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Exhibit
10.61
LOAN AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MARCH 14,
2008
by and among
COMSTOCK STATION VIEW,
L.C.,
COMSTOCK POTOMAC YARD,
L.C.,
AS BORROWERS,
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
THE OTHER LENDERS THAT MAY
BECOME
PARTIES TO THIS
AGREEMENT,
AND
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
AS AGENT
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| §1. |
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DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION |
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§1.1 |
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Definitions |
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§1.2 |
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Rules of
Interpretation |
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THE LOAN FACILITIES |
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§2.1 |
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Loans |
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§2.2 |
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Interest
on Loans |
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§2.3 |
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Requests
for Loans |
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§2.4 |
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Funds for
Loans |
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§2.5 |
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Use of
Proceeds |
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§2.6 |
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Remargining |
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§2.7 |
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Reborrowing for Purposes of Paying Interest |
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§2.8 |
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Revolving
Credit Facility |
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REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS |
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§3.1 |
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Stated
Maturity |
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§3.2 |
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Optional
Prepayments |
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§3.3 |
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Mandatory
Prepayments |
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§3.4 |
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Partial
Prepayments |
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§3.5 |
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Effect of
Prepayments |
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CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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§4.1 |
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Conversion Options |
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§4.2 |
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Closing
Fee |
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§4.3 |
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[Intentionally omitted] |
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§4.4 |
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Funds for
Payments |
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§4.5 |
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Computations |
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§4.6 |
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Suspension of LIBOR Rate Loans |
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§4.7 |
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Illegality |
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§4.8 |
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Additional Interest |
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§4.9 |
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Additional Costs, Etc |
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§4.10 |
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Capital
Adequacy |
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§4.11 |
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Breakage
Costs |
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§4.12 |
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Default
Interest; Late Charge |
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§4.13 |
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Certificate |
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§4.14 |
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Limitation on Interest |
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§4.15 |
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Certain
Provisions Relating to Increased Costs |
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COLLATERAL SECURITY |
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§5.1 |
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Collateral |
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§5.2 |
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Release
of Mortgaged Property |
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§5.3 |
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Release
of Collateral |
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§5.4 |
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Sale of
Mortgaged Property or Change in Borrowers |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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§6.1 |
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Corporate
Authority, Etc |
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§6.2 |
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Governmental Approvals |
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§6.3 |
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Financial
Statements |
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§6.4 |
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No
Material Changes |
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§6.5 |
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Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc |
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§6.6 |
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Litigation |
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§6.7 |
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No
Material Adverse Contracts, Etc |
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§6.8 |
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Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws, Etc |
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§6.9 |
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Tax
Status |
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§6.10 |
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No Event
of Default |
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§6.11 |
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Investment Company Act |
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§6.12 |
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Employee
Benefit Plans |
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§6.13 |
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Disclosure |
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§6.14 |
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Trade
Name; Place of Business |
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§6.15 |
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Regulations T, U and X |
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§6.16 |
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Environmental Compliance |
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§6.17 |
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Subsidiaries; Organizational Structure |
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§6.18 |
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Mortgaged
Property |
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§6.19 |
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Brokers |
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§6.20 |
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Other
Debt |
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§6.21 |
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Solvency |
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§6.22 |
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No
Bankruptcy Filing |
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TABLE OF
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§6.23 |
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No
Fraudulent Intent |
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§6.24 |
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OFAC |
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§6.25 |
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Transaction in Best Interests of Borrowers;
Consideration |
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§6.26 |
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Purchase
Contracts |
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§6.27 |
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Contribution Agreement |
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§6.28 |
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Potomac
Project |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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§7.1 |
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Punctual
Payment |
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§7.2 |
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Maintenance of Office |
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§7.3 |
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Records
and Accounts |
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§7.4 |
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Financial
Statements, Certificates and Information |
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§7.5 |
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Notices |
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§7.6 |
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Existence |
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§7.7 |
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Insurance; Condemnation |
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§7.8 |
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Liens |
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§7.9 |
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Inspection of Properties and Books |
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§7.10 |
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Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and
Permits |
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§7.11 |
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Further
Assurances |
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§7.12 |
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Leases |
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§7.13 |
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Plan
Assets |
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§7.14 |
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Single
Purpose Entity Requirements |
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§7.15 |
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Potomac
Project |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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§8.1 |
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Restrictions on Indebtedness |
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§8.2 |
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Restrictions on Liens, Etc |
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§8.3 |
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Merger,
Consolidation |
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§8.4 |
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Sale and
Leaseback |
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§8.5 |
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Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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§8.6 |
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Distributions |
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§8.7 |
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Zoning
and Contract Changes and Compliance |
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§8.8 |
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Contracts |
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TABLE OF
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§8.9 |
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Restrictions on Easements, Covenants and
Restrictions |
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HOLDBACKS |
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| §10. |
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CLOSING CONDITIONS |
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§10.1 |
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Loan
Documents |
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§10.2 |
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Certified
Copies of Organizational Documents |
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§10.3 |
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Resolutions |
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§10.4 |
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Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers |
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§10.5 |
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Opinion
of Counsel |
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§10.6 |
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Payment
of Fees |
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§10.7 |
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Performance; No Default |
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§10.8 |
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Representations and Warranties |
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§10.9 |
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Proceedings and Documents |
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§10.10 |
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Mortgaged
Property Qualification Documents |
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§10.11 |
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Appraisal |
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§10.12 |
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Consents |
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§10.13 |
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Purchase
Contracts |
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§10.14 |
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CHCI
Subordinate Notes |
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§10.15 |
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Other |
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CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS |
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§11.1 |
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Prior
Conditions Satisfied |
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§11.2 |
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Representations True; No Default |
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§11.3 |
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Borrowing
Documents |
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§11.4 |
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Endorsement to Title Policy |
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§11.5 |
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Future
Advances Tax Payment |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC |
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§12.1 |
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Events of
Default and Acceleration |
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§12.2 |
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Certain
Cure Periods; Limitation of Cure Periods |
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§12.3 |
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Termination of Commitments |
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§12.4 |
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Remedies |
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§12.5 |
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Distribution of Collateral Proceeds |
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SETOFF |
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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THE AGENT |
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§14.1 |
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Authorization |
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§14.2 |
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Employees
and Agents |
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§14.3 |
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No
Liability |
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§14.4 |
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No
Representations |
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§14.5 |
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Payments |
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§14.6 |
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Holders
of Notes |
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§14.7 |
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Indemnity |
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§14.8 |
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Agent as
Lender |
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§14.9 |
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Resignation |
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§14.10 |
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Duties in
the Case of Enforcement |
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§14.11 |
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Bankruptcy |
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§14.12 |
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Request
for Agent Action |
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§14.13 |
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Reliance
by Agent |
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§14.14 |
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Approvals |
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§14.15 |
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Borrowers
Not Beneficiary |
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EXPENSES |
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INDEMNIFICATION |
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SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC |
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| §18. |
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ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION |
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§18.1 |
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Conditions to Assignment by Lenders |
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§18.2 |
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Register |
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§18.3 |
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New
Notes |
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§18.4 |
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Participations |
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§18.5 |
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Pledge by
Lender |
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§18.6 |
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No
Assignment by Borrowers |
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§18.7 |
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Disclosure |
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§18.8 |
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Amendments to Loan Documents |
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NOTICES |
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RELATIONSHIP |
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GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE |
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TABLE OF
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HEADINGS |
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COUNTERPARTS |
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC |
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| §25. |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS |
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DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWERS |
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| §27. |
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CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC |
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| §28. |
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SEVERABILITY |
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TIME OF THE ESSENCE |
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NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS |
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REPLACEMENT NOTES |
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NO THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED |
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PATRIOT ACT |
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JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY |
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCERNING OBLIGATIONS OF
BORROWERS |
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§35.1 |
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Attorney-in-Fact |
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§35.2 |
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Accommodation |
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§35.3 |
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Waiver of
Automatic or Supplemental Stay |
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§35.4 |
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Waiver of
Defenses |
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§35.5 |
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Waiver |
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§35.6 |
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Subordination |
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CONFLICT |
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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF ORIGINAL LOAN
AGREEMENTS |
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EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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EXHIBIT A-1
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FORM OF
POTOMAC NOTE |
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EXHIBIT A-2
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FORM OF
STATION VIEW NOTE |
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EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF
REQUEST FOR LOAN |
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT |
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EXHIBIT D
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INTENTIONALLY OMITTED |
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EXHIBIT E
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COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE |
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SCHEDULE 1.1
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LENDERS AND
COMMITMENTS |
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SCHEDULE 1.2
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MORTGAGED
PROPERTY QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS |
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SCHEDULE 3.3
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MANDATORY
PREPAYMENTS |
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SCHEDULE 6.6
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PENDING
LITIGATION AND JUDGMENTS |
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SCHEDULE 6.9
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TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS |
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SCHEDULE 6.17
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE |
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SCHEDULE 6.18(C)
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PURCHASE
OPTIONS |
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SCHEDULE 6.28
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OUTSTANDING
CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY |
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SCHEDULE 7.12
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POTOMAC
PROJECT LEASING PARAMETERS |
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SCHEDULE 8.8
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RELEASE
PRICES |
vii
LOAN
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is made as of the 14th day of March,
2008 by and among COMSTOCK STATION VIEW, L.C. , a Virginia
limited liability company (“Station View”), COMSTOCK
POTOMAC YARD, L.C. , a Virginia limited liability company
(“Potomac”; Station View and Potomac are sometimes
hereinafter referred to individually as “Borrower” and
collectively as “Borrowers”), KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (“KeyBank”) and the other lending
institutions that may become parties hereto pursuant to §18
(together with KeyBank, the “Lenders”), and KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Agent for the Lenders (the
“Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , Borrowers
have requested that the Lenders provide a loan to Borrowers;
and
WHEREAS , the Agent
and the Lenders are willing to provide such loan to Borrowers on
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the recitals herein and mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby covenant and
agree as follows:
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DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION. |
§1.1 Definitions
. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this
§l or elsewhere in the provisions of this Agreement referred
to below:
Affiliate . An
Affiliate, as applied to any Person, shall mean any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with, that Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as applied to any Person,
means (a) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the stock, shares, voting
trust certificates, beneficial interest, partnership interests,
member interests or other interests having voting power for the
election of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract
or otherwise, or (b) the ownership of (i) a general
partnership interest, (ii) a managing member’s or
manager’s interest in a limited liability company or
(iii) a limited partnership interest or preferred stock (or
other ownership interest) representing ten percent (10%) or
more of the outstanding limited partnership interests, preferred
stock or other ownership interests of such Person.
Agent . KeyBank
National Association, acting as administrative agent for the
Lenders, and its successors and assigns.
Agent’s Head
Office . The Agent’s head office located at 127 Public
Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306, or at such other location as
the Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the
Borrowers and the Lenders.
Agent’s Special
Counsel . McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP or such other
counsel as selected by Agent.
Agreement . This Loan
Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.
Agreement Regarding
Fees . See §4.2.
Appraisal . An MAI
appraisal of the value of the Mortgaged Property, determined on an
“as-is” market value basis, performed by an independent
appraiser selected by the Agent who is not an employee of the
Borrowers, the Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, the Agent or a
Lender, the form and substance of such appraisal and the identity
of the appraiser to be in compliance with the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as
amended, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and all
other regulatory laws and policies (both regulatory and internal)
applicable to the Lenders and otherwise acceptable to the
Agent.
Appraised Value . The
“as is” market value of the Mortgaged Property as
reflected in the Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property; subject,
however, to such reasonable adjustments to the value determined
thereby as may be required by the appraisal department of the Agent
in its good faith business judgment. The Appraised Value of the
Mortgaged Property shall be determined based only upon permits for
the development of the Mortgaged Property that have been issued and
are in full force and effect.
Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement . See §18.1.
Assignment of
Interests . The Assignment of Interests dated of even date
herewith by the Guarantor in favor of Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders, as the same may be hereafter modified or
amended.
Assignment of Potomac Loan
Documents . The Assignment dated of even date herewith from
Corus Bank, N.A. to Agent.
Assignment of Sales
Contracts and Deposits . The Assignment of Sales Contracts and
Deposits dated of even date herewith by Potomac in favor of Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be hereafter
modified or amended.
Assignment of Station View
Loan Documents . The Assignment dated of even date herewith
from KeyBank National Association to Agent.
Authorized Officer .
Christopher Clemente and Bruce Labovitz as to Station View, and
Christopher Clemente and Bruce Labovitz as to Potomac.
Balance Sheet Date .
December 31, 2007.
Bankruptcy Code .
Title 11, U.S.C.A., as amended from time to time or any successor
statute thereto.
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Base Rate . The
greater of (a) the fluctuating annual rate of interest
announced from time to time by the Agent at the Agent’s Head
Office as its “prime rate” or (b) one half of one
percent (0.5%) above the Federal Funds Effective Rate. The Base
Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the
lowest or best rate being charged to any customer. Any change in
the rate of interest payable hereunder resulting from a change in
the Base Rate shall become effective as of the opening of business
on the day on which such change in the Base Rate becomes effective,
without notice or demand of any kind.
Base Rate Loans .
Collectively, Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the
Base Rate.
Borrowers . As defined
in the preamble hereto.
Breakage Costs . The
cost to any Lender of re-employing funds bearing interest at LIBOR
(calculated based on the change in LIBOR) for the balance of an
applicable Interest Period (actual or requested), incurred (or
reasonably expected to be incurred) in connection with (i) any
payment of any portion of the Loans bearing interest at LIBOR prior
to the termination of any applicable Interest Period, (ii) the
conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to any other applicable interest
rate on a date other than the last day of the relevant Interest
Period, or (iii) the failure of a Borrower to draw down, on
the first day of the applicable Interest Period, any amount as to
which such Borrower has elected a LIBOR Rate Loan.
Business Day . Any day
on which banking institutions located in the same city and State as
the Agent’s Head Office are located are open for the
transaction of banking business and, in the case of LIBOR Rate
Loans, which also is a LIBOR Business Day.
Capitalized Lease . A
lease under which the discounted future rental payment obligations
of the lessee or the obligor are required to be capitalized on the
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
CERCLA . The
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended.
Change of Control . A
“Change of Control” shall occur if (i) any person
(as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), including a “group” as defined in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (but excluding a director
or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit
plan of the Guarantor), becomes the beneficial owner of Equity
Interests of the Guarantor having at least fifty percent
(50%) of the total number of votes that may be cast for the
election of directors of the Guarantor; (ii) the merger or
other business combination of the Guarantor, sale of all or
substantially all of the Guarantor’s assets or combination of
the foregoing transactions; or (iii) the persons who were
directors of the Guarantor on the date hereof (the “Incumbent
Directors”) shall cease to constitute at least a majority of
the board of directors of the Guarantor; provided, that, any
director who was not a director as of the date hereof shall be
deemed to be an Incumbent Director if such director was elected to
the board of directors by, or on the recommendation of or with the
approval of, at least two-thirds of the directors who then
qualified as Incumbent Directors either actually or by prior
operation of this provision, unless such election, recommendation
or approval was the result of an actual or threatened election
contest of the type contemplated by Regulation 14a-11 promulgated
under the Exchange Act or any successor provision.
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CHCI Subordinate Notes
. The promissory notes issued pursuant to that certain Indenture
dated March 15, 2007, by and between Guarantor and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. (“Trustee”), as amended and restated
pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Indenture dated
March 14, 2008, by and between Guarantor and
Trustee.
Closing Date . The
first date on which all of the conditions set forth in §10 and
§11 have been satisfied.
Code . The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral . All of
the property, rights and interests of the Borrowers and the
Guarantor which are subject to the security interests, security
title, liens and mortgages created by the Security Documents,
including, without limitation, the Mortgaged Property, the Guaranty
and the Assignment of Interests.
Commitment . With
respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 1.1
hereto as the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to make or
maintain Loans to the Borrowers, as the same may be changed from
time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Commitment Percentage
. With respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on
Schedule 1.1 hereto as such Lender’s percentage of the
aggregate Commitments of all of the Lenders, as the same may be
changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Compliance Certificate
. See §7.4(i).
Condemnation Proceeds
. All compensation, awards, damages, judgments and proceeds awarded
to a Borrower by reason of any Taking, net of all reasonable and
customary amounts actually expended to collect the same.
Condominium
Declaration . Declaration of The Eclipse on Center Park
Condominium dated as of October 20, 2006, by Comstock Potomac
Yard, L.C., a Virginia limited liability company
(“Declarant”), recorded on October 20, 2006 at
Book 4033, Page 290, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Arlington County, Virginia; as amended by that certain
Corrective Amendment to Condominium Instruments to The Eclipse on
Center Park Condominium, dated November 27, 2006, by
Declarant, recorded on November 29, 2006, at Book 4045, Page
1819, aforesaid records; as further amended by that certain
Corrective Amendment to Condominium Instruments to The Eclipse on
Center Park Condominium dated June 19, 2007, by Declarant,
recorded on June 20, 2007, at Book 4109, Page 110, aforesaid
records; as further amended by that certain Corrective Amendment to
Condominium Instruments to The Eclipse on Center Park Condominium
dated May 18, 2007, by Declarant, recorded on
December 19, 2007, at Book 4156, Page 891, aforesaid records;
as further amended by that certain Corrective Amendment to
Condominium Instruments to The Eclipse on Center Park Condominium
dated December 27, 2007, by Declarant, recorded on
December 28, 2007 at Book 4158, Page 1412, aforesaid records;
as further amended by that certain Amendment to
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Condominium Instruments of The Eclipse
on Center Park Condominium Assigning Storage Spaces, dated
December 27, 2007, by Declarant, recorded on December 28,
2007, at Book 4158, Page 1515, aforesaid records.
Contribution Agreement
. That certain Contribution Agreement dated of even date herewith
among the Borrowers and the Guarantor, as the same may be modified,
amended or ratified from time to time.
Conversion/Continuation
Request . A notice given by a Borrower to the Agent of its
election to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with
§4.1.
Declaration . The
instrument, and all amendments or supplements thereto, recorded in
among the land records of the jurisdiction in which the Station
View Project or any part thereof is located, that either
(i) imposes on the association maintenance or operational
responsibilities for the common area or (ii) creates the
authority in the association to impose on lots, or on the owners or
occupants of such lots, or on any other entity any mandatory
payment of money in connection with the provision of maintenance
and/or services for the benefit of some or all of the lots, the
owners or occupants of the lots, or the common area.
Default . See
§12.1.
Default Rate . See
§4.12.
Delinquent Lender .
See §14.5(c).
Derivatives Contract .
Any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity
options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps
or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or
forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index
transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange
transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether
or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master
agreement. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the term
“Derivatives Contract” includes any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, including any such
obligations or liabilities under any such master
agreement.
Distribution . With
respect to any Person, the declaration or payment of any cash, cash
flow, dividend or distribution on or in respect of any shares of
any class of capital stock, partner’s interest,
member’s interest or other beneficial interest of such
Person; the purchase, redemption, exchange or other retirement of
any shares of any class of capital stock, partner’s interest,
member’s interest or other beneficial interest of such
Person, directly or indirectly through a subsidiary of such Person
or otherwise; the return of capital by a Person to its
shareholders, partners, members or other beneficial owners as such;
any payment made to retire,
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or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any
capital stock, partner’s interest, member’s interest or
other beneficial interest in a Person; or any other distribution on
or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock,
partner’s interest, member’s interest or other
beneficial interest of such Person.
Dollars or $ .
Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
America.
Domestic Lending
Office . Initially, the office of each Lender designated as
such on Schedule 1.1 hereto; thereafter, such other office
of such Lender, if any, located within the United States that will
be making or maintaining Base Rate Loans.
Drawdown Date . The
date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on
which any Loan which is made prior to the Maturity Date is
converted in accordance with §4.1.
Employee Benefit Plan
. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of §3(3) of
ERISA maintained or contributed to by either Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental Engineer
. A firm of independent professional engineers or other scientists
generally recognized as expert in the detection, analysis and
remediation of Hazardous Substances and related environmental
matters and acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable
discretion.
Environmental Laws .
As defined in the Indemnity Agreement.
Equity Interests .
With respect to any Person, any share of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option
or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such
Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or
profit interests in) such Person, any security convertible into or
exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership
or profit interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for
the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares
(or such other interests), and any other ownership or profit
interest in such Person (including, without limitation,
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or
nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or
other interest is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of
determination.
ERISA . The Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect
from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate . Any
Person which is treated as a single employer with a Borrower or the
Guarantor under §414 of the Code.
ERISA Reportable Event
. A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan
within the meaning of §4043 of ERISA and the regulations
promulgated thereunder as to which the requirement of notice has
not been waived.
Event of Default . See
§12.1.
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Federal Funds Effective
Rate . For any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the
nearest one-hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) announced by
the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on such day as being the
weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous
trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank
in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank
computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the
“Federal Funds Effective Rate.”
GAAP . Generally
accepted accounting principles that are (a) consistent with
the principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board and its predecessors, as in effect from time to
time and (b) consistently applied with past financial
statements of the Person adopting the same principles.
General Contractor
Dispute . The disputes relating to Potomac’s and Balfour
Beatty Construction LLC (as successor-in-interest to Centex
Construction LLC) obligations for the Potomac Project under the AIA
construction contract and exhibits executed on November 4,
2004 by Potomac and Centex Construction LLC and related Agreement
dated January 30, 2008 by and between Potomac and Balfour
Beatty Construction LLC.
Governmental Authority
. The United States of America, the Commonwealth of Virginia, any
political subdivision thereof, and any agency, authority,
department, commission, board, bureau, or instrumentality of any of
them.
Guaranteed Pension
Plan . Any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of
§3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by a Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on
termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of
ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Guarantor . Comstock
Homebuilding Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Guaranty . The
Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance dated of even
date herewith made by Guarantor in favor of the Agent and the
Lenders, as the same may be modified, amended, or ratified, such
Guaranty to be in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent.
Hazardous Substances .
As defined in the Indemnity Agreement.
Holdbacks . The
Interest Holdback.
Indebtedness . With
respect to a Person, at the time of computation thereof, all of the
following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such
Person in respect of money borrowed (other than trade debt incurred
in the ordinary course of business which is not more than thirty
(30) days past due); (b) all obligations of such Person,
whether or not for money borrowed (i) represented by notes
payable, or drafts accepted, in each case representing extensions
of credit, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
similar instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money
indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt
instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest
charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full
or partial payment for property or services rendered;
(c) obligation
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of such Person as a lessee or obligor
under a Capitalized Lease; (d) all reimbursement obligations
of such Person under any letters of credit or acceptances (whether
or not the same have been presented for payment); (e) all
obligations of such Person in respect of any purchase obligation,
repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity
commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement;
(f) obligations under any Derivatives Contract; (g) all
Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has guaranteed or
is otherwise recourse to such Person, including liability of a
general partner in respect of liabilities of a partnership in which
it is a general partner which would constitute
“Indebtedness” hereunder, any obligation to supply
funds to or in any manner to invest directly or indirectly in a
Person, to maintain working capital or equity capital of a Person
or otherwise to maintain net worth, solvency or other financial
condition of a Person, to purchase indebtedness, or to assure the
owner of indebtedness against loss, including, without limitation,
through an agreement to purchase property, securities, goods,
supplies or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make
payment of the indebtedness held by such owner or otherwise; and
(h) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property or
assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or
other payment obligation.
Indemnity Agreement .
The Indemnity Agreement Regarding Hazardous Materials made by the
Borrowers and Guarantor in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, as
the same may be modified, amended or ratified, such agreement to be
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
Insurance Proceeds .
All insurance proceeds, damages and claims and the right thereto
under any insurance policies relating to any portion of any
Collateral, net of all reasonable and customary amounts actually
expended to collect the same.
Interest Holdback .
See §9(a).
Interest Payment Date
. As to each Loan, the first (1st) day of each calendar month
during the term of such Loan.
Interest Period . With
respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan (a) initially, the period
commencing on the Drawdown Date of such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending
one, two or three months (subject to availability) thereafter, and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the day following
the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to
such Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods set
forth above, as selected by a Borrower in a Loan Request or
Conversion/Continuation Request; provided that all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to
the following:
(i) if any Interest Period
with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise end on a day that
is not a LIBOR Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the
next succeeding LIBOR Business Day, unless such next succeeding
LIBOR Business Day occurs in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding LIBOR Business
Day, as determined conclusively by the Agent in accordance with the
then current bank practice in London;
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(ii) if a Borrower shall fail
to give notice as provided in §4.1, such Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested a conversion of the affected LIBOR Rate
Loan to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto;
(iii) any Interest Period
pertaining to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
applicable calendar month; and
(iv) no Interest Period
relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity
Date.
KeyBank . As defined
in the preamble hereto.
Lenders . KeyBank and
any other Person which becomes an assignee of any rights of a
Lender pursuant to §18 (but not including any participant as
described in §18).
LIBOR . For any LIBOR
Rate Loan for any Interest Period, the average rate (rounded
upwards to the nearest 1/16th) as shown in Reuters Screen LIBOR01
Page at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by first class
banks in the London Interbank Market at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on the day that is two (2) LIBOR Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period with a maturity
approximately equal to such Interest Period and in an amount
approximately equal to the amount to which such Interest Period
relates, adjusted for reserves and taxes if required by future
regulations. If Reuters no longer reports such rate, then the rate
shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly
available service displaying such rate as selected by Agent in its
sole discretion. If Agent determines in good faith that the rate so
reported no longer accurately reflects the rate available to Agent
in the London Interbank Market, Loans shall accrue interest based
upon the Base Rate. For any period during which a Reserve
Percentage shall apply, LIBOR with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans
shall be equal to the amount determined above divided by an amount
equal to 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.
LIBOR Business Day .
Any day on which commercial banks are open for international
business (including dealings in Dollar deposits) in London,
England.
LIBOR Lending Office .
Initially, the office of each Lender designated as such on
Schedule 1.1 hereto; thereafter, such other office of such
Lender, if any, that shall be making or maintaining LIBOR Rate
Loans.
Lien . See
§8.2.
Loan or Loans . An
individual Loan or the aggregate Loans, as the case may be, made by
the Lenders hereunder to Borrowers.
Loan Documents . This
Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents and all other
documents, instruments or agreements now or hereafter executed or
delivered by or on behalf of a Borrower or the Guarantor in
connection with the Loans.
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Loan Request . See
§2.3.
Loan to Value Ratio .
See §2.6.
Majority Lenders . As
of any date, the Lender or Lenders whose aggregate Commitment
Percentage is greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Total
Commitment; provided that if there shall only be two
(2) Lenders, the Majority Lenders shall mean both of such
Lenders; and provided further that in determining said percentage
at any given time, all then existing Delinquent Lenders will be
disregarded and excluded and the Commitment Percentages of the
Lenders shall be redetermined for voting purposes only to exclude
the Commitment Percentages of such Delinquent Lenders.
Material Adverse
Effect . A material adverse effect on (a) the business
activities, properties, assets, prospects, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of a Borrower; (b) the
ability of any Borrower or the Guarantor to perform any of its
obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of Agent or the Lenders thereunder; provided, however,
that none of the following shall constitute, or shall be considered
in determining whether there has occurred, and no event,
circumstance, change or effect resulting from or arising out of any
of the following shall constitute, a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) the announcement of the execution of this Agreement;
(ii) changes in the national or world economy or financial
markets as a whole (but excluding changes in economic conditions
that affect the industries or markets in which Borrowers or
Guarantor conduct their business) so long as such changes or
conditions do not adversely affect Borrowers or Guarantor, taken as
a whole, in a materially disproportionate manner relative to other
similarly situated participants in the industries or markets in
which Borrowers or Guarantor operate; and (iii) a decline in
the price, or a change in the trading volume or listing status, of
the common stock of Guarantor on the NASDAQ.
Maturity Date .
March 14, 2011, or such earlier date on which the Loans shall
become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.
Moody’s .
Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
Mortgage . The Deed of
Trust from a Borrower to the trustees named therein acting on
behalf of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may
be modified or amended, pursuant to which such Borrower has
conveyed or granted a mortgage lien upon or a conveyance in fee
simple of the Mortgaged Property as security for the
Obligations.
Mortgaged Property or
Mortgaged Properties . The real estate owned by a Borrower
which is security for the Obligations pursuant to the
Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property
Qualification Documents . See Schedule 1.2 attached
hereto.
Multiemployer Plan .
Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of §3(37) of ERISA
maintained or contributed to by a Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate.
Net Sales Proceeds .
With respect to the sale of any portion of the Mortgaged Property
in accordance with the provisions of §5.2, all gross proceeds
of such sale plus all other
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consideration received in conjunction
with such sale less all reasonable, ordinary and customary costs,
expenses and commissions incurred as a direct result of such sale
and paid to any Person; provided that if such commissions are to a
Person related to the Borrowers, Guarantor or any of their
respective partners, members, managers, officers or directors or
any Person affiliated with the Borrowers, Guarantor or any their
respective partners, members, managers, officers or directors, then
such commissions shall be reasonable and customary in the market in
which the Mortgaged Property is located. Net Sales Proceeds shall
under no circumstances be less than ninety percent (90%) of
the sales price set forth in the Purchase Contract without the
prior written consent of Agent.
Notes . See
§2.1(b).
Notice . See
§19.
Obligations . All
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers or the
Guarantor to any of the Lenders or the Agent, individually or
collectively, under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or in respect of any of the Loans or the Notes, or other
instruments at any time evidencing any of the foregoing, whether
existing on the date of this Agreement or arising or incurred
hereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise.
OFAC . Office of
Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury of the
United States of America.
Original Potomac Loan
Agreement . The “Loan Agreement,” as defined in the
Assignment of Potomac Loan Documents.
Original Potomac Note
. The “Note,” as defined in the Assignment of Potomac
Loan Documents.
Original Station View Loan
Agreement . The “Loan Agreement,” as defined in the
Assignment of Station View Loan Documents.
Original Station View
Note . The “Note,” as defined in the Assignment of
Station View Loan Documents.
Outstanding . With
respect to any Loan, the aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of
any date of determination.
Patriot Act . The
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as the
same may be amended from time to time, and corresponding provisions
of future laws.
PBGC . The Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA and any
successor entity or entities having similar
responsibilities.
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Person . Any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity,
and any government or any governmental agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Plan Assets . Assets
of any employee benefit plan subject to Part 4, Subtitle A, Title I
of ERISA.
Potomac . As defined
in the preamble hereto.
Potomac Loans . The
portion of the Loans that are not Station View Loans.
Potomac Project . A
completed 465-unit condominium project located in Alexandria,
Virginia between U.S. Route 1 and the Potomac River, subject only
to minor customary punchlist items in connection with the sale of
Potomac Units and warranty work typical for a condominium
project.
Potomac Units . Each
of the residential condominium units within the Potomac Project
established by the Condominium Declaration, together with any
appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements created under
the Condominium Declaration and easements for the use of any
appurtenant limited common elements.
Purchase Contract . A
purchase and sale agreement between a Borrower and the purchaser of
a Unit for the purchase of a Unit (and appurtenant percentage
interests in the limited common elements and common elements, if
any), whether now or hereafter existing.
Record . The grid
attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any
other similar record, including computer records, maintained by the
Agent with respect to any Loan referred to in such Note.
Register . See
§18.2.
Release . See
§6.16(c)(iii).
Rent Roll . A report
prepared by Potomac Yard showing for the Potomac Project owned or
leased by Potomac Yard, its occupancy, lease expiration dates,
lease rent and other information in substantially the form
presented to Agent prior to the date hereof or in such other form
as may be reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
Requirements . Any
law, ordinance, code, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental
Authority relating in any way to the acquisition and ownership of
the Potomac Project or the Station View Project, or the use,
occupancy, operation or sale of the Potomac Project or Station View
Project, including those relating to subdivision control, zoning,
building, use and occupancy, fire prevention, health, safety,
sanitation, handicapped access, historic preservation and
protection, tidelands, wetlands, flood control, access and earth
removal, interstate land sales and all Environmental
Laws.
Reserve Percentage .
For any Interest Period, that percentage which is specified three
(3) Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period
by the Board of Governors of
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the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) or any other governmental or quasi-governmental
authority with jurisdiction over Agent or any Lender for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, but not
limited to, any marginal reserve requirement) for Agent or any
Lender with respect to liabilities constituting of or including
(among other liabilities) Eurocurrency liabilities in an amount
equal to that portion of the Loan affected by such Interest Period
and with a maturity equal to such Interest Period.
Salable Inventory .
The total amount of unsold Potomac Units on a square foot
basis.
SEC . The federal
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Security Documents .
Collectively, the Guaranty, the Mortgage, the Indemnity Agreement,
the Assignment of Interests, the Assignment of Sales Contracts and
Deposits, UCC-1 financing statements and any further collateral
assignments to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
Single Purpose Entity
. See §7.14(b).
S&P .
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
Station View . As
defined in the preamble hereto.
Station View Loans .
The portion of the loans used to refinance existing indebtedness
secured by the Station View Project.
Station View Project .
A 7.4 acre parcel of land in Ashburn, Virginia on which Station
View intends to construct a residential community consisting of
forty-seven (47) fee simple residential townhomes.
Subsidiary . For any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or
other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
persons performing similar functions of such corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the
accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person
pursuant to GAAP.
Survey . An instrument
survey of the Mortgaged Property prepared by a registered land
surveyor which shall show the location of all buildings,
structures, easements and utility lines on such property, shall be
sufficient to remove the standard survey exception from the Title
Policy, shall show that all buildings and structures are within the
lot lines of the Mortgaged Property and shall not show any
encroachments by others (or to the extent any encroachments are
shown, such encroachments shall be acceptable to the Agent in its
reasonable discretion), shall show rights of way, adjoining sites,
establish building lines and street lines, the distance to and
names of the nearest intersecting streets and such other details as
the Agent may reasonably require; and shall show whether or not the
Mortgaged Property is located in a flood
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hazard district as established by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor agency or is
located in any flood plain, flood hazard or wetland protection
district established under federal, state or local law and shall
otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
Surveyor Certification
. With respect to the Mortgaged Property, a certificate executed by
the surveyor who prepared the Survey with respect thereto, dated as
of a recent date and containing such information relating to such
parcel as the Agent or the Title Insurance Company may reasonably
require, such certificate to be reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent in form and substance.
Taking . The taking or
appropriation (including by deed in lieu of condemnation) of any
Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof or interest therein,
whether permanently or temporarily, for public or quasi-public use
under the power of eminent domain, by reason of any public
improvement or condemnation proceeding, or in any other manner or
any damage or injury or diminution in value through condemnation,
inverse condemnation or other exercise of the power of eminent
domain.
Title Insurance
Company . Lawyers Title Insurance Company and/or any other
title insurance company or companies approved by the Agent and the
Borrowers.
Title Policy . With
respect to the Mortgaged Property, an ALTA standard form title
insurance policy (or, if such form is not available, an equivalent,
legally promulgated form of mortgagee title insurance policy
reasonably acceptable to the Agent) issued by a Title Insurance
Company (with such reinsurance as the Agent may reasonably require,
any such reinsurance to be with direct access endorsements to the
extent available under applicable law) in an amount as the Agent
may reasonably require based upon the fair market value of the
applicable Mortgaged Property insuring the priority of the Mortgage
thereon and that a Borrower holds marketable fee simple title to
such parcel, subject only to the encumbrances acceptable to Agent
in its reasonable discretion and which shall not contain standard
exceptions for mechanics liens, persons in occupancy or matters
which would be shown by a survey, shall not insure over any matter
except to the extent that any such affirmative insurance is
acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion, and shall
contain such endorsements and affirmative insurance as the Agent
may reasonably require and is available in the State in which the
Mortgaged Property is located.
Total Commitment . The
sum of the Commitments of the Lenders, as in effect from time to
time.
Transfer . See
§5.4.
Type . As to any Loan,
its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
Unit or Units . Any or
all of the Potomac Units.
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§1.2 Rules of
Interpretation .
(a) A reference to any
document or agreement shall include such document or agreement as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with its terms and the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The singular includes the
plural and the plural includes the singular.
(c) A reference to any law
includes any amendment or modification of such law.
(d) A reference to any Person
includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP
applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which
they refer.
(f) The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” are not limiting.
(g) The words
“approval” and “approved”, as the context
requires, means an approval in writing given to the party seeking
approval after full and fair disclosure to the party giving
approval of all material facts necessary in order to determine
whether approval should be granted.
(h) All terms not
specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, have the meanings assigned to them therein.
(i) Reference to a particular
“§”, refers to that section of this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated.
(j) The words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”
and words of like import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular section or subdivision of this
Agreement.
§2.1 Loans
.
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Lenders
severally agrees to lend to Borrowers on the Closing Date, and
Borrowers agree to borrow on the Closing Date, such Lender’s
Loan Commitment Percentage of the total Loan Commitment (except the
portion allocated to the Interest Holdback, which shall be advanced
as provided in §9(a)).
(b) The Loans shall be
evidenced by notes of the Borrowers in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Notes”),
dated of even date with this Agreement (except as otherwise
provided in §18.3) and completed with appropriate insertions.
One Note shall be payable to the order of each Lender in the
principal amount equal to such Lender’s Loan
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Commitment, respectively, or, if less,
the outstanding amount of all Loans made by such Lender, plus
interest accrued thereon, as set forth below. The Borrowers
irrevocably authorize Agent to make or cause to be made, at or
about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Loan or the time of
receipt of any payment of principal thereof, an appropriate
notation on Agent’s Record reflecting the making of such Loan
or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The
outstanding amount of the Loans set forth on Agent’s Record
shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount
thereof owing and unpaid to each Lender, but the failure to record,
or any error in so recording, any such amount on Agent’s
Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the
Borrowers hereunder or under any Note to make payments of principal
of or interest on any Note when due.
§2.2 Interest on
Loans .
(a) Each Base Rate Loan shall
bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date
thereof and ending on the date on which such Base Rate Loan is
repaid or converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan at the rate per annum
equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus one and one-half percent
(1.5%).
(b) Each LIBOR Rate Loan
shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown
Date thereof and ending on the last day of each Interest Period
with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to the sum of
LIBOR determined for such Interest Period plus four percent
(4%).
(c) Borrowers promise to pay
interest on the Loans in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with
respect thereto.
(d) Base Rate Loans and LIBOR
Rate Loans may be converted to Loans of the other Type as provided
in §4.1.
§2.3 Requests for
Loans . A Borrower shall give to the Agent written notice
executed by an Authorized Officer of such Borrower in the form of
Exhibit B hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in writing
in the form of Exhibit B hereto) of each Loan requested
hereunder (including a request for a disbursement from the Interest
Holdback) (a “Loan Request”) by 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland
time) one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date
with respect to Base Rate Loans and two (2) Business Days
prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to LIBOR Rate
Loans. Each such notice shall specify with respect to the requested
Loan, the proposed principal amount of such Loan, the Type of Loan,
the initial Interest Period (if applicable) for such Loan and the
Drawdown Date. Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, the Agent
shall notify each of the Lenders thereof. Each such Loan Request
shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower and shall
obligate such Borrower to accept the Loan requested from the
Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. There shall be no more than
six (6) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any one time.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Lenders shall not
be required to advance any Loans if such advance would cause the
Loan to Value Ratio to exceed the thresholds permitted under
§2.6.
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§2.4 Funds for
Loans .
(a) Not later than 1:00 p.m.
(Cleveland time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Loans, each
of the Lenders will make available to the Agent, at the
Agent’s Head Office, in immediately available funds, the
amount of such Lender’s Loan Commitment or Loan Commitment
Percentage, as applicable, of the amount of the requested Loan
which may be disbursed pursuant to §2.1 or §9. Upon
receipt from each Lender of such amount, and upon receipt of the
documents required by §10 and §11, as applicable, and the
satisfaction of the other conditions set forth therein, to the
extent applicable, the Agent will make available to a Borrower (or
to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to
disbursements from the Holdbacks for the payment of interest) the
aggregate amount of such Loans made available to the Agent by the
Lenders by crediting such amount to the account of a Borrower
maintained at the Agent’s Head Office.
(b) Unless the Agent shall
have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Drawdown
Date that such Lender will not make available to Agent such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of a proposed Loan, Agent may
in its discretion assume that such Lender has made such Loan
available to Agent in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the Agent may, if it chooses, in reliance upon such
assumption make such Loan available to a Borrower (or to the Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to disbursements from
the Holdbacks for the payment of interest), and such Lender shall
be liable to the Agent for the amount of such advance. If such
Lender does not pay such corresponding amount upon the
Agent’s demand therefor, the Agent will promptly notify the
Borrowers, and the Borrowers shall promptly pay such corresponding
amount to the Agent; provided, however, such obligation of
Borrowers shall be deemed satisfied if Agent’s demand is not
made to, Borrowers within five (5) Business Days following the
applicable Drawdown Date. The Agent shall also be entitled to
recover from the Lender or the Borrowers, as the case may be,
interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from
the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Agent
to the Borrowers to the date such corresponding amount is recovered
by the Agent at a per annum rate equal to (i) from the
Borrowers at the applicable rate for such Loan or (ii) from a
Lender at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
§2.5 Use of
Proceeds . The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Loans as
follows: solely to (i) pay closing costs in connection with
this Agreement, (ii) refinance existing indebtedness secured
by the Station View Project, (iii) refinance existing
indebtedness secured by the Potomac Project, (iv) fund
interest due on the Loans, (v) fund to Potomac for the
repurchase by Guarantor of the CHCI Subordinate Notes the amount
identified on the Loan settlement statement for such purpose, and
(vi) the remainder not specifically used by the foregoing item
(v) shall be available for general working capital purposes.
The Borrowers and Guarantor each represent and warrant that the
amounts advanced or to be advanced under the Notes and Loans are
greater than $5,000.00 and are being made exclusively in connection
with loans made for business or investment purposes within the
meaning and intent of Section 6.1-330.75 of the Code of
Virginia (1950), as amended.
§2.6 Remargining
. Borrowers will not at any time permit the ratio of (a) the
Outstanding Loans as of such date to (b) the aggregate
Appraised Value as of such date (such ratio, the “Loan to
Value Ratio”) to exceed seventy-two percent (72%); provided,
however, from and after December 31, 2008, such Loan to Value
Ratio may not exceed seventy percent (70%) at any time.
Borrowers acknowledge that in the event that following the receipt
of a new
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Appraisal Agent determines that the
Outstanding Loans is greater than seventy percent (70%) of the
aggregate Appraised Value, the Outstanding Loans shall be reduced
such that the Outstanding Loans does not exceed seventy percent
(70%) of the aggregate Appraised Value, and Borrowers shall
within thirty (30) days of notice from Agent pay to Agent as a
prepayment of the Loans (to be applied pro rata among the Potomac
Loan and the Station View Loan) such amount as is necessary so that
the sum of the Outstanding Loans does not exceed seventy percent
(70%) of the aggregate Appraised Value. If the Borrowers fail
to remargin the Loan within such thirty (30) day period, then
Borrowers shall have an additional sixty (60) days to make the
required prepayment hereunder so long as Borrowers are diligently
and continuously attempting to cure such Default. The Agent on
behalf of the Banks shall have the right to obtain from time to
time, at the Borrowers’ cost and expense, updated Appraisals
of the Project which will be ordered by the Agent, provided
that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Borrowers shall only be obligated to pay for
the costs and expenses associated with one such Appraisal during
any twelve (12) month period prior to the occurrence of the
Maturity Date. The reasonable actual out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by the Agent in obtaining such Appraisals shall
be paid by the Borrowers forthwith upon billing or request by the
Agent for reimbursement therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
then Agent shall not have the right to obtain an updated Appraisal
prior to December 31, 2008; provided, further, however
that in the event Agent determines in its reasonable discretion
that Potomac Units are not going under contract or are not being
released pursuant to §5.2 at a frequency and sales price that
would support the mandatory prepayments required by §3.3, then
Agent shall have the right to obtain an Appraisal of the Potomac
Project as of December 31, 2008 at the Borrowers’
expense.
§2.7 Reborrowing for
Purposes of Paying Interest . Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, Borrowers may reborrow (and repay and reborrow)
from time to time between the Closing Date and the Maturity Date
funds not to exceed the amount in the Interest Holdback from the
Interest Holdback at such time as the Interest Holdback is fully
funded pursuant to §5.2(d)(ii). Borrowers may only reborrow
such amounts for the purpose of paying interest on the
Loans.
§2.8 Revolving Credit
Facility . Provided that no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, on the date the total Outstanding
Loans reduce to $30,000,000, Borrowers may give written notice to
the Agent within thirty (30) days of the Outstanding Loans
reducing to $30,000,000 that Borrowers desire to modify this
Agreement to permit reborrowings. Borrowers and Agent agree to
enter into good-faith discussions regarding a modification of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents permitting reborrowings for
projects other than the Potomac Project and Station View Project
and establishing a borrowing base pursuant to such documents and
terms as are satisfactory to Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders in
their sole discretion. Additionally, inclusion of any new projects
as Collateral shall be at the sole discretion of Agent and the
Lenders.
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| §3. |
REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS. |
§3.1 Stated
Maturity . Borrowers promise to pay on the Maturity Date and
there shall become absolutely due and payable on the Maturity Date
all of the Loans outstanding on such date, together with any and
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
§3.2 Optional
Prepayments . Borrowers shall have the right, at their
election, to prepay the outstanding amount of the Loans, as a whole
or in part, at any time without penalty or premium; provided
, that if any prepayment of the outstanding amount of any LIBOR
Rate Loans pursuant to this §3.2 is made on a date that is not
the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, such
prepayment shall be accompanied by the payment of any amounts due
pursuant to §4.8. A Borrower shall give the Agent, no later
than 10:00 a.m. (Cleveland time) at least three (3) days prior
written notice of any prepayment pursuant to this §3.2, in
each case specifying the proposed date of prepayment of the Loans
and the principal amount to be prepaid.
§3.3 Mandatory
Prepayments . Beginning on March 31, 2009 and on each of
September 30, 2009 and March 30, 2010, Potomac shall
immediately pay the amounts set forth on Schedule 3.3 hereto
to the Agent for the respective accounts of the Lenders for
application to the outstanding principal balance of the Loans;
provided, however, Potomac shall receive a credit against any
amounts due pursuant to this §3.3 for release proceeds paid to
Agent pursuant to §5.2(d) for application to the outstanding
principal balance of the Potomac Loans, such credit to carry over
to subsequent prepayment dates.
§3.4 Partial
Prepayments . Except with respect to the sale of Units pursuant
to §5.2, each partial prepayment of the Loans under §3.2
shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000.00 or an integral multiple
of $50,000.00 in excess thereof, and shall be accompanied by the
payment of accrued interest on the principal prepaid to the date of
payment. Each partial payment under §3.2, §3.3 or
§5.2 shall, in the absence of instruction by the Borrowers, be
applied first to the principal of Base Rate Loans of such Borrower,
and then to the principal of LIBOR Rate Loans of such Borrower.
Each partial payment under §5.2(d) or §5.2(e) shall
reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Potomac Loans or
Station View Loans, respectively.
§3.5 Effect of
Prepayments . Amounts of the Loans prepaid prior to the
Maturity Date may not be reborrowed, except as expressly permitted
in §2.7 of this Agreement.
| §4. |
CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS. |
§4.1 Conversion
Options .
(a) The Borrowers may elect
from time to time to convert any of their respective outstanding
Loans to a Loan of another Type and such Loans shall thereafter
bear interest as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan, as
applicable; provided that (i) with respect to any such
conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, a Borrower
shall give the Agent at least one (1) Business Day’s
prior written notice of such election, and such conversion shall
only be made on the last day of the Interest Period with respect to
such LIBOR Rate Loan; (ii) with respect to any such conversion
of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, a Borrower shall give the
Agent at least two (2) LIBOR Business Days’ prior
written notice of such election and the Interest Period requested
for such Loan, the principal amount of the Loan so
converted
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shall be in a minimum aggregate amount
of $100,000.00 or an integral multiple of $50,000.00 in excess
thereof and, after giving effect to the making of such Loan, there
shall be no more than six (6) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at
any one time; and (iii) no Loan may be converted into a LIBOR
Rate Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. All or any part of the outstanding Loans of any Type
may be converted as provided herein, provided that no
partial conversion shall result in a Base Rate Loan in a principal
amount of less than $100,000.00 or an integral multiple of
$50,000.00 or a LIBOR Rate Loan in a principal amount of less than
$100,000.00 or an integral multiple of $50,000.00. On the date on
which such conversion is being made, each Lender shall take such
action as is necessary to transfer its Commitment Percentage of
such Loans to its Domestic Lending Office or its LIBOR Lending
Office, as the case may be. Each Conversion/Continuation Request
relating to the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan
shall be irrevocable by the Borrowers.
(b) Any LIBOR Rate Loan may
be continued as such Type upon the expiration of an Interest Period
with respect thereto by compliance by a Borrower with the terms of
§4.1; provided that no LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued
as such when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, but shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate
Loan on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto ending
during the continuance of any Default or Event of
Default.
(c) In the event that a
Borrower does not notify the Agent of its election hereunder with
respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, such Loan shall be automatically
converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of the applicable Interest
Period.
§4.2 Closing Fee
. The Borrowers agree to pay to KeyBank certain fees for services
rendered or to be rendered in connection with the Loans as provided
pursuant to an Agreement Regarding Fees dated as of even date
herewith between the Borrowers and KeyBank (the “Agreement
Regarding Fees”). All such fees shall be fully earned when
paid and nonrefundable under any circumstances.
§4.3 [Intentionally
omitted] .
§4.4 Funds for
Payments .
(a) All payments of
principal, interest, facility fees, Agent’s fees, closing
fees and any other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other
Loan Documents shall be made to the Agent, for the respective
accounts of the Lenders and the Agent, as the case may be, at the
Agent’s Head Office, not later than 2:00 p.m. (Cleveland
time) on the day when due, in each case in lawful money of the
United States in immediately available funds. The Agent is hereby
authorized to charge the accounts of the Borrowers with KeyBank, on
the dates when the amount thereof shall become due and payable,
with the amounts of the principal of and interest on the Loans and
all fees, charges, expenses and other amounts owing to the Agent
and/or the Lenders under the Loan Documents. Subject to the
foregoing, all payments made to Agent on behalf of the Lenders, and
actually received by Agent, shall be deemed received by the Lenders
on the date actually received by Agent.
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(b) All payments by the
Borrowers hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents shall
be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and
without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans, restrictions or
conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any
jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing or
other authority therein unless the Borrowers are compelled by law
to make such deduction or withholding. If any such obligation is
imposed upon the Borrowers with respect to any amount payable by it
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers
will pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as the
case may be) the Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and
payable hereunder or under such other Loan Document, such
additional amount in Dollars as shall be necessary to enable the
Lenders or the Agent to receive the same net amount which the
Lenders or the Agent would have received on such due date had no
such obligation been imposed upon the Borrowers. The Borrowers will
deliver promptly to the Agent certificates or other valid vouchers
for all taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect
to payments made by the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan
Document.
(c) Each Lender organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, if
requested in writing by the Borrowers (but only so long as such
Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Borrowers
with such duly executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from
time to time, be prescribed by law and, which, pursuant to
applicable provisions of (i) an income tax treaty between the
United States and the country of residence of such Lender,
(ii) the Code, or (iii) any applicable rules or
regulations in effect under (i) or (ii) above, indicates
the withholding status of such Lender; provided that nothing
herein (including without limitation the failure or inability to
provide such form or statement) shall relieve the Borrowers of
their obligations under §4.4(b). In the event that the
Borrowers shall have delivered the certificates or vouchers
described above for any payments made by the Borrowers and such
Lender receives a refund of any taxes paid by the Borrowers
pursuant to §4.4(b), such Lender will pay to the Borrowers the
amount of such refund promptly upon receipt thereof;
provided that if at any time thereafter such Lender is
required to return such refund, the Borrowers shall promptly repay
to such Lender the amount of such refund.
§4.5 Computations
. All computations of interest on the Loans and of other fees to
the extent applicable shall be based on a 360 day year and paid for
the actual number of days elapsed. Except as otherwise provided in
the definition of the term “Interest Period” with
respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during
such extension. The Outstanding Loans as reflected on the records
of the Agent from time to time shall be considered prima facie
evidence of such amount absent manifest error.
§4.6 Suspension of
LIBOR Rate Loans . In the event that, prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Agent
shall determine that adequate and reasonable methods do not exist
for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or the Agent shall
reasonably determine that LIBOR will not accurately and fairly
reflect the cost of the Lenders making or maintaining LIBOR Rate
Loans for such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith give
notice of such determination (which shall be conclusive and binding
on the Borrowers and the Lenders absent manifest error) to the
Borrowers and the Lenders. In such
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event (a) any Loan Request with
respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be automatically withdrawn and
shall be deemed a request for a Base Rate Loan and (b) each
LIBOR Rate Loan will automatically, on the last day of the then
current Interest Period applicable thereto, become a Base Rate
Loan, and the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans
shall be suspended until the Agent determines that the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist,
whereupon the Agent shall so notify the Borrowers and the
Lenders.
§4.7 Illegality .
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or
future law, regulation, treaty or directive or the interpretation
or application thereof shall make it unlawful, or any central bank
or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over a Lender
or its LIBOR Lending Office shall assert that it is unlawful, for
any Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Lender shall
forthwith give notice of such circumstances to the Agent and the
Borrowers and thereupon (a) the commitment of the Lenders to
make LIBOR Rate Loans shall forthwith be suspended and (b) the
LIBOR Rate Loans then outstanding shall be converted automatically
to Base Rate Loans on the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loans or within such earlier period
as may be required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, before
giving such notice, the applicable Lender shall designate a
different lending office if such designation will void the need for
giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Lender or increase any
costs payable by Borrowers hereunder.
§4.8 Additional
Interest . If any LIBOR Rate Loan or any portion thereof is
repaid or is converted to a Base Rate Loan for any reason on a date
which is prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable to
such LIBOR Rate Loan, or if repayment of the Loans has been
accelerated as provided in §12.1, a Borrower will pay to the
Agent upon demand for the account of the applicable Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, in
addition to any amounts of interest otherwise payable hereunder,
the Breakage Costs. Borrowers understand, agree and acknowledge the
following: (i) no Lender has any obligation to purchase, sell
and/or match funds in connection with the use of LIBOR as a basis
for calculating the rate of interest on a LIBOR Rate Loan;
(ii) LIBOR is used merely as a reference in determining such
rate; and (iii) Borrowers have accepted LIBOR as a reasonable
and fair basis for calculating such rate and any Breakage Costs.
Borrowers further agree to pay the Breakage Costs, if any, whether
or not a Lender elects to purchase, sell and/or match
funds.
§4.9 Additional
Costs, Etc . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
if any present or future applicable law, which expression, as used
herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and
interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any
governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the
administration or the interpretation thereof and requests,
directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to
time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the
Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other
authority (whether or not having the force of law),
shall:
(a) subject any Lender or the
Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or
withholding of any nature with respect to this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, such Lender’s Commitment or the Loans (other
than taxes based upon or measured by the gross receipts, income or
profits of such Lender or the Agent or its franchise tax),
or
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(b) materially change the
basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on gross receipts,
income or profits or its franchise tax) of payments to any Lender
of the principal of or the interest on any Loans or any other
amounts payable to any Lender under this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents, or
(c) impose or increase or
render applicable any special deposit, reserve, assessment,
liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar requirements (whether
or not having the force of law and which are not already reflected
in any amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder) against assets held
by, or deposits in or for the account of, or loans by, or
commitments of an office of any Lender, or
(d) impose on any Lender or
the Agent any other conditions or requirements with respect to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, such Lender’s
Commitment or any class of loans or commitments of which any of the
Loans or such Lender’s Commitment forms a part; and the
result of any of the foregoing is:
(i) to increase the cost to
any Lender of making, funding, issuing, renewing, extending or
maintaining any of the Loans or such Lender’s Commitment,
or
(ii) to reduce the amount of
principal, interest or other amount payable to any Lender or the
Agent hereunder on account of such Lender’s Commitment or any
of the Loans, or
(iii) to require any Lender
or the Agent to make any payment or to forego any interest or other
sum payable hereunder, the amount of which payment or foregone
interest or other sum is calculated by reference to the gross
amount of any sum receivable or deemed received by such Lender or
the Agent from the Borrowers hereunder,
then, and in each such case, the
Borrowers will, within fifteen (15) days of demand made by
such Lender or (as the case may be) the Agent at any time and from
time to time and as often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay
to such Lender or the Agent such additional amounts as such Lender
or the Agent shall determine in good faith to be sufficient to
compensate such Lender or the Agent for such additional cost,
reduction, payment or foregone interest or other sum. Each Lender
and the Agent in determining such amounts may use any reasonable
averaging and attribution methods generally applied by such Lender
or the Agent.
§4.10 Capital
Adequacy . If after the date hereof any Lender determines that
(a) the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or
guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding
companies or any change in the interpretation or application
thereof by any governmental authority charged with the
administration thereof, or (b) compliance by such Lender or
its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or
directive of any such entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return
on such Lender’s or such holding company’s capital as a
consequence of such Lender’s commitment to make Loans
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or holding
company could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
holding company’s then existing policies with respect to
capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such
entity’s capital) by any amount
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deemed by such Lender to be material,
then such Lender may notify the Borrowers thereof. The Borrowers
agree to pay to such Lender the amount of such reduction in the
return on capital as and when such reduction is determined, upon
presentation by such Lender of a statement of the amount setting
forth the Lender’s calculation thereof. In determining such
amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods generally applied by such Lender.
§4.11 Breakage
Costs . Borrowers shall pay all Breakage Costs required to be
paid by them pursuant to this Agreement and incurred from time to
time by any Lender upon demand within fifteen (15) days from
receipt of written notice from Agent, or such earlier date as may
be required by this Agreement.
§4.12 Default
Interest; Late Charge . Following the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, and regardless of whether or
not the Agent or the Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of
the Loans, all Loans shall bear interest payable on demand at a
rate per annum equal to six percent (6.0%) above the Base Rate
(the “Default Rate”), until such amount shall be paid
in full (after as well as before judgment), or if such amount shall
exceed the maximum rate permitted by law, then at the maximum rate
permitted by law. In addition, Borrowers shall pay a late charge
equal to four percent (4.0%) of any amount of interest and/or
principal payable on the Loans to it or any other amounts payable
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, which is not paid by
the Borrowers within ten (10) days of the date when
due.
§4.13 Certificate
. A certificate setting forth any amounts payable pursuant to
§4.8, §4.9, §4.10, §4.11 or §4.12 and a
reasonably detailed explanation of such amounts which are due,
submitted by any Lender or the Agent to the Borrowers, shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
§4.14 Limitation on
Interest . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents to the contrary, all agreements between or
among the Borrowers, the Guarantor, the Lenders and the Agent,
whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or
oral, are hereby limited so that in no contingency, whether by
reason of acceleration of the maturity of any of the Obligations or
otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged or received
by the Lenders exceed the maximum amount permissible under
applicable law. If, from any circumstance whatsoever, interest
would otherwise be payable to the Lenders in excess of the maximum
lawful amount, the interest payable to the Lenders shall be reduced
to the maximum amount permitted under applicable law; and if from
any circumstance the Lenders shall ever receive anything of value
deemed interest by applicable law in excess of the maximum lawful
amount, an amount equal to any excessive interest shall be applied
to the reduction of the principal balance of the Obligations and to
the payment of interest or, if such excessive interest exceeds the
unpaid balance of principal of the Obligations, such excess shall
be refunded to the Borrowers. All interest paid or agreed to be
paid to the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the
full period until payment in full of the principal of the
Obligations (including the period of any renewal or extension
thereof) so that the interest thereon for such full period shall
not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. This
Section shall control all agreements between or among the
Borrowers, the Guarantor, the Lenders and the Agent.
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§4.15 Certain
Provisions Relating to Increased Costs . If a Lender gives
notice of the existence of the circumstances set forth in §4.7
or any Lender requests compensation for any losses or costs to be
reimbursed pursuant to any one or more of the provisions of
§4.9 or §4.10, then, upon request of Borrowers, such
Lender, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts in a manner
consistent with such institution’s practice in connection
with loans like the Loan of such Lender to eliminate, mitigate or
reduce amounts that would otherwise be payable by Borrowers under
the foregoing provisions, provided that such action would
not be otherwise prejudicial to such Lender, including, without
limitation, by designating another of such Lender’s offices,
branches or affiliates; the Borrowers agreeing to pay all
reasonably incurred costs and expenses incurred by such Lender in
connection with any such action. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, if no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, and if any Lender has given notice
of the existence of the circumstances set forth in §4.7 or has
requested payment or compensation for any losses or costs to be
reimbursed pursuant to any one or more of the provisions of
§4.9 or §4.10 (each, an “Affected Lender”),
then, within thirty (30) days after such notice or request for
payment or compensation, Borrowers shall have the one-time right as
to such Affected Lender to be exercised by delivery of written
notice delivered to the Agent and the Affected Lender within thirty
(30) days of receipt of such notice to elect to cause the
Affected Lender to transfer its Commitment. The Agent shall
promptly notify the remaining Lenders that each of such Lenders
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to acquire a portion
of the Commitment, pro rata based upon their relevant Commitment
Percentages, of the Affected Lender (or if any of such Lenders does
not elect to purchase its pro rata share, then to such remaining
Lenders in such proportion as approved by the Agent). In the event
that the Lenders do not elect to acquire all of the Affected
Lender’s Commitment, then the Agent shall endeavor to obtain
a new Lender to acquire such remaining Commitment. Upon any such
purchase of the Commitment of the Affected Lender, the Affected
Lender’s interest in the Obligations and its rights hereunder
and under the Loan Documents shall terminate at the date of
purchase, and the Affected Lender shall promptly execute all
documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such
interest. The purchase price for the Affected Lender’s
Commitment shall equal any and all amounts outstanding and owed by
Borrowers to the Affected Lender, as applicable, including
principal and all accrued and unpaid interest or fees.
§5.1 Collateral .
The Obligations shall be secured by a perfected first priority lien
and security interest to be held by the Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders in the Collateral pursuant to the Security
Documents.
§5.2 Release of
Mortgaged Property . Provided no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred hereunder and be continuing (or would exist
immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by
this §5.2), the Agent shall release a Unit or Units included
in the Mortgaged Property to be conveyed pursuant to a Purchase
Contract from the lien or security title of the Security Documents
encumbering the same upon the request of a Borrower subject to and
upon the following terms and conditions:
(a) such Borrower shall
deliver to the Agent written notice of its desire to obtain such
release no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the
date on which such release is to be effected. Such request shall be
accompanied by a copy of the sales contract, closing statement and
any related documents reasonably requested by the Agent;
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(b) all release documents to
be executed by the Agent shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent;
(c) Borrowers shall pay all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with such
release, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s
fees;
(d) with respect to the
Potomac Units, Potomac shall cause the settlement agent to
contemporaneously with each sale of a Unit pay to the Agent for the
account of the Lenders an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%), as may be adjusted below in this §5.2(d), of the Net
Sales Proceeds for such Potomac Unit, which payment shall be
applied by Agent as follows:
(i) First, to reduce the
Outstanding Potomac Loans as provided in §3.4 in an amount
equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the portion of the
Potomac Loans allocated to such Potomac Unit on a square foot basis
as set forth on Schedule 5.2 hereto multiplied by the square
footage of such Potomac Unit to be released;
(ii) Second, any remaining
Net Sales Proceeds shall be applied as a prepayment of the Potomac
Loan and increase the Interest Holdback to an amount not greater
than seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the total amount of
the Potomac Loans which may be borrowed by Potomac (including the
Interest Holdback);
(iii) Third, any remaining
Net Sales Proceeds shall be used to reduce the outstanding
principal balance of the Potomac Loans as provided in
§3.4.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, once the Interest Holdback reaches an amount equal to
seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the total amount of the
Potomac Loans which may be borrowed by Potomac (including the
Interest Holdback), then the percentage of Net Sales Proceeds to be
applied by Agent pursuant to this §5.2(d) shall decrease as
the Outstanding Potomac Loans per square foot of Salable Inventory
reduces as follows:
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Foot of Salable Inventory
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Percentage of Net Sales
Proceeds Applied by
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(e) Intentionally
Omitted;
(f) in no event shall Agent
release a Unit if following such sale portions of the remaining
Mortgaged Property (i) shall be without access to a public
street over remaining Mortgaged Property or over a perpetual
easement for ingress and egress, or (ii) shall no longer
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able to tap into, connect with, utilize
or maintain all utilities necessary to serve such portions of the
Mortgaged Property, to the extent applicable, including without
limitation, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water, electricity and
gas, either over remaining Mortgaged Property or over a perpetual
easement with respect thereto;
(g) prior to any sale
hereunder, such Borrower shall have taken such actions as may be
required to cause the portion of the Mortgaged Property to be sold
to be taxed separately from the remaining portion of the Mortgaged
Property;
(h) both the portion of the
Mortgaged Property to be sold and any improvements thereon and the
Mortgaged Property remaining after such sale and any improvements
thereon will be in compliance with all zoning laws, building codes,
parking laws and regulations, subdivision laws or approvals,
set-back lines or any other governmental regulation, requirement or
agreement, including, without limitation, environmental laws, and
any recorded covenants, conditions or restrictions; and
(i) the sale of such property
shall not cause any Borrower to be in violation of or result in a
breach under any other agreement or instrument by which it or any
portion of the Mortgaged Property is bound.
§5.3 Release of
Collateral . Upon the refinancing or repayment of the
Obligations in full, then the Agent shall release the Collateral
from the lien and security interest of the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred hereunder and be continuing (or would
exist immediately after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this §5.3), upon the bulk sale of the Station
View Project, Agent shall release the Station View Project from the
lien and security interests of the Security Documents upon a
payment of the sum of $2,820,000 as a prepayment of principal,
plus any amounts drawn under the Interest Holdback which are
allocable to the Station View Loans; provided, however, in the
event the Potomac Loans have been paid in full, Borrowers shall be
required to repay the Obligations in full to obtain a release of
the Station View Project.
§5.4 Sale of
Mortgaged Property or Change in Borrowers .
(a) Borrowers acknowledge
that the Lenders have examined and relied on the creditworthiness
and experience of Borrowers in agreeing to make the Loan, and that
the Lenders have a valid interest in maintaining the value of the
Mortgaged Property and the other Collateral so as to ensure that
should Borrowers default in the repayment of the Loans, the Lenders
can recover the Obligations by a sale of the Collateral.
(b) Borrowers may not
Transfer the Collateral (except as permitted in §5.2,
§7.12, or §8.4), nor allow any Change in
Ownership.
(c) A “ Transfer
” is defined as any sale, conveyance, assignment, alienation,
mortgage, hypothecation, encumbrance, grant of a lien over or a
security interest in, pledge or other transfer of the Mortgaged
Property, any other Collateral or any part thereof or interest
therein, whether voluntary or involuntary. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, a Transfer is deemed to include:
(i) an installment sales agreement wherein a Borrower agrees
to sell the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof for a price to
be paid in installments; (ii) an
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agreement by a Borrower leasing all or
any part of the Mortgaged Property; or (iii) a sale,
assignment or other transfer of, or the grant of a security
interest in, any Borrower’s right, title and interest in and
to any rents, issues or profits from the Collateral.
(d) A “ Change in
Ownership ” shall occur (i) upon any transfer of any
direct or indirect ownership or economic interests in any Borrower
or the creation of new or additional Equity Interests in any
Borrower; or (ii) upon the addition, change, removal,
resignation or transfer of a managing member, general partner or
similar controlling person or entity of any Borrower.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. |
The Borrowers represent and
warrant to the Agent and the Lenders as follows.
§6.1 Corporate
Authority, Etc .
(a) Incorporation; Good
Standing . Each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor (i) is
a corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited
liability company or trust duly organized under the laws of its
State of organization and is validly existing and in good standing
under the laws thereof, (ii) has all requisite power to own
its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as
presently contemplated and (iii) is in good standing and is
duly authorized to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located (to the extent required by applicable
law) and in each other jurisdiction where a failure to be so
qualified could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization .
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which any Borrower or the Guarantor is a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(i) are within the authority of such Person, (ii) have
been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on the part of
such Person, (iii) do not and will not conflict with or result
in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute,
rule or regulation to which such Person is subject or any judgment,
order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to such
Person, (iv) do not and will not conflict with or constitute a
default (whether with the passage of time or the giving of notice,
or both) under any provision of the partnership agreement, articles
of incorporation, operating agreement or other charter documents or
bylaws of, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon, such
Person or any of its properties, (v) do not and will not
result in or require the imposition of any lien or other
encumbrance on any of the properties, assets or rights of such
Person other than the liens and encumbrances in favor of Agent
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
(vi) do not require the approval or consent of any Person
other than those already obtained and delivered to
Agent.
(c) Enforceability .
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which any Borrower or the Guarantor is a party are
valid and legally binding obligations of such Person enforceable in
accordance with the respective terms and provisions hereof and
thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or
affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and
general principles of equity.
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§6.2 Governmental
Approvals . The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrowers or
the Guarantor is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not require the approval or consent of, or filing or
registration with, or the giving of any notice to, any court,
department, board, governmental agency or authority other than
those already obtained and the filing of the Security Documents in
the appropriate records office with respect thereto.
§6.3 Financial
Statements . The Borrowers have furnished to Agent:
(a) the balance sheet of each Borrower as of the Balance Sheet
Date certified by the chief financial or accounting officer of each
Borrower, and (b) certain other financial information relating
to the Borrowers, the Guarantor and the Mortgaged Property. Such
balance sheet and statements have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP and fairly present the financial condition of each Person
covered thereby as of such dates. There are no liabilities,
contingent or otherwise, of the Borrowers or Guarantor involving
material amounts not disclosed in said financial statements and the
related notes thereto.
§6.4 No Material
Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date there has occurred no
materially adverse change in the financial condition or business of
any Borrower or the Guarantor as shown on or reflected in the
balance sheet of such Person as of the Balance Sheet Date, other
than changes in the ordinary course of business that have not and
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
§6.5 Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, Etc . The Borrowers possess all
franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, service
marks, licenses and permits, and rights in respect of the
foregoing, adequate for the conduct of their business substantially
as now conducted without known conflict with any rights of others.
The Mortgaged Property is not owned or operated under or by
reference to any registered or protected trademark, trade name,
service mark or logo.
§6.6 Litigation .
Except as stated on Schedule 6.6 , there are no actions,
suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending or to the
knowledge of the Borrowers threatened against any Borrower or the
Guarantor before any court, tribunal, arbitrator, mediator or
administrative agency or board which question the validity of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, any action taken or
to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto or any lien, security title
or security interest created or intended to be created pursuant
hereto or thereto, or which if adversely determined could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or impair
the right or ability of such Person to carry on business
substantially as now conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule
6.6 , there are no judgments, final orders or awards
outstanding against or affecting any Borrower, the Guarantor or the
Mortgaged Property.
§6.7 No Material
Adverse Contracts, Etc . None of the Borrowers or the Guarantor
is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or
any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation that has or is
expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of
the Borrowers or the Guarantor is a party to any contract or
agreement that has or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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§6.8 Compliance with
Other Instruments, Laws, Etc . None of the Borrowers or the
Guarantor is in violation of any provision of its charter or other
organizational documents, bylaws, or any agreement or instrument to
which it is subject or by which it or any of its properties is
bound or any decree, order, judgment, statute, license, rule or
regulation, in any of the foregoing cases in a manner that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
§6.9 Tax Status .
Each of the Borrowers and the Guarantor (a) has made or filed
all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject or
has obtained an extension for filing, (b) has paid prior to
delinquency all taxes and other governmental assessments and
charges shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and (c) has set aside on its books
provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers or partners of such Person know of
no basis for any such claim. There are no audits pending or to the
knowledge of Borrowers threatened with respect to any tax returns
filed by Borrowers or the Guarantor. The taxpayer identification
numbers or social security numbers for the Borrowers and the
Guarantor is as set forth in Schedule 6.9 hereto.
§6.10 No Event of
Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
§6.11 Investment
Company Act . None of the Borrowers is an “investment
company”, or an “affiliated company” or a
“principal underwriter” of an “investment
company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
§6.12 Employee
Benefit Plans . None of the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate
maintains or contributes to any Employee Benefit Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan. None of the assets
of the Borrowers constitute a “plan asset” of any
Employee Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension
Plan.
§6.13 Disclosure
. All of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of
the Borrowers and the Guarantor in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents or any document or instrument delivered to the Agent
or the Lenders pursuant to or in connection with any of such Loan
Documents are true and correct in all material respects, and
neither the Borrowers nor the Guarantor has failed to disclose such
information as is necessary to make such representations and
warranties not misleading. There is no material fact or
circumstance that has not been disclosed to the Agent and the
Lenders, and the written information, reports and other papers and
data with respect to the Borrowers, the Guarantor or the Mortgaged
Property (other than projections and estimates) furnished to the
Agent or the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or the
obtaining of the Commitments of the Lenders hereunder was, at the
time so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects,
or has been subsequently supplemented by other written information,
reports or other papers or data, to the extent necessary to give in
all material respects a true and accurate knowledge of the subject
matter in all material respects; provided that such representation
shall not apply to (a) the accuracy of any appraisal
or
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environmental reports prepared by third
parties or legal conclusions or analysis provided by the
Borrowers’ and/or the Guarantor’s counsel (although the
Borrowers and the Guarantor have no reason to believe that the
Agent and the Lenders may not rely on the accuracy thereof) or
(b) budgets, projections and other forward-looking speculative
information prepared in good faith by the Borrowers (except to the
extent the related assumptions were when made manifestly
unreasonable).
§6.14 Trade Name;
Place of Business . Neither of the Borrowers uses any trade
name and conducts business under any name other than its actual
name set forth in the Loan Documents. The principal place of
business of the Borrowers is 11465 Sunset Hills Road,
5th Floor, Reston, Virginia 20190.
§6.15 Regulations T,
U and X . No portion of any Loan is to be used for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or
“margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations T,
U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12
C.F.R. Parts 220, 221 and 224. Neither of the Borrowers is engaged,
nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or
“margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations T,
U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12
C.F.R. Parts 220, 221 and 224.
§6.16 Environmental
Compliance . The Borrowers have taken all commercially
reasonable steps to investigate the past and present conditions and
usage of the Mortgaged Property and the operations conducted
thereon and, except as specifically set forth in the written
environmental site assessment reports of the Environmental Engineer
and all other soil, construction, forensic site reports, surveys
and assessments relating to and documenting the condition and
history of the Mortgaged Property provided to the Agent on or
before the date hereof, make the following representations and
warranties:
(a) Neither any Borrower nor
any operator of the Mortgaged Property, nor any operations thereon
or any prior use thereof, nor the Mortgaged Property, is in
violation or alleged violation of any judgment, decree, order, law,
license, rule or regulation pertaining to environmental matters,
including without limitation, those arising under any Environmental
Law.
(b) There are no claims by
former owners or occupants of the Mortgaged Property, or by owners
of other properties, or by any other third parties, or by any
government agencies, relating to or arising out of the presence of
Hazardous Materials on, in, under, or migrating from the Mortgaged
Property.
(c) (i) No portion of the
Mortgaged Property has been used for the handling, processing,
storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances, and no underground
tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous
Substances is located on any portion of the Mortgaged Property;
(ii) in the course of any activities conducted by the
Borrowers or the operators of the Mortgaged Property, no Hazardous
Substances have been generated or are being used on the Mortgaged
Property; (iii) there has been no past or present releasing,
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping (a
“Release”) or threatened Release of Hazardous
Substances on, upon, into or from the
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Mortgaged Property; (iv) there have
been no Releases on, upon, from or into any real property in the
vicinity of the Mortgaged Property which, through soil or
groundwater contamination or otherwise, may have come to be located
on the Mortgaged Property; and (v) any Hazardous Substances
that have been generated on the Mortgaged Property have been
transported off site in accordance with all applicable
Environmental Laws.
(d) None of the Borrowers nor
the Mortgaged Property is subject to any applicable Environmental
Law requiring the performance of Hazardous Substances site
assessments, or the removal or remediation of Hazardous Substances,
or the giving of notice to any governmental agency or the recording
or delivery to other Persons of an environmental disclosure
document or statement in each case by virtue of the transactions
set forth herein and contemplated hereby, or as a condition to the
recording of the Mortgages or to the effectiveness of any other
transactions contemplated hereby except for such matters that shall
be complied with as of the Closing Date.
(e) There are no existing or
closed sanitary landfills, solid waste disposal sites, or hazardous
waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities on or affecting the
Mortgaged Property, and the Mortgaged Property has never been used
for the disposal of solid waste, trash or debris.
(f) Neither of the Borrowers
has received notice of any claim by any party that any use,
operation, or condition of the Mortgaged Property has caused any
nuisance or any other liability or adverse condition on any other
property, nor is there any knowledge of any basis for such a
claim.
(g) There are no Hazardous
Materials in, on, or under the Mortgaged Property in any
concentration or in any condition that would limit, restrict, or
otherwise affect any future use of the Mortgaged Property,
including without limitation: any residential use; use of
groundwater for any purpose, including drinking water; or grading,
excavation, and disposal of soil.
(h) The Mortgaged Property is
not subject to any orders, decrees, or notices that would require
the owner to take any action under any applicable Environmental
Laws, nor are there conditions on the Mortgaged Property that could
subject the owner of the Property to any such order, decree, or
notice.
(i) The Mortgaged Property
contains no wetlands (as that term is defined in the Clean Water
Act) except as shown on the Survey, endangered or threatened
species (as those terms are defined in the Endangered Species Act),
listed critical habitat or property that is eligible for listing as
critical habitat (under the Endangered Species Act), and is not
subject to any other ecological condition or classification that
would limit, restrict, or otherwise affect any future use of the
Mortgaged Property.
§6.17 Subsidiaries;
Organizational Structure . Neither of the Borrowers has any
Subsidiaries. Schedule 6.17 sets forth the form and
jurisdiction of organization of each Person that directly or
indirectly owns an interest in the Borrowers and such
Person’s ownership interest therein. No Person owns any
legal, equitable or beneficial interest in any of the Persons set
forth on Schedule 6.17 except as set forth on such
Schedules.
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§6.18 Mortgaged
Property . The Borrowers have obtained the approvals, consents,
orders, agreements, authorizations, permits and licenses from
applicable governmental authorities or under the terms of any
restriction, covenant or easement affecting the portion of the
Mortgaged Property on which the Potomac Project is located, to
permit the development of the Potomac Project for use as a mixed
use condominium, and all such approvals are in full force and
effect. The Mortgaged Property is in compliance with all applicable
federal and state law and governmental regulations and any local
ordinances, orders or regulations, including without limitation,
laws, regulations and ordinances relating to zoning, building
codes, subdivision, fire protection, health, safety, historic
preservation and protection, wetlands, tidelands, and Environmental
Laws. None of the Mortgaged Property is subject to any lease,
license or other occupancy agreement, except as expressly permitted
in §7.12. There is no violation or asserted violation of any
agreements or restrictions concerning the Mortgaged Property or the
existing or contemplated use thereof. The Borrowers have no notice,
information or knowledge of any change contemplated in any
applicable law, ordinance, regulation or restriction, or any
judicial, administrative, governmental or quasi-governmental
action, or any action by adjacent landowners, or of any natural or
artificial conditions existing upon the Mortgaged Property, which
would materially limit or restrict or prevent the contemplated or
intended use and purpose of the Mortgaged Property. All water,
sewer, electric, gas, telephone and other utilities necessary for
the development, use and operation of the Potomac Project for its
current and intended use are installed to the property lines of the
Potomac Project through dedicated public rights-of-way or through
perpetual private easements approved by the Agent with respect to
which the Mortgage creates a valid and enforceable first lien or
security title, and there is sufficient existing capacity for each
of such utilities to provide service to the Potomac Project in
accordance with the anticipated use thereof. The streets abutting
the Potomac Project are dedicated and accepted public roads, to
which the Potomac Project has direct access by trucks and other
motor vehicles and by foot, or are perpetual private ways (with
direct access by trucks and other motor vehicles and by foot to
public roads) to which the Potomac Project has direct access
approved by the Agent and with respect to which the applicable
Mortgage creates a valid and enforceable first lien. All private
ways providing access to the Mortgaged Property are zoned in a
manner which will permit access to the Mortgaged Property over such
ways by trucks and other commercial, industrial and personal
vehicles. There are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other
taxes or assessments on or against any of the Mortgaged Property
which are payable by the Borrowers (except only real estate or
other taxes or assessments, that are not yet delinquent or are
being protested as permitted by this Agreement). The Mortgaged
Property is separately assessed for purposes of real estate tax
assessment and payment and is covered by a tax parcel or parcels
which pertain to such Mortgaged Property only and not to any
property which is not subject to the Mortgages. There are no
pending, or to the knowledge of Borrowers threatened or
contemplated, eminent domain proceedings against any of the
Mortgaged Property. None of the Mortgaged Property is now damaged
as a result of any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other
casualty. Neither of the Borrowers has received any outstanding
notice from any insurer or its agent requiring performance of any
work with respect to any of the Mortgaged Property or canceling or
threatening to cancel any policy of insurance, and the Mortgaged
Property complies with the requirements of all of the
Borrowers’ insurance carriers. No Person has any right or
option to acquire the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof or
interest therein except as set forth on Schedule 6.18(c)
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§6.19 Brokers .
No Borrower nor Guarantor has engaged or otherwise dealt with any
broker, finder or similar entity in connection with this Agreement
or the Loans contemplated hereunder.
§6.20 Other Debt
. Neither of the Borrowers has any Indebtedness other than
Indebtedness that will be satisfied on the Closing Date.
§6.21 Solvency .
As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including all Loans made or to be made hereunder, neither any
Borrower nor the Guarantor is insolvent on a balance sheet basis
such that the sum of such Person’s assets exceeds the sum of
such Person’s liabilities, each Borrower and the Guarantor is
able to pay its debts as they become due, and each Borrower and the
Guarantor has sufficient capital to carry on its
business.
§6.22 No Bankruptcy
Filing . None of the Borrowers or Guarantor is contemplating
either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal
bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of its assets or
property, and the Borrowers have no knowledge of any Person
contemplating the filing of any such petition against either
Borrower or the Guarantor.
§6.23 No Fraudulent
Intent . Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents nor the performance of any
actions required hereunder or thereunder is being undertaken by any
Borrower or the Guarantor with or as a result of any actual intent
by any of such Persons to hinder, delay or defraud any entity to
which any of such Persons is now or will hereafter become
indebted.
§6.24 OFAC . None
of the Borrowers or the Guarantor is (or will be) a person with
whom any Lender is restricted from doing business under OFAC
(including, those Persons named on OFAC’s Specially
Designated and Blocked Persons list) or under any statute,
executive order (including the September 24, 2001 Executive
Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons
Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or other
governmental action and is not and shall not engage in any dealings
or transactions or otherwise be associated with such persons. In
addition, Borrower hereby agrees to provide to the Lenders any
additional information that a Lender deems necessary from time to
time in order to ensure compliance with all applic
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