Exhibit 10.3
GUARANTY
AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTY
AGREEMENT (this
“Guaranty” ) is executed as of February 2, 2007,
by MORGANS GROUP LLC , a Delaware limited liability company,
having an address at 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, New York 10018,
Attention: Marc Gordon, Chief Investment Officer (“Morgans
Guarantor”), and by DLJ MB IV HRH, LLC , a Delaware
limited liability company, having an address c/o DLJ Merchant
Banking Partners, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010,
Attention: Ryan Sprott ( “DLJ Guarantor” ; and
collectively with Morgans Guarantor, each, individually, a
“Guarantor” , and collectively,
“Guarantors” ), jointly and severally, for the
benefit of COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC. , a Delaware corporation,
having an address at 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010
(together with its successors and assigns,
“Lender” ).
RECITALS:
A.
Pursuant to that certain Promissory Note, dated of even date
herewith, executed by HRHH HOTEL/CASINO, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ( “Hotel/Casino Borrower” ),
HRHH CAFE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
“Café Borrower” ), HRHH DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ( “Adjacent
Borrower” ), HRHH IP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ( “IP Borrower” ), and HRHH GAMING, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company ( “Gaming
Borrower” ; and each of Hotel/Casino Borrower, Café
Borrower, Adjacent Borrower, IP Borrower and Gaming Borrower,
individually, a “Borrower” , and collectively,
“Borrowers” ), and payable to the order of
Lender in the original principal amount of up to One Billion Three
Hundred Sixty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,360,000,000.00) (as
the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note”
), Borrowers have become indebted, and may from time to time be
further indebted, to Lender with respect to a loan (the
“Loan” ) made pursuant to that certain Loan
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Borrowers and Lender
(as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan
Agreement” ), which Loan is secured by, among other
things, that certain Construction Deed of Trust, Assignment of
Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement
(Fixture Filing), dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be
amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Security Instrument” ),
and further evidenced, secured or governed by other instruments and
documents executed in connection with the Loan (together with the
Note, the Loan Agreement and the Security Instrument, collectively,
the “Loan Documents” ).
B.
Lender is not willing to make the Loan, or otherwise extend credit,
to Borrowers unless each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees
payment and performance to Lender of the Guaranteed Obligations (as
herein defined).
C.
Each Guarantor is the owner of a direct or indirect interest in
each Borrower, and each Guarantor will directly benefit from
Lender’s making the Loan to Borrowers.
D.
All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to
Lender to make the Loan to Borrowers, and to extend such additional
credit as Lender may from time to time extend under the Loan
Documents, and for $10.00 and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
NATURE AND SCOPE OF
GUARANTY
1.1
Guaranty of Obligation . Each Guarantor
hereby jointly and severally, 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. Each Guarantor hereby jointly and
severally, 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 (a) the obligations and
liabilities of each Borrower to Lender for any actual loss, damage
(excluding any lost revenue, diminution of value and consequential
damages), reasonable cost, reasonable expense, liability, claim and
any other obligation incurred by Lender (including attorneys’
fees and costs reasonably incurred) arising out of or in connection
with the following:
(i)
fraud or intentional misrepresentation by any Borrower, HRHI, any
Guarantor or any of their respective principals, officers, agents
or employees in connection with the Loan;
(ii)
physical waste to any Property arising from the intentional
misconduct or gross negligence of any Borrower, HRHI, any Guarantor
or any of their respective principals, officers, agents or
employees and/or any removal of any asset forming a part of any
Property in violation of the Loan Agreement or the other Loan
Documents;
(iii)
intentionally omitted;
(iv)
the misappropriation or conversion by any Borrower, by any Person
Controlled by any Borrower (including, without limitation, any
Affiliated Manager, Liquor Manager who is an Affiliate of any
Borrower or Gaming Operator who is an Affiliate of any Borrower),
by any agent of any Borrower, or by any other Person with whom any
Borrower shall collude or cooperate, of (A) any Insurance Proceeds
paid by reason of any Casualty, to the extent so misappropriated or
converted; (B) any Awards received in connection with a
Condemnation, to the extent so misappropriated or converted; (C)
any Rents or other Gross Income from Operations not delivered to
Lender following and during the continuance of an Event of Default
and not otherwise used to pay actual, customary Operating Expenses
reflected on the Approved Annual Budget then in effect, including,
without limitation, (I) any income, proceeds or other
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amounts received by any Borrower
under the Gaming Sublease, and/or (II) without duplication of the
foregoing clause (I) , any income, proceeds or revenue
generated from gaming activities at any Property, in each of the
foregoing instances, to the extent so misappropriated or converted;
(D) any Rents paid more than one (1) month in advance in violation
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, to the extent so
misappropriated or converted; and/or (E) any security deposits, to
the extent so misappropriated or converted;
(v)
the failure to pay (or to deposit into the Reserve Funds amounts
sufficient to pay) all Taxes and all other costs giving rise to any
Lien on any portion of any Property or the IP with priority over or
equal to the Lien of the Loan Documents in violation of the Loan
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, to the extent that there is
sufficient Gross Income from Operations to make such payments (or
deposits, as applicable);
(vi)
if any Borrower fails to maintain its status as a Special Purpose
Entity as required pursuant to the terms of the Loan
Agreement;
(vii)
if Borrowers fail to obtain Lender’s consent to any
subordinate financing, deed of trust, mortgage or other voluntary
lien encumbering any Property or the IP other than Permitted
Encumbrances and Permitted IP Encumbrances;
(viii)
the failure to maintain insurance coverage under blanket insurance
policies to the extent permitted under the Loan
Agreement;
(ix)
if any of the events set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of
Section 5.2.11 of the Loan Agreement shall occur without the prior
approval of Lender;
(x)
if any of the restrictions to Transfer set forth in Section 5.2.10
of the Loan Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents are
violated;
(xi)
if Lender or any Affiliate thereof shall succeed to the interest of
HRHI under the Gaming Sublease following a foreclosure, deed in
lieu of foreclosure or similar transfer, any actual loss, cost,
damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees expenses) suffered by Lender or such
Affiliate as a result of: (A) any act, omission, neglect or default
of HRHI under the Gaming Sublease, (B) any claim, defense,
counterclaim or offset which the Gaming Operator may have under the
Gaming Sublease against HRHI, (C) any obligation to make any
payment to the Gaming Operator under the Gaming Sublease which was
required to be made by or on behalf of HRHI prior to the time
Lender or such Affiliate succeeded to HRHI’s interest under
the Gaming Sublease, (D) any monies deposited with HRHI under the
Gaming Sublease, except to the extent such monies are actually
received by Lender or such Affiliate, (E) any obligation to
complete or permit the construction of any improvements under the
Gaming Sublease arising while HRHI was the
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sublandlord under the Gaming
Sublease, and/or (F) any default by HRHI under the Gaming Lease
beyond applicable notice and cure periods;
(xii)
if HRHI or any Affiliate thereof shall send a notice to Gaming
Operator under Section 6(a), (c) or (d), as applicable, of the
Gaming Recognition Agreement which conflicts with any notice
theretofore sent by Lender to Gaming Operator under said Section
6(a), (c) or (d), as applicable, of the Gaming Recognition
Agreement; provided , however , that the liability
under this clause (xii) shall be limited to all fees and
costs incurred by Gaming Operator in bringing and pursuing any
interpleader action contemplated by said Section 6(a), (c) or (d),
as applicable, and only to the extent that Gaming Operator seeks to
recover and/or does recover such fees and expenses from
Lender;
(xiii)
if HRHI shall fail to provide Gaming Employees for the operation of
gaming activities at the Hotel/Casino Property as and to the extent
required pursuant to Paragraph 7of the HRHI Gaming
Agreement;
(xiv)
in the event that Gaming Borrower shall ever become the Gaming
Operator pursuant to Article XII of the Loan Agreement, if Gaming
Borrower thereafter shall fail to provide gaming operation services
for the Hotel/Casino Property following an Event of Default or a
foreclosure of the Security Instrument as and to the extent
required pursuant to Section 12.1(e) of the Loan
Agreement;
(xv)
in the event that HRHI, Gaming Borrower, any other Borrower or any
Affiliate thereof shall be the Liquor Manager, if HRHI, Gaming
Borrower, such other Borrower or such Affiliate thereof shall fail
to provide liquor management services for the Hotel/Casino Property
following an Event of Default or a foreclosure of the Security
Instrument as and to the extent required (A) as to HRHI, pursuant
to Sections 5(a) or 5(b) of the Assignment of Liquor Management
Agreement, as applicable, and (B) as to Gaming Borrower, any other
Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, pursuant to Section 5.1.23(c) of
the Loan Agreement;
(xvi)
in connection with the $250,000 lease termination fee pursuant to
Section 3.2(B) of that certain Lease by and between PM Realty, LLC
and HRHI, as landlord, and Mr. Chow of Las Vegas, LLC, as tenant,
dated December 24, 2004; and/or
(xvii) as a
result of the imposition of any tax provided in NRS
§§375.020 and 375.023 with respect to the merger
transaction contemplated under the Merger Agreement and/or the
subsequent conveyance of the Hotel/Casino Property (i) to HRHH
Gaming Junior Mezz, LLC, and then (ii) to HRHH Gaming Senior Mezz,
LLC, and then (iii) to Hotel/Casino Borrower, provided, however,
that any liability under this clause (xvii) shall terminate upon
the payment in full of the Debt.
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(b)
the entire amount of the Debt in the event of: (i) any
Borrower, HRHI or both Guarantors filing a voluntary petition under
the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or
insolvency law; or (ii) the filing of an involuntary petition
against any Borrower, HRHI or both Guarantors under the Bankruptcy
Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law by
or on behalf of any Person other than Lender and/or the
Administrative Agent, and such petition is not dismissed within
ninety (90) days after filing, or any Borrower, or any Affiliate of
any of them who Controls any Borrower, or HRHI or both Guarantors,
solicit or cause to be solicited petitioning creditors for any
involuntary petition against any Borrower, HRHI or both Guarantors
from any Person (other than if requested to do so by or on behalf
of Lender and/or the Administrative Agent); (iii) any Borrower,
HRHI or both Guarantors filing an answer consenting to, or any
Borrower, HRHI or both Guarantors, or any Affiliate of any of them
who Controls any Borrower, otherwise consenting to or acquiescing
or joining in, any involuntary petition filed against any Borrower,
HRHI or both Guarantors, by any other Person (other than if filed
by or on behalf of Lender and/or the Administrative Agent) under
the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or
insolvency law; (iv) any Borrower, HRHI or both Guarantors, or any
Affiliate of any of them who Controls any Borrower, consenting to
or acquiescing or joining in an application for the appointment of
a custodian, receiver, trustee or examiner for any Borrower or any
portion of any Property or any portion of the IP (other than any
such appointment at the request or petition of Lender and/or the
Administrative Agent); or (v) any Borrower, HRHI or both Guarantors
voluntarily making an assignment for the benefit of creditors
(other than Lender and/or the Administrative Agent), or admitting,
in writing or in any legal proceeding, its insolvency or inability
to pay its debts as they become due; unless, in the case of any of
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v)
as it relates to or affects both Guarantors, one or more guarantors
acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion remains or becomes a
guarantor of the Loan.
1.3
Nature of Guaranty . This Guaranty is an
irrevocable, absolute, joint and several, continuing guaranty of
payment and performance and not a guaranty of collection.
This Guaranty may not be revoked by any Guarantor and shall
continue to be effective with respect to any Guaranteed Obligations
arising or created after any attempted revocation by any Guarantor
and after (if such Guarantor is a natural person) such
Guarantor’s death (in which event this Guaranty shall be
binding upon such Guarantor’s estate and such
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 any 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
Guarantors to Lender hereunder, shall not be reduced, discharged or
released because or by reason of any existing or future offset,
claim or defense of any Borrower (except for the defense of the
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations), 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 Guarantors . If all or any part
of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid when
due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise,
Guarantors 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
(except as otherwise provided herein), pay (and each agrees jointly
and severally to 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 . To the extent
permitted by applicable law, it shall not be necessary for Lender
(and each Guarantor hereby waives any rights which such Guarantor
may have to require Lender), in order to enforce the obligations of
any Guarantor hereunder, first to (a) institute suit or exhaust its
remedies against any Borrower or others liable on the Loan or the
Guaranteed Obligations or any other person, (b) enforce
Lender’s rights against any collateral which shall ever have
been given to secure the Loan, (c) enforce Lender’s rights
against any other guarantors of the Guaranteed Obligations, (d)
join any Borrower or any others liable on the Guaranteed
Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty, (e)
exhaust any remedies available to Lender against any collateral
which shall ever have been given to secure the Loan, or (f) 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 . Each Guarantor agrees
to the provisions of the Loan Documents, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, hereby waives notice of (a) any loans
or advances made by Lender to any Borrower, (b) acceptance of this
Guaranty, (c) any amendment or extension of the Note, the Loan
Agreement or of any other Loan Documents, (d) the execution and
delivery by any Borrower and Lender of any other loan or credit
agreement or of any Borrower’s execution and delivery of any
promissory notes or other documents arising under the Loan
Documents or in connection with any Property, (e) the occurrence of
any breach by any Borrower or an Event of Default, (f)
Lender’s transfer or disposition of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any part thereof, (g) sale or foreclosure (or
posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure) of any collateral
for the Guaranteed Obligations, (h) protest, proof of non-payment
or default by any Borrower, and (i) 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/or the obligations hereby
guaranteed.
1.8
Payment of Expenses . In the event that
any Guarantor should breach or fail to timely perform any
provisions of this Guaranty, Guarantors jointly and severally agree
to pay to Lender and shall promptly upon written demand by Lender,
pay Lender all reasonable costs and expenses (including court costs
and attorneys’ fees) incurred by Lender in the enforcement
hereof or the preservation of Lender’s rights
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that
(A) Lender employs counsel to enforce the provisions of this
Guaranty and (B) Lender has sold or transferred any interests in
the Note, then Guarantors shall only be responsible for
the
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attorney’s
fees and expenses of the counsel of only one Lender. The
covenant contained in this Section 1.8 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 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 any Guarantor by
Lender shall be without effect, and this Guaranty shall remain in
full force and effect. It is the intention of each Borrower
and each Guarantor that none of Guarantors’ obligations
hereunder shall be discharged except by Guarantors’
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, as long as the Debt remains outstanding and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates any and all rights
such Guarantor may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at
law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law
subrogating such Guarantor to the rights of Lender), to assert any
claim against or seek contribution, indemnification or any other
form of reimbursement from any Borrower or any other party liable
for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for any
payment made by any Guarantor under or in connection with this
Guaranty or otherwise.
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 any
Borrower or any interest in any Borrower.
ARTICLE 2
EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT REDUCING OR DISCHARGING
GUARANTORS’ OBLIGATIONS
Each Guarantor hereby consents and
agrees to each of the following, and agrees that such
Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be
released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by
any of the following, and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other
rights (including, without limitation, rights to notice) which such
Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with
any of the following even if any of the following is materially
prejudicial to any or all Guarantors:
2.1
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 any Borrower and Lender, or any other parties, pertaining
to the Guaranteed Obligations or any failure of Lender to notify
any Guarantor of any such action.
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2.2
Adjustment . Any adjustment,
indulgence, forbearance or compromise that might be granted or
given by Lender to any Borrower or any Guarantor or any other
Person.
2.3
Condition of Borrowers or Guarantors . The insolvency,
bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation,
disability, dissolution or lack of power of any Borrower, any
Guarantor or any other party at any time liable for the payment of
all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or any dissolution of
any Borrower or any Guarantor, or any sale, lease or transfer of
any or all of the assets of any Borrower or any Guarantor, or any
changes in the shareholders, partners or members of any Borrower or
any Guarantor; or any reorganization of any Borrower or any
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 (a) the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any part thereof, exceed the amount permitted by
law, (b) the act of creating the Guaranteed Obligations or any part
thereof is ultra vires, (c) the officers or representatives
executing the Note, the Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement or
the other Loan Documents or otherwise creating the Guaranteed
Obligations acted in excess of their authority, (d) the Guaranteed
Obligations violate applicable usury laws, (e) any Borrower has
valid defenses (other than the payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations), claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by
agreement) which render the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or
partially uncollectible from any Borrower, (f) 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 (g) the Note, the Security Instrument, the
Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents have been forged
or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic, it being
agreed that each Guarantor shall remain jointly and severally
liable hereon regardless of whether any Borrower, any other
Guarantor 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 any Borrower on the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any part thereof, or of any co-guarantors, or any
other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or
indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to pay,
perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any part thereof, it being recognized, acknowledged
and agreed by each Guarantor that such Guarantor may be required to
pay the Guaranteed Obligations in full without assistance or
support of any other party, and such Guarantor has not been induced
to enter into this Guaranty on the basis of a contemplation,
belief, understanding or agreement that any other Person (including
any other Guarantor) will be liable to pay or perform the
Guaranteed Obligations, or that Lender will look to any other
Person (including any other Guarantor) to pay or perform the
Guaranteed Obligations.
2.6
Other Collateral . The taking or
accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other
assurance of payment, for all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
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2.7
Release of Collateral . Any release,
surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or
impairment (including, without limitation, negligent, willful,
unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of any collateral,
property or security at any time existing in connection with, or
assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
2.8
Care and Diligence . The failure of Lender
or any other party to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the
preservation, protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or
treatment of all or any part of such collateral, property or
security, including, but not limited to, any neglect, delay,
omission, failure or refusal of Lender (a) to take or prosecute any
action for the collection of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or
(b) to foreclose, or initiate any action to foreclose, or, once
commenced, prosecute to completion any action to foreclose upon any
security therefor, or (c) to take or prosecute any action in
connection with any instrument or agreement evidencing or securing
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
2.9
Unenforceability . The f
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