
following to occur (each, a “Loan Modification”) with
respect to any of the Pools:
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(i)
separately adjust the principal amount and applicable interest rates of any of
the Loans, provided that (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans
immediately after such adjustment shall equal the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans immediately prior to such adjustment,
(B) the weighted average interest rate of the Loans immediately after such
adjustment shall equal the weighted average interest rate which was applicable
to the Loans immediately prior to such adjustment, (C) the aggregate debt
service payments on the Loans immediately after such adjustment shall equal the
aggregate debt service payments which were due under the Loans immediately
prior to such adjustment, and (D) the other material terms and provisions
of each of the Loans shall remain unchanged and none of the foregoing
adjustments shall increase the obligations or reduce the rights of the
Borrowers in any material respect; and/or
(ii)
cause any of the Properties in any one or more of the Pools to become
Collateral for any other Pool.
(b) Any Loan
Modification shall be subject to the following:
(i)
If Lender elects to increase the principal amount of any of the Loans and
decrease the amount of any of the other Loans, the applicable Borrowers (whose
Loans are to be increased) shall distribute to the applicable Borrowers (whose
Loans are to be decreased) such additional loan proceeds to be applied to
repay, dollar for dollar, the applicable Notes, and the Lender under the
applicable Notes will accept such prepayment without penalty, premium or
additional costs to the Borrowers (except as provided herein).
(ii)
The Borrowers shall cooperate with all reasonable requests of Lender in
connection with any Loan Modification including, without limitation
(x) execution and delivery of such documents as shall reasonably be
required by Lender and reasonably approved by Borrower in connection therewith
(including amended and restated notes, amended and restated loan agreements,
replacement Mortgages, replacement Assignments of Leases), and
(y) transfers of one or more Properties among the Borrowers, to the extent
required to comply with the terms of this Section.
(c) At
Lender’s request, in connection with any Loan Modification the Borrowers
shall deliver to Lender replacement opinion letters in form and substance
similar to the opinion letters delivered on the Closing Date addressed to any
subsequent holders of any of the Loans or any interest therein (including,
without limitation, each trustee holding any of the Loans ) with respect to any
opinion letter delivered in connection with the Loans.
Section 4. Concurrently
Securitized Pools; Restrictions on Permitted Transfer.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation Section 2(g) hereof)
or any Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Pool 2
Borrowers agree that (i) upon Lender’s sale of more than one Pool in
the same Secondary Market
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Transaction (including a
securitization) (Pools sold by Lender in the same Secondary Market Transaction
are referred to herein as “Concurrently Securitized Pools”),
the cross-collateralization and cross-default among the Concurrently
Securitized Pools shall not be released as set forth in Section 2(g)(ii)
hereof, and the Concurrently Securitized Pools and the Loans, Loan Agreements
and other Loan Documents relating thereto shall remain cross-collateralized and
cross-defaulted with each other (but not, however, with any other Pools), and
the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents relating to each Concurrently
Securitized Pool shall continue to secure the Loan relating to each other
Concurrently Securitized Pool following the related Secondary Market
Transaction and be cross-defaulted with each other Concurrently Securitized
Pool.
(b) With
respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, no sale of Properties
pursuant to clause (ix) of the definition of “Permitted
Transfers” in each Loan Agreement shall be permitted unless all of the
Properties in the related Concurrently Securitized Pools are also sold to the
same purchaser in the same transaction and (in addition to satisfying all other
requirements in the related Loan Agreements) such purchaser assumes all Loans
comprising the Concurrently Securitized Pools.
(c) With
respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, an Event of Default under
any Loan that is a Concurrently Securitized Pool shall be an Event of Default
under each other Loan that is a Concurrently Securitized Pool and vice versa,
such that all Concurrently Securitized Pools are cross-defaulted with each
other.
(d) With
respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, no prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.6(a) of any Loan Agreement for a Concurrently Securitized Pool
shall be permitted unless all Loans that comprise the Concurrently Securitized
Pools are prepaid in full simultaneously and together in accordance with
Section 2.6(a) of each related Loan Agreement.
(e) With
respect to Concurrently Securitized Pools, notwithstanding anything in any Loan
Agreement or other Loan Documents to the contrary, no Full Defeasance (as
defined in the Loan Agreement for each Concurrently Securitized Pool) shall be
permitted unless a Full Defeasance occurs with respect to all Loans that comprise
the Concurrently Securitized Pools simultaneously and together in accordance
with the related provisions of each related Loan Agreement.
Section 5.
Capitalized Terms; Notices. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreements. Any
notices, requests, demands or other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be delivered as specified in the Loan Agreements.
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Section 6.
Event of Default. It shall be an Event of Default under the Loans if any
of the Borrowers fail to comply with any of the terms, covenants or conditions
of this Agreement within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of written
request from Lender.
Section 7.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed, construed, applied and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the
applicable laws of the United States of America.
Section 8.
No Oral Change. This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be
modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally
or by any act or failure to act on the part of the Borrowers or Lender, but
only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of
any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or
termination is sought.
Section 9.
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Borrowers and Lender and their respective successors and
assigns forever.
Section 10.
Inapplicable Provisions. If any term, covenant or condition of this
Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this
Agreement shall be construed without such provision.
Section 11.
Headings, etc. The headings and captions of various paragraphs of this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as
defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.
Section 12.
Duplicate Originals, Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be
an original. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which
together shall constitute a single Agreement. The failure of any party hereto
to execute this Agreement, or any counterpart hereof, shall not relieve the
other signatories from their obligations hereunder.
Section 13.
Costs and Expenses. Notwithstanding anything herein, in any Loan
Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, in connection with any
“uncrossing” of Loans pursuant to Section 2(g) of this Agreement,
any Loan Modification (as defined herein), and any transaction described in
Section 2.13 of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Agreements,
Lender shall be responsible for all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Borrowers (in the aggregate under this Agreement, each of the
other similar agreements referenced in Section 14, and each of the other
Loan Agreements) in connection with complying with their obligations set forth
in this Agreement and Section 2.13 of the Loan Agreement and the other
Loan Agreements (including, costs and expenses for outside counsel fees,
mortgage recording fees and taxes, required endorsements, if any, to the Title
Policies, any costs and expenses of the Title Company, and any transfer costs
in connection with the Properties, but excluding internal costs and expenses of
any Borrower), except that Borrowers shall be responsible for such costs and
expenses in connection with any of the foregoing up to an
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amount equal to $25,000 in
the aggregate during the term of the Loan and the other Loans, and Lender shall
be responsible and pay and/or reimburse Borrower for any such costs and
expenses in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Loan and
the other Loans.
Section 14.
Similar Agreements by other Borrowers. The Borrowers in each Pool have
entered into Cross-Collateralization and Cooperation Agreements or Amended and
Restated Cross-Collateralization and Cooperation Agreements, as applicable,
dated as of even date herewith with Lender, which agreements are identical in
form and substance to this Agreement, and under which the Borrowers in each
Pool have agreed to be bound by terms and provisions identical in substance to
the agreements made by the Pool 2 Borrowers herein.
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