Exhibit 10.10
QUALIFIED BORROWER GUARANTY
UNCONDITIONAL
GUARANTY OF PAYMENT (this “ Guaranty ”), is made
as of June 1, 2006 by AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the “ Guarantor ”) for the benefit
of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and J.P.
MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as Administrative Agent (collectively, the
“ Administrative Agent ”) for the banks (the
“ Banks ”) that are from time to time parties to
that certain Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement
(the “ Credit Agreement ”), dated as of the date
hereof, among the Guarantor, the banks listed on the signature
pages thereof, the Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as
Syndication Agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc of America
Securities LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
Eurohypo AG, New York Branch, Wachovia Bank, N.A., and PNC Bank,
National Association, as Documentation Agents, and The Bank of Nova
Scotia, acting through its San Francisco Agency, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., ING Real Estate Finance (USA) LLC, and LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Managing Agents.
Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined in this Guaranty shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, a Qualified Borrower
may request that the Banks make one or more loans (each, a “
Loan ”) to the Qualified Borrower, to be guaranteed by
Guarantor by this Guaranty and to be evidenced by Qualified
Borrower Notes (collectively, the “ Note ”),
payable by the Qualified Borrower to the order of the Banks.
WHEREAS,
this Guaranty is the “Qualified Borrower Guaranty”
referred to in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Banks to make
one or more Loans to one or more Qualified Borrowers, and to
satisfy one of the conditions contained in the Credit Agreement
with respect thereto, the Guarantor has agreed to enter into this
Guaranty.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the direct and
indirect benefits to be derived from the making of the Loans by the
Banks to Qualified Borrowers, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
1.
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 each and every Qualified Borrower
now or hereafter existing under the Note (whether executed and
delivered simultaneously
herewith
or subsequently), or under any of the other Loan Documents (such
obligations, whenever arising, being the “ Guaranteed
Obligations ”), and any and all reasonable costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the
Administrative Agent in enforcing its rights under this
Guaranty.
2. It
is agreed that the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are primary
and this Guaranty shall be enforceable against Guarantor and its
successors and assigns without the necessity for any suit or
proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever brought by the
Administrative Agent against the relevant Qualified Borrower or its
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 Guarantor 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 such Qualified Borrower’s financial
condition and any other fact which might materially increase the
risk to Guarantor), all of which Guarantor hereby expressly waives;
and Guarantor hereby expressly agrees that the validity of this
Guaranty and the obligations of the 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 against such Qualified Borrower or its
respective successors or assigns, any of the rights or remedies
reserved to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of
the Loan Documents. Guarantor hereby agrees that any notice or
directive given at any time to the Administrative Agent which is
inconsistent with the waiver in the immediately preceding sentence
shall be void and may be ignored by the Administrative Agent, 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. 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 Banks would
not make Loans and the Fronting Bank would not issue Letters of
Credit on behalf of any Qualified Borrower.
3.
Guarantor hereby 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 Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by the
Administrative Agent of, this Guaranty. Guarantor further covenants
and agrees not to set up or claim any defense, counterclaim,
offset, set-off 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
other than the defense of the actual timely payment and performance
by the relevant Qualified Borrower of the Guaranteed
Obligations
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hereunder; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be
deemed a waiver of 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
Guarantor’s right to assert any claim which would constitute
a defense, setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature
whatsoever against Administrative Agent or any Bank in any separate
action or proceeding. 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 of any
kind against the Administrative Agent, the Banks or the Fronting
Bank.
4. The
provisions of this Guaranty are for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Banks and their successors
and permitted assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair as
between any Qualified Borrower and the Administrative Agent the
obligations of such Qualified Borrower under the Loan
Documents.
5. This
Guaranty shall be a continuing, unconditional and absolute guaranty
and the liability of 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 Guarantor:
(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 Qualified 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
(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 Qualified
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 Qualified
Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks; or
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(f) the
application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to
any amounts owing by any Qualified 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
Qualified Borrower’s or the 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 Qualified Borrower’s or Guarantor’s
assets, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment, or the commencement of other simil
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