MULTI-PARTY
AGREEMENT
THIS
MULTI-PARTY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as
of October 15, 2008 by and among SAYREVILLE SEAPORT
ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Borrower");
SAYREVILLE SEAPORT ASSOCIATES ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and general partner of the Borrower (the
"General Partner"); OPG PARTICIPATION, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited
liability company and limited partner of the Borrower ("OPG"); J.
BRIAN O'NEILL, a Pennsylvania resident, ("O'Neill"); NL INDUSTRIES,
INC., a New Jersey corporation ("NL INDUSTRIES"); NL ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. (“NLEMS” and, collectively
with NL INDUSTRIES, “Lender”); THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA, an insurance company organized under the laws
of the State of New Jersey acting solely on behalf of,
for the benefit of, and with its liability limited to the assets of
its insurance company separate account known as PRISA II (such
insurance company separate account being referred to herein as
"PRISA II"), except as expressly provided in Section 18 below
(“Prudential”); SAYREVILLE PRISA II LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Prudential (referred to herein as "Sayreville
LLC”). The General Partner, OPG and O'Neill are
sometimes referred to individually as a "Developer Partner" and
collectively as the "Developer Partners". Borrower and
each and all of the Developer Partners are sometimes referred to
individually and collectively as the "Developer".
RECITALS
A. Borrower
is the ground lessee of those certain parcels of real property more
particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference (the "Premises").
B. Borrower was formed as
a Delaware limited partnership pursuant to the filing of a
Certificate of Limited Partnership with the Secretary of the State
of Delaware on or about November 1, 2007 and the execution and
delivery by Developer Partners, as all of the partners of Borrower,
of that certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of Sayreville
Seaport Associates, L.P., dated as of November 1, 2007.
C. Pursuant
to that certain Mortgage Note of even date herewith (the
“Note”) in the original principal amount of
$15,000,000.00 from Borrower to Lender, Lender has
agreed to accept the Note as a credit against the Initial Payment
as defined in that certain Reinstated and Amended Settlement
Agreement and Release dated June 26, 2008 among Borrower, Lender,
the Sayreville Economic and Redevelopment Agency
(“SERA”) and the County of Middlesex, New Jersey (the
“County”), as amended in that certain Amendment to
Reinstated and Amended Settlement and Release dated as of September
25, 2008 (as amended, the “Settlement Agreement and
Release”) due under the Settlement Agreement and
Release.
D. In
connection with Lender’s acceptance of the Note, Developer
Partners and Sayreville LLC have entered into that certain Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Sayreville Seaport
Associates, L.P. dated of even date herewith (the "Partnership
Agreement"), pursuant to which Sayreville LLC became a limited
partner of Borrower in return for the agreement of Sayreville LLC
to make a capital contribution in and to Borrower in an amount
equal to the "Loan Pay-off Capital Contribution",
defined below.
E. Developer,
Sayreville LLC and Prudential acknowledge by their execution and
delivery of this Agreement that without Prudential executing and
delivering this Agreement and agreeing to make and fund, for and on
behalf of Sayreville LLC, the Loan Pay-off Capital Contribution,
Lender would not accept the Note from
Borrower. Developer Partners, Sayreville LLC and
Prudential acknowledge and agree that they benefit from Lender
accepting the Note from Borrower.
F. At
the time of the infusion of the Loan Pay-off Capital Contribution
to Borrower by Sayreville LLC, by means of Prudential making a
capital contribution to Sayreville LLC, the Loan Pay-off Capital
Contribution will be used (i) in repayment of the outstanding
principal amount of the Note, to a maximum sum of $15,000,000.00,
whereupon, Lender will cause the liens and the security
interests created by that certain Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment,
Security Agreement and Fixture Filing against the Premises (the
“Mortgage”) to be discharged of record or, at the
option of Prudential, assigned to Sayreville, LLC or Prudential,
all as further provided for herein.
G. Lender
has required that this Agreement be executed as a condition to
Lender’s obligation to accept the Note from
Borrower. All parties hereto desire to enter into this
Agreement to evidence the agreements and understandings hereinafter
set forth. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms shall have the meanings given in Exhibit C attached hereto
and incorporated herein.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE,
with reference to the foregoing Recitals, all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference, and in order to induce
Lenders to enter into the Loan Agreement and make the Loan and the
advances thereunder, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.
Recitals . The foregoing Recitals are true and
correct and are incorporated into this Agreement by
reference.
2.
Prudential's Obligation to Make the Loan Pay-off Capital
Contribution.
(a) Developer,
Sayreville, LLC and Prudential hereby agree that, (A) upon maturity
of the Note, whether due to scheduled maturity or earlier
acceleration, as a result of the occurrence of a default (beyond
any applicable notice and/or cure periods) under the Note, the
Mortgage or any of the loan documents executed in connection with
the Note and the Mortgage; (B) the bankruptcy of the Borrower or
any partner of Borrower or the death of J. Brian O’Neill or
the condemnation of a material portion of the Premises; (C) the
date that Prudential’s long term credit rating falls below
Baa2 as rated by Moody’s Investors Service or BBB as rated by
Standard and Poor’s (or if Moody’s Investors Service or
Standard and Poor’s no longer exists or provides rating
services, an equivalent rating by a rating agency reasonably
acceptable to Lender); (D) the date on which PRISA II fails to be
in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 19.1, 19.2,
19.3 or 19.4 of this Agreement; or (E) upon the occurrence of a
default (beyond any applicable notice and cure periods) under that
certain Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) dated of
even date by and between Borrower and Bank of America as
administrative agent (“Administrative Agent”) in
connection with that certain $70,000,000 loan being made by
Administrative Agent and those other lenders set forth in the Loan
Agreement (the “Bank Group Loan”) or under any other
Loan Documents (as described in the Loan Agreement); then upon
written demand by Lender to Prudential and Developer Partners,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Partnership
Agreement, as the same may be modified or amended, Prudential
shall, upon demand of Lender, contemporaneously: (i) pay
to Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount sufficient to
pay-off in full the outstanding principal amount of the Note and
any and all sums due and owing to Lender under the Note, not to
exceed $15,000,000.00 in the aggregate (the "Loan Pay-off Capital
Contribution").
(b) The
obligations of Prudential pursuant to section 2(a) above are
absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, regardless of whether,
without limitation, (i) a default under the Partnership
Agreement has occurred or is occurring or any partner of the
Borrower acts in breach or violation of the Partnership Agreement,
as the same may be modified or amended, (ii) Sayreville, LLC, any
of the Developer Partners or any other partners of Borrower
assigns, sells, transfers, conveys or abandons, by operation of law
or otherwise, in whole or part, its partnership interests in the
Borrower, including, without limitation, an abandonment pursuant to
section 10.3 of the Partnership Agreement, (iii) dissolution,
bankruptcy, merger or termination of Lender, Borrower or any
partner of Borrower, or the death of O'Neill, (iv) amendment,
modification or restatement of the Partnership Agreement, in whole
or part, (v) replacement or substitution of any general
partner of Borrower, (vi) any liens have affected title to the
Premises or other title conditions exist with respect to the
Premises, (vii) Borrower, Sayreville, LLC, Prudential or any
Developer Partner fails to obtain and/or close the "Construction
Loan" (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), execute and
deliver the "Transaction Agreement" (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement) or fails to obtain any refinancing of the Loan or (viii)
any environmental condition at or of the Premises and/or any other
land forming a part of the redevelopment project (or if Borrower
fails to obtain any funds needed for the completion of required
environmental remediation work at the Premises ).
(c) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, upon the
payment by Prudential to Lender of the Loan Pay-off Capital
Contribution, Lender shall, concurrently with such payment, at the
written direction of Prudential, either (i) cause the liens and
security interest created by the Mortgage to be discharged of
record as to the Premises and shall cause Borrower (but not any
guarantor or indemnitor, including, without limitation, O'Neill) to
be released from any surviving obligations under the Note, the
Mortgage and any other loan documents executed in connection
therewith or (ii) sell and assign to Prudential (or its designee),
for the Loan Pay-off Capital Contribution, all of its right, title
and interest (except for the rights of the Lender under and
pursuant to the Mortgage as to indemnification, defense and hold
harmless to which Lender is entitled and the rights of
the Lender which are hereby reserved by Lender), without
representation, warranty or recourse (other than a representation
of Lender that the Note and Mortgage have not been assigned,
transferred or encumbered), in and to the Note, the Mortgage and
the Premises, if any.
(d) Borrower
hereby authorizes and directs Prudential to pay to Lender the Loan
Pay-off Capital Contribution upon direction from Lender and agrees
that no further authorization is required for Prudential to make
such payment. The Developer Partners acknowledge and
agree that as between them and each of Sayreville LLC and
Prudential, the Loan Pay-off Capital Contribution is an Initial
Capital Contribution, pursuant to section 4.1(b) of the Partnership
Agreement and Developer Partners are unconditionally and
irrevocably obligated to contribute on a pro-rata basis to the Loan
Pay-off Capital Contribution, provided that nothing herein or under
the Partnership Agreement shall limit Prudential's obligations to
Lender for the payment in full of the Loan Pay-off Capital
Contribution, notwithstanding any Developer Partner's failure to
contribute to the same.
(e) In
no event shall this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage nor any
exercise by Lender of any of the Lender’s rights or remedies
hereunder or thereunder, release, relieve or affect in any way the
obligations of Developer Partners to Sayreville, LLC and Prudential
under the Partnership Agreement, including without limitation, any
liabilities or claims of Sayreville, LLC and Prudential against
Developer Partners. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Agreement, the Note or the Mortgage to the contrary, unless
and until the Note is paid in full and, all of the liens in
connection with the Mortgage have been released by Lender,
Prudential shall be obligated only to deal solely and directly with
Lender in connection with the rights and obligations contemplated
by this Agreement.
(f) Sayreville
LLC and Prudential each acknowledge and agree that under no
circumstances shall Lender be obligated to seek to collect any sums
due Lender from Borrower including O'Neill, or to realize or seek
to realize on an collateral prior to making demand upon Prudential
for payment pursuant to Section 2(a) above and Prudential's
obligations and liabilities under Section 2(a) above shall be
independent of any and all rights and remedies available to Lender
pursuant to the Note or the Mortgage.
3.
Intention of Parties . Notwithstanding any
contrary provisions of this Agreement, Lender expressly
acknowledges that (i) except for Prudential's obligation under this
Agreement to make payment to Lender of the Loan Pay-off Capital
Contribution pursuant to Section 2(a) above, Prudential does not
have any personal liability under the Note. It is
further understood that, so long Prudential makes payment to Lender
of the Loan Pay-off Capital Contribution, Lender, shall,
concurrently with such payment, at the written direction of
Prudential, either: (i) cause the liens and
security interests created by the Mortgage to be discharged of
record as to the Premises and shall cause Borrower (but not any
guarantor under any guaranty of the Note, if any, including,
without limitation, O'Neill) to be released from any surviving
obligations to Lender under the Note and the Mortgage or (ii) sell
and assign to Prudential (or its designee), without representation,
warranty or recourse (other than a representation by Lender that
the Note and the Mortgage have not been assigned, transferred or
encumbered), all of Lender's right, title and interest in and to
the Note, the Mortgage and the Premises, if any; provided, however,
that the rights of the Lender under and pursuant to the Note and
Mortgage as to indemnification, defense and hold harmless to which
Lender is entitled and the rights of the Lender under any and all
guarantees, including a guaranty of O'Neill, if any, shall be
reserved by Lender and the liability of any guarantor, if any,
shall be retained by Lender and nothing herein contained shall
obligate Lender to release any guarantor who may be liable
obligations that expressly survive the payment in full of all sums
due under the Note and/or the discharge of record of the liens and
security interests affecting the Premises under the Mortgage or
release any guarantor, from liability for payment of any sums due
and payable under the Note or the Mortgage, which remain
outstanding. In connection with any sale or assignment
to Prudential of any interest of Lender in and to the Premises, any
deed, transfer or sales tax shall be the responsibility of
Prudential and not of Lender. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary hereinabove, the terms of this Section 3 shall not
amend, modify or waive any of the rights and obligations of
Borrower and Lender under the Settlement Agreement and
Release.
4.
Representations Regarding PRISA II and Status of Partnership
Agreement .
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