NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
THIS NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT, is made and effective as of _, 2004 (this
"AGREEMENT"), by and among NorthStar Capital Investment Corp., a Maryland
corporation ("NCIC"), and NorthStar Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership of which NCIC is the sole general partner and holds a majority of
the partnership interests ("NPLP"), in favor of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.,
a Maryland corporation ("NRFC"), and NorthStar Realty Finance Limited
Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership of which NRFC is the sole general
partner ("NRFLP").
WHEREAS, NRFLP has entered into (1) that certain Contribution Agreement
with NPLP and NorthStar Funding Managing Member Holdings LLC ("NFMM HOLDINGS"),
dated as of the date hereof and (2) that certain Contribution Agreement with
NorthStar Funding Managing Member Holdings LLC ("NSA HOLDINGS" and together with
NPLP and NFMM Holdings, the "CONTRIBUTORS"), dated as of the date hereof
(together, the "CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS"), pursuant to which NRFLP has agreed to
acquire the Contributed Assets from the Contributors at the Closing in
consideration of the Unit Distribution and $36,120,000 in cash (capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Contribution Agreements); and
WHEREAS, NRFC and NRFLP have expressly stated that it is a condition of the
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreements that
NCIC and NPLP execute and deliver this Agreement in favor of NRFC and NRFLP.
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the
foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements
and conditions contained in the Contribution Agreements and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree, subject
to the terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreements, as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) "AFFILIATE" means any Person directly or indirectly controlled
by, or under direct or indirect common control with, NCIC or
NPLP.
(b) "BOARD" means the board of directors of NCIC or similar governing
body of NPLP, as applicable.
(c) "BUSINESSES" means:
(i) the development of or equity investment in net leased real
property or in sale-leaseback transactions involving
build-to-suit or renovated commercial, retail, office,
industrial or warehouse facilities ("Net Lease
Investments");
(ii) the acquisition and the origination of or investment in
mezzanine and subordinate real estate debt; and
(iii) investments in commercial mortgage-backed securities, debt
issued by real estate investment trusts, real estate
collateralized debt obligations ("CDOs") or residential
mortgage-backed securities to be financed by the issuance
of CDOs or other similar capital structures.
PROVIDED THAT in no event shall the "BUSINESSES" mean or include:
(1) investments in any non-performing or distressed properties,
loans, businesses or securities;
(2) investments by, through or in any venture or equity
opportunity vehicle or fund whose primary objective is to
achieve growth in asset value rather than current cash
flow;
(3) any existing or future debt or equity investments in or
related to assets of NCIC or NPLP or their respective
Subsidiaries and Affiliates existing as of the date hereof
that are not being contributed pursuant to the Contribution
Agreements;
(4) any debt or equity investments in or related to hotel
properties;
(5) any investment related to or through Xxxx Development
Company and its subsidiaries and any successor thereto; or
(6) any equity investments in or related to properties that do
not constitute Net Lease Investments.
(d) "CONTINUING DIRECTORS" means any member of the Board on the date
hereof and any other member of the Board who shall be recommended
or elected to succeed or become a Continuing Director by a
majority of the Continuing Directors who are then members of the
Board.
(e) "OFFICER" means any officer of NRFC who, on the date hereof or at
any time during the Term, holds any of the following titles or
positions: (1) President; (2) Chief Executive Officer; (3) Chief
Financial Officer; (4) Chief Investment Officer; (5) Executive
Vice President, or (6) any other executive officer of NRFC,
initially including Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
and President, Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer, Xx.
Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Chief Investment Officer and Executive
President and Mr. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Executive Vice President.
(f) "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, association,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
unincorporated organization,
trust, trustee, executor, administrator or other legal
representative, governmental entity, or other entity or
organization.
(g) "SUBSIDIARIES" means, when used with reference to any party
hereto, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
or other entity, a majority of the outstanding voting power of
which is owned directly or indirectly by such party or, in the
case of NCIC or NPLP only, of which NCIC or NPLP or one of their
respective Subsidiaries is the sole managing member or sole
general partner; provided, however, that for purposes of this
definition, (i) any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, or other entity which is controlled, directly or
indirectly, by NRFC or NRFLP shall be deemed a Subsidiary of
NRFC, and (ii) on or after the date hereof, none of NRFC, NRFLP
or any of their Subsidiaries shall be deemed Subsidiaries of
NCIC or NPLP.
(h) "TERM" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.
(i) "TERRITORY" means the United States of America.
2. NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION.
(a) For the Term of this Agreement, none of (i) NCIC, (ii) NPLP,
(iii) any Subsidiary of NCIC or NPLP, or (iv) any successor or
assign of NCIC or NPLP or their respective Subsidiaries, except
for any successor or assign of NCIC or NPLP or their respective
Subsidiaries pursuant to the merger described in Section 2(c)(i)
hereof, shall directly or indirectly, engage in any of the
Businesses within the Territory; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall prohibit NCIC or NPLP from (A) owning,
directly or indirectly, less than 5% of any class of voting
securities of any company engaged in any of the Businesses,
unless such company would become a Subsidiary of NCIC or NPLP as
a result of the acquisition of such voting securities, (B)
directly or indirectly acquiring a business which engages in any
of the Businesses or in any portion thereof if the assets of such
competing business constitute 20% or less of the gross assets, on
a historical cost basis, of a larger business so acquired by NCIC
or NPLP, or (C) acquiring a business that engages in any of the
Businesses with the Territory if the assets of such business
constitute more than 20%, but not more than 50% of the gross
assets, on a historical cost basis, of a larger business so
acquired by NCIC or NPLP provided that (1) NCIC or NPLP, as
applicable, disposes of such competitive business within one (1)
year of its acquisition by NCIC or NPLP and (2) NCIC or NPLP, as
applicable, first offers to NRFC in writing the right to acquire
such competitive business before offering to sell such
competitive business to a third party and may only sell such
competitive business to another party if after thirty days (30)
NRFC determines not to acquire such business, provided that, the
terms of the sale to any third party may not be materially more
favorable than the terms offered to NRFC.
(b) For the Term of this Agreement, NCIC and NPLP shall not and shall
cause any Subsidiary or Affiliate of NCIC or NPLP not to solicit,
raid, entice, induce or contact, or attempt to solicit, raid,
entice, induce or contact, any individual who currently is or at
any time during the Term shall be an Officer to do anything from
which NCIC, NPLP and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates
are restricted from doing by reason of this Agreement, including
to terminate such Officer's employment with NRFC, NFRLP or their
respective Subsidiaries or to become an officer, director or
employee of NCIC, NPLP or their respective Subsidiaries; and NCIC
and NPLP shall not and shall cause any Subsidiary or Affiliate of
NCIC or NPLP not to approach any such Officer for such purpose or
authorize or participate in the taking of such actions by any
other Person or assist or participate with any such Person in
taking such action.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as prohibiting a
Person then engaged in any of the Businesses from (i) merging
with NCIC or NPLP or any Subsidiary of NCIC or NPLP, provided
that (1) the holders of NCIC or NPLP's outstanding equity
interests prior to such merger hold, in their capacity as holders
of equity interests of NCIC or NPLP, as applicable, less than 50%
of the voting power of NCIC or NPLP's outstanding equity
interests following such merger or, if NCIC or NPLP is not the
surviving entity of such merger, the surviving entity's
outstanding equity interests immediately following the merger,
and (2) after the consummation of such merger, (A) a majority of
the Board of NCIC, NPLP or the surviving entity, as applicable,
shall consist of individuals other than Continuing Directors, (B)
the co-chief executive officers of NCIC as of the date hereof
cease to serve in such capacity, and (C) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx is not
a senior executive officer of the entity surviving the merger,
and (ii) thereafter, carrying on its business in competition with
NRFC or NRFLP within the Territory.
3. EQUITABLE REMEDIES. In the event NCIC or NPLP breaches, or
threatens to breach, any term, provision, covenant or condition contained
in this Agreement, NCIC or NPLP agrees that NRFC and NRFLP shall be
entitled to both temporary and permanent injunctive relief against any such
actual breach or threatened breach. The right of NRFC and NRFLP to such
relief shall not be construed to prevent NRFC or NRFLP from pursuing,
either consecutively or concurrently, any and all other legal or equitable
remedies available for such breach or threatened breach, specifically
including, without limitation, the recovery of monetary damages.
4. APPLICABLE LAW AND CHOICE OF FORUM.This Agreement shall be governed
by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof) as to all matters,
including but not limited to matters of validity, construction, effect,
performance and remedies.
5. SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this
Agreement is declared invalid, illegal, unenforceable, ineffective or
inoperative for any reason, such declaration shall not have the effect of
invalidating or voiding the remainder of this Agreement, and the parties
hereto agree that the part or parts of this Agreement so held to be
invalid, illegal, unenforceable, ineffective or inoperative will be deemed
to have been stricken from this Agreement and the remainder hereof will
have the same force and effect as if such part or parts had never been
included herein.
6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall not
be altered, modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by the express
written authorization and consent of the parties. In the event of a
conflict between the terms hereof and those contained in the Contribution
Agreements, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail as to the matters set
forth herein.
7. WAIVERS. Any waiver by any party, whether express or implied, of
any breach of any term, provision, covenant or condition of this Agreement
shall not constitute a waiver as to any subsequent breach of the same or of
any other term, provision, covenant or condition hereof. Failure of a party
to declare any breach upon the occurrence thereof, or any delay by any
party in taking action with respect to any breach, shall not waive any such
breach.
8. NOTICES. Any and all notices or demands which must or may be given
hereunder or under any other instrument contemplated hereby shall be given
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreement.
9. TERMINATION. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
parties hereunder shall terminate on the earliest to occur of (a) the date
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereunder; (b) the occurrence of a
merger described in Section 2(c)(i); or (c) the later to occur of (i) the
date that is three (3) years from the date hereof, or (ii) the date that
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx is no longer a Chief Executive Officer, President or other
senior executive officer employed by (A) NRFC and (B) NCIC or any successor
or assign of NCIC or NPLP or their respective Subsidiaries, except for any
such successor or assign pursuant to a merger satisfying the conditions
described in Section 2(c)(i) (other than the condition described in Section
2(c)(i)(2)(C)) hereof (the "Term"). Upon and following the termination of
this Agreement, no Party to this Agreement shall be required by reason of
any provision of this Agreement to abide by any restriction on its business
activities provided in this Agreement.
10. PARTIES IN INTEREST. This Agreement and all terms, provisions,
covenants and conditions contained herein shall inure to the benefit of and
shall be binding upon the undersigned parties and their respective
successors and assigns.
11. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall not be assignable by a party
without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.
12. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Non-Competition Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
NORTHSTAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORP.
By:
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NORTHSTAR PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By:
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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.
By:
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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
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