EXHIBIT 10.71
AMENDED AND RESTATED
GUARANTY
This AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY (“
Guaranty ”) is executed as of December 29, 2006, by
PRIME GROUP REALTY, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership (whether one or more
collectively referred to as “ Guarantor ”), for the
benefit of WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A. , as trustee for the registered
holders of COBALT CMBS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
TRUST 2006-C1 , COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2006-C1 (“ Lender ”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and
Restated Promissory Note, dated of even date herewith, executed
by CONTINENTAL TOWERS, L.L.C.
, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Borrower
”), and payable to the order of Lender in the
original principal amount of $73,600,000.00 (together with all
renewals, modifications, increases and extensions thereof, the
“ Note ”), Borrower has become indebted, and may from time to
time be further indebted, to Lender with respect to a loan
(“ Loan
”) which is secured by the lien and security
interest of an Amended and Restated Mortgage, Security Agreement
and Fixture Financing Statement, of even date herewith (the
“ Mortgage
”), and further evidenced, secured or governed
by other instruments and documents executed in connection with the
Loan, including an Amended and Restated Environmental and Hazardous
Substance Indemnification Agreement (the “
Environmental and Hazardous Substance
Indemnification Agreement ”)
(the Note, Mortgage, the Environmental and Hazardous Substance
Indemnification Agreement, and all other such documents and
instruments executed in connection with the Loan may be referred to
as the “ Loan
Documents ”); and
WHEREAS, Lender is not willing to make the Loan, or
otherwise extend credit, to Borrower unless Guarantor
unconditionally guarantees payment and performance to Lender of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as herein defined);
WHEREAS, PGRT Equity, L.L.C., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Guarantor, and Lender are parties to that certain
Amended and Restated Subordination and Standstill Agreement dated
as of the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, Guarantor as the parent of Second Lender
will directly benefit from Lender’s making the Loan to
Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to Lender to make
the Loan to Borrower, and to extend such additional credit as
Lender may from time to time agree to extend under the Loan
Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties do hereby agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
NATURE AND SCOPE OF
GUARANTY
1.1
Guaranty of Obligation
. Guarantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to Lender and its
successors and assigns the payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations as and when the same shall be due and
payable, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or
otherwise. Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
covenants and agrees that it is liable for the Guaranteed
Obligations as a primary obligor.
1.2
Definition of Guaranteed
Obligations .
As used herein, the term “
Guaranteed Obligations
” means the obligations or liabilities of
Borrower to Lender for any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability,
claim or other obligation incurred by Lender (including
attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably incurred) arising out of
or in connection with the following:
(a)
all amounts for which Borrower is liable
under Sections 2.04(b) and
(c) of the Note; and
(b)
the payment and performance of all of the
obligations of Borrower under the Environmental and Hazardous
Substance Indemnification Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of
the Loan Documents, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any
right which Lender may have under Section 506(a), 506(b),
1111(b) or any other provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to file
a claim for the full amount of the Debt secured by the Mortgage or
to require that all collateral shall continue to secure all of the
Debt owing to Lender in accordance with the Loan
Documents.
1.3
Nature of Guaranty
. This Guaranty is an
irrevocable, absolute, continuing guaranty of payment and
performance and not a guaranty of collection. This Guaranty may not
be revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with
respect to any Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after any
attempted revocation by Guarantor and after (if Guarantor is a
natural person) Guarantor’s death (in which event this
Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate and
Guarantor’s legal representatives and heirs). The fact that
at any time or from time to time the Guaranteed Obligations may be
increased or reduced shall not release or discharge the obligation
of Guarantor to Lender with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations.
This Guaranty may be enforced by Lender and any subsequent holder
of the Note and shall not be discharged by the assignment or
negotiation of all or part of the Note.
1.4
Guaranteed Obligations Not Reduced by
Offset . The Guaranteed Obligations and the liabilities and obligations
of Guarantor to Lender hereunder, shall not be reduced, discharged
or released because or by reason of any existing or future offset,
claim or defense of Borrower, or any other party, against Lender or
against payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether such offset,
claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed
Obligations (or the transactions creating the Guaranteed
Obligations) or otherwise.
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1.5
Payment By Guarantor
. If all or any part of
the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid when due,
whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, Guarantor
shall, immediately upon demand by Lender, and without presentment,
protest, notice of protest, notice of non-payment, notice of
intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the
maturity, or any other notice whatsoever, pay in lawful money of
the United States of America, the amount due on the Guaranteed
Obligations to Lender at Lender’s address as set forth
herein. Such demand(s) may be made at any time coincident with or
after the time for payment of all or part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and may be made from time to time with respect to the
same or different items of Guaranteed Obligations. Such demand
shall be deemed made, given and received in accordance with the
notice provisions hereof.
1.6
No Duty To Pursue Others
. It shall not be
necessary for Lender (and Guarantor hereby waives any rights which
Guarantor may have to require Lender), in order to enforce the
obligations of Guarantor hereunder, first to (i) institute
suit or exhaust its remedies against Borrower or others liable on
the Loan or the Guaranteed Obligations or any other person,
(ii) enforce Lender’s rights against any collateral
which shall ever have been given to secure the Loan,
(iii) enforce Lender’s rights against any other
guarantors of the Guaranteed Obligations, (iv) join Borrower
or any others liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action
seeking to enforce this Guaranty, (v) exhaust any remedies
available to Lender against any collateral which shall ever have
been given to secure the Loan, or (vi) resort to any other
means of obtaining payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender
shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action
to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed
Obligations.
1.7
Waivers . Guarantor agrees to the provisions
of the Loan Documents, and hereby waives notice of (i) any
loans or advances made by Lender to Borrower, (ii) acceptance
of this Guaranty, (iii) any amendment or extension of the
Note, the Mortgage or of any other Loan Documents, (iv) the
execution and delivery by Borrower and Lender of any other loan or
credit agreement or of Borrower’s execution and delivery of
any promissory notes or other documents arising under the Loan
Documents or in connection with the Trust Property (as defined in
the Mortgage), (v) the occurrence of any breach by Borrower or
an Event of Default, (vi) Lender’s transfer or
disposition of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof,
(vii) sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale
or foreclosure) of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations,
(viii) protest, proof of non-payment or default by Borrower,
or (ix) any other action at any time taken or omitted by
Lender, and, generally, all demands and notices of every kind in
connection with this Guaranty, the Loan Documents, any documents or
agreements evidencing, securing or relating to any of the
Guaranteed Obligations and the obligations hereby
guaranteed.
1.8
Payment of Expenses
. In the event that
Guarantor should breach or fail to timely perform any provisions of
this Guaranty, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender,
pay Lender all reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees)
incurred by Lender in the enforcement hereof or the preservation of
Lender’s rights hereunder. The covenant contained in this
Section shall survive the payment and performance of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
1.9
Effect of Bankruptcy
. In the event that,
pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization,
receivership or other debtor relief law, or any judgment, order or
decision
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thereunder, Lender must rescind or restore any
payment, or any part thereof, received by Lender in satisfaction of
the Guaranteed Obligations, as set forth herein, any prior release
or discharge from the terms of this Guaranty given to Guarantor by
Lender shall be without effect, and this Guaranty shall remain in
full force and effect. It is the intention of Borrower and
Guarantor that Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall not be
discharged except by Guarantor’s performance of such
obligations and then only to the extent of such
performance.
1.10
Waiver of Subrogation, Reimbursement and
Contribution .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Guaranty, Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
waives, releases and abrogates until the end of the Waiver Period
(as hereunder defined), any and all rights it may now or hereafter
have under any agreement, at law or in equity (including, without
limitation, any law subrogating Guarantor to the rights of Lender),
to assert any claim against or seek contribution, indemnification
or any other form of reimbursement from Borrower or any other party
liable for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for
any payment made by Guarantor under or in connection with this
Guaranty or otherwise. As used herein, “
Waiver Period ” shall mean ninety-one (91) days from the payment in
full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage and
Borrower’s failure within such ninety-one (91) day period to
be subject to a bankruptcy action or otherwise in violation of
Section 55 of the Mortgage.
1.11
Borrower . The term “
Borrower ”
as used herein shall include any new or successor corporation,
association, partnership (general or limited), joint venture, trust
or other individual or organization formed as a result of any
merger, reorganization, sale, transfer, devise, gift or bequest of
Borrower or any interest in Borrower.
1.12
Indemnity . Guarantor shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Lender and its successors and assigns from and
against the following (which may be referred to herein as
“ Indemnified
Matters ”): any and all
liabilities, obligations, claims, demands, damages, judgments,
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements), imposed upon or incurred
by or asserted against Lender and/or its successors and assigns by
reason of a default by Guarantor in the performance of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations. The foregoing indemnity shall specifically
not include any such costs to the extent incurred as the direct
result of Lender’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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1.13
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Indemnification Procedures
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(a)
If any action shall be brought against Lender based
upon any of the matters for which Lender is indemnified hereunder,
Lender shall notify Guarantor in writing thereof and Guarantor
shall promptly assume the defense thereof, including, without
limitation, the employment of counsel acceptable to Lender;
provided, however, that any failure of Lender to notify Guarantor
of such matter shall not impair or reduce the obligations of
Guarantor hereunder. Lender shall have the right, at the expense of
Guarantor (which expense shall be included in the Indemnified
Matters), to employ separate counsel in any such action and to
participate in the defense thereof. In the event Guarantor shall
fail to discharge or undertake to defend Lender against any claim,
loss or liability for which Lender is indemnified hereunder, Lender
may, at its sole option and
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election, defend or settle such claim, loss or
liability. The liability of Guarantor to Lender hereunder shall be
conclusively established by such settlement, provided such
settlement is made in good faith, the amount of such liability to
include both the settlement consideration and the actual,
out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred by
Lender in effecting such settlement. In such event, such settlement
consideration, actual, out-of-pocket costs and expenses shall be
included in the Indemnified Matters and Guarantor shall pay the
same as hereinafter provided. Lender’s good faith in any such
settlement shall be conclusively established if the settlement is
made on the advice of independent legal counsel for
Lender.
(b)
Guarantor shall not, without the prior written
consent of Lender: (i) settle or compromise any action, suit,
proceeding or claim or consent to the entry of any judgment that
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the delivery by
the claimant or plaintiff to Lender of a full and complete written
release of Lender (in form, scope and substance satisfactory to
Lender in its sole discretion) from all liability in respect of
such action, suit, proceeding or claim and a dismissal with
prejudice of such action, suit, proceeding or claim; or
(ii) settle or compromise any action, suit, proceeding or
claim in any manner that may adversely affect Lender or obligate
Lender to pay any sum or perform any obligation as determined by
Lender in its sole discretion.
(c)
All amounts owed by Guarantor to Lender that are
Indemnified Matters shall be immediately reimbursable to Lender
when and as such payment obligations are incurred by Lender and, in
the event of any litigation, claim or other proceeding, without any
requirement of waiting for the ultimate outcome of such litigation,
claim or other proceeding, and Guarantor shall pay to Lender any
and all amounts owed by Guarantor to Lender that are Indemnified
Matters within ten (10) business days after written notice
from Lender itemizing the amounts thereof incurred to the date of
such notice. In addition to any other remedy available for the
failure of Guarantor to periodically pay such amounts owed by
Guarantor to Lender that are Indemnified Matters, such amounts, if
not paid within said ten-day period, shall bear interest at the
Default Interest Rate (as defined in the Note).
ARTICLE II
EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
REDUCING
OR DISCHARGING GUARANTOR’S
OBLIGATIONS
Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the
following, and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this
Guaranty 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) which Guarantor might otherwise have
as a result of or in connection with any of the
following:
2.1
Modifications . Any renewal, extension, increase,
modification, alteration or rearrangement of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations, the Note, the Mortgage, the
other
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Loan Documents, or any other document, instrument,
contract or understanding between Borrower and Lender, or any other
parties, pertaining to the Guaranteed Obligations or any failure of
Lender to notify Guarantor of any such action.
2.2
Adjustment . Any adjustment, indulgence,
forbearance or compromise that might be granted or given by Lender
to Borrower or any Guarantor.
2.3
Condition of Borrower or
Guarantor . The insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment,
composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power
of Borrower, Guarantor or any other party at any time liable for
the payment of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or any
dissolution of Borrower or Guarantor, or any sale, lease or
transfer of any or all of the assets of Borrower or Guarantor, or
any changes in the shareholders, partners or members of Borrower or
Guarantor; or any reorganization of Borrower or
Guarantor.
2.4
Invalidity of Guaranteed
Obligations .
The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any document or
agreement executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations,
for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation the fact
that (i) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof,
exceeds the amount permitted by law, (ii) the act of creating
the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof is
ultra vires , (iii) the officers or
representatives executing the Note, the Mortgage or the other Loan
Documents or otherwise creating the Guaranteed Obligations acted in
excess of their authority, (iv) the Guaranteed Obligations
violate applicable usury laws, (v) the Borrower has valid
defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by
agreement) unrelated to the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of Lender or anyone acting by, through or under Lender which render
the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible from
Borrower, (vi) the creation, performance or repayment of the
Guaranteed Obligations (or the execution, delivery and performance
of any document or instrument representing part of the Guaranteed
Obligations or executed in connection with the Guaranteed
Obligations, or given to secure the repayment of the Guaranteed
Obligations) is illegal, uncollectible or unenforceable, or
(vii) the Note, the Mortgage or any of the other Loan
Documents have been forged or otherwise are irregular or not
genuine or authentic through no willful misconduct or gross
negligence of Lender or anyone acting by, through or under Lender,
it being agreed that Guarantor shall remain liable hereon
regardless of whether Borrower or any other person be found not
liable on the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof for any
reason.
2.5
Release of Obligors
. Any full or partial
release of the liability of Borrower on the Guaranteed Obligations,
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