Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION COPY
KEY PRINCIPAL GUARANTY AND
INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
This Key Principal Guaranty and
Indemnity Agreement (the “ Guaranty ”) is
made and entered into as of August 4, 2009, by Senior Housing
Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
“ Guarantor ”), for the benefit of
Citibank, N.A., a national banking association (together with its
successors and assigns, the “ Lender
”).
RECITALS
A.
Lender has agreed to enter into that certain Master Credit Facility
Agreement dated as of August 4, 2009 (as amended, restated,
modified or supplemented from time to time, the “
Master Agreement ”), pursuant to which,
inter alia , Lender has agreed, subject to the terms,
conditions and limitations of the Master Agreement, to make a Term
Loan (the “ Term Loan ”) to SNH FM
FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (“
Borrower ”), which Term Loan is to be evidenced by,
among other things, that certain Fixed Facility Note and that
certain Variable Facility Note, each dated of even date herewith
(collectively, the “ Note ”).
B.
The repayment of the Term Loan and all of the Obligations of
Borrower under the Master Agreement or the other Loan Documents are
guaranteed by this Guaranty to the extent of Borrower’s
personal liability as provided under
Section 14.01(a)(v) and 14.01(a)(vi)of the Master
Agreement.
C.
Guarantor owns, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest in
Borrower and will receive a direct and material benefit from the
Term Loan made to Borrower.
D.
Lender is willing to make the Term Loan to Borrower only if
Guarantor agrees to enter into this Guaranty.
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce
Lender to make the Term Loan to Borrower, and in consideration
thereof, Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
Section 1.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Guaranty shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Master Agreement. In addition, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“ DUS Guide
” means the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing
Guide in its present form and as amended, modified, supplemented or
reissued from time to time (all references to Parts, Chapters,
Sections and other subdivisions of the DUS Guide shall be deemed
references to (i) the Parts, Chapters, Sections and other
subdivisions in effect on the date of the Master Agreement and
(ii) any successor provisions to such Parts, Chapters,
Sections and other subdivisions.
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Section 2.
Obligations.
(a)
Guaranty of Payment and Performance . Guarantor
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Lender
all of the following (collectively, the “Guaranteed
Obligations”): the due and punctual payment when due,
whether at maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration or
otherwise, at all times, of all amounts for which Borrower is
personally liable under Section 14.01(a)(v) and
14.01(a)(vi) of the Master Agreement.
This Guaranty shall be an unconditional guaranty
of payment and performance and not of collection, and is in no way
conditioned upon any attempt by Lender to pursue or exhaust any
remedy against Borrower. This Guaranty is a continuing
guaranty which shall remain in full force and effect until
terminated in accordance with Section 25.
(b)
Indemnification . Guarantor hereby agrees to
indemnify, hold harmless and defend Fannie Mae, Lender and their
respective officers, members, directors, shareholders, officials,
agents, independent contractors and employees and each of them
(each an “indemnified party”) from and against any and
all losses, claims, suits, liabilities, actions, debts, damages,
costs, obligations, judgments, charges and expenses, including sums
paid in settlement of claims and attorneys’ fees, of any
nature whatsoever suffered or incurred by Fannie Mae or Lender in
any manner as a direct or indirect result of:
(i).
the failure of Master Tenant to pay all (a) reasonable
operating expenses of Master Tenant, (b) amounts owing to
Borrower under the Master Lease and (c) obligations under the
Master Lease and each Subordination, Assignment and Security
Agreement (collectively, “Master Tenant Obligations”)
prior to making intercompany affiliate loans or distributing funds
to its parent, except that such indemnity will not apply to
intercompany affiliate loans made in the ordinary course of
implementing parent’s cash management system and
distributions in any Calendar Quarter if Master Tenant has paid all
Master Tenant Obligations in such Calendar Quarter; or
(ii).
the failure of each Operator to pay all (a) reasonable
operating expenses of each Mortgaged Property, (b) amounts
owing under each Sub-Lease to Master Tenant and
(c) obligations of each Operator pursuant to each Sub-Lease
and each Subordination, Assignment and Security Agreement
(collectively, “Operator Obligations”) prior to making
intercompany Affiliate loans or distributing funds to its parent,
except that such indemnity will not apply to intercompany Affiliate
loans made in the ordinary course of implementing parent’s
cash management system and distributions in any Calendar Quarter if
Master Tenant has paid all Operator Obligations in such Calendar
Quarter.
The obligations under this
Section 2(b) are herein referred to as the
“Indemnification Obligations.” The
Indemnification Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations are
herein referred to as the “Guaranteed
Obligations.”
Section 3.
Form of Payment . All payments under this Guaranty shall
be made to Lender in immediately available funds, without reduction
by any recoupment, set-off, counterclaim or cross-claim against
Lender.
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Section 4.
Guarantor’s Obligations are Absolute
. The obligations of Guarantor
under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional, shall not
be subject to any counterclaim, set-off, recoupment, deduction, or
defense based upon any claim Guarantor may have against Lender or
Borrower and shall remain in full force and effect without regard
to, and shall not be released, discharged or terminated or in any
other way affected by, any circumstance or condition (whether or
not Guarantor shall have any knowledge or notice thereof),
including, without limitation:
(a)
any amendment or modification of, or extension of time for payment
of any of the principal of, interest on or other amounts payable
under the Loan Documents;
(b)
any exercise or non-exercise by Lender of any right, power or
remedy under or in respect of the Loan Documents, or any waiver,
consent, forbearance, indulgence or other action, inaction or
omission by Lender under or in respect of the Loan
Documents;
(c)
any assignment, sale or other transfer of Borrower’s interest
in all or any part of the real or personal property which at any
time constitutes collateral for the payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations, including, without limitation, a conveyance of such
property by Borrower to Lender by deed in lieu of
foreclosure;
(d)
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, adjustment,
dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding involving or
affecting Borrower or Lender or their respective properties or
creditors, or any action taken with respect to the Loan Documents
by any trustee or receiver of Borrower or Lender, or by any court,
in any such proceeding;
(e)
any invalidity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any
term or provision of the Loan Documents or Borrower’s
incapacity or lack of authority to enter into the Loan
Documents;
(f)
any release, compromise, settlement or discharge (other than for
payment) with respect to all or any portion of Borrower’s
Obligations under the Loan Documents;
(g)
any acceptance of additional or substituted collateral for payment
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any release or subordination of
any collateral held at any time by Lender as security for the
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h)
any resort to Guarantor for payment of all or any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not Lender shall have resorted
to any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations, if any, or
shall have proceeded to pursue or exhaust its remedies against
Borrower (or any other Person) primarily or secondarily liable for
the Guaranteed Obligations.
No exercise, delay in exercise or non-exercise
by Lender of any right hereby given it, no dealing by Lender with
Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person, no change, impairment or
suspension of any right or remedy of Lender, and no act or thing
which, but for this provision, could act as a release or
exoneration of the liabilities of Guarantor hereunder, shall in any
way affect, decrease, diminish or impair any of the obligations of
Guarantor hereunder or give Guarantor or any other Person any
recourse or defense against Lender.
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Section 5.
Waiver .
Guarantor unconditionally waives the following:
(a)
notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any of the
matters referred to in Section 4 hereof;
(b)
all notices which may be required by statute, rule of law or
otherwise to preserve intact any rights which Lender may have
against Guarantor under this Guaranty, including, without
limitation, any demand, proof or notice of non-payment of any of
the principal of, interest on or other amounts payable under the
Loan Documents, and notice of any failure on the part of Borrower
to perform and comply with any covenant, agreement, term or
condition of the Loan Documents;
(c)
any right to the enforcement, assertion or exercise of any right,
power or remedy conferred upon Lender in the Loan Documents or
otherwise;
(d)
any requirement that Lender act with diligence in enforcing its
rights under the Loan Documents or this Guaranty;
(e)
any right to require Lender to proceed against or exhaust its
recourse against Borrower or any security or collateral held by
Lender, if any, at any time for the payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations or to pursue any other remedy in its power before being
entitled to payment from Guarantor under this Guaranty or before
proceeding against Guarantor;
(f)
any failure by Lender to file or enforce a claim against the estate
(either in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of
Borrower or any other Person;
(g)
any defense based upon an election of remedies by Lender which
destroys or otherwise impairs the subrogation rights of Guarantor
or the right of Guarantor (after payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations) to proceed against Borrower for reimbursement, or
both;
(h)
any defense based upon any taking, modification or release of any
collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any, or any failure
to perfect any security interest in, or the taking of, or failure
to take any other action with respect to, any collateral securing
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, if any;
(i)
any defense based upon the addition, substitution or release, in
whole or in part, of any Person(s), including, without limitation,
another guarantor, primarily or secondarily liable for or in
respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(j)
any rights or defenses based upon an offset by Guarantor against
any obligation now or hereafter owed to Guarantor by Borrower;
and
(k)
all other notices which may or might be lawfully waived by
Guarantor;
it being the intention hereof that Guarantor
shall remain liable as principal, to the extent set forth in this
Guaranty, until the payment and performance in full of the
Guaranteed Obligations, notwithstanding any act, omission or thing
which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of
Guarantor other than the payment and performance in full of the
Guaranteed
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Obligations. No delay by Lender in
exercising any rights and/or powers hereunder or in taking any
action to enforce Borrower’s obligations under the Loan
Documents shall operate as a waiver as to such rights or powers or
in any manner prejudice any and all of Lender’s rights and
powers hereunder against Guarantor. The intention of
Guarantor under this Guaranty is that, so long as any of the
Guaranteed Obligations remains unsatisfied, the obligations of
Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged except by payment or
performance and then only to the extent of such payment or
performance. Guarantor agrees that Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any circumstances,
whether or not referred to in this Guaranty, which might constitute
a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.
Section 6.
Election of Remedies . This Guaranty may be enforced from time to
time, as often as occasion therefor may arise, and without any
requirement that Lender must first pursue or exhaust any remedies
available to it against Borrower under the Loan Documents or
against any other Person or resort to any collateral at any time
held by it for performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, if any,
or any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 7.
Representations and Warranties of Guarantor
. Guarantor hereby
represents and warrants to Lender as follows:
(a)
Due Organization; Qualification . Guarantor is
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in the State
in which it is organized and in each other jurisdiction in which
such qualification and/or standing is necessary to the conduct of
its business and where the failure to be so qualified would
adversely affect the validity of, the enforceability of, or the
ability of Guarantor to perform the Guaranteed
Obligations.
(b)
Power and Authority . Guarantor has the requisite
power and authority (i) to own its properties and to carry on
its business as now conducted and as contemplated to be conducted
in connection with the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations,
and (ii) to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to carry out
the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty.
(c)
Due Authorization . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Guaranty has been duly authorized by all
necessary action and proceedings by or on behalf of Guarantor, and
no further approvals or filings of any kind, including any approval
of or filing with any Governmental Authority, are required by or on
behalf of Guarantor as a condition to the valid execution, delivery
and performance by Guarantor of this Guaranty.
(d)
Valid and Binding Obligations . This Guaranty has been
duly executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligations of Guarantor, enforceable against
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or
by equitable principles or by the exercise of discretion by any
court.
(e)
Non-contravention: No Liens . Neither the execution
and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor, nor the fulfillment of
or compliance with the terms and conditions of this
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Guaranty by Guarantor nor the payment or
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations by Guarantor, as
applicable:
(i)
does or will conflict with or result in any breach or violation of
any Applicable Law enacted or issued by any Governmental Authority
or other agency having jurisdiction over Guarantor, any of the
Mortgaged Properties or any other portion of the Collateral or
assets of Guarantor, or any judgment or order applicable to
Guarantor or to which Guarantor is subject;
(ii)
does or will conflict with or result in any material breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of Guarantor’s Organizational
Documents, any indenture, existing agreement or other instrument to
which Guarantor is a party or to which Guarantor, any of the
Mortgaged Properties or any other portion of the Collateral or
other assets of Guarantor is subject; or
(iii)
does or will require the consent or approval of any creditor of
Guarantor, any Governmental Authority or any other Person except
such consents or approvals which have already been
obtained.
(f)
Pending Litigation or Other Proceedings . There is no
pending or, to the knowledge of Guarantor, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or investigation, at law or in equity, before any court,
board, body or official of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
which, if decided adversely to Guarantor, would have, or may
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(g)
Solvency . Guarantor is not insolvent and will not be
rendered insolvent by the transaction contemplated by this Guaranty
and after giving effect to such transaction, Guarantor will not be
left with an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to
engage in its business or undertakings, nor will Guarantor have
incurred, have intended to incur, or believe that it has incurred,
debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature.
Guarantor did not receive less than a reasonably equivalent value
in exchange for incurrence of the Guaranteed Obligations.
There (i) is no contemplated, pending or, to Guarantor’s
knowledge, threatened bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership,
insolvency or like proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary,
affecting Guarantor and (ii) has been no assertion or exercise
of jurisdiction over Guarantor by any court empowered to exercise
bankruptcy powers.
(h)
No Contractual Defaults . There are no defaults by
Guarantor or, to the knowledge of Guarantor, by any other Person
under any contract to which Guarantor is a party other than
defaults which do not have, and are not reasonably be
expected