MASTER CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION
AGREEMENT
(Revision Date
02/09/2009)
THIS MASTER
CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is made as of the 24th day of April, 2009
by DEUTSCHE BANK BERKSHIRE MORTGAGE, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ Lender ”), those parties
identified on Exhibit A — Schedule 1
attached hereto (each referred to individually as a “
Grantor ” and all referred to collectively as the
“ Grantors ”) and Shady Grove Road Financing,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Traville
Borrower ”).
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A.
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Lender has agreed to make a loan to
each of those parties identified on Exhibit A —
Schedule 2 attached hereto (each referred to individually
as a “ Borrower ” and all referred to
collectively as the “ Borrowers ”) (each a
“ Loan ” and collectively, the “
Loans ”) in the original principal amounts set forth
on Exhibit A — Schedule 2 attached
hereto.
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B.
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Included among the Loans is a Loan
to the Traville Borrower, as more fully set forth on
Exhibit A — Schedule 2 (the “
Traville Loan ”).
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C.
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Each Loan (other than the Traville
Loan) is secured by a Multifamily Mortgage/Deed of Trust/Deed to
Secure Debt, Assignment of Rents and Security Agreement (the
“ Security Instruments ”), and the Traville Loan
is guaranteed by AvalonBay Traville, LLC, a Maryland limited
liability company (the “ IDOT Grantor ”)
pursuant to a Guaranty (the “ IDOT Guaranty ”),
which IDOT Guaranty is secured by a Multifamily Indemnity Deed of
Trust, Assignment of Rents and Security Agreement (the
“IDOT” ) (the Security Instruments and the IDOT
are each a “ Mortgage ” and collectively, the
“ Mortgages ”). The Mortgages encumber the real
property identified in Exhibit B attached hereto and
other property included within the definition of “Mortgaged
Property” in the applicable Mortgage.
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D.
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Each Grantor is an affiliate of the
other Grantors and will receive a direct and material benefit from
the Loans to the Borrowers. Lender is willing to make a Loan to
each Borrower only if each Grantor agrees to pay all of the
Indebtedness of the Borrowers with respect to the Borrowers’
Loans as set forth in this Agreement.
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E.
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Each Grantor is executing this
Agreement to evidence its agreement (a) to pay as and when due
all of the Indebtedness of the Borrowers under the Borrowers’
Loan Documents and (b) to bear joint and several liability for
the Indebtedness of all Borrowers as set forth in this
Agreement.
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F.
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Each Grantor (except Gardens
Financing, LLC) executing a Mortgage further agrees that its
obligations under this Agreement shall be secured by such Mortgage
under the terms hereof. The obligations of Gardens Financing, LLC
hereunder shall not be secured by the Mortgage securing the Loan to
Gardens Financing, LLC (the “ Avalon Gardens Mortgage
”)
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CREDIT FACILITY
DOCUMENTS Collateralization Agreement
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1.
Definitions. For purposes
of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
“
Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.
“
Foreclosure ” means, with respect to any Mortgage, a
judicial or non-judicial foreclosure of or trustee’s sale
under the Mortgage, a deed in lieu of such foreclosure or sale, a
sale of the Property pursuant to lawful order of a court of
competent jurisdiction in a bankruptcy case filed under Title 11 of
the United States Code, or any other similar disposition of any of
the Property encumbered by the Mortgage.
“
Fraudulent Transfer Laws ” means Section 548 of
Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of
comparable state law, including any provisions of the Uniform
Fraudulent Conveyance Act or Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, as
adopted under state law.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to each Grantor,
the “Indebtedness” as defined in such Grantor’s
Mortgage without regard to additional obligations of such Grantor
that are created by this Agreement.
“
Loans ” means the loans identified in
Exhibit A — Schedule 2 .
“
Mortgage ” means that as set forth in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“
Note ” with respect to each Borrower means the
Multifamily Note evidencing that Borrower’s obligation to
repay its Loan.
“
Property ” means, with respect to each Grantor, the
“Mortgaged Property” as defined in the Mortgage
executed by such Grantor.
“
Release Date ” means the date that the applicable
Property will be released pursuant to Section 14
hereof.
“
Total Indebtedness ” means, with respect to each
Grantor, that Grantor’s obligation both (a) to pay its
Indebtedness and (b) to pay all other amounts payable under
this Agreement and under the Borrowers’ Loan Documents,
whether such obligations arise directly or under a guaranty of such
obligations.
“
Total Property ” means the aggregate of all the
Properties, now or hereafter made subject to this Agreement, except
that, for purposes of Sections 2 and 18 of this Agreement
only, the Property described in the Mortgage securing the Loan to
Gardens Financing, LLC shall not be part of the “Total
Property”.
Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the
meanings set forth in the Mortgages.
2. Joint and
Several Liability; Integration of Obligations
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(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Borrower’s
or the IDOT Grantor’s, as the case may be, Loan Documents,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Grantor
(other than the IDOT Grantor) hereby agrees to pay the Indebtedness
of each Borrower, as and when due and the IDOT Grantor hereby
guaranties and becomes a surety for the prompt payment of the
Indebtedness of each other Grantor, as and when
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due.
Accordingly, the Indebtedness of each Borrower listed in
Exhibit A — Schedule 2 shall be the joint
and several obligation of each Grantor, subject to and in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) While
each Loan represents a separate and independent obligation of each
Grantor, whether direct or indirect, the Grantors acknowledge that,
in requesting Lender to make the Loans, they intend, subject to and
upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement:
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i.
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that the Loans be treated as if they
were a single, integrated indebtedness of the Grantors,
and
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ii.
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that the Total Property secure to
Lender the payment and performance of all of the Grantors’
Total Indebtedness.
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Accordingly, if
any Grantor or the Traville Borrower fails to pay fully, when due,
subject to applicable notice and cure periods, any amount payable
to Lender under this Agreement or any Loan Document, then Lender
may elect, in its discretion, to treat that amount as being due and
owing by the Grantors listed in Exhibit A —
Schedule 1 , on a joint and several basis; may enforce its
rights and remedies against and collect such amounts from the
Grantors listed in Exhibit A — Schedule 1 on
a joint and several basis; and may recover such amounts from the
value of each of the Properties, on a pro rata basis or otherwise,
as determined by Lender in its discretion. Subject to and upon the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Total Property secures
all Grantors’ Total Indebtedness, without apportionment or
allocation of any Property or any portion of any Property (except
that the Total Indebtedness may be apportioned among the Properties
for the sole and limited purpose of determining the amount of
transfer or recordation taxes or documentary stamps required in
connection with this Agreement and the Mortgages).
3. IDOT and
IDOT Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that (i) the
IDOT, together with the IDOT Guaranty, evidences a contingent
liability of the IDOT Grantor as set forth in those documents;
(ii) the IDOT Grantor shall not be primarily liable for any
Indebtedness described in this Agreement; and (iii) the IDOT
Grantor shall guarantee and become a surety for the prompt payment
of the Indebtedness of each Borrower and each other Grantor, as and
when due, as set forth in this Agreement.
4. Events of
Default. Each of the
following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”
under this Agreement:
(a) a default
or breach by any Grantor of any provision of this Agreement;
and
(b) any event
or condition constituting an “Event of Default” under
any Loan Document.
5. Avalon
Gardens Mortgage. Any
event or condition constituting an “Event of Default”
under this Agreement or any Loan Document shall also constitute an
“Event of Default” under the Avalon Gardens Mortgage.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
parties hereto agree that the Avalon Gardens Mortgage secures only
the Indebtedness described in the Avalon Gardens Mortgage and does
not secure any additional obligations of Gardens Financing, LLC
under this Agreement.
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6.
Remedies. Upon the
occurrence of a continuing Event of Default, Lender, in its sole
and absolute discretion, may exercise any or some or all of the
following remedies, in such order and at such times as Lender shall
elect:
(a) declare
immediately due and payable the Indebtedness of any or all Grantors
and/or the Traville Borrower whether or not Lender exercises its
right to declare immediately due and payable the Indebtedness
related to a particular Mortgage under which the Event of Default
may have occurred; and
(b) exercise
any or all of its rights and remedies under this Agreement, any
Loan Document or applicable law.
Lender may
exercise such remedies in one or more proceedings, whether
contemporaneous or consecutive or a combination of both, to be
determined by Lender in its sole discretion. Lender may enforce its
rights against any one or more Properties or portions of
Properties, in such order and manner as it may elect in its sole
discretion. The enforcement of any one Mortgage shall not
constitute an election of remedies, and shall not limit or preclude
the enforcement of any other Mortgage or Loan Document, through one
or more additional proceedings. Lender may bring any action or
proceeding, including but not limited to judicial or non-judicial
foreclosure proceedings, without regard to the fact that one or
more other proceedings may have been commenced elsewhere with
respect to the same Property or Properties or any portion of them.
Each Grantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any
rights it may have, now or in the future, whether at law or in
equity, to require Lender to enforce or exercise any of its rights
or remedies under this Agreement, under any Mortgage, or under any
other Loan Document in any particular manner or order or in any
particular state or county, or to apply the proceeds of any
foreclosure sale or sales in any particular manner or order. The
foregoing waiver includes, without limitation, any and all benefits
arising under or referred to in California Civil Code
Sections 2845, 2849 and 2850.
No judgment
obtained by Lender in any one or more enforcement proceedings shall
merge the related Indebtedness into that judgment, and all
Indebtedness which remains unpaid shall remain a continuing
obligation of the Grantors. Notwithstanding any foreclosure of any
Mortgage, the Grantors shall remain bound under this
Agreement.
7.
Application of Proceeds. Proceeds of the enforcement or foreclosure of
any Mortgage shall be applied to the payment of the Total
Indebtedness (including prepayment premiums) in such order as
Lender may determine in Lender’s sole discretion, subject to
the requirements of applicable law.
8.
Adjustment of Obligations. If the Total Indebtedness of any Grantor, or any
portion thereof, are subject to avoidance under any Fraudulent
Transfer Law, then the Total Indebtedness of that Grantor
automatically shall be limited to the largest amount that would not
be subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
under such Fraudulent Transfer Law.
At any time at
Lender’s sole option, Lender may record among the applicable
land records a complete or partial termination of this Agreement
evidencing Lender’s election to treat this Agreement as null
and void with respect to one or more or all of the Properties (each
a “ Terminated Property ” and collectively, the
“ Terminated Properties ”). Each Grantor, as
applicable, at Lender’s request, must join in any such
termination or partial termination, and each Grantor hereby
irrevocably appoints Lender as such Grantor’s agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute, deliver and record such termination or
partial termination in such Grantor’s name following written
notice to Grantor and Grantor’s failure to execute the same
within ten (10)
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business days
following such notice. Following any such termination or partial
termination of this Agreement, Lender may enforce the Mortgages and
other Loan Documents in accordance with their respective terms as
if this Agreement had never been executed and delivered as to any
Terminated Properties.
9.
Grantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Etc.
(a) Until the
Total Indebtedness have been paid and performed in full, and the
maximum period thereafter during which any payment to Lender with
respect to the Total Indebtedness could be deemed a preference
under the United States Bankruptcy Code has expired, each Grantor
hereby waives any right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement
or indemnity (whether contractual, statutory, equitable, under
common law or otherwise) and any other rights to enforce any claims
or remedies which it has now or may have in the future against any
other Grantor, the Traville Borrower or any of the Properties or
against any guarantor or security for the Total
Indebtedness.
(b) If a
Grantor’s agreement under Subsection (a) is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any
reason, any such rights a Grantor may have against another Grantor,
the Traville Borrower, any Properties or any guarantor or security
for the Total Indebtedness shall be subordinate to any rights
Lender may have against the other Grantors, the Traville Borrower,
such Properties, such guarantor or such security.
(c) Each
Grantor understands that the exercise by Lender of certain rights
and remedies contained in any Mortgage may affect or eliminate any
Grantor’s right of subrogation against any or all of the
other Grantors and that such Grantor may therefore incur a
partially or totally non-reimbursable liability under this
Agreement. Nevertheless, each Grantor authorizes and empowers
Lender, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, to exercise
any right or remedy, or any combination thereof, which may then be
available.
10.
Subordination of Obligations Between Grantors.
Any indebtedness or other obligation
of a Grantor (a “ Debtor Grantor ”) held by
another Grantor (a “ Creditor Grantor ”) shall
be subordinate to the rights of Lender against that Debtor Grantor.
If Lender so requests at a time when an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, any Creditor Grantor shall enforce and
collect any such indebtedness or other obligation as trustee for
Lender and shall pay over to Lender any amount collected, on
account of the Total Indebtedness of the Debtor Grantor.
11.
Lender’s Rights .
Each Grantor agrees that Lender may, without demand and at any time
and from time to time and without the consent of, or notice to, the
Grantor, without incurring responsibility to the Grantor, and
without impairing or releasing the Total Indebtedness of any
Grantor, upon or without any terms or conditions and in whole or in
part:
(a) change
the manner, place or terms of payment, or change or extend the time
of payment of, or renew, increase, accelerate or alter, any of the
Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness of any of the Grantors, any
security for such Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness, or any
liability incurred directly or indirectly with respect to such
Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness;
(b) take and
hold security for the payment of the Indebtedness or Total
Indebtedness of any of the other Grantors and sell, exchange,
release, surrender, realize upon or otherwise deal with in any
manner and in any order any property pledged or mortgaged to secure
such Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness;
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(c) exercise
or refrain from exercising any rights against any Grantor, the
Traville Borrower, any guarantor or any Properties;
(d) release
or substitute any one or more endorsers, guarantors, or other
obligors with respect to the Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness of
any of the other Grantors;
(e) settle or
compromise any of the Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness of any of
the other Grantors (including but not limited to obligations under
this Agreement), any security for such Indebtedness or Total
Indebtedness or any liability incurred directly or indirectly with
respect to such Indebtedness or Total Indebtedness, or subordinate
the payment of all or any part of such Indebtedness or Total
Indebtedness to the payment of any liability (whether due or not)
of any other Grantor to its creditors other than Lender;
(f) apply any
sums realized to any liability or liabilities of any other Grantor,
the Traville Borrower or guarantor to Lender regardless of what
liability or liabilities of the Grantors, the Traville Borrower or
guarantor to Lender remain unpaid; and
(g) consent
to or waive any breach by any other Grantor, the Traville Borrower
or guarantor of, or any act, omission or default by any other
Grantor, the Traville Borrower or guarantor under, this Agreement
or any of the Loan Documents.
12.
Indemnification . The
Grantors, jointly and severally, for themselves, their personal
representatives, successors and assigns, hereby indemnify and hold
harmless Lender and each of the trustees named in the Mortgages, as
applicable, and their successors in the trust and Lender and its
successors in interest in each of the Mortgages and their
respective controlling persons, directors, officers, agents,
employees, contractors, subcontractors, and the personal
representatives, successors and assigns of each of them (all
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “
Indemnitees ”) of and from any and all claims, debts,
demands, rights, liabilities, actions and causes of action of
whatsoever kind and nature, either direct or consequential, and all
costs and expenses arising out of or relating thereto (including
attorneys’ fees) which any person or entity has or may have
against the Indemnitees, or any of them, on account of, or because
of, the failure to pay in full all transfer, mortgage, recordation,
documentary, or similar taxes, if any, or any portion thereof that
may be due because of the making of the Loans, execution, delivery
or recordation of any of the Mortgages and this Agreement or
execution or delivery of any guaranty or otherwise arising out of
the loan transactions and all interest, penalties and fines that
may be or may become due. The Indemnitees may, at the cost of the
Grantors, defend all claims made that are or may be covered by this
Agreement unless the Grantors retain counsel acceptable to the
Indemnitees. This indemnification shall survive payment of each of
the Loans and release of any or all of the Mortgages and this
Agreement.
13. Waivers
of Presentment, Marshalling, Certain Suretyship Defenses,
etc.
(a) With
respect to its obligations under this Agreement, each Grantor
waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of
acceleration, notice of intent to demand or accelerate payment or
maturity, presentment for payment, notice of nonpayment, grace, and
diligence in collecting such obligations (not including, however,
notices and grace periods expressly provided for in the Loan
Documents).
(b) Notwithstanding
the existence of any other security interests in any Property held
by Lender or by any other party, Lender shall have the right to
determine in its discretion the order in which any or all of the
Properties or portions of any of the Properties shall be subjected
to the remedies provided in this Agreement and the Loan Documents
or applicable law. Lender
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shall have the
right to determine in its discretion the order in which any or all
portions of the Total Indebtedness are satisfied from the proceeds
realized upon the exercise of such remedies. Each Grantor hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all right to require
the marshalling of assets or to require that any of the Properties
or portions of any of the Properties be sold in the inverse order
of alienation or in parcels or as an entirety in connection with
the exercise of any such remedies.
(c) To the
extent that, notwithstanding Section 2 of this Agreement or
any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, any Grantor may
be deemed to be a surety or guarantor with respect to any of the
Loans, then in such capacity the following provisions will
apply:
(i) The
following provisions apply only to any Property located in the
State of California:
(A) Each
Grantor hereby waives any and all benefits and defenses under
California Civil Code Section 2810 and agrees that by
doing so such Grantor shall be liable for the Loans even if one or
more of the Grantors ceases to be liable therefor. Each Grantor
hereby waives any and all benefits and defenses under California
Civil Code Section 2809 and agrees that by doing so
such Grantor’s liability may be larger in amount and more
burdensome than that of any other Grantor.
(B) Each
Grantor understands that the exercise by Lender of certain rights
and remedies contained in any of the Mortgages (such as a
non-judicial foreclosure sale) may affect or eliminate such
Grantor’s right of subrogation against another Grantor, and
that such Grantor may therefore incur a partially or totally
un-reimbursable liability under this Agreement. Nevertheless, each
Grantor hereby authorizes and empowers Lender to exercise, in its
sole and absolute discretion, any right or remedy, or any
combination thereof, which may then be available, since it is the
intent and purpose of such Grantor that the obligations under this
Agreement shall be absolute, independent and unconditional under
any and all circumstances. Each Grantor expressly waives any
defense (which defense, if such Grantor had not given this waiver,
such Grantor might otherwise have) to a personal judgment against
such Grantor by reason of a non-judicial foreclosure of any of the
Total Property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
such Grantor hereby expressly waives any and all benefits under
(1) California Code of Civil Procedure
Section 580a (which Section, if this waiver had not
been given, might otherwise limit such Grantor’s liability
after a nonjudicial foreclosure sale to the difference between the
obligations of such Grantor under this Agreement and the fair
market value of the property or interests sold at such nonjudicial
foreclosure sale), (2) California Code of Civil Procedure
Sections 580b and 580d (which Sections, if this
waiver had not been given, might otherwise limit Lender’s
right to recover a deficiency judgment with respect to purchase
money obligations and after a nonjudicial foreclosure sale,
respectively), and (3) California Code of Civil Procedure
Section 726 (which Section, if this waiver had not been
given, among other things, might otherwise require Lender to
exhaust all of its security before a personal judgment could be
obtained for a deficiency). Notwithstanding any foreclos
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