LIMITED PAYMENT
GUARANTY
This Limited Payment Guaranty is made as of
October 22, 2008 by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (“ Guarantor ”) to
and for the benefit of KeyBank National Association, individually
(“ KeyBank ”) and as administrative agent
(“ Administrative Agent ”) for itself and the
lenders under the Loan Agreement (as defined below) and their
respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “
Lenders ”).
RECITALS
A. Glimcher
Northtown Venture LLC, a limited liability company organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Glimcher Borrower
”) and GB Northtown, LLC, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ GB
Borrower ” and collectively with Glimcher Borrower, the
“ Borrower ”) and Guarantor have requested that
the Lenders make a single disbursement term loan available to
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000 (the
“ Loan ”).
B. The
Lenders have agreed to make the Loan available to Borrower pursuant
to the terms and conditions set forth in a Term Loan Agreement of
even date herewith among Borrower, Guarantor, KeyBank,
individually, and as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders named
therein (as amended, modified or restated from time to time, the
“ Loan Agreement ”). All capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
C. Borrower
has executed and delivered or will execute and deliver to the
Lenders promissory notes in the principal amount of each
Lender’s Commitment as evidence of Borrower’s
indebtedness to each such Lender with respect to the Loan (the
promissory notes described above, together with any amendments or
allonges thereto, or restatements, replacements or renewals
thereof, and/or new promissory notes to new Lenders under the Loan
Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the “
Notes ”).
D. Guarantor
is the sole member of both Glimcher Borrower and GB
Borrower. Guarantor acknowledges that the extension of
credit by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement
will benefit Guarantor by enhancing the financial strength of the
Borrower. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by
Guarantor is a condition precedent to the performance by the
Lenders of their obligations under the Loan Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE, Guarantor, in consideration of
the matters described in the foregoing Recitals, which Recitals are
incorporated herein and made a part hereof, and for other good and
valuable consideration, hereby agrees as follows:
1. Guarantor
absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably guaranties to each of
the Lenders:
(a) the
full and prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the
Notes when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise, and at all times thereafter, and the prompt payment of
all sums which may now be or may hereafter become due and owing
under the Notes, the Loan Agreement, and the other Loan Documents;
and
(b) the
payment of all Enforcement Costs (as hereinafter defined in
Paragraph 7 hereof)
All amounts
due, debts, liabilities, and payment obligations described in
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 1 are referred to
herein as the “ Loan Indebtedness .”
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless a Guaranty
Limitation Suspension Event (as defined below) has occurred and is
continuing as of the date of delivery of any written demand given
under Paragraph 2 below by Administrative Agent to Guarantor
for payment of the outstanding principal balance under the Notes,
Guarantor’s aggregate liability hereunder with respect to the
then-outstanding principal balance under of the Notes shall in no
event exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) (the “
Maximum Principal Guaranteed Amount ”). If such a
Guaranty Limitation Suspension Event does then exist, there shall
be no limitation on the amount of Guarantor’s liability under
this Guaranty. Guarantor expressly acknowledges and agrees that the
limitation of Guarantor’s liability to the Maximum Principal
Guaranteed Amount applies only to the principal balance of the
Notes and shall not apply to interest, fees or any other
non-principal amounts which comprise the Loan Indebtedness or to
the Enforcement Costs, liability for which shall not be limited
hereunder. The term “Guaranty Limitation
Suspension Event” as used herein shall mean, as of any date
of determination, that (i) (A) Herberger’s shall have failed
to be in occupancy of, and open for business in, its premises at
the Collateral Asset on December 31, 2008 or shall have ceased at
any time thereafter to be both in occupancy of, and open for
business in, such premises and not more than thirty-one (31) days
delinquent in paying rent due under its lease of such premises or
(B) any two of Home Depot, LA Fitness, Best Buy and Burlington Coat
Factory shall have ceased at any time after the date hereof to be
both in occupancy of, and open for business in, their premises at
the Collateral Asset and not more than thirty-one (31) days
delinquent in paying rent due under their leases of such premises
and (ii) Borrower has failed by such date of determination
to either (A) enter into a lease or leases with a replacement
tenant or tenants acceptable in all respects to the Administrative
Agent, in its reasonable discretion, or (B) cause the
Administrative Agent to have received and approved an Appraisal
establishing an updated Appraised Value for the Collateral Asset
reflecting the loss of such tenant or tenants and repay a
sufficient amount of the Outstanding Loan Amount to achieve a
Collateral Asset LTV of sixty percent (60%) or less, using such
updated Appraised Value. In no event shall the Maximum
Principal Guaranteed Amount be reduced below the amount stated
above as a result of: (i) any principal payments made by Borrower
under the Loan, including without limitation any optional
prepayments under Section 2.6(a) of the Loan Agreement
or mandatory prepayments under Section 2.6(b) of the Loan
Agreement; (ii) Administrative Agent’s foreclosure or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to any
collateral securing the Indebtedness; or (iii) the payment to
Administrative Agent by Guarantor of any amount pursuant to a
Non-Recourse Exception Guaranty Agreement or an Account Security
Pledge, Assignment and Control Agreement of even date herewith made
by Guarantor, in favor of Administrative Agent, or that certain
Environmental Indemnity Agreement of even date herewith made by
Guarantor and Borrower in favor of Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ agreement to the
foregoing limitation on Guarantor’s liability shall in no way
be deemed to limit or restrict Administrative Agent’s right
to apply any sums paid by Guarantor to any portion of the
Obligations of Borrower with respect to the Loan.
2. In
the event of any default by Borrower from time to time in making
payment of the Loan Indebtedness beyond the expiration of any
applicable grace period provided for in the Loan Agreement,
Guarantor agrees, within thirty (30) days after written demand by
the Administrative Agent to pay the Loan Indebtedness, subject to
the limitations set forth in Paragraph 1 , as may then be or
thereafter become due and owing or to be performed under the terms
of the Notes, the Loan Agreement, and the other Loan
Documents.
3. Guarantor
does hereby waive (i) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any and all notices
and demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any
statute, rule or law, (ii) any defense, right of set-off or
other claim which Guarantor may have against Borrower or which
Guarantor or Borrower may have against the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders or the holder of a Note, (iii) presentment for
payment, demand for payment (other than as provided for in
Paragraph 2 above), notice of nonpayment (other than as
provided for in Paragraph 2 above) or dishonor, protest
and notice of protest, diligence in collection and any and all
formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge
Guarantor with liability, (iv) any failure by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to inform Guarantor of any
facts the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may now or hereafter
know about Borrower, the Loan, or the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no duty so to inform and
that Guarantor is fully responsible for being and remaining
informed by Borrower of all circumstances bearing on the existence
or creation, or the risk of nonpayment of the Loan Indebtedness,
and (v) any and all right to cause a marshalling of assets of
Borrower or any other action by any court or governmental body with
respect thereto, or to cause the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders to proceed against any other security given to a Lender in
connection with the Loan Indebtedness. Credit may be
granted or continued from time to time by the Lend
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