New York, New York
As of June __, 2009
FORM OF CARVE OUT
GUARANTY
THIS CARVE OUT GUARANTY (this
“Guaranty”) is entered into as of June __, 2009, by
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED (“Guarantor”), in
favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in
such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) for the banks
and other financial institutions (“Lenders”) that are
parties to the Loan Agreement described below.
1. FelCor/JPM
Hospitality (SPE), L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company,
and DJONT/JPM Hospitality Leasing (SPE), L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (each, a “Borrower” and collectively,
“Borrowers”), are parties to the Term Loan Agreement
dated as of June __, 2009 (as the same may be amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”),
among Borrowers, Administrative Agent, and Lenders pursuant to
which Lenders have agreed, among other things, to make a Loan to
Borrower.
2. Guarantor
has indirect equity ownership interests in Borrowers, and Guarantor
will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the
making of the Loan.
3. It
is a condition precedent to the obligations of Lenders to make the
Loan to Borrowers that Guarantor shall execute and deliver this
Guaranty in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
Lenders.
NOW THEREFORE, FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and in
consideration of the Loan, any credit and/or financial
accommodation heretofore or hereafter from time to time made or
granted to Borrowers under the Loan Documents by Administrative
Agent and Lenders, each Guarantor hereby furnishes its guaranty of
the Guaranteed Obligations (as hereinafter defined) as
follows:
Section
1. Certain
Definitions . All capitalized words and phrases not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan
Agreement.
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Section 2.
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Nature and Scope of
Guaranty .
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Guarantor hereby absolutely and
unconditionally guarantees to Administrative Agent the prompt and
unconditional payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (as hereinafter
defined) when due (after any applicable notice, grace, or cure
periods, if any, set forth in the Loan Documents), subject to the
terms hereof.
The term “Guaranteed
Obligations” as used in this Guaranty shall mean the
obligations or liabilities of any Borrower to Administrative Agent
or the Lenders for any Loss (as hereinafter defined) actually
incurred by Administrative Agent or the Lenders and owed to it by
one or more Borrowers under the Loan Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents arising out of or in connection with any Recourse
Event (as hereinafter defined).
The term “Loss” as used
in this Guaranty shall mean any and all claims, suits, liabilities
(including, without limitation, strict liabilities), actions,
proceedings, obligations, debts, damages, losses, costs, expenses,
fines, penalties, charges, fees, expenses, judgments, awards, and
amounts paid in settlement of whatever kind or nature (including
but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs
of defense) and including, without limitation, the amount of any
Taxes, Other Charges, charges for labor or materials or other
charges (that Borrower fails to pay) described in clause (e) of the
definition of Recourse Event below.
The term “Recourse
Event” as used in this Guaranty shall mean any one or more of
the following:
(a) fraud
or material misrepresentation in connection with the execution and
the delivery of the Loan Agreement or any of the Loan
Documents;
(b) a
Borrower’s misapplication or misappropriation of Rents
received by a Borrower after the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Lockbox Trigger Event (provided that in no event
will it be deemed a “misapplication” or
“misappropriation” as such terms are used in this
Guaranty for any Borrower to use any funds or other amounts in a
manner expressly permitted by the Loan Documents including to pay
debt service on the Loans or to the extent paid to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders);
(c) a
Borrower’s misapplication or misappropriation of Security
Deposits or Rents collected more than thirty (30) days in
advance;
(d) a
Borrower’s misapplication or the misappropriation of
Insurance Proceeds or Awards;
(e) a
Borrower’s failure to pay Taxes, Other Charges, charges for
labor or materials or other charges that can create Liens (other
than Permitted Liens) on the Collateral Properties;
(f) a
Borrower’s failure to return or to reimburse Administrative
Agent for all Personal Property taken from any Collateral
Properties by or on behalf of any Borrower and not replaced with
Personal Property of comparable utility and value that is subject
to perfected, first-priority Liens in favor of Administrative Agent
(subject to Permitted Liens), excluding dispositions permitted
pursuant to Section 8.08 of the Loan Agreement;
(g) any
act of intentional waste or arson to any Collateral Property by any
Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any Principal or any Affiliate
thereof;
(h) any
fees or commissions paid by any Borrower to any Principal or any
Affiliate of any Borrower or any other Loan Party in violation of
the terms of the Loan Agreement or any of the Loan
Documents;
(i) a
Borrower’s failure to comply with the provisions of Sections
6.37 and 7.18 of the Loan Agreement;
(j) any
Casualty due to any Borrower’s failure to obtain the
insurance required pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Loan
Agreement;
(k) any
Event of Default under Section 7.10 of the Loan Agreement that
remains uncured after ten (10) Business Days’ written notice
to Borrowers;
(l) if
any Ground Lease is modified or terminated other than in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Agreement;
(m) any Loss
paid to a Franchisor or any Affiliate thereof (including, without
limitation, any termination or similar fees by, or on behalf of,
Operating Lessee) resulting from a termination of the franchise
license agreement(s) relating to any Collateral Property, except to
the extent that such termination was expressly permitted under the
Loan Documents and occurred at a time when no Event of Default
existed;
(n) a
determination by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and
nonappealable judgment that a Borrower acted in bad faith or for
the primary purpose of delaying or hindering Administrative Agent
in connection with a Borrower’s contest of any foreclosure
action or any other exercise by Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties of their remedies following an Event
of Default;
(o) a
determination by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and
nonappleable judgment that a transfer of any Collateral Property to
a Borrower was a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent
conveyance;
(p) a
Borrower’s failure to abide by restrictions against
commingling of monies in Accounts pursuant to Sections 3.02(c) and
Section 6.34(f) of the Loan Agreement;
(q) a
determination by the appropriate taxing authority that transfer
taxes were due and payable in connection with the transfer, lease
or any sublease of any of the Collateral Properties to a Borrower;
and
(r) a
Borrower’s failure to deliver a Ground Lease estoppel and
consent agreement with respect to the Houston Ground Lease, in a
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent as of the date hereof; provided that the scope of the guaranty of the Guaranteed
Obligations provided under this clause (s) shall equal but not
exceed the Release Price of the Houston Property and shall
immediately terminate upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such
estoppel and consent agreement.
It is expressly understood and
agreed that this is a continuing guaranty and that the obligations
of Guarantor hereunder are and shall be absolute under any and all
circumstances, without regard to the validity, regularity or
enforceability of any Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan
Documents, a true copy of each of said documents Guarantor hereby
acknowledges having received and reviewed.
Section
3.
Subrogation . Any indebtedness of a Borrower to Guarantor
now or hereafter existing (including, but not limited to, any
rights to subrogation Guarantor may have as a result of any payment
by Guarantor under this Guaranty), together with any interest
thereon,
shall be, and such indebtedness is,
hereby deferred, postponed and subordinated to the prior payment in
full of the Obligations. Until payment in full of the Obligations
(and including interest accruing on any Note after the commencement
of a proceeding by or against a Borrower under any Debtor Relief
Laws and the regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant thereto,
which interest the parties agree shall remain a claim that is prior
and superior to any claim of Guarantor notwithstanding any contrary
practice, custom or ruling in cases under any Debtor Relief Laws
generally), Guarantor agrees not to accept any payment or
satisfaction of any kind of indebtedness of any Borrower to
Guarantor and hereby assigns such indebtedness to Administrative
Agent, including the right to file proof of claim and to vote
thereon in connection with any such proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Laws, including the right to vote on any plan of
reorganization. Further, if Guarantor shall comprise more than one
Person Guarantor agrees that until such payment in full of the
Obligations, (a) no one of them shall accept payment from the
others by way of contribution on account of any payment made
hereunder by such party to Administrative Agent, (b) no one of them
will take any action to exercise or enforce any rights to such
contribution, and (c) if Guarantor should receive any payment,
satisfaction or security for any indebtedness of a Borrower to
Guarantor or for any contribution by the others of Guarantor for
payment made hereunder by the recipient to Administrative Agent,
the same shall be delivered to Administrative Agent in the form
received, endorsed or assigned as may be appropriate for
application on account of, or as security for, the Obligations, and
until so delivered, shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent
as security for the Obligations.
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4. Expenses of
Enforcement . Guarantor agrees that Guarantor will reimburse
Administrative Agent, to the extent that such reimbursement is not
made by a Borrower or any other Loan Party, for all expenses
(including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred by
Administrative Agent in connection with the collection of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any portion thereof or with the
enforcement of this Guaranty.
Section
5. Application
of Monies . Subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, all
monies available to Administrative Agent for application in payment
or reduction of the Obligations may be applied by Administrative
Agent in such manner and in such amounts and at such time or times
and in such order and priority as Administrative Agent may see fit
to the payment or reduction of such portion of the Obligations as
Administrative Agent may elect.
Section
6. Waivers .
Guarantor hereby waives notice of the acceptance hereof,
presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, or any
and all notice of non-payment, non-performance or non-observance,
or other proof, notice of intention to accelerate, notice of
acceleration, or notice or demand, whereby to charge Guarantor
therefor.
Guarantor further agrees that the
validity of this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantor
hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected or impaired (a)
by reason of the assertion by Administrative Agent of any rights or
remedies which it may have under or with respect to either the Loan
Agreement, any Note, or the other Loan Documents, against any
Person obligated thereunder or the Collateral Properties covered
under the Loan Agreement, or (b) by reason of any failure to file
or record any of such instruments or to take or perfect any
security intended to be provided thereby, or (c) by reason of the
release of any of the Collateral Properties covered under the Loan
Agreement or other collateral for the Loan, or (d) by reason of
Administrative Agent’s failure to exercise, or delay in
exercising, any such right or remedy or
any right or remedy Administrative
Agent may have hereunder or in respect to this Guaranty, or (e) by
reason of the commencement of a case under any Debtor Relief Laws
by or against any Person obligated under the Loan Agreement, any
Note, or the other Loan Documents, or (f) by reason of any transfer
or assignment of the Loan by Administrative Agent or (g) by reason
of any payment made on the Obligations or any other indebtedness
arising under the Loan Agreement, any Note, or the other Loan
Documents, whether made by a Borrower or Guarantor or any other
Person, which is required to be refunded pursuant to any Debtor
Relief Laws; it being understood that no payment so refunded shall
be considered as a payment of any portion of the Obligations, nor
shall it have the effect of reducing the liability of Guarantor
hereunder. It is further understood, that if a Borrower shall have
taken advantage of, or be subject to the protection of, any
provision in any Debtor Relief Laws, the effect of which is to
prevent or delay Administrative Agent from taking any remedial
action against a Borrower, including the exercise of any option
Administrative Agent has to declare the Obligations due and payable
on the happening of any Event of Default or