Exhibit 10.3
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 Revolving Credit Facility
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 26, 2004, as
amended, among Sunstone Hotel Partnership, LLC (“
Borrower ”); Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
(“ Parent ”) 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.
Borrower desires to cause the
Holiday Inn Hotel located at 2005 Highland Avenue, Hollywood,
California (the “ Hollywood Asset ”) to
be released as a Borrowing Base Asset pursuant to
Section 5.02(d)(ii)(C) of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.04(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement prohibits any
Borrowing Base Asset other than the Marriott Hotel located at 3425
Solano Avenue, Napa, California (the “ Napa
Asset ”) to account for greater than 25% of the
aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for all Borrowing Base
Assets unless approved by the Required Lenders. Following the
release of the Hollywood Asset, the Napa Asset and the Hyatt
Regency Hotel located at 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach,
California (the “ Newport Beach Asset ”)
will each account for greater than 25% of the aggregate Adjusted
Net Operating Income of all Borrowing Base Assets. Accordingly,
Borrower and Parent have requested that Agent and the Lenders waive
compliance with the terms of Section 5.04(b)(iv) of the Credit
Agreement solely to the extent necessary to permit (i) the
Napa Asset to account for not greater than 30% of the aggregate
Adjusted Net Operating Income of all Borrowing Base Assets, and
(ii) the Newport Beach Asset to account for not greater than
30% of the aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income of all Borrowing
Base Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited
Waiver and Amendment (this “ Agreement
”), Agent and the Lenders are willing to agree to waive such
compliance to such extent.
In addition, 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 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 waive (a) Parent’s compliance
with the provisions of Section 5.04(b)(iv) of the Credit
Agreement solely to the extent necessary to permit (i) the
Napa Asset to account for not greater than 30% of the aggregate
Adjusted Net Operating Income of all Borrowing Base Assets, and
(ii) the Newport Beach Asset to account for not greater than
30% of the aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income of all Borrowing
Base Asset, and (b) any Default or Event of Default that would
occur under the Credit Agreement in the absence of the waiver set
forth in clause (a) above. Also 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)