Exhibit 10.2
LIMITED WAIVER AND
AMENDMENT
Dated as of March 3,
2006
Citicorp North America,
Inc.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent
Two Penns Way, Suite 200
New Castle, Delaware 19720
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Re:
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Sunstone
Hotel Partnership, LLC Term Credit Facility
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain
Term Credit Agreement dated as of October 26, 2004, as
amended, among Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC (“
Borrower ”); Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
(“ Parent Guarantor ”) and the
subsidiaries of the Borrower listed therein as subsidiary
guarantors, as guarantors; Citicorp North America, Inc. (“
CNAI ”), as administrative agent and collateral
agent (“ Agent ”); the financial
institutions identified therein as lenders (the “
Lenders ”) or lender parties (the “
Lender Parties ”); Calyon New York Branch and
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as co-documentation agents, and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley Senior
Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book running
managers (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “
Credit Agreement ”). Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings set
forth in the Credit Agreement.
On or about December 22, 2005,
SHP Ogden, LLC (the “ Ogden Subsidiary ”)
ceased to be bound by its applicable Excluded Subsidiary Agreement.
Borrower desires that the Ogden Subsidiary continue to be an
Excluded Subsidiary for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, such that the Ogden Subsidiary shall not
be required to execute and deliver a Guaranty Supplement or
otherwise become a Guarantor, whether or not the Ogden Subsidiary
incurs Non-Recourse Debt not prohibited by the Credit Agreement
within the 90 day period set forth in Section 5.01(j)(i) of
the Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Limited Waiver and Amendment (this “ Agreement
”), Agent and the Lenders are willing to waive such
compliance to such extent.
Furthermore, Borrower desires that
the schedule amendment and document delivery requirements set forth
in the last clause of Section 5.01(j)(i) and in the proviso of
Section 5.01(j)(ii) be modified, effective as of
October 26, 2004, such that (i) to the extent necessary
to make such Schedule 4.01(y) to the Credit Agreement accurate and
complete, Borrower shall provide an amended Schedule 4.01(y) to the
Administrative Agent within 15 Business Days after the end of each
calendar quarter, beginning with the calendar quarter ending
March 31, 2006 and (ii) Borrower shall provide copies of
any new agreements in respect of Non-Recourse Debt identified in
such amended Schedule 4.01(y) to the Administrative Agent promptly
following any request by the Administrative Agent therefor. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Agent and the
Lenders are willing to agree to the foregoing.
At the request of Borrower, and in
consideration of the mutual undertakings herein expressed, Agent
and the Lenders hereby (x) agree that the Ogden Subsidiary
shall continue to be an Excluded Subsidiary for all purposes under
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such that, among
other things, the Ogden Subsidiary shall not be required to execute
and deliver a Guaranty Supplement or otherwise become a Guarantor,
whether or not the Ogden Subsidiary incurs Non-Recourse Debt not
prohibited by the Credit Agreement within the 90 day period set
forth in Section 5.01(j)(i) of the Credit Agreement;
provided, however, that if the Ogden Subsidiary does not
incur Non-Recourse Debt not prohibited by the Credit Agreement by
December 31, 2006, the Ogden Subsidiary shall cease to be
an
Excluded Subsidiary on January 1, 2007 and
shall be required to comply with the provisions of
Section 5.01(j)(i) (without reference to the provisions of
this Agreement) within ten (10) Business Days thereafter, and
(y) waive (i) compliance with all contrary provisions of
the Credit Agreement solely to the extent necessary to effect the
agreement set forth in clause (x) above, and (ii) any
Default or Event of Default that would occur under the Credit
Agreement in the absence of the amendment set forth in clause
(x) above and the waiver set forth in clause (y)(i)
above.
Agent and the Lenders also hereby
(a) agree that the Schedule amendment and document delivery
requirements set forth in the last clause of
Section 5.01(j)(i) and in the proviso of
Section 5.01(j)(ii) are hereby modified, effective as of
October 26, 2004, such that (i) to the extent necessary
to make Schedule 4.01(y) to the Credit Agreement accurate and
complete, Borrower shall provide an amended Schedule 4.01(y) to the
Administrative Agent within 15 Business Days after the end of each
calendar quarter, beginning with the calendar quarter ending
March 31, 2006 and (ii) Borrower shall provide copies of
any new agreements in respect of Non-Recourse Debt identified in
such amended Schedule 4.01(y) to the Administrative Agent promptly
following any request by the Administrative Agent therefor and
(b) waive (i) compliance with all contrary provisions of
the Credit Agreement solely to the extent necessary to effect such
amendments set forth in clause (a) above, and (ii) any
Default or Event of Default that would occur under the Credit
Agreement in the absence of the amendments set forth in clause
(a) above and the waiver set forth in clause (b)(i)
above.
Borrower and Parent Guarantor
represent and warrant that the factual matters described herein are
true and correct in all material respects as of the date
hereof.
The waivers, agreements and
amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as written,
and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
(x) constitute (i) a waiver of any other Default or Event
of Default or (ii) a waiver or amendment of any other term,
provision or condition of the Credit Agreement, any of the other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or agreement referred to
therein, or (y) except as set forth herein, prejudice any
right or remedy that Agent or any Lender Party may now have or may
have in the future under or in