Exhibit 10.11
GUARANTY OF PAYMENT
GUARANTY
OF PAYMENT (this “ Guaranty ”), made as of
June 23, 2006, jointly and severally by AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
(“ AMB LP ”), a Delaware limited partnership,
having an address at Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco, California
94111, and AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION (“ AMB Corporation
”), a Maryland corporation, having an address at Pier 1, Bay
1, San Francisco, California 94111 (collectively, the “
Guarantors ”), for the benefit of SUMITOMO MITSUI
BANKING CORPORATION, as Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger
and Bookmanager (the “ Administrative Agent ”),
for the banks (the “ Banks ”) that are from time
to time parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving
Credit Agreement (the “ Credit Agreement ”),
dated as of the date hereof, among AMB Japan Finance Y.K. (the
“ Initial Borrower ”), the Initial Qualified
Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Guarantors, the
Banks and the Administrative Agent.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Banks have agreed to make loans to Initial Borrower and the
Initial Qualified Borrowers and to one or more Qualified Borrowers
for so long as such entities remain Qualified Borrowers under the
Credit Agreement (Initial Borrower, Initial Qualified Borrowers and
such Qualified Borrowers are hereinafter referred to collectively
as the “ Borrowers ”) in the aggregate principal
amount not to exceed Forty-Five Billion Yen (JPY45,000,000,000),
which amount may be increased to an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed Fifty-Five Billion Yen (JPY55,000,000,000) (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “ Loans
”);
WHEREAS,
the Loans are and will be evidenced by (i) certain promissory
notes of Initial Borrower, and each Qualified Borrower that is not
a TMK, made to Administrative Agent or to each of the Banks in
accordance with Section 2.6 of the Credit Agreement and
(ii) certain qualified borrower undertakings of each Qualified
Borrower that is a TMK made to Administrative Agent or to each of
the Banks in accordance with Section 2.6 of the Credit
Agreement (collectively, the “ Notes ”):
WHEREAS,
the Credit Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes and any
other documents executed in connection therewith are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “ Loan Documents
”;
WHEREAS,
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS,
each of AMB LP and AMB Corporation is the direct or indirect owner
of equity interests of the Initial Borrower and each Qualified
Borrower;
WHEREAS,
as a condition to the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents,
the Banks have required that the Guarantors execute and deliver
this Guaranty; and
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the benefits to be
derived from the making of the Loans by the Banks to the Borrowers,
and in order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Syndication
Agent and the Banks to enter into the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Guarantors hereby agree as follows:
1. Each
Guarantor, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns,
hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees the
full and punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity or
otherwise, of all Obligations of the Borrowers now or hereafter
existing under the Notes and the Credit Agreement, and any and all
reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the
Administrative Agent and/or the Banks in enforcing their rights
under this Guaranty (all of the foregoing obligations being the
“ Guaranteed Obligations ”).
2. It
is agreed that the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder are primary, and this Guaranty shall be enforceable,
jointly and severally, against each Guarantor and its respective
successors and assigns without the necessity for any suit or
proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever brought by the
Administrative Agent or any of the Banks against one or more of the
Borrowers or their respective successors or assigns or any other
party or against any security for the payment and performance of
the Guaranteed Obligations and without the necessity of any notice
of non-payment or non-observance or of any notice of acceptance of
this Guaranty or of any notice or demand to which the Guarantors
might otherwise be entitled (including, without limitation,
diligence, presentment, notice of maturity, extension of time,
change in nature or form of the Guaranteed Obligations, acceptance
of further security, release of further security, imposition or
agreement arrived at as to the amount of or the terms of the
Guaranteed Obligations, notice of adverse change in any
Borrower’s financial condition and any other fact which might
materially increase the risk to each Guarantor), all of which each
Guarantor hereby expressly waives; and each Guarantor hereby
expressly agrees that the validity of this Guaranty and the
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be
terminated, affected, diminished, modified or impaired by reason of
the assertion of or the failure to assert by the Administrative
Agent or any of the Banks against one or more of the Borrowers or
their respective successors or assigns, any of the rights or
remedies reserved to the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks
pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Documents. Each Guarantor
agrees that any notice or directive given at any time to the
Administrative Agent or any of the Banks which is inconsistent with
the waiver in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void and
may be ignored by the Administrative Agent and the Banks, and, in
addition, may not be pleaded or introduced as evidence in any
litigation relating to this Guaranty for the reason that such
pleading or introduction would be at variance with the written
terms of this Guaranty, unless the Administrative Agent has
specifically agreed otherwise in a writing, signed by a duly
authorized officer. Each Guarantor specifically acknowledges and
agrees that the foregoing waivers are of the essence of this
transaction and that, but for this Guaranty and such waivers, the
Administrative Agent and the Banks would not make the requested
Loan to the Borrowers.
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3. Each
Guarantor waives, and covenants and agrees that it will not at any
time insist upon, plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take
the benefit or advantage of, any and all appraisal, valuation,
stay, extension, marshaling-of-assets or redemption laws, or right
of homestead or exemption, whether now or at any time hereafter in
force, which may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance
by each Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by
the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks of, this Guaranty.
Each Guarantor further covenants and agrees not to set up or claim
any defense, counterclaim, offset, setoff or other objection of any
kind to any action, suit or proceeding in law, equity or otherwise,
or to any demand or claim that may be instituted or made by the
Administrative Agent or any of the Banks other than the defense of
the actual timely payment and performance by the Borrowers of the
Guaranteed Obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not be deemed a waiver of each Guarantor’s
right to assert any compulsory counterclaim, if such counterclaim
is compelled under local law or rule of procedure, nor shall the
foregoing be deemed a waiver of each Guarantor’s right to
assert any claim which would constitute a defense, setoff,
counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever against the
Administrative Agent or any Bank in any separate action or
proceeding. Each Guarantor represents, warrants and agrees that, as
of the date hereof, its obligations under this Guaranty are not
subject to any counterclaims, offsets or defenses against the
Administrative Agent or any Bank of any kind.
4. The
provisions of this Guaranty are for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Banks and their successors and
permitted assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair as
between any Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Banks the
obligations of any Borrower under the Loan Documents.
5. This
Guaranty shall be a continuing, unconditional and absolute guaranty
and the liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be
terminated, affected, modified, impaired or diminished by reason of
the happening, from time to time, of any of the following, all
without notice or the further consent of the Guarantors:
(a) any assignment, amendment,
modification or waiver of or change in any of the terms, covenants,
conditions or provisions of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or
the Loan Documents or the invalidity or unenforceability of any of
the foregoing; or
(b) any extension of time that may be
granted by the Administrative Agent to any Borrower, any Guarantor,
or their respective successors or assigns, heirs, executors,
administrators or personal representatives; or
(c) any action which the
Administrative Agent may take or fail to take under or in respect
of any of the Loan Documents or by reason of any waiver of, or
failure to enforce any of the rights, remedies, powers or
privileges available to the Administrative Agent under this
Guaranty or available to the Administrative Agent at law, equity or
otherwise, or any action on the part of the Administrative Agent
granting indulgence or extension in any form whatsoever; or
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(d) any sale, exchange, release, or
other disposition of any property pledged, mortgaged or conveyed,
or any property in which the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks
have been granted a lien or security interest to secure any
indebtedness of any Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the
Banks; or
(e) any release of any person or
entity who may be liable in any manner for the payment and
collection of any amounts owed by any Borrower to the
Administrative Agent and/or the Banks; or
(f) the application of any sums by
whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by any
Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks under the
Loan Documents in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall
determine in its sole discretion; or
(g) any Borrower’s or any
Guarantor’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, sale of all or substantially all of their respective
assets and liabilities, appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, sequestrator or conservator for all or any part of any
Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s assets, insolvency,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment, or the
commencement of other similar proceedings affecting any Borrower or
any Guarantor or any of the assets of any of them, including,
without limitation, (i) the release or discharge of any
Borrower or any Guarantor from the payment and performance of their
respective obligations under any of the Loan Documents by operation
of law, or (ii) the impairment, limitation or modification of
the liability of any Borrower or any Guarantor in bankruptcy, or of
any remedy for the enforcement of the Guaranteed Obligations under
any of the Loan Documents, or any Guarantor’s liability under
this Guaranty, resulting from the operation of any present or
future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future
federal, state or applicable statute or law or from the decision in
any court; or
(h) any improper disposition by any
Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans, it being acknowledged by
each Guarantor that the Administrative Agent or any Bank shall be
entitled to honor any request made by any Borrower for a
disbursement of such proceeds and that neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Bank shall have any obligation to see the proper
disposition by any Borrower of such proceeds.
6. Each
Guarantor agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment
at any time received by the Administrative Agent from any Borrower
or any Guarantor under or with respect to this Guaranty is or must
be rescinded or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Bank
for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or any
Guarantor), then such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder
shall, to the extent of the payment rescinded or returned, be
deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such previous
receipt by such party, and such Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case
may be, as to such payment, as though such previous payment had
never been made.
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