Exhibit 10.6
Loan No. 10032921
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTY
AGREEMENT (this “
Guaranty ”) is executed as of November 30, 2006, by
BEHRINGER HARVARD REIT I, INC ., a Maryland corporation,
having an address c/o Behringer Harvard Funds, 15601 Dallas
Parkway, Suite 600, Addison, Texas 75001 (whether one or more
collectively referred to as “Guarantor” ), for
the benefit of KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national
association, having an office at 911 Main Street, Suite 1500,
Kansas City, MO 64105 (together with its successors and/or
assignors “ Lender ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS , pursuant to that certain Promissory Note,
dated the date hereof, executed by BEHRINGER HARVARD 945 EAST
PACES FERRY ROAD, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Borrower ”), and payable to the order of
Lender in the original principal amount of EIGHTY-TWO MILLION and
No/100 DOLLARS ($82,000,000.00) (as the same may hereafter be
amended, restated, renewed, supplemented, replaced, extended or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Note
”), Borrower has become indebted, and may from time to time
be further indebted, to Lender with respect to a loan (the “
Loan ”) which is secured by the lien and security
interest of that certain Fee and Leasehold Deed to Secure Debt and
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by Borrower
for the benefit of Lender (as the same may hereafter be amended,
restated, renewed, supplemented, replaced, extended or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Security Instrument
”), and is further evidenced by that certain Loan Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between Borrower and Lender (as the
same may hereinafter be amended, modified, restated, renewed or
replaced the “ Loan Agreement ”) and further
evidenced, secured or governed by such other instruments and
documents executed in connection with the Loan (together with the
Note, the Loan Agreement and the Security Instrument are
hereinafter collectively 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); and
WHEREAS , Guarantor is the owner of a direct or indirect
interest in Borrower, and Guarantor 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:
ARTICLE I.
NATURE AND SCOPE OF
GUARANTY
Section
1.01 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.
Section
1.02 Definition
of Guaranteed Obligations . As used herein, the
term “Guaranteed Obligations” shall (i) mean each of
the obligations of Borrower under the Environmental Indemnity,
including without limitation the indemnification provisions
contained therein, and (ii) be deemed to include, and Guarantor
shall also be liable for, and shall indemnify, defend and hold
Lender harmless from and against, any and all Losses (as
hereinafter defined) incurred or suffered by Lender and arising out
of or in connection with the matters listed below:
(a)
the misapplication or misappropriation of Rents;
(b)
the misapplication or misappropriation of Insurance Proceeds or
Awards;
(c)
Borrower’s failure to return or to reimburse Lender for all
Personal Property (other than Personal Property not material to the
operation or value of the affected Individual Property) taken from
the Property by or on behalf of Borrower and not replaced with
Personal Property of the same utility and of the same or greater
value;
(d)
any act of actual waste or arson by Borrower, any principal,
affiliate, general partner or member thereof or by
Guarantor;
(e)
any fees or commissions paid by Borrower to any principal,
affiliate, general partner or member of Borrower or any Guarantor
in violation of the terms of this Guaranty, the other Loan
Documents;
(f)
Borrower’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section
9.4 of the Security Instrument;
(g)
any fraud, willful misconduct or intentional material
misrepresentation by Borrower, Principal, Guarantor or any of their
respective Affiliates in connection with the Loan; or
(h)
any breach or default of any material provision of Section 4.1.30
of the Loan Agreement (other than breaches of the requirements set
forth in clauses (xii) or (xxiii) of the definition of Special
Purpose Entity).
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(iii)
In addition, the Guaranteed Obligations shall also include the
unpaid balance of the Debt in the event of: (a) a voluntary breach
or default under Section 5.2.10 of the Loan Agreement, (b) Borrower
or Principal filing a voluntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code
or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law; (c)
Borrower or Principal filing an answer consenting to or otherwise
acquiescing in or joining in any involuntary petition filed against
it, by any other Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law, or soliciting or
causing to be solicited petitioning creditors for any involuntary
petition from any Person; (d) Borrower or Principal consenting to
or acquiescing in or joining in an application for the appointment
of a custodian, receiver, trustee, or examiner for Borrower,
Principal or any portion of the Property; or (e) Borrower or
Principal making an assignment for the benefit of
creditors.
Section
1.03 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.
Section
1.04 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.
Section
1.05 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.
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Section
1.06 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.
Section
1.07
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 Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement 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 Property, (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.
Section
1.08 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 costs and expenses (including court costs and
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.
Section
1.09 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 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.
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Section
1.10 Waiver of
Subrogation, Reimbursement and Contribution . Guarantor hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates any
and all rights it may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at
law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law
subrogating the 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; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, Guarantor shall have and be entitled to
(a) all rights of subrogation otherwise provided by applicable law
in respect of any payment it may make or be obligated to make under
this Guaranty and (b) all claims it would have against Borrower or
any other party and to assert and enforce same, in each case on and
after, but at no time prior to, the date which is 91 days after the
date on which all sums owed to Lender under this Guaranty and the
other the Loan Documents have been paid in full.
Section
1.11
Borrower . The term
“Borrower” as used herein shall include any new or
successor corporation, association, partnership (general or
limited), limited liability company, 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.
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:
Section
2.01
Modifications . Any renewal,
extension, increase, modification, alteration or rearrangement of
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Note, the
Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement, the other 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.
Section
2.02
Adjustment . Any adjustment,
indulgence, forbearance or compromise that might be granted or
given by Lender to Borrower or any other guarantor.
Section
2.03 Condition
of Borrower or Guarantor . The insolvency,
bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation,
disability, dissolution or
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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.
Section
2.04 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 thereo
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