[EXECUTION COPY]
LEASE
Dated as of December 18, 1998
between
BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA - RC, INC.,
as the Lessee
and
THE WOODSIDE BUSINESS TRUST,
as the Lessor
Acquisition of Independent and Assisted Living Facility
in Redwood City, California
This Lease has been executed in several counterparts. To the extent, if any,
that this Lease constitutes chattel paper (as such term is defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction), no lien on
this Lease may be created through the transfer or possession of any counterpart
other than the original counterpart containing the receipt therefor executed by
Xxxxxx Financial Group, Inc. and its successors and assigns, as Lender.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
1.1. Definitions; Interpretation............................................ 1
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND LEASE
2.1. Acceptance and Lease of Property....................................... 1
2.2. Acceptance Procedure................................................... 1
2.3. Lease Term............................................................. 2
2.4. Title.................................................................. 2
ARTICLE III
FUNDING OF THE ADVANCE
3.1. Lessor Commitment...................................................... 2
3.2. Procedures for Advance................................................. 2
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1. Documentation Date..................................................... 2
4.2. Acquisition Date....................................................... 3
4.3. Conditions Precedent to the Acquisition Date and the Advance........... 3
ARTICLE V
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS
6.1. Representations of the Lessor.......................................... 6
6.2. Representations of Lessee.............................................. 7
6.3. Representations of the Lessee with Respect to the Advance.............. 9
ARTICLE VII
PAYMENT OF RENT
7.1. Rent................................................................... 10
7.2. Payment of Rent........................................................ 10
7.3. Supplemental Rent...................................................... 10
7.4. Method of Payment...................................................... 11
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ARTICLE VIII
QUIET ENJOYMENT; RIGHT TO INSPECT
8.1. Quiet Enjoyment........................................................ 11
8.2. Right to Inspect....................................................... 11
ARTICLE IX
NET LEASE, ETC.
9.1. Net Lease.............................................................. 11
9.2. No Termination or Abatement............................................ 12
ARTICLE X
SUBLEASES
10.1. Subletting............................................................ 12
ARTICLE XI
LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
11.1. Condition of the Property............................................. 13
11.2. Risk of Loss.......................................................... 13
ARTICLE XII
POSSESSION AND USE OF THE PROPERTY, ETC.
12.1. Utility Charges....................................................... 13
12.2. Possession and Use of the Property.................................... 13
12.3. Compliance with Requirements of Law and Insurance Requirements........ 14
12.4. Assignment by Lessee.................................................. 14
ARTICLE XIII
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; RETURN
13.1. Maintenance and Repair; Return........................................ 14
ARTICLE XIV
MODIFICATIONS, ETC.
14.1. Modifications, Substitutions and Replacements......................... 15
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ARTICLE XV
WARRANT OF TITLE; EASEMENTS
15.1. Warrant of Title...................................................... 15
15.2. Grants and Releases of Easements; Lessor's Waivers.................... 16
ARTICLE XVI
PERMITTED CONTESTS
16.1. Permitted Contests in Respect of Applicable Law....................... 17
ARTICLE XVII
INSURANCE
17.1. Public Liability and Workers' Compensation Insurance.................. 17
17.2. Hazard and Other Insurance............................................ 18
17.3. Insurance Coverage.................................................... 18
17.4. Insurance Proceeds.................................................... 19
17.5. Insurance Requirements in Xxxxxx Loan Documents....................... 19
ARTICLE XVIII
CASUALTY AND CONDEMNATION;
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
18.1. Casualty and Condemnation............................................. 19
18.2. Environmental Matters................................................. 20
18.3. Notice of Environmental Matters....................................... 20
ARTICLE XIX
TERMINATION OF LEASE
19.1. Termination Upon Certain Events....................................... 21
19.2. Termination Procedures................................................ 21
ARTICLE XX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
20.1. Events of Default..................................................... 22
20.2. Remedies.............................................................. 24
20.3. Waiver of Certain Rights.............................................. 26
ARTICLE XXI
LESSOR ASSIGNMENT
21.1. Assignment............................................................ 27
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ARTICLE XXII
PURCHASE PROVISIONS
22.1. Purchase Option....................................................... 27
ARTICLE XXIII
RENEWAL PROCEDURES
23.1. Renewal............................................................... 27
ARTICLE XXIV
REMARKETING OPTION
24.1. Option to Remarket.................................................... 28
24.2. Certain Obligations Continue.......................................... 31
ARTICLE XXV
PROCEDURES RELATING TO PURCHASE OR REMARKETING
25.1. Provisions Relating to the Exercise of Purchase Option and Conveyance
Upon Remarketing and Conveyance Upon Certain Other Events............ 31
ARTICLE XXVI
INDEMNIFICATION
26.1. General Indemnification............................................... 32
26.2. End of Term Indemnity................................................. 33
26.3. Environmental Indemnity............................................... 34
26.4. Proceedings in Respect of Claims...................................... 35
26.5. General Tax Indemnity................................................. 37
26.6. Funding Losses........................................................ 41
26.7. Regulation D Compensation............................................. 41
26.8. Deposits Unavailable.................................................. 42
26.9. Illegality............................................................ 42
26.10. Increased Cost and Reduced Return.................................... 42
ARTICLE XXVII
ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES
27.1. Estoppel Certificates................................................. 44
ARTICLE XXVIII
ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER
28.1. Acceptance of Surrender............................................... 44
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ARTICLE XXIX
NO MERGER OF TITLE
29.1. No Merger of Title.................................................... 44
ARTICLE XXX
INTENT OF THE PARTIES
30.1. Ownership of the Property............................................. 45
ARTICLE XXXI
PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
31.1. Transaction Expenses.................................................. 45
31.2. Brokers' Fees and Stamp Taxes......................................... 46
ARTICLE XXXII
OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF LESSEE
32.1. Covenants............................................................. 46
ARTICLE XXXIII
MISCELLANEOUS
33.1. Survival; Severability; Etc........................................... 48
33.2. Amendments and Modifications.......................................... 48
33.3. No Waiver............................................................. 48
33.4. Notices............................................................... 48
33.5. Successors and Assigns................................................ 48
33.6. Headings and Table of Contents........................................ 48
33.7. Counterparts.......................................................... 48
33.8. GOVERNING LAW......................................................... 48
33.9. Original Lease........................................................ 49
33.10. Waiver of Jury Trial................................................. 49
33.11. Compliance with Xxxxxx Loan Documents................................ 49
33.12. Payment of Equity Balance; Transfer of Beneficial Interest in Lessor. 49
33.13. Concerning the Lessor................................................ 49
33.14. Owner's Insurance Policy Proceeds.................................... 50
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Schedules
SCHEDULE I Notice Information
Exhibits
EXHIBIT A Funding Request
EXHIBIT B Lease Supplement
EXHIBIT C Responsible Employee's Certificate
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LEASE
THIS LEASE (together with the Lease Supplement (as defined in Appendix
1 hereto), this "Lease"), dated as of December 18, 1998, between THE WOODSIDE
BUSINESS TRUST, a Delaware business trust, having its principal office at
Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, and BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA
- RC, INC., a Delaware corporation, having its principal office at c/o Brookdale
Living Communities, Inc., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Lessor desires to lease to the Lessee, and the Lessee
desires to lease from the Lessor, the Property; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
1.1. Definitions; Interpretation. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Lease have the respective meanings specified in
Appendix 1 to this Lease; and the rules of interpretation set forth in Appendix
1 to this Lease shall apply to this Lease; provided, however, that capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Lease and Appendix 1 to this Lease
shall have the respective meanings specified in the Xxxxxx Loan Documents.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND LEASE
2.1. Acceptance and Lease of Property. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Lease, on the Acquisition Date (i) the Seller shall convey to
the Lessor, and the Lessor shall accept delivery of, the Property pursuant to
the terms hereof (and subject to the conditions set forth herein) and (ii) the
Lessor shall demise and lease to the Lessee hereunder for the Term the Lessor's
interest in the Property, subject to the Xxxxxx Loan Documents and the Lessee
hereby agrees, expressly for the direct benefit of the Lessor, to lease from the
Lessor for the Term, the Lessor's interest in the Property.
2.2. Acceptance Procedure. The Lessee hereby agrees that the execution
and delivery by the Lessee on the Acquisition Date of an appropriately completed
Lease Supplement in the form of Exhibit B hereto covering the Property thereon
shall, without further act, constitute the irrevocable acceptance by the Lessee
of the Property for all purposes of this Lease and the other Operative Documents
on the terms set forth therein and herein, and that the Property, shall be
deemed to be included in the leasehold estate of this Lease and shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of this Lease as of the Acquisition Date.
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2.3. Lease Term. The term of this Lease (the "Term") shall commence on
(and include) the Acquisition Date and end on (but exclude) the Expiration Date,
as such Expiration Date may be extended from time to time in accordance with
Article XXIII.
2.4. Title. The Property is leased to the Lessee without any
representation or warranty, express or implied, by the Lessor and subject to the
rights of parties in possession, the existing state of title (including, without
limitation, Permitted Liens other than Lessor Liens) and all applicable
Requirements of Law. The Lessee shall in no event have any recourse against the
Lessor for any defect in or exception to title to the Property other than to the
extent resulting from Lessor Liens.
ARTICLE III
FUNDING OF THE ADVANCE
3.1. Lessor Commitment. Subject to the conditions and terms hereof, the
Lessor shall, upon the written request of the Lessee, make the Advance on the
Acquisition Date up to the amount of the Commitment for the purpose of financing
the acquisition of the Property.
3.2. Procedures for Advance.
(a) The Lessee shall give the Lessor prior written notice not
later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, two (2) Business Days prior
to the Acquisition Date, pursuant to a Funding Request substantially in
the form of Exhibit A (the "Funding Request"), specifying the proposed
Acquisition Date and the amount of Advance requested. Except as the
parties may otherwise agree in writing, the Advance shall be made
solely to provide the Lessee with funds with which to pay or reimburse
itself for amounts paid or payable to third parties as Property Cost
and Transaction Expenses paid or payable by the Lessee in connection
with the preparation, execution and delivery of the Operative
Documents, and all fees paid or payable by the Lessee to the Lessor in
connection with the Operative Documents and any amounts paid or payable
by Lessee pursuant to Section 31.2 hereof. If the Eurodollar Rate is
unavailable on the Acquisition Date because less than two (2) Business
Days' notice has been provided to the Lessor pursuant to this Section
3.2(a), the Advance shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate
until such time as the Eurodollar Rate can be obtained.
(b) The Advance shall be made on the Acquisition Date in
immediately available federal funds by wire transfer to the account
designated by the Lessee, except that a portion of the Advance shall be
made (in accordance with instructions to be included in the Funding
Request) by wire transfer directly to an account designated by Lessee
to pay the Seller and/or to reimburse the Lessee for Transaction
Expenses.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1. Documentation Date. The Documentation Date (the "Documentation
Date") shall occur on the earliest date on which the following conditions
precedent shall have been satisfied:
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(a) Lease. This Lease shall have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the parties thereto.
(b) Lessee's Resolutions and Incumbency Certificate. The
Lessee shall have delivered to the Lessor a certificate of its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary attaching and certifying as to the
incumbency and signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver
on its behalf the Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(c) Opinion of Counsel to the Lessee. On or prior to the
Documentation Date, the Lessor shall have received an opinion of
internal counsel for the Lessee in form and substance satisfactory to
the Lessor.
(d) Certain Transaction Expenses. Counsel for the Lessor shall
have received, to the extent then invoiced, payment in full in cash of
all Transaction Expenses payable to such counsel pursuant to Section
31.1(a).
(e) Parent Indemnity. The Parent Indemnity shall have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Parent.
(f) Opinion of Counsel to Lessor. On or prior to the
Documentation Date, the Lessee shall have received an opinion of
counsel to the Lessor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Lessee.
(g) Lessor Loan Agreement. The Lessor Loan Agreement shall
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties
thereto.
4.2. Acquisition Date. The closing date with respect to the acquisition
of the Property (the "Acquisition Date") shall occur on the earliest date after
the Documentation Date, on which all the conditions precedent thereto set forth
in Section IV.3 with respect to such acquisition of the Property shall have been
satisfied or waived by the applicable parties as set forth therein. The
Acquisition Date for the Property shall be the date the Advance is made.
4.3. Conditions Precedent to the Acquisition Date and the Advance. The
occurrence of the Acquisition Date and the obligation of the Lessor to make the
Advance are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions
precedent:
(a) Operative Documents; No Default. Each of the Operative
Documents shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the parties thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the parties
hereto, and shall be in full force and effect. No Default or Event of
Default shall exist under any of the Operative Documents (either before
or after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents), and the Lessor shall have received a fully
executed copy of each of such Operative Documents (other than this
Lease, of which the Lessor shall receive the original). The Operative
Documents (or memoranda thereof), any supplements thereto and any
financing statements in connection therewith required under the Uniform
Commercial Code shall have been recorded, registered and filed, if
necessary, in such manner as to enable
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counsel to render the opinions referred to in clause (c) below and to
enable the title company to issue the title insurance policies referred
to in clause (j) below.
(b) Taxes. All taxes, fees and other charges in connection
with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of the
Operative Documents shall have been paid or provisions for such payment
shall have been made to the satisfaction of the Lessor.
(c) Opinions of Counsel. Counsel to the Lessee in the
jurisdiction in which the Property is located shall have issued to the
Lessor their opinions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lessor.
(d) Governmental Approvals. All necessary (or, in the
reasonable opinion of the Lessor, advisable) Governmental Actions, in
each case required by any Requirement of Law, shall have been obtained
or made and be in full force and effect.
(e) Litigation. No action or proceeding shall have been
instituted, nor shall any action or proceeding be threatened, before
any Governmental Authority, nor shall any order, judgment or decree
have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Governmental Authority
(i) to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the full performance of
this Lease, any other Operative Document or any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) which is reasonably likely to
materially and adversely affect the Lessee.
(f) Requirements of Law. The transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents do not and will not violate any Material
Requirement of Law and do not and will not subject the Lessor to any
Material adverse regulatory prohibitions or constraints.
(g) Responsible Employee's Certificates. The Lessor shall have
received a Responsible Employee's Certificate of the Lessee, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C, dated as of the Acquisition Date,
stating that for the Lessee (i) each and every representation and
warranty of the Lessee contained in each Operative Document to which it
is a party is true and correct in all Material respects on and as of
the Acquisition Date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing under any Operative Document with respect to the
Lessee; (iii) each Operative Document to which the Lessee is a party is
in full force and effect with respect to it; and (iv) the Lessee has
duly performed and complied in all Material respects with all
covenants, agreements and conditions contained herein or in any
Operative Document required to be performed or complied with by it on
or prior to the Acquisition Date.
(h) Environmental Audit. The Lessor shall have received an
Environmental Audit for the Property in form and substance acceptable
to the Lessor, provided, Lessor shall not deem an Environmental Audit
unacceptable solely because a Phase Two environmental site assessment
is called for.
(i) Appraisal. The Lessor shall have received an Appraisal of
the Property.
(j) Survey and Title Insurance. The Lessee shall have
delivered to the Lessor an ALTA/1997 (Urban) Survey of the Property
(other than the Equipment located therein) prepared by a licensed
surveyor and meeting the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for
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ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys as adopted by the American Land Title
Association/American Society and American Congress on Surveying and
Mapping in 1997 certified to the Lessor and the title company and
otherwise in form reasonably acceptable to the Lessor and an ALTA
owner's title insurance policy covering the Property (other than any
Equipment) in favor of the Lessor, and, at the option of Lessee, an
owner's title insurance policy in favor of the Lessee evidencing the
Lessee's equitable ownership in the Property, each such policy to be
dated as of the Acquisition Date and in an amount not less than the
Property Cost and to be reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor with, to
the extent available, comprehensive, zoning and mechanics liens'
endorsements and such other endorsements reasonably requested by the
Lessor.
(k) Recordation. The Lessor shall have received evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it that each of the Deed and the Lease
Supplement shall have been delivered to the title company in escrow for
recordation with the appropriate Governmental Authorities (and the
issuance of the title insurance policies in clause (j) above shall be
satisfactory evidence of the foregoing).
(l) Evidence of Property Insurance. The Lessor shall have
received evidence of insurance with respect to the Property required to
be maintained pursuant to this Lease, setting forth the respective
coverages, limits of liability, carrier, policy number and period of
coverage, and otherwise satisfying the requirements set forth in
Article XVII.
(m) Lease Supplement. On or prior to the Acquisition Date, the
Lessee shall have delivered to the Lessor the Lease Supplement executed
by the Lessee.
(n) Xxxxxx Loan Documents Conditions Precedent. The conditions
precedent to the funding by Lender to Lessor of the loan subject to the
Xxxxxx Note shall have been satisfied or waived.
(o) Funding Request. The Lessor shall have received no later
than five (5) Business Days prior to the Acquisition Date a fully
executed counterpart of the applicable Funding Request, executed by the
Lessee.
(p) Delivery of the Certificate A and Certificate B. The
Lessee shall have delivered the Certificate A and Certificate B to the
Lesor in accordance with the Pledge Agreements.
All documents and instruments required to be delivered on the Acquisition Date
shall be delivered at the offices of Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other location as may be determined by the
Lessor and the Lessee.
ARTICLE V
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS
6.1. Representations of the Lessor. The Lessor represents and warrants
to the Lessee that:
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(a) ERISA. The Lessor is not and will not be funding the
Advance hereunder, and is not performing its obligations under the
Operative Documents, with the assets of an "employee benefit plan" (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA,
or "plan" (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code).
(b) Status. The Lessor is a duly organized and validly
existing Delaware business trust and has all requisite power and
authority to own its property and to conduct the business in which it
is currently engaged.
(c) Corporate Power and Authority. The Lessor has the
requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the
terms and provisions of the Operative Documents to which it is or will
be a party and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents to which
it is a party and has duly executed and delivered each Operative
Document required to be executed and delivered by it and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof on the part of each
other party thereto, each such Operative Document constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except as the same may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law and except as
the same may be limited by certain circumstances under law or court
decisions in respect of provisions providing for indemnification of a
party with respect to liability where such indemnification is contrary
to public policy.
(d) No Legal Bar. Neither the execution, delivery and
performance by the Lessor of the Operative Documents to which it is or
will be a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof,
nor the consummation by the Lessor of the transactions contemplated
therein (i) will result in a violation by the Lessor of any provision
of any Applicable Law that would Materially adversely affect (x) the
validity or enforceability of the Operative Documents to which the
Lessor is a party, or the title to, or value or condition of, the
Property, or (y) the financial position, business or results of
operations of the Lessor or the ability of the Lessor to perform its
obligations under the Operative Documents (ii) will conflict with or
result in any breach which would constitute a default under, or (other
than pursuant to the Operative Documents) result in the creation or
imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any
of the property or assets of the Lessor pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, loan agreement or other agreement for borrowed money to
which the Lessor is a party or by which it or any of its property or
assets is bound or to which it may be subject (other than Permitted
Liens), or (iii) will violate any provision of the Trust Agreement.
(e) Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Lessor, threatened (i) against the
Property, (ii) that are reasonably likely to have a Materially adverse
effect on the ability of the Lessor to perform its obligations under
the Operative Documents or (iii) that question the validity of the
Operative Documents or the rights or remedies of the Lessee with
respect to the Lessor or the Property under the Operative Documents.
(f) Governmental Approvals. No Governmental Action by any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Lessor which has
not been taken on or prior to the Acquisition Date is required to
authorize or is required in connection with (i) the execution, delivery
and performance
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by the Lessor of any Operative Document to which it is a party, or (ii)
the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the
Lessor of any Operative Document to which it is a party.
(g) Investment Company Act. The Lessor is not an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company," within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(h) Public Utility Holding Company Act. The Lessor is not a
"holding company" or a "subsidiary company," or an "affiliate" of a
"holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company,"
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended.
6.2. Representations of Lessee. The Lessee represents and warrants to
the Lessor that:
(a) Corporate Status. The Lessee (i) is a duly organized and
validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and (ii) has the corporate power and authority to own
its properties and to conduct the business in which it is currently
engaged.
(b) Corporate Power and Authority. The Lessee has the
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the
terms and provisions of the Operative Documents to which it is or will
be a party and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents to
which it is a party and has duly executed and delivered each Operative
Document required to be executed and delivered by it and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof on the part of each
other party thereto, each such Operative Document constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except as the same may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law and except as
the same may be limited by certain circumstances under law or court
decisions in respect of provisions providing for indemnification of a
party with respect to liability where such indemnification is contrary
to public policy.
(c) No Legal Bar. Neither the execution, delivery and
performance by the Lessee of the Operative Documents to which it is or
will be a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof,
nor the consummation by the Lessee of the transactions contemplated
therein (i) will result in a violation by the Lessee of any provision
of any Applicable Law that would Materially adversely affect (x) the
validity or enforceability of the Operative Documents to which the
Lessee is a party, or the title to, or value or condition of, the
Property, or (y) the consolidated financial position, business or
consolidated results of operations of the Lessee or the ability of the
Lessee to perform its obligations under the Operative Documents, (ii)
will conflict with or result in any breach which would constitute a
default under, or (other than pursuant to the Operative Documents)
result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or
impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Lessee
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan agreement or other
agreement for borrowed money to which the Lessee is a party or by which
it or any of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be
subject (other than Permitted Liens), or (iii) will violate any
provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Lessee.
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(d) Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Lessee, threatened (i) against the
Property, (ii) that are reasonably likely to have a Materially adverse
effect on the ability of the Lessee to perform its obligations under
the Operative Documents or (iii) that question the validity of the
Operative Documents or the rights or remedies of the Lessor with
respect to the Lessee or the Property under the Operative Documents.
(e) Governmental Approvals. No Governmental Action by any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Lessee or the
Property which has not been taken on or prior to the Acquisition Date
is required to authorize or is required in connection with (i) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Lessee of any Operative
Document to which it is a party, or (ii) the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability against the Lessee of any Operative
Document to which it is a party.
(f) Investment Company Act. The Lessee is not an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company," within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(g) Public Utility Holding Company Act. The Lessee is not a
"holding company" or a "subsidiary company", or an "affiliate" of a
"holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company",
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended.
(h) Offer of Securities, etc. Neither the Lessee nor any
Person authorized to act on the Lessee's behalf has, directly or
indirectly, offered any interest in the Property or any other interest
similar thereto (the sale or offer of which would be integrated with
the sale or offer of such interest in the Property), for sale to, or
solicited any offer to acquire any of the same from, any Person other
than the Lessor and other "accredited investors" (as defined in
Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Commission).
(i) Lessee's Representations and Warranties in Xxxxxx
Leasehold Mortgage. The Lessee's representations and warranties set
forth in the Xxxxxx Leasehold Mortgage are true and correct.
(j) Use of Property. The Property and the contemplated use
thereof by the Lessee and its agents, assignees, employees, lessees,
licensees and tenants will comply with all Material Requirements of Law
(including, without limitation, all zoning and land use laws and
Environmental Laws) and Material Insurance Requirements, except for
such Requirements of Law as the Lessee shall be contesting in good
faith by appropriate proceedings. There is no action, suit or
proceeding (including any proceeding in condemnation or eminent domain
or under any Environmental Law) pending or, to the best of the Lessee's
knowledge, threatened with respect to the Lessee, its Affiliates or the
Property which adversely Materially affects the title to, or the use,
operation or value of, the Property.
(k) Condition of Property. The Property has all utilities
required to adequately service it for its intended use pursuant to
adequate permits (including any that may be required under applicable
Environmental Laws). No fire or other casualty with respect to the
Property has occurred which fire or other casualty has had a Material
adverse effect on the Property. The Property has available all Material
services of public facilities and other utilities necessary for use and
operation of the Property as an independent living facility, including
required public utilities
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and means of access between the Property and public highways for
pedestrians and motor vehicles. All utilities proposed to serve the
Property are located in, and vehicular access to the Property is
provided by, either public rights-of-way abutting the Property or
Appurtenant Rights.
(l) Title. The Deed will be in form and substance sufficient
to convey to Lessor good and marketable title to the Property in fee
simple, subject only to Permitted Liens. The Lessor will at all times
during the Term have good title to all Equipment located on the
Property and in any Improvements, subject only to Permitted Liens and
Lessor Liens, if any.
(m) Insurance. The Lessee has obtained insurance coverage
covering the Property or self insures in a manner which satisfies the
terms of this Lease, and any such coverage is in full force and effect.
The Lessee carries insurance with reputable insurers in respect of its
Material Assets, in such manner, in such amounts and against such risks
as is customarily maintained by other Persons of similar size engaged
in similar business.
(n) Flood Hazard Areas. No portion of the Property is located
in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency or other applicable agency, except as
identified on a survey delivered to the Lessor.
(o) Defaults. No Event of Default or similar event which with
the lapse of time or notice or both would constitute an "Event of
Default" or similar event has occurred and is continuing hereunder or
under any Material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness or Material mortgage, deed of trust, indenture or loan
agreement or other instrument to which the Lessee is a party or is
subject to or bound.
(p) Use of Advance. No part of the Advance will be used
directly or indirectly for the purpose of purchasing or carrying, or
for payment in full or in part of Debt that was incurred for the
purposes of purchasing or carrying, any margin security as such term is
defined in Section 207.2 of Regulation G of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (12 C.F.R., Chapter II, Part 207).
VI.3. Representations of the Lessee with Respect to the
Advance. The Lessee represents and warrants to the Lessor as of the
Acquisition Date as follows:
(a) Representations. The representations and warranties of the
Lessee set forth in the Operative Documents (including the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.2) are true and
correct in all Material respects on and as of the Acquisition Date,
except to the extent such representations or warranties relate solely
to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties
shall have been true and correct in all Material respects on and as of
such earlier date. The Lessee is in compliance in all Material respects
with its respective obligations under the Operative Documents and there
exists no Default or Event of Default under this Lease or any other
Operative Document to which the Lessee is a party. No Default or Event
of Default under this Lease or any other Operative Document to which
the Lessee is a party will occur as a result of, or by giving effect
to, the Advance requested by the Funding Request on such date.
(b) Liens. The Lessee has not permitted Liens to be placed
against the Property other than Permitted Liens.
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(c) Advance. The Advance requested represents amounts owed by,
or previously paid by, the Lessee to third parties in respect of
Property Cost. The conditions precedent to the Advance set forth in
Article IV have been satisfied.
ARTICLE VII
PAYMENT OF RENT
7.1. Rent.
(a) The Lessee shall pay B Loan Basic Rent and Lessor Basic
Rent on the Acquisition Date. Thereafter the Lessee shall pay Basic
Rent (to the extent such Basic Rent (or any component thereof) is then
due and owing) on (x) each Payment Date during the Term, (y) the date
required under Section 24.1(i) in connection with the Lessee's exercise
of the Remarketing Option, and (z) any date on which this Lease shall
terminate.
(b) Rent shall be due and payable in lawful money of the
United States and shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately
available funds on the due date therefor as the Lessor shall designate
in writing to the Lessee. The Lessor shall provide written notice to
the Lender and the Lessee of the amount of Basic Rent due at least two
(2) Business Days prior to each due date therefor; provided, however,
that the failure of the Lessor to provide such notice shall not affect
Lessee's obligations hereunder or impose liability on Lessor.
(c) Neither the Lessee's inability or failure to take
possession of all or any portion of the Property when delivered by the
Lessor, whether or not attributable to any act or omission of the
Lessee, or for any other reason whatsoever, shall delay or otherwise
affect the Lessee's obligation to pay Rent for the Property in
accordance with the terms of this Lease.
7.2. Payment of Rent. Rent shall be paid absolutely net to the Lessor,
so that this Lease shall yield to the Lessor the full amount thereof, without
setoff, deduction or reduction.
7.3. Supplemental Rent. The Lessee shall pay promptly Supplemental Rent
to the party entitled thereto in accordance with Section 7.1(b) as it becomes
due and payable. If the Lessee fails to pay any Supplemental Rent, the Lessor
shall have all rights, powers and remedies provided for herein or by law or
equity or otherwise in the case of nonpayment of Basic Rent. The Lessee shall
pay as Supplemental Rent, among other things, within ten (10) days following
demand (or such shorter period that such payment is required to be made under
the Xxxxxx Loan Documents) to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of
Law, interest at the applicable Overdue Rate on any installment of Basic Rent
not paid when due for the period for which the same shall be overdue and on any
payment of Supplemental Rent not paid when due or demanded by the Lessor for the
period from the due date or the date of any such demand, as the case may be,
until the same shall be paid. The expiration or other termination of the
Lessee's obligations to pay Basic Rent hereunder shall not limit or modify the
obligations of the Lessee with respect to Supplemental Rent. Unless expressly
provided otherwise in this Lease, in the event of any failure on the part of the
Lessee to pay and discharge any Supplemental Rent as and when due, the Lessee
shall also promptly pay and discharge any fine, penalty, interest or cost which
may be assessed or added
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under any agreement with a third party for nonpayment or late payment of such
Supplemental Rent, all of which shall also constitute Supplemental Rent.
7.4. Method of Payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Xxxxxx
Loan Documents with respect to payments due on the Xxxxxx Note, each payment of
Rent or any other amount due hereunder shall be made by the Lessee to the
applicable party prior to 12:00 noon., New York City time at the place of
payment designated in writing by the Lessor or such applicable party in funds
consisting of lawful currency of the United States of America which shall be in
federal or other immediately available funds to an account specified by Lender
(with respect to payments to Lender) and, with respect to all other payees, to
such accounts as specified by such payees. If any payment is due on a date which
is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day. Payments received after 12:00 noon, New York City time on the date
due shall for all purposes hereof be deemed to have been paid on the next
succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE VIII
QUIET ENJOYMENT; RIGHT TO INSPECT
8.1. Quiet Enjoyment. Subject to Sections 2.4 and 8.2, and subject to
the rights of the Lessor contained herein and the other terms of the Operative
Documents to which the Lessee is a party, the Lessee shall peaceably and quietly
have, hold and enjoy the Property for the Term, free of any claim or other
action by the Lessor or anyone claiming by, through or under the Lessor (other
than the Lessee) with respect to any matters arising from and after the
Acquisition Date. Such right of quiet enjoyment is independent of, and shall not
affect the Lessor's rights otherwise to initiate legal action to enforce, the
obligations of the Lessee under this Lease.
8.2. Right to Inspect. During the Term, the Lessee shall, upon
reasonable prior written notice from the Lessor (except that no notice shall be
required if an Event of Default under this Lease has occurred and is
continuing), and subject to the rights of permitted sublessees permit the Lessor
and its authorized representatives to inspect the Property during normal
business hours, provided that such inspections shall not unreasonably interfere
with the Lessee's business operations at the Property.
ARTICLE IX
NET LEASE, ETC.
9.1. Net Lease. This Lease shall constitute a net lease. Any present or
future law to the contrary notwithstanding, this Lease shall not terminate, nor
shall the Lessee be entitled to any abatement, suspension, deferment, reduction,
setoff, counterclaim, or defense with respect to the Rent, nor shall the
obligations of the Lessee hereunder be affected (except as expressly herein
permitted and by performance of the obligations in connection therewith) by
reason of: (i) any defect in the condition, merchantability, design,
construction, quality or fitness for use of the Property or any part thereof, or
the failure of the Property to comply with all Requirements of Law, including
any inability to occupy or use the Property by reason of such non-compliance;
(ii) any damage to, removal, abandonment, salvage, loss, contamination of or
Release from, scrapping or destruction of or any requisition or taking of the
Property or any part thereof; (iii) any restriction, prevention or curtailment
of or interference with any use of the Property or any part thereof including
eviction; (iv) any defect in title to or rights to the Property or any Lien
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on such title or rights or on the Property (other than Lessor Liens); (v) any
change, waiver, extension, indulgence or other action or omission or breach in
respect of any obligation or liability of or by the Lessor; (vi) any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or
other like proceedings relating to the Lessee or any other Person, or any action
taken with respect to this Lease by any trustee or receiver of the Lessee or any
other Person, or by any court, in any such proceeding; (vii) any claim that the
Lessee has or might have against any Person, including without limitation the
Lessor and any vendor, manufacturer, contractor of or for any portion of the
Property; (viii) any failure on the part of the Lessor to perform or comply with
any of the terms of this Lease (other than performance by Lessor of its
obligations set forth in Sections 2.1 and 33.11 hereof), of any other Operative
Document or of any other agreement; (ix) any invalidity or unenforceability or
illegality or disaffirmance of this Lease against or by the Lessee or any
provision hereof or any of the other Operative Documents or any provision of any
thereof; (x) the impossibility or illegality of performance by the Lessee, the
Lessor or both; (xi) any action by any court, administrative agency or other
Governmental Authority; (xii) any restriction, prevention or curtailment of or
interference with the construction on or any use of the Property or any part
thereof; or (xiii) any other cause or circumstances, whether or not the Lessee
shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing. The parties intend that
the obligations of the Lessee hereunder shall be covenants and agreements that
are separate and independent from any obligations of the Lessor hereunder or
under any other Operative Documents and the obligations of the Lessee shall
continue unaffected unless such obligations shall have been modified or
terminated in accordance with an express provision of this Lease. Nothing
contained herein is intended to obviate or otherwise diminish any right the
Lessee may have to bring an action, either at law or in equity, to remedy any
breach by the Lessor of the Lessor's obligations hereunder.
9.2. No Termination or Abatement. The Lessee shall remain obligated
under this Lease in accordance with its terms and shall not take any action to
terminate, rescind or avoid this Lease, notwithstanding any action for
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, or other
proceeding affecting the Lessor, or any action with respect to this Lease which
may be taken by any trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Lessor or by any
court with respect to the Lessor. The Lessee hereby waives all right (i) to
terminate or surrender this Lease (except as provided herein) or (ii) to avail
itself of any abatement, suspension, deferment, reduction, setoff, counterclaim
or defense with respect to any Rent. The Lessee shall remain obligated under
this Lease in accordance with its terms and the Lessee hereby waives any and all
rights now or hereafter conferred by statute or otherwise to modify or to avoid
strict compliance with its obligations under this Lease. Notwithstanding any
such statute or otherwise, the Lessee shall be bound by all of the terms and
conditions contained in this Lease. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Article IX, this Lease may be terminated by Lessor pursuant to, inter alia,
Sections 19.1 and 20.2 hereof.
ARTICLE X
SUBLEASES
10.1. Subletting. Subject to the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, the Lessee may,
without the consent of the Lessor, sublease the Property or any portion thereof
to any Person. No sublease or other relinquishment of possession of the Property
shall in any way discharge or diminish any of the Lessee's obligations to the
Lessor hereunder, and the Lessee shall remain directly and primarily liable
under this Lease, even if assigned, and as to the Property or portion thereof so
sublet. Any sublease of the Property shall have a term of not longer than one
year or if such sublease has a term of more than one year, such
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term shall not extend beyond the Term or any Renewal Period. The Lessor hereby
expressly agrees that any obligations or covenants under this Lease may be
performed by any permitted sublessee directly, and the Lessor agrees that any
such performance will be accepted in satisfaction of the obligations or
covenants in this Lease.
ARTICLE XI
LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
11.1. Condition of the Property. THE LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES
THAT IT IS LEASING THE PROPERTY "AS IS" WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR
COVENANT (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) BY THE LESSOR AND SUBJECT TO (A) THE EXISTING
STATE OF TITLE, (B) THE RIGHTS OF ANY PARTIES IN POSSESSION THEREOF, (C) ANY
STATE OF FACTS WHICH AN ACCURATE SURVEY OR PHYSICAL INSPECTION MIGHT SHOW, AND
(D) VIOLATIONS OF REQUIREMENTS OF LAW WHICH MAY EXIST ON THE DATE HEREOF OR ON
THE ACQUISITION DATE. THE LESSOR HAS NOT MADE AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE
MADE ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) AND SHALL NOT
BE DEEMED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER AS TO THE TITLE (OTHER THAN FOR
LESSOR LIENS), VALUE, HABITABILITY, USE, CONDITION, DESIGN, OPERATION, OR
FITNESS FOR USE OF THE PROPERTY (OR ANY PART THEREOF), OR ANY OTHER
REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY (OR ANY PART THEREOF) AND THE LESSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY LATENT, HIDDEN, OR PATENT DEFECT THEREIN (OTHER THAN FOR LESSOR LIENS)
OR THE FAILURE OF THE PROPERTY, OR ANY PART THEREOF, TO COMPLY WITH ANY
REQUIREMENT OF LAW.
11.2. Risk of Loss. During the Term the risk of loss of or decrease in
the enjoyment and beneficial use of the Property as a result of the damage or
destruction thereof by fire, the elements, casualties, thefts, riots, wars or
otherwise is assumed by the Lessee, and the Lessor shall in no event be
answerable or accountable therefor.
ARTICLE XII
POSSESSION AND USE OF THE PROPERTY, ETC.
12.1. Utility Charges. The Lessee shall pay or cause to be paid all
charges for electricity, power, gas, oil, water, telephone, sanitary sewer
service and all other rents and utilities used in or on the Property during the
Term. The Lessee shall be entitled to receive any credit or refund with respect
to any utility charge paid by the Lessee and the amount of any credit or refund
received by the Lessor on account of any utility charges paid by the Lessee, net
of the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lessor in obtaining such
credit or refund, shall be promptly paid over to the Lessee.
12.2. Possession and Use of the Property. The Property shall be used as
an independent and assisted living facility; provided, however, at the
discretion of the Lessee, the Lessee shall also have the right, subject to the
Lessee's compliance with all Requirements of Law with respect thereto, to
provide or arrange for the provision of congregate care and/or assisted living
services to residents of the Property.
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Such use of the Property shall be in a manner consistent with the standards
applicable to properties of a similar nature in the geographic area in which the
Property is located and in any event not less than the standards applied by
Affiliates of the Lessee for other comparable properties of the Lessee or such
Affiliates in such geographic area. The Lessee shall pay, or cause to be paid,
all charges and costs required in connection with the use of the Property as
contemplated by this Lease. The Lessee shall not intentionally commit or permit
any waste of the Property or any part thereof.
12.3. Compliance with Requirements of Law and Insurance Requirements.
Subject to the terms hereof relating to permitted contests, the Lessee, at its
sole cost and expense, shall (a) comply in all Material respects with all
Requirements of Law (including all Environmental Laws) and Insurance
Requirements relating to the Property, including the use, construction,
operation, maintenance, repair and restoration thereof and the remarketing
thereof pursuant to Article XXIV, whether or not compliance therewith shall
require structural or extraordinary changes in the applicable Improvements or
interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Property, and (b) procure, maintain
and comply with all Material licenses, permits, orders, approvals, consents and
other authorizations required for the construction, use, maintenance and
operation of the Property and for the use, operation, maintenance, repair and
restoration of the applicable Improvements.
12.4. Assignment by Lessee. Subject to the terms of the Xxxxxx Loan
Documents, the Lessee may, with the consent of the Lessor, assign its rights
hereunder, including the Purchase Option, to any other Person so long as the
Lessee remains fully liable for all of the obligations of the "Lessee" hereunder
and under the other Operative Documents.
ARTICLE XIII
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR; RETURN
13.1. Maintenance and Repair; Return.
(a) The Lessee, at its sole cost and expense, shall maintain
the Property in good condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and
make all necessary repairs thereto, of every kind and nature
whatsoever, whether interior or exterior, ordinary or extraordinary,
structural or nonstructural or foreseen or unforeseen, in each case as
required by all Requirements of Law and Insurance Requirements and on a
basis consistent with the operation and maintenance by the Lessee or
its Affiliates of properties of a similar nature owned or leased by the
Lessee or any of its Affiliates in the geographic area where the
Property is located.
(b) The Lessor shall under no circumstances be required to
build any improvements on the Property, make any repairs, replacements,
alterations or renewals of any nature or description to the Property,
make any expenditure whatsoever in connection with this Lease or
maintain the Property in any way. The Lessor shall not be required to
maintain, repair or rebuild all or any part of the Property, and the
Lessee waives any right to (i) require the Lessor to maintain, repair,
or rebuild all or any part of the Property, or (ii) make repairs at the
expense of the Lessor pursuant to any Requirement of Law, Insurance
Requirement, contract, agreement, or covenant, condition or restriction
in effect at any time during the Term.
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(c) The Lessee shall, upon the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease, vacate and surrender the Property to the
Lessor in its then-current, "AS IS" condition, subject to the Lessee's
obligations under Sections 12.3, 13.1(a), 14.1, 15.1, 18.1(d), 18.2 and
25.1, unless the Lessee has purchased the Property from the Lessor as
provided herein.
ARTICLE XIV
MODIFICATIONS, ETC.
14.1. Modifications, Substitutions and Replacements. The Lessee, at its
sole cost and expense, may at any time and from time to time make alterations,
renovations, improvements and additions to the Property or any part thereof and
substitutions and replacements therefor (collectively, "Modifications");
provided, however, that: (i) except for any Modification required to be made
pursuant to a Requirement of Law (a "Required Modification"), no Modification
shall impair the value, utility or useful life of the Property or any part
thereof from that which existed immediately prior to such Modification; (ii) the
Modification shall be done expeditiously and in a good and workmanlike manner;
(iii) the Lessee shall comply with all Requirements of Law (including all
Environmental Laws) and Insurance Requirements applicable to the Modification,
including the obtaining of all permits and certificates of occupancy, and the
structural integrity of the Property shall not be materially adversely affected;
(iv) subject to the terms of Article XVI relating to permitted contests, the
Lessee shall pay all costs and expenses and shall discharge (or cause to be
insured or bonded over) within sixty (60) days after the same shall be filed (or
otherwise become effective) any Liens arising with respect to the Modification;
and (v) such Modifications shall comply with Sections 12.3 and 13.1(a). All
Modifications shall remain part of the Property and shall be subject to this
Lease and title thereto shall immediately vest in the Lessor; provided, however,
that the Modifications that meet each of the following conditions shall not be
subject to this Lease: (x) such Modifications are not Required Modifications,
(y) such Modifications were not financed by the Lessor and (z) such
Modifications are readily removable without impairing the value, utility or
remaining useful life of the Property. The Lessee may place upon the Property
any trade fixtures, machinery, equipment or other property belonging to the
Lessee or third parties and may remove the same at any time during the Term,
subject, however, to the terms of Section 13.1(a), and Lessor hereby waives any
liens, to which it may be entitled pursuant to any statutory or common law, in
such trade fixtures, machinery, equipment or other property; provided that such
trade fixtures, machinery, equipment or other property do not Materially impair
the value, utility or remaining useful life of the Property; provided, further,
that the Lessee shall keep and maintain at the Property and shall not, without
the Lessor's prior consent, remove from the Property any Equipment financed or
otherwise paid for (directly or indirectly) by the Lessor pursuant to this
Lease. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Lessee shall comply with all provisions
of the Xxxxxx Loan Documents with respect to Modifications as if the Lessee were
the Borrower thereunder, and to the extent the provisions hereof are
inconsistent with same, the provisions of the Xxxxxx Loan Documents shall
control.
ARTICLE XV
WARRANT OF TITLE; EASEMENTS
15.1. Warrant of Title.
(a) The Lessee agrees that except as otherwise provided herein
and subject to the terms of Article XVI relating to permitted contests,
the Lessee shall not directly or indirectly create or
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allow to remain, and shall promptly discharge at its sole cost and
expense, any Lien, defect, attachment, levy, title retention agreement
or claim upon the Property or any Modifications or any Lien,
attachment, levy or claim with respect to the Rent, other than
Permitted Liens and Liens on machinery, equipment, general intangibles
and other personal property not financed by the Advance.
(b) Nothing contained in this Lease shall be construed as
constituting the consent or request of the Lessor, expressed or
implied, to or for the performance by any contractor, mechanic,
laborer, materialman, supplier or vendor of any labor or services or
for the furnishing of any materials for any construction, alteration,
addition, repair or demolition of or to the Property or any part
thereof. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE LESSOR IS NOT AND SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY LABOR, SERVICES OR MATERIALS FURNISHED OR TO BE
FURNISHED TO THE LESSEE, OR TO ANYONE HOLDING THE PROPERTY OR ANY PART
THEREOF THROUGH OR UNDER THE LESSEE, AND THAT NO MECHANIC'S OR OTHER
LIENS FOR ANY SUCH LABOR, SERVICES OR MATERIALS SHALL ATTACH TO OR
AFFECT THE INTEREST OF THE LESSOR, IN AND TO THE PROPERTY.
15.2. Grants and Releases of Easements; Lessor's Waivers. (x) Provided
that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) subject to
the obligations of the Lessee under the provisions of Articles XII, XIII and XIV
and (z) provided that the following is consistent with the terms of the Xxxxxx
Loan Documents, the Lessor hereby consents in each instance to the following
actions by the Lessee, in the name and stead of the Lessor, but at the Lessee's
sole cost and expense: (a) the granting of easements, licenses, rights-of-way
and other rights and privileges in the nature of easements reasonably necessary
or desirable for the use, repair, or maintenance of the Property as herein
provided; (b) the release of existing easements or other rights in the nature of
easements which are for the benefit of the Property; (c) if required by
applicable Governmental Authority for any purpose, including, but not limited
to, the dedication or transfer of unimproved portions of the Property for road,
highway or other public purposes; and (d) the execution of amendments to any
covenants and restrictions affecting the Property; provided, however, that in
each case (i) such grant, release, dedication, transfer or amendment does not
Materially impair the value, utility or remaining useful life of the Property,
(ii) such grant, release, dedication, transfer or amendment is reasonably
necessary in connection with the use, maintenance, alteration or improvement of
the Property, (iii) such grant, release, dedication, transfer or amendment will
not cause the Property or any portion thereof to fail to comply in any Material
respect with the provisions of this Lease or any other Operative Documents and
all Requirements of Law (including, without limitation, all applicable zoning,
planning, building and subdivision ordinances, all applicable restrictive
covenants and all applicable architectural approval requirements); (iv) all
governmental consents or approvals required prior to such grant, release,
dedication, transfer or amendment have been obtained, and all filings required
prior to such action have been made; (v) such grant, release, dedication,
transfer or amendment will not result in any down-zoning of the Property or any
portion thereof or a material reduction in the maximum density or development
rights available to the Property under all Requirements of Law; (vi) the Lessee
shall remain obligated under this Lease and under any instrument executed by the
Lessee consenting to the assignment of the Lessor's interest in this Lease as
security for indebtedness, in each such case in accordance with their terms, as
though such grant, release, dedication, transfer or amendment had not been
effected and (vii) the Lessee shall pay and perform any obligations of the
Lessor under such grant, release, dedication, transfer or amendment. Subject to
any limitations imposed by the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, the Lessor acknowledges
the Lessee's right to finance and to secure under the Uniform Commercial Code,
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inventory, furnishings, furniture, equipment, machinery, leasehold improvements
and other personal property located at the Property other than Equipment which
has been purchased with funds provided by the Lessor, and Lessor hereby
disclaims and waives any interest therein and right thereto and the Lessor
shall, upon the request of the Lessee, and at the Lessee's sole cost and
expense, execute and deliver any instruments necessary or appropriate to confirm
any such grant, release, dedication, transfer, annexation, amendment, disclaimer
or waiver to any Person permitted under this Section 15.2 including landlord
waivers with respect to any of the foregoing.
ARTICLE XVI
PERMITTED CONTESTS
16.1. Permitted Contests in Respect of Applicable Law. Subject to the
terms of the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, if, to the extent and for so long as (a) a
test, challenge, appeal or proceeding for review of any Applicable Law relating
to the Property shall be prosecuted diligently and in good faith in appropriate
proceedings by the Lessee or (b) compliance with such Applicable Law shall have
been excused or exempted by a valid nonconforming use, variance, permit, waiver,
extension or forbearance, the Lessee shall not be required to comply with such
Applicable Law but only if and so long as any such test, challenge, appeal,
proceeding, waiver, extension, forbearance or noncompliance shall not, in the
reasonable opinion of the Lessor, involve (A) any risk of criminal liability
being imposed on the Lessor or the Property, or (B) any risk of (1) foreclosure,
forfeiture or loss of the Property, or any Material part thereof, or (2) the
nonpayment of Rent or (C) any substantial danger of (1) the sale of, or the
creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on, any part of the Property,
(2) civil liability being imposed on the Lessor, or the Property, or (3)
enjoinment of, or interference with, the use, possession or disposition of the
Property in any Material respect.
The Lessor will not be required to join in any proceedings pursuant to
this Section 16.1 unless a provision of any Applicable Law requires that such
proceedings be brought by or in the name of the Lessor; and in that event the
Lessor will join in the proceedings or permit them or any part thereof to be
brought in its name if and so long as (i) no Default has occurred and is
continuing and (ii) the Lessee pays all related expenses and indemnifies the
Lessor to its reasonable satisfaction.
ARTICLE XVII
INSURANCE
17.1. Public Liability and Workers' Compensation Insurance.
(a) During the Term the Lessee shall procure and carry, at the
Lessee's sole cost and expense, commercial general liability insurance
for claims for bodily injury or death sustained by persons or damage to
property while on the Property and such other public liability
coverages as are ordinarily procured by the Lessee or its Affiliates
who own or operate similar properties. Such insurance shall be on terms
and in amounts that are in accordance with normal industry practice.
The policy shall be endorsed to name the Lessor, the Trust Company and
the Lender as additional insureds. The policy shall also specifically
provide that the policy shall be considered primary insurance which
shall apply to any loss or claim before any contribution by any
insurance which the Lessor may have in force.
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(b) The Lessee shall, in the construction of any Improvements
(including in connection with any Modifications thereof) and the
operation of the Property, comply with, or cause the applicable
contractor to comply with, all applicable workers' compensation laws.
17.2. Hazard and Other Insurance. During the Term, the Lessee shall
keep, or cause to be kept, the Property insured against loss or damage by fire,
flood and other risks on terms and in amounts that are no less favorable than
insurance covering other similar properties owned by the Lessee or its
Affiliates and that are in accordance with normal industry practice and as
required in the Xxxxxx Loan Documents. During the construction of any
Improvements the Lessee shall also maintain or cause to be maintained builders'
risk insurance.
17.3. Insurance Coverage.
(a) The Lessee shall furnish the Lessor and Lender with
certificates showing the insurance required under Sections 17.1 and
17.2 to be in effect and naming the Lessor and Lender as additional
insured with respect to liability coverage (excluding worker's
compensation insurance), and naming the Lender as loss payee with
respect to property coverage and showing the mortgagee endorsement
required by Section 17.3(c) with respect to such coverage. All such
insurance shall be at the cost and expense of the Lessee. Such
certificates shall include a provision for no less than thirty (30)
days' advance written notice by the insurer to the Lessor and Lender in
the event of cancellation or reduction of such insurance.
(b) The Lessee agrees that the insurance policy or policies
required by Section 17.2 shall include an appropriate clause pursuant
to which such policy shall provide that it will not be invalidated
should the Lessee waive, in writing, prior to a loss, any or all rights
of recovery against any party for losses covered by such policy, and
that the insurance in favor of the Lessor and Lender and its rights
under and interests in said policies shall not be invalidated or
reduced by any act or omission or negligence of the Lessee or any other
Person having any interest in the Property. The Lessee hereby waives
any and all such rights against the Lessor and Lender to the extent of
payments made under such policies.
(c) All such insurance shall be written by reputable insurance
companies that are financially sound and solvent and otherwise
reasonably appropriate considering the amount and type of insurance
being provided by such companies. Any insurance company selected by the
Lessee which is rated in Best's Insurance Guide or any successor
thereto (or if there be none, an organization having a similar national
reputation) shall have a general policyholder rating of "A:VII" or
better or be otherwise acceptable to the Lessor. All insurance policies
required by Section 17.2 shall include a standard form mortgagee
endorsement in favor of the Lender.
(d) The Lessor may carry separate liability insurance so long
as (i) the Lessee's insurance is designated as primary and in no event
excess or contributory to any insurance the Lessor may have in force
which would apply to a loss covered under the Lessee's policy and (ii)
each such insurance policy will not cause the Lessee's insurance
required under this Article XVII to be subject to a coinsurance
exception of any kind.
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(e) The Lessee shall pay as they become due all premiums for
the insurance required by Section 17.1 and Section 17.2, and shall
renew or replace each policy prior to the expiration date thereof.
Throughout the Term, at the time each of the Lessee's insurance
policies is renewed (but in no event less frequently than once each
year), the Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor certificates of insurance
evidencing that all insurance required by this Article XVII is being
maintained by the Lessee and is in effect.
17.4. Insurance Proceeds. Except as otherwise provided in the Xxxxxx
Loan Documents, all insurance proceeds in respect of any loss or occurrence
shall be paid to the Lender and, if such proceeds are not applied to
indebtedness evidenced by the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, upon compliance with the
terms of the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, the Lender shall pay same to the Lessee for
application toward the reconstruction, repair or refurbishment of the Property.
17.5. Insurance Requirements in Xxxxxx Loan Documents. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Sections 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 and 17.4, the Lessee shall comply
with all insurance requirements set forth in Section 19 of the Xxxxxx Leasehold
Mortgage and Section 19 of the Xxxxxx Fee Mortgage and to the extent the
provisions hereof are inconsistent with same, the provisions of the Xxxxxx
Leasehold Mortgage and Xxxxxx Fee Mortgage shall control. The Lessor
acknowledges that such aforementioned insurance requirements are acceptable to
it; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lessee must at
all times during the Term have liability insurance complying with Section 17.1.
ARTICLE XVIII
CASUALTY AND CONDEMNATION;
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
18.1. Casualty and Condemnation.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article XVIII, if all or
a portion of the Property is damaged or destroyed in whole or in part
by a Casualty or if the use, access, occupancy, easement rights or
title to the Property or any part thereof, is the subject of a
Condemnation, then the Lessee shall (i) reconstruct, refurbish and
repair the Property upon submission to the Lessor of an architect's
certificate as to the cost of such restoration and to the effect that
the Property can be fully restored to the condition required under the
Operative Documents and as to the cost of such restoration or (ii) pay
the Lease Balance.
(b) The Lessee may appear in any proceeding or action to
negotiate, prosecute, adjust or appeal any claim for any award,
compensation or insurance payment on account of any such Casualty or
Condemnation and shall pay all expenses thereof. At the Lessee's
reasonable request, and at the Lessee's sole cost and expense, the
Lessor shall participate in any such proceeding, action, negotiation,
prosecution or adjustment. The Lessor and the Lessee agree that this
Lease shall control the rights of the Lessor and the Lessee in and to
any such award, compensation or insurance payment.
(c) If the Lessor or the Lessee shall receive notice of a
Casualty or of an actual, pending or threatened Condemnation of the
Property or any interest therein, the Lessor or the Lessee, as
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the case may be, shall give notice thereof to the other and the Lender
promptly after the receipt of such notice.
(d) If pursuant to this Section 18.1 and Section 19.1 this
Lease shall continue in full force and effect following a Casualty or
Condemnation with respect to the Property, the Lessee shall, at its
sole cost and expense (and, without limitation, if any award,
compensation or insurance payment is not sufficient to restore the
Property in accordance with this paragraph, the Lessee shall pay the
shortfall), promptly and diligently repair any damage to the Property
caused by such Casualty or Condemnation in conformity with the
requirements of Sections 13.1 and 14.1 using the as-built plans and
specifications for the Property (as modified to give effect to any
subsequent Modifications, any Condemnation affecting the Property and
all applicable Requirements of Law) so as to restore the Property as
near as possible to the condition, operation, function and value as
existed immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation with such
Modification as the Lessee may elect in accordance with Section 14.1.
In such event, title to the Property shall remain with the Lessor. Upon
completion of such restoration, the Lessee shall furnish the Lessor an
architect's certificate of substantial completion and a Responsible
Employee's Certificate confirming that such restoration has been
completed pursuant to this Lease.
(e) In no event shall a Casualty or Condemnation affect the
Lessee's obligations to pay Rent pursuant to Section 7.1 or to perform
its obligations and pay any amounts due on the Expiration Date or
pursuant to Articles XXII and XXV.
(f) Any Excess Proceeds received by the Lessor in respect of a
Casualty or Condemnation shall be turned over to the Lessee.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 18.1, the
Lessee shall comply with and be entitled to the benefit of all
provisions in the Xxxxxx Loan Documents regarding Casualty and
Condemnation and to the extent the provisions hereof are inconsistent
with same, the provisions of the Xxxxxx Loan Documents shall control.
18.2. Environmental Matters. Promptly upon the Lessee's knowledge of
the existence of an Environmental Violation, the Lessee shall notify the Lessor
in writing of such Environmental Violation. If the Lessor elects not to
terminate this Lease pursuant to Section 19.1, at the Lessee's sole cost and
expense, the Lessee shall promptly and diligently commence any response, clean
up, remedial or other action necessary to remove, clean up or remediate the
Environmental Violation in accordance with the terms of Section 12.3. If the
Lessor does not deliver a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 19.1, the
Lessee shall, upon completion of remedial action by the Lessee, cause to be
prepared by an environmental consultant reasonably acceptable to the Lessor a
report describing the Environmental Violation and the actions taken by the
Lessee (or its agents) in response to such Environmental Violation, and a
statement by the consultant that the Environmental Violation has been remedied
in compliance in all Material respects with applicable Environmental Law. Each
such Environmental Violation shall be remedied prior to the Expiration Date.
Nothing in this Article XVIII shall reduce or limit the Lessee's obligations
under the indemnity provisions hereof.
18.3. Notice of Environmental Matters. Promptly, but in any event
within sixty (60) Business Days from the date the Lessee has actual knowledge
thereof, the Lessee shall provide to the Lessor written notice of any pending or
threatened claim, action or proceeding involving any Environmental Violation on
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or in connection with the Property. All such notices shall describe in
reasonable detail the nature of the claim, action or proceeding and the Lessee's
proposed response thereto. In addition, the Lessee shall provide to the Lessor,
within sixty (60) Business Days of receipt, copies of all written communications
with any Governmental Authority relating to any Environmental Law or any Release
in connection with the Property. The Lessee shall also promptly provide such
detailed reports of any such environmental claims as may reasonably be requested
by the Lessor. In the event that the Lessor receives written notice of any
pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding involving any Environmental
Violation on or in connection with the Property, the Lessor shall promptly give
notice thereof to the Lessee.
ARTICLE XIX
TERMINATION OF LEASE
19.1. Termination Upon Certain Events. With respect to the Property, if
either:
(i) a Significant Condemnation occurs; or
(ii) an Environmental Violation occurs which (x) either causes
the Lender to accelerate the Indebtedness (as defined in the Xxxxxx
Note) or (y) is not being addressed by the Lessee or the Parent as
required hereby or by the Parent Indemnity;
and the Lessor or the Lessee shall have given written notice to the other party
that this Lease is to be terminated as a consequence of the occurrence of such
an event (a "Termination Notice"), then, subject to compliance with the terms of
the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, the Lessee shall be obligated to purchase all or a
portion of the Lessor's interest in the Property on a Payment Date prior to the
date occurring one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the notice of
termination by paying the Lessor on such Payment Date an amount equal to (a) the
Equity Balance, in which case this Lease shall not terminate but the Lease
Balance shall be reduced by the amount of such payment of Equity Balance or (b)
the Lease Balance.
19.2. Termination Procedures. On the date of the payment by the Lessee
of the Lease Balance in accordance with the Termination Notice or in accordance
with Section 19.1 (such date, the "Termination Date"), this Lease shall
terminate and, concurrent with the Lessor's receipt of such payment,
(a) the Lessor shall execute and deliver to the Lessee (or to
the Lessee's designee) at the Lessee's cost and expense a quitclaim
deed with respect to the Property, a quitclaim xxxx of sale with
respect to the applicable Equipment and an assignment of the Lessor's
entire interest in the Property (which shall include an assignment of
all of the Lessor's right, title and interest in and to any Net
Proceeds not previously received by the Lessor and existing subleases
and security deposits thereunder), in each case in recordable form and
otherwise in conformity with local custom and free and clear of any
Lessor Liens attributable to the Lessor;
(b) the Property shall be conveyed to such Person "AS IS" and
in its then present physical condition;
(c) in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (i) of
Section 19.1, the Lessor shall convey to the Lessee any Net Proceeds
with respect to the Condemnation giving rise to the partial
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termination of this Lease theretofore received by the Lessor or, at the
request of the Lessee, such amounts shall be applied against sums due
hereunder; and
(d) the Lessor shall execute and deliver to Lessee and the
Lessee's title insurance company an affidavit as to the absence of any
Lessor Liens and shall execute and deliver to the Lessee a statement of
termination of this Lease to the extent relating to the Property.
ARTICLE XX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
20.1. Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events (whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or come
about or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to or in compliance with
any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body) shall constitute an "Event of Default":
(a) the Lessee shall fail to make payment of any Basic Rent,
including amounts due pursuant to Section 19.1 or Section 22.1 or
Article XXIV, Equity Balance or Lease Balance when due; provided,
however, the failure to pay those portions of Basic Rent consisting of
B Loan Basic Rent, Lessor Basic Rent, or principal and interest due
under the Xxxxxx Note due on the due date therefor shall not constitute
an Event of Default if Lessee shall cure such failure within five (5)
days after the due date therefor;
(b) the Lessee shall fail to make payment of any Supplemental
Rent (i) required to be made pursuant to the Xxxxxx Loan Documents on
the due date therefor and such failure is not remedied within any
applicable cure or grace period set forth in the Xxxxxx Loan Documents,
(ii) any other component of Supplement Rent due and payable within five
(5) Business Days after receipt of notice thereof;
(c) the Lessee shall fail to maintain insurance as required by
Article XVII of this Lease;
(d) the Lessee shall fail in any Material respect to observe
or perform any term, covenant or condition of the Lessee under this
Lease or the Operative Documents to which it is party other than those
described in Section 20.1(a), (b), or (c) hereof, and such failure
shall have continued for thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i)
delivery to the Lessee of written notice thereof from the Lessor or
(ii) a Responsible Employee of the Lessee shall have knowledge of such
failure; provided, however, that if such failure is capable of cure but
cannot be cured by payment of money or cannot be cured by diligent
efforts within such thirty (30) day period but such diligent efforts
shall be properly commenced within the cure period and the Lessee is
diligently pursuing, and shall continue to pursue diligently, remedy of
such failure, the cure period shall be extended for an additional
period of time as may be necessary to cure, not to exceed an additional
one hundred twenty (120) days or to extend beyond the Expiration Date;
provided further, that failure by the Lessee to fully comply with the
requirements of Section 24.1 hereof shall not be subject to any cure
period;
(e) to the extent the same causes an Event of Default under
the Xxxxxx Loan Documents, any representation or warranty made by the
Lessee in any of the Operative Documents to which it
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is a party shall prove to have been inaccurate in any Material respect
at the time made, and if such inaccuracy can be cured, it shall not
have been cured within forty-five (45) days after the earlier of (i)
delivery to the Lessee of written notice thereof from the Lessor or
(ii) a Responsible Employee of the Lessee shall have knowledge of such
inaccuracy;
(f) an "Event of Default" under any of the Xxxxxx Loan
Documents shall have occurred and be continuing (other than an
Uncurable Event of Default (as defined in the Xxxxxx Leasehold
Mortgage) to the extent and so long as the Lender's remedies under
Paragraph 65 of the Xxxxxx Leasehold Mortgage are abated);
(g) the Lessee or the Parent shall (i) admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (ii) file a
petition under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other
applicable insolvency law or statute of the United States of America or
any State or Commonwealth thereof, (iii) make a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consent to the appointment of a
receiver of itself or the whole or any substantial part of its
property, (v) fail to cause the discharge of any custodian, trustee or
receiver appointed for the Lessee or the Parent, as applicable, or the
whole or a substantial part of the Lessee's or the Parent's property
within ninety (90) days after such appointment, (vi) file a petition or
answer seeking or consenting to reorganization under the United States
bankruptcy laws or any other applicable insolvency law or statute of
the United States of America or any State or Commonwealth thereof; or
(vii) be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent;
(h) dissolution, liquidation or insolvency proceedings or a
petition under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other
applicable insolvency law or statute of the United States of America or
any State or Commonwealth thereof shall be filed against, consented to
or acquiesced by the Lessee or the Parent and not dismissed within
ninety (90) days from the date of its filing, or a court of competent
jurisdiction shall enter an order or decree appointing, without the
consent of the Lessee or the Parent, as applicable, a receiver,
liquidator or trustee of the Lessee or the Parent or the whole or a
substantial part of any of the Lessee's or the Parent's property and
such order or decree shall not be vacated or set aside within ninety
(90) days from the date of the entry thereof;
(i) an event of default, as defined in any agreement,
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or
by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness of the
Lessee in a principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, whether such
indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen, if
the effect of such default is to accelerate the maturity of such
indebtedness, unless the Lessee is diligently and in good faith
contesting such default in appropriate proceedings;
(j) any Lien granted by the Lessee under any Operative
Document other than pursuant to the Xxxxxx Loan Documents shall, in
whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective against, or cease to
be the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of, the Lessee;
(k) the Lessee shall directly or indirectly contest the
validity of any Operative Document in any manner in any court of
competent jurisdiction or any Lien granted by the Lessee under any
Operative Document; or
(l) the Lessee shall fail to satisfy any of its obligations
under the Certificate A Pledge Agreement or Certificate B Pledge
Agreement, including, without limitation, satisfying the
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Collateral Requirement (as defined in either of such agreements) within
the applicable cure or grace period provided therefor, for which the
exclusive remedy for such Event of Default is provided in Section
20.2(k).
The Lessor agrees to provide the Lender with notice of an Event of Default
described in Sections 20.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (i), (j) or (k) within ten (10)
Business Days of the Lessor's knowledge of same; provided, however, that the
Lessor's failure to provide such notice shall not affect its right to exercise
remedies pursuant to Section 20.2.
20.2. Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any
time thereafter, the Lessor may, so long as such Event of Default is continuing,
do one or more of the following as the Lessor in its sole discretion shall
determine, without limiting any other right or remedy the Lessor may have on
account of such Event of Default:
(a) The Lessor may, by notice to the Lessee, rescind or
terminate this Lease as of the date specified in such notice; however,
(i) no reletting, reentry or taking of possession of the Property (or
any portion thereof) by the Lessor will be construed as an election on
the Lessor's part to terminate this Lease unless a written notice of
such intention is given to the Lessee, (ii) notwithstanding any
reletting, reentry or taking of possession, the Lessor may at any time
thereafter elect to terminate this Lease for a continuing Event of
Default and (iii) no act or thing done by the Lessor or any of its
agents, representatives or employees and no agreement accepting a
surrender of the Property shall be valid unless the same be made in
writing and executed by the Lessor.
(b) The Lessor may (i) demand that the Lessee, and the Lessee
shall upon the written demand of the Lessor, return the Property
promptly to the Lessor in the manner and condition required by, and
otherwise in accordance with all of the provisions of, Articles XI and
XIII and Section 12.3 hereof as if the Property were being returned at
the end of the Term, and the Lessor shall not be liable for the
reimbursement of the Lessee for any costs and expenses incurred by the
Lessee in connection therewith and (ii) without prejudice to any other
remedy which the Lessor may have for possession of the Property, and to
the extent and in the manner permitted by Applicable Law, enter upon
the Property and take immediate possession of (to the exclusion of the
Lessee) the Property or any part thereof and expel or remove the Lessee
and any other Person who may be occupying the Property, by summary
proceedings or otherwise, all without liability to the Lessee for or by
reason of such entry or taking of possession, whether for the
restoration of damage to property caused by such taking or otherwise
and, in addition to the Lessor's other damages, the Lessee shall be
responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by the Lessor in
connection with any reletting, including, without limitation,
reasonable brokers' fees and all costs of any alterations or repairs
made by the Lessor.
(c) The Lessor may (i) in accordance with Applicable Law, sell
all or any part of the Property at public sale free and clear of any
rights of the Lessee and without any duty to account to the Lessee with
respect to such action or inaction or any proceeds (except that Excess
Proceeds are payable to and shall be paid to the Lessee) with respect
thereto (except to the extent required by clause (ii) below if the
Lessor shall elect to exercise its rights thereunder) in which event
the Lessee's obligation to pay Basic Rent hereunder for periods
commencing after the date of such sale shall be terminated or
proportionately reduced, as the case may be; and (ii) if the Lessor
shall so elect, demand that the Lessee pay to the Lessor, and the
Lessee shall pay to the Lessor, on the
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date of such sale, as liquidated damages for loss of a bargain and not
as a penalty (the parties agreeing that the Lessor's actual damages
would be difficult to predict, but the aforementioned liquidated
damages represent a reasonable approximation of such amount) (in lieu
of Basic Rent due for periods commencing on or after the Payment Date
coinciding with such date of sale (or, if the sale date is not a
Payment Date, the Payment Date next preceding the date of such sale)),
an amount equal to (A) the excess, if any, of (1) the Lease Balance
calculated as of such Payment Date (including all Rent due and unpaid
to and including such Payment Date and), over (2) the net proceeds of
such sale (that is, after deducting all costs and expenses incurred by
the Lessor incident to such conveyance, including, without limitation,
repossession costs, brokerage commissions, prorations, transfer taxes,
fees and expenses for counsel, title insurance fees, survey costs,
recording fees, and any repair costs); plus (B) interest at the Overdue
Rate on the foregoing amount from such Payment Date until the date of
payment.
(d) The Lessor may, at its option, elect not to terminate this
Lease and continue to collect all Basic Rent, Supplemental Rent, and
all other amounts due the Lessor (together with all costs of
collection) and enforce the Lessee's obligations under this Lease as
and when the same become due, or are to be performed, and at the option
of the Lessor, upon any abandonment of the Property by the Lessee or
re-entry of same by the Lessor, the Lessor may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, elect not to terminate this Lease and may make the
necessary repairs in order to relet the Property, and relet the
Property or any part thereof for such term or terms (which may be for a
term extending beyond the Term of this Lease) and at such rental or
rentals and upon such other terms and conditions as the Lessor in its
reasonable discretion may deem advisable; and upon each such reletting
all rentals actually received by the Lessor from such reletting shall
be applied to the Lessee's obligations hereunder and the other
Operative Documents in such order, proportion and priority as the
Lessor may elect in the Lessor's sole and absolute discretion. If such
rentals received from such reletting during any period are less than
the Rent with respect to the Property to be paid during that period by
the Lessee hereunder, the Lessee shall pay any deficiency, as
calculated by the Lessor, to the Lessor on the next Payment Date.
(e) Unless the Property has been sold in its entirety, the
Lessor may, whether or not the Lessor shall have exercised or shall
thereafter at any time exercise any of its rights under paragraph (b),
(c) or (d) of this Section 20.2 with respect to the Property or portion
thereof, demand, by written notice to the Lessee specifying a date (a
"Termination Date") not earlier than ten (10) days after the date of
such notice, that the Lessee purchase, on such Termination Date, the
Property (or the remaining portion thereof) in accordance with the
provisions of Article XXII; provided, however, that no such written
notice shall be required upon the occurrence of any Event of Default in
clause (g) or (h) of Section 20.1.
(f) The Lessor may exercise any other right or remedy that may
be available to it under Applicable Law, or proceed by appropriate
court action (legal or equitable) to enforce the terms hereof or to
recover damages for the breach hereof. Separate suits may be brought to
collect any such damages for any period(s), and such suits shall not in
any manner prejudice the Lessor's right to collect any such damages for
any subsequent period(s), or the Lessor may defer any such suit until
after the expiration of the Term, in which event such suit shall be
deemed not to have accrued until the expiration of the Term.
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(g) The Lessor may retain and apply against the Lessor's
damages all sums which the Lessor would, absent such Event of Default,
be required to pay to, or turn over to, the Lessee pursuant to the
terms of this Lease.
(h) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and so long as
same is continuing, the Lessor, as a matter of right and without notice
to the Lessee, and without regard to the value of the Property or the
solvency of the Lessee, shall have the right to apply to any court
having jurisdiction to appoint a receiver or receivers of the Property,
and the Lessee hereby irrevocably consents to any such appointment. Any
such receiver(s) shall have all of the usual powers and duties of
receivers in like or similar cases and all of the powers and duties of
the Lessor in case of entry, and shall continue as such and exercise
such powers until the date of confirmation of the sale of the Property
unless such receivership is sooner terminated.
(i) To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Lessee hereby
waives the benefit of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension,
reinstatement and redemption laws now or hereafter in force and all
rights of marshaling in the event of any sale of any or all of the
Property or any interest therein.
(j) The Lessor shall be entitled to enforce payment of the
indebtedness and performance of the obligations secured hereby and to
exercise all rights and powers under this instrument or under any of
the other Operative Documents or other agreement or any laws now or
hereafter in force, notwithstanding some or all of the obligations
secured hereby may now or hereafter be otherwise secured, whether by
mortgage, security agreement, pledge, lien, assignment or otherwise.
Neither the acceptance of this instrument nor its enforcement, shall
prejudice or in any manner affect the Lessor's right to realize upon or
enforce any other security now or hereafter held by the Lessor, it
being agreed that the Lessor shall be entitled to enforce this
instrument and any other security now or hereafter held by the Lessor
in such order and manner as the Lessor may determine in its absolute
discretion. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Lessor
is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy herein or by law
provided or permitted, but each shall be cumulative and shall be in
addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute. Every power or remedy given
by any of the Operative Documents to the Lessor or to which it may
otherwise be entitled, may be exercised, concurrently or independently,
from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the
Lessor.
(k) The Lessor may exercise any and all rights under (a) the
Certificate A Pledge Agreement against the Certificate A and/or (b) the
Certificate B Pledge Agreement against the Certificate B.
In no event shall the Lessor, in the exercise of the remedies provided in this
instrument (including, without limitation, in connection with the assignment of
rents to Lessor, or the appointment of a receiver and the entry of such receiver
on to all or any part of the Property), be deemed a "mortgagee in possession,"
and the Lessor shall not in any way be made liable for any act, either of
commission or omission, in connection with the exercise of such remedies.
If, pursuant to the exercise by the Lessor of its remedies pursuant to
this Section 20.2, the Lease Balance, all other amounts due and owing from the
Lessee under this Lease and the other Operative
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Documents have been paid in full, then the Lessor shall remit to the Lessee any
excess amounts received by the Lessor.
20.3. Waiver of Certain Rights. If this Lease shall be terminated
pursuant to Section 20.2, the Lessee waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, (a) any notice of re-entry or the institution of legal proceedings to
obtain re-entry or possession; (b) any right of redemption, re-entry or
repossession; (c) the benefit of any laws now or hereafter in force exempting
property from liability for rent or for debt or limiting the Lessor with respect
to the election of remedies; and (d) any other rights which might otherwise
limit or modify any of the Lessor's rights or remedies under this Article XX.
ARTICLE XXI
LESSOR ASSIGNMENT
21.1. Assignment. The Lessee hereby consents to the Lessor's assignment
of this Lease to the Lender and the Lender and the Lessor and Lessee acknowledge
that the Lender is a third party beneficiary of this Lease.
ARTICLE XXII
PURCHASE PROVISIONS
22.1. Purchase Option. Provided that the Lessee shall not have given
notice of its intention to exercise the Remarketing Option, the Lessee shall
have the option on any Payment Date (exercisable by giving the Lessor
irrevocable written notice (the "Purchase Notice") of the Lessee's election to
exercise such option) (a) to purchase all, and not less than all, of the
Property on the date specified in such Purchase Notice at a price equal to the
Lease Balance theretofore accruing or (b) to pay the Lessor the Equity Balance
and reduce the amount of the Lease Balance by the amount paid. The Lessee shall
deliver the Purchase Notice to the Lessor not less than thirty (30) days prior
to such purchase or payment of the Equity Balance. If the Lessee exercises its
option to pay to the Lessor the Equity Balance pursuant to clause (b) of this
Section 22.1 the Lessee shall comply with Section 33.12. If the Lessee exercises
its option to purchase the Property pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 22.1
(the "Purchase Option"), the Lessor shall transfer to the Lessee or its designee
all of the Lessor's right, title and interest in and to the Property as of the
date specified in the Purchase Notice upon receipt of the Lease Balance in
accordance with Section 25.1. Subject to Section 12.4 and with the consent of
the Lessor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Lessee may
assign the Purchase Option to any Person. The Lessee may designate, in a notice
given to the Lessor not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of
such purchase (time being of the essence), the transferee or transferees to whom
the conveyance shall be made (if other than to the Lessee), in which case such
conveyance shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) be made
to such designee; provided, however, that such designation of a transferee or
transferees shall not cause the Lessee to be released, fully or partially, from
any of its obligations under this Lease, including, without limitation, the
obligation to pay the Lessor the Lease Balance on the Expiration Date. All such
transfers shall be subject to compliance with the terms of Xxxxxx Loan
Documents.
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ARTICLE XXIII
RENEWAL PROCEDURES
23.1. Renewal. Subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Lessee
and the Lessor may agree to renew the Base Lease Term for the Property for up to
five one-year terms (each, a "Renewal Term"), with each such Renewal Term to
commence on the first day following the Expiration Date then in effect. The
effective extension of the Base Lease Term for the Property shall be subject to
the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) each renewal shall be subject to the written consent of
the Lessor (which may be withheld in its sole discretion) within thirty
(30) days of receipt by it on or before one hundred eighty (180) days
prior to the Expiration Date of written notice from the Lessee of the
Lessee's determination to extend the Base Lease Term for the Property;
(b) on the Expiration Date then in effect prior to any
renewal, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Lessee shall not have given notice of its intention to
exercise the Remarketing Option.
If the Lessee delivers a notice of its intention to renew this Lease as provided
in Section 23.1 but the Lessor, in its sole discretion, does not consent to such
renewal, the Lessee may with written notice to the Lessor within fifteen (15)
days of receipt of the Lessor's notice of denial of renewal (a) exercise its
Purchase Option under Section 22.1(a), (b) pay to the Lessor the Equity Balance
and reduce the amount of the Lease Balance theretofore accruing pursuant to
Section 22.1(b) or (c) exercise the Remarketing Option pursuant to Section 24.1.
ARTICLE XXIV
REMARKETING OPTION
24.1. Option to Remarket. Subject to the fulfillment of each of the
conditions set forth in this Section 24.1, the Lessee shall have the option (the
"Remarketing Option") to market and complete the sale of the Property for the
Lessor. The Lessee's effective exercise and consummation of the Remarketing
Option shall be subject to the due and timely fulfillment of each of the
following provisions as to the Property as of the dates set forth below and the
satisfaction of the transfer provisions applicable thereto set forth in the
Xxxxxx Loan Documents.
(a) Except as provided in Section 23.1, not later than one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to the Expiration Date, the Lessee
shall give to the Lessor written notice of the Lessee's exercise of the
Remarketing Option, which exercise shall be irrevocable. If Lessee does
not deliver a notice of its intention to renew this Lease as provided
in Section 23.1 and fails to timely provide the Remarketing Notice,
then Lessee shall be deemed to have elected to exercise its Purchase
Option under Section 22.1.
(b) Not later than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
Expiration Date, the Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor an
Environmental Audit for the Property. Such Environmental Audit shall be
prepared by an environmental consultant selected by the Lessor in the
Lessor's reasonable discretion and shall contain conclusions reasonably
satisfactory to the Lessor as to the
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environmental status of the Property. If any such Environmental Audit
indicates any exceptions with respect to which a Phase Two
environmental assessment is recommended, the Lessee shall also deliver
(i) a Phase Two environmental assessment by such environmental
consultant within thirty (30) days prior to the Expiration Date and
(ii) a certificate of such environmental consultant prior to the
Expiration Date showing the completion of all remedial action in
compliance with Applicable Law.
(c) On the date of the Lessee's notice to the Lessor of the
Lessee's exercise of the Remarketing Option, and on the Expiration
Date, no Event of Default shall exist.
(d) The Lessee shall have completed in all Material respects
all Modifications, restoration and rebuilding of the Property pursuant
to Sections 14.1 and 18.1 (as the case may be) and shall have fulfilled
in all Material respects all of the conditions and requirements in
connection therewith pursuant to said Sections, in each case by the
date on which the Lessor receives the Lessee's notice of the Lessee's
exercise of the Remarketing Option (time being of the essence),
regardless of whether the same shall be within the Lessee's control.
The Lessee shall have also paid the cost of all Modifications commenced
prior to the Expiration Date. The Lessee shall not have been excused
pursuant to Section 16.1 from complying with any Applicable Law that
involved the extension of the ultimate imposition of such Applicable
Law beyond the last day of the Term. Any Permitted Liens (other than
Lessor Liens) on the Property that were contested by the Lessee shall
have been removed.
(e) During the Marketing Period, the Lessee shall, as
nonexclusive agent for the Lessor, use best efforts to sell the
Lessor's interest in the Property and will attempt to obtain the
highest purchase price therefor and for not less than the Fair Market
Sales Value of the Property. The Lessee will be responsible for hiring
brokers and making the Property available for inspection by prospective
purchasers. The Lessee shall promptly upon request permit inspection of
the Property and any maintenance records relating to the Property by
the Lessor and any potential purchasers, and shall otherwise do all
things reasonably necessary to sell and deliver possession of the
Property to any purchaser. All such marketing of the Property shall be
at the Lessee's sole expense. The Lessee shall allow the Lessor and any
potential qualified purchaser reasonable access to the Property for the
purpose of inspecting the same.
(f) The Lessee shall submit all bids to the Lessor, and the
Lessor will have the right to submit any one or more bids. The Lessee
shall deliver to the Lessor, not less than thirty (30) days prior to
the Expiration Date, binding written unconditional (except as set forth
below), irrevocable offer or offers by such purchaser or purchasers
offering the highest bid to purchase the Property. No such purchaser
shall be the Lessee or an Affiliate of the Lessee. The written offer
must specify the Expiration Date as the closing date unless the Lessor
shall otherwise agree in its reasonable discretion. Any sale by the
Lessee shall be for the highest cash bid submitted to the Lessor. The
determination of the highest bid shall be made by the Lessor prior to
the end of the Marketing Period, but in any event, the Lessor shall
have no obligation to approve any bid unless the aggregate amount of
the highest bid for the Property equals or exceeds an amount equal to
the Lease Balance minus the Contingent Rental Adjustment determined as
of the Expiration Date. All bids shall be on an all-cash basis unless
the Lessor shall otherwise agree in its sole discretion.
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(g) In connection with any such sale of the Property, the
Lessee will provide to each Purchaser all customary "seller's"
indemnities, representations and warranties regarding absence of Liens
(other than Lessor Liens) and the condition of the Property. The Lessee
shall have obtained, at its cost and expense, all required governmental
and regulatory consents and approvals and shall have made all filings
as required by Applicable Law in order to carry out and complete the
transfer of the Property. As to the Lessor, any such sale shall be made
on an "as is, with all faults" basis without representation or warranty
by the Lessor other than the absence of Lessor Liens. Any agreement as
to such sale shall be made subject to the Lessor's rights hereunder.
(h) The Lessee shall pay directly, and not from the sale
proceeds, all prorations, credits, costs and expenses of the sale of
the Property, whether incurred by the Lessor or the Lessee, including
without limitation, the cost of all title insurance, surveys,
environmental reports, appraisals, transfer taxes, the Lessor's
reasonable attorneys' fees, the Lessee's attorneys' fees, commissions,
escrow fees, recording fees, and all applicable documentary and other
transfer taxes.
(i) The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor on or prior to the
Expiration Date (or to such other Person as the Lessor shall notify the
Lessee in writing) an amount equal to the Contingent Rental Adjustment
for the Property plus all Basic Rent and all other amounts hereunder
which have accrued or will accrue prior to or as of the Expiration Date
or such other closing date approved by the parties, in the type of
funds specified in Section 7.4 hereof.
(j) The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor on or prior to the
Expiration Date the amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to
Section 26.2 hereof.
(k) If the Lessor approves any bid for the Property, the
purchase of the Property shall be consummated on or before the
Expiration Date and the gross proceeds (the "Gross Proceeds") of the
sale of the Property, less the documented expenses incurred by the
Lessee under clause (h) shall be paid directly to the Lessor; provided,
however, that if the sum of (x) the remaining Gross Proceeds from such
sale or sales plus (y) the Contingent Rental Adjustment received by the
Lessor pursuant to clause (i) plus (z) amounts received by the Lessor
pursuant to Section 26.2 hereof exceeds the Lease Balance as of such
date, then the excess shall be paid to the Lessee on the Expiration
Date or such other closing date approved by the parties.
(l) All reconstruction, refurbishment and repair to the
Property resulting from a Casualty or Condemnation shall have been
completed prior to the end of the Marketing Period.
If one or more of the foregoing provisions shall not be fulfilled as of
the date set forth above with respect to the Property, then the Lessor shall
declare by written notice to the Lessee the Remarketing Option to be null and
void (whether or not it has been theretofore exercised by the Lessee), in which
event all of the Lessee's rights under this Section 24.1 shall immediately
terminate and the Lessee shall be obligated to purchase the Property pursuant to
Section 22.1 on the Expiration Date.
If the Lessee effectively elects the Remarketing Option and no sale of
the Property is consummated prior to the end of the Marketing Period, the Lessee
shall, in addition to making the payment required pursuant to Section 24.1
above, return the Property to the Lessor (or to any other Person specified by
the Lessor). In connection with any such return of the Property, the Lessee
shall, at its own cost and expense, do each of the following:
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(i) the Lessee shall, on or prior to the Expiration Date,
execute and deliver to the Lessor (or to the Lessor's designee) (A) a
deed with respect to the Property containing representations and
warranties of grantor to the Lessor (or such other Person) regarding
the absence of Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the type described
in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) (but only with respect to taxes not yet due
and payable), (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x) of the definition thereof),
(B) a xxxx of sale with respect to any Equipment then located on the
Property and (C) an assignment of the Lessee's entire interest in the
Property (which shall include an assignment of all of the Lessee's
right, title and interest in and to any Net Proceeds with respect to
the Property not previously received by the Lessee and an assignment of
leases of the Property), in each case in recordable form and otherwise
in conformity with local custom and free and clear of any Liens
attributable to the Lessee;
(ii) the Lessee shall execute and deliver to Lessor and the
Lessor's title insurance company an affidavit as to the absence of any
Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the type described in clauses (i),
(ii), (iii) (but only with respect to taxes not yet due and payable),
(vii), (viii), (ix) and (x) of the definition thereof) and shall
execute and deliver to the Lessor a statement of termination of this
Lease to the extent relating to the Property;
(iii) the Lessee shall, on the Expiration Date, transfer
possession of the Property to the Lessor or any Person designated by
the Lessor, by surrendering the same into the possession of the Lessor
or such Person, as the case may be, in the condition required by this
Section 24.1 and in compliance with Applicable Law;
(iv) the Lessee shall, for a period of up to one year after
the Expiration Date, cooperate reasonably with the Lessor and/or any
Person designated by the Lessor to receive the Property, which
cooperation shall include reasonable efforts with respect to the
following, all of which the Lessee shall do on or before the Expiration
Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable: providing
copies of all books and records regarding the maintenance and ownership
of the Property and all know-how, data and technical information
relating thereto, granting or assigning all licenses necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Property and cooperating reasonably in
seeking and obtaining all necessary Governmental Action. The
obligations of the Lessee under this paragraph shall survive the
expiration or termination of this Lease; and
(v) no subleases with respect to the Property or any portion
thereof shall be in effect on the Expiration Date.
Except as expressly set forth herein, the Lessee shall have no right,
power or authority to bind the Lessor in connection with any proposed sale or
sales of the Property.
24.2. Certain Obligations Continue. During the Marketing Period, the
obligation of the Lessee to pay Rent shall continue undiminished until payment
in full to the Lessor of the Contingent Rental Adjustment and all other amounts
due to the Lessor by Lessee under the Operative Documents to which the Lessee is
a party. The Lessor shall have the right, but shall be under no duty, to solicit
bids, to inquire into the efforts of the Lessee to obtain bids or otherwise to
take action in connection with any such sale, other than as expressly provided
in this Article XXIV.
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ARTICLE XXV
PROCEDURES RELATING TO PURCHASE OR REMARKETING
25.1. Provisions Relating to the Exercise of Purchase Option and
Conveyance Upon Remarketing and Conveyance Upon Certain Other Events. In
connection with the Lessee's exercise of its Purchase Option, upon the
Expiration Date or the purchase of the Property under Article XIX or Section
20.2(e) or 24.1 hereof and upon tender by the Lessee of the amounts set forth in
Section 22.1, Article XIX, Section 20.2(e), or 24.1 hereof, as applicable:
(i) the Lessor shall execute and deliver to the Lessee (or to
the Lessee's designee) at the Lessee's cost and expense a limited
warranty deed (with covenants against grantor acts) with respect to the
Property, a limited warranty xxxx of sale (with covenants against
grantor acts) with respect to any Equipment and an assignment of the
Lessor's entire interest in the Property (which shall include an
assignment of all of the Lessor's right, title and interest in and to
any Net Proceeds not previously received by the Lessor, and an
assignment of leases of the Property and any security deposits
collected by the Lessor), in each case in recordable form and otherwise
in conformity with local custom and free and clear of any Lessor Liens
attributable to the Lessor;
(ii) the Property shall be conveyed to the Lessee "AS IS" and
in its then present physical condition;
(iii) the Lessor shall execute and deliver to Lessee and the
Lessee's title insurance company an affidavit as to the Lessor's title
and the absence of Lessor Liens; and
(iv) the Lessor shall execute such other documents reasonably
requested by the Lessee, or otherwise required under local law, to
effect a transfer of the Property and title thereto and any owner's
title insurance policy issued in the name of the Lessor.
ARTICLE XXVI
INDEMNIFICATION
26.1. General Indemnification. The Lessee agrees, whether or not any of
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to assume liability
for, and to indemnify, protect, defend, save and keep harmless each Indemnitee,
on an After Tax Basis, from and against, any and all Claims that may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee (whether because of action
or omission by such Indemnitee or otherwise), whether or not such Indemnitee
shall also be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other Person and whether
or not such Claim arises or accrues prior to the Documentation Date or after the
Expiration Date, in any way relating to or arising out of:
(a) any of the Operative Documents or any of the transactions
contemplated thereby, and any amendment, modification or waiver in
respect thereof;
(b) the Property or any part thereof or interest therein;
(c) the purchase, design, construction, preparation,
installation, inspection, delivery, non- delivery, acceptance,
rejection, ownership, management, possession, operation, rental, lease,
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sublease, repossession, maintenance, repair, alteration, modification,
addition or substitution, storage, transfer of title, redelivery, use,
financing, refinancing, disposition, operation, condition, sale
(including, without limitation, any sale pursuant to any provision
hereof), return or other disposition of all or any part or any interest
in the Property or the imposition of any Lien other than a Lessor Lien
(or incurring of any liability to refund or pay over any amount as a
result of any Lien other than a Lessor Lien) thereon, including,
without limitation: (1) Claims or penalties arising from any violation
of law or in tort (strict liability or otherwise), (2) latent or other
defects, whether or not discoverable, (3) any Claim based upon a
violation or alleged violation of the terms of any restriction,
easement, condition or covenant or other matter affecting title to the
Property, (4) the making of any Modifications in violation of any
standards imposed by any insurance policies required to be maintained
by the Lessee pursuant to this Lease which are in effect at any time
with respect to the Property or any part thereof, (5) any Claim for
patent, trademark or copyright infringement, and (6) Claims arising
from any public improvements with respect to the Property resulting in
any change or special assessments being levied against the Property or
any plans to widen, modify or realign any street or highway adjacent to
the Property, or any Claim for utility "tap-in" fees;
(d) the breach by the Lessee of any covenant, representation
or warranty made by it or deemed made by it in any Operative Document
or any certificate required to be delivered by any Operative Document;
(e) the retaining or employment of any broker, finder or
financial advisor by the Lessee to act on its behalf in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) the existence of any Lien on or with respect to the
Property, any Improvements, or Basic Rent or Supplemental Rent, title
thereto, or any interest therein including any Liens which arise out of
the possession, use, occupancy, construction, repair or rebuilding of
the Property or by reason of labor or materials furnished or claimed to
have been furnished to the Lessee, or any of its contractors or agents
or by reason of the financing of any personalty or equipment purchased
or leased by the Lessee or Modifications constructed by the Lessee,
except with respect to any of the foregoing Lessor Liens and Liens in
favor of the Lessor; or
(g) subject to the accuracy of Lessor's representation set
forth in Section 6.1(a), the transactions contemplated by this Lease or
by any other Operative Document, in respect of the application of Parts
4 and 5 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and any prohibited
transaction described in Section 4975(c) of the Code;
provided, however, the Lessee shall not be required to indemnify any Indemnitee
under this Section 26.1 for any of the following: (1) any Claim to the extent
resulting from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee (it
being understood that the Lessee shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee
even if the ordinary (but not gross) negligence of such Indemnitee caused or
contributed to such Claim) or the breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant of such Indemnitee set forth in any Operative Document, (2) any Claim
resulting from Lessor Liens which the Lessor is responsible for discharging
under the Operative Documents, (3) any Claim to the extent attributable to acts
or events occurring after the expiration of the Term or the return or
remarketing of the Property so long as the Lessor is not exercising remedies
against the Lessee in respect of the Operative Documents, and (4) any Claim
arising from a breach or alleged breach by the Lessor of any agreement entered
into in connection
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with the assignment or participation of Rent. It is expressly understood and
agreed that the indemnity provided for herein shall survive the expiration or
termination of and shall be separate and independent from any remedy under this
Lease or any other Operative Document. Without limiting the express rights of
any Indemnitee under this Section 26.1, this Section 26.1 shall be construed as
an indemnity only and not a guaranty of residual value of the Property.
26.2. End of Term Indemnity.
(a) If the Lessee elects the Remarketing Option and there
would, after giving effect, to the proposed remarketing transactions,
be a Shortfall Amount, then prior to the Expiration Date and as a
condition to the Lessee's right to complete the remarketing of the
Property pursuant to Section 24.1, the Lessee shall cause to be
delivered to the Lessor at least thirty (30) days prior to the
Expiration Date, at the Lessee's sole cost and expense, a report from
an appraiser selected by the Lessor and reasonably satisfactory to the
Lessee in form and substance satisfactory to the Lessor (the "End of
the Term Report") which shall state the appraiser's conclusions as to
the reason for any decline in the Fair Market Sales Value of the
Property from that anticipated for such date in the Appraisal delivered
on the Acquisition Date.
(b) If the Lessee elects the Remarketing Option, then on or
prior to the Expiration Date, the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor an
amount (not to exceed the Shortfall Amount) equal to the portion of the
Shortfall Amount that the End of the Term Report demonstrates was the
result of a decline in the Fair Market Sales Value of the Property due
to
(i) extraordinary use, failure to maintain, to
repair, to restore, to rebuild or to replace, failure to
comply with all applicable laws, failure to use, workmanship,
method of installation or removal or maintenance, repair,
rebuilding or replacement, (excepting in each case ordinary
wear and tear), or
(ii) with respect to the Property, any Modification
made to, or any rebuilding of, the Property or any part
thereof by the Lessee, or
(iii) the existence of any Environmental Violations,
or
(iv) any restoration or rebuilding carried out by the
Lessee, or
(v) any use of the Property or any part thereof by
the Lessee other than as permitted under this Lease, or
(vi) any grant, release, dedication, transfer or
amendment made pursuant to Section 15.2, or
(vii) the failure of the Lessor to have title to the
Property free and clear of all Liens (excluding Permitted
Liens).
26.3. Environmental Indemnity. Without limitation of the other
provisions of this Article XXVI, the Lessee hereby agrees to indemnify, hold
harmless and defend each Indemnitee from and against any and all claims
(including without limitation third party claims for personal injury or real or
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personal property damage), losses (including but not limited to, to the extent
the Lease Balance has not been fully paid, any loss of value of the Property),
damages, liabilities, fines, penalties, charges, administrative and judicial
proceedings (including informal proceedings) and orders, judgments, remedial
action, requirements, enforcement actions of any kind, and all reasonable and
documented costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including but
not limited to reasonable and documented attorneys' and/or paralegals' fees and
expenses), including, but not limited to, all costs incurred in connection with
any investigation or monitoring of site conditions or any clean-up, remedial,
removal or restoration work by any federal, state or local government agency,
arising in whole or in part, out of
(a) the presence on or under the Property of any Hazardous
Substance in violation of Environmental Law, or any releases or
discharges of any Hazardous Substance on, under, from or onto the
Property in violation of Environmental Law,
(b) any activity, including, without limitation, construction,
carried on or undertaken on or off the Property, and whether by the
Lessee or any predecessor in title or any employees, agents,
contractors or subcontractors of the Lessee or any predecessor in
title, or any other Persons (including such Indemnitee), in connection
with the handling, treatment, removal, storage, decontamination,
clean-up, transport or disposal of any Hazardous Substances in
violation of Environmental Law that at any time are located or present
on or under or that at any time migrate, flow, percolate, diffuse or in
any way move onto or under the Property,
(c) loss of or damage to any property or the environment
(including, without limitation, clean-up costs, response costs,
remediation and removal costs, cost of corrective action, costs of
financial assurance, fines and penalties and natural resource damages),
or death or injury to any Person, and all expenses associated with the
protection of wildlife, aquatic species, vegetation, flora and fauna,
and any mitigative action required by or under Environmental Laws,
(d) any claim concerning lack of compliance with Environmental
Laws, or any act or omission causing an environmental condition that
requires remediation or would allow any Governmental Authority to
record a Lien on the land records, or
(e) any residual contamination on or under the Land, or
affecting any natural resources, and to any contamination of any
property or natural resources arising in connection with the
generation, use, handling, storage, transport or disposal of any such
Hazardous Substances, and irrespective of whether any of such
activities were or will be undertaken in accordance with applicable
laws, regulations, codes and ordinances;
provided, however, the Lessee shall not be required to indemnify any Indemnitee
under this Section 26.3 for (1) any Claim to the extent resulting from the
willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee (it being understood
that, unless the applicable Indemnitee was in possession of the Property and
caused the Claim, the Lessee shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee even
if the ordinary (but not gross) negligence of such Indemnitee caused or
contributed to such Claim) or (2) any Claim to the extent attributable to acts
or events occurring after the expiration of the Term or the return or
remarketing of the Property so long as the Lessor is not exercising remedies
against the Lessee in respect of the Operative Documents. It is expressly
understood and agreed that the indemnity provided for herein shall survive the
expiration or termination of and shall be separate and independent from any
remedy under this Lease or any other Operative Document.
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26.4. Proceedings in Respect of Claims. With respect to any amount that
the Lessee is requested by an Indemnitee to pay by reason of Section 26.1 or
26.3, such Indemnitee shall, if so requested by the Lessee and prior to any
payment, submit such additional information to the Lessee as the Lessee may
reasonably request and which is in the possession of such Indemnitee to
substantiate properly the requested payment.
In case any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any
Indemnitee, such Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Lessee of the commencement
thereof, and the Lessee shall be entitled, at its expense, to participate in,
and, to the extent that the Lessee desires to, assume and control the defense
thereof; provided, however, that the Lessee shall not have any increased
liability as a direct result of an Indemnitee's failure to provide such notice
promptly; provided, further, that the Lessee shall have acknowledged in writing
its obligation to fully indemnify such Indemnitee in respect of such action,
suit or proceeding, and, the Lessee shall keep such Indemnitee fully apprised of
the status of such action, suit or proceeding and shall provide such Indemnitee
with all information with respect to such action, suit or proceeding as such
Indemnitee shall reasonably request, and provided, further, that the Lessee
shall not be entitled to assume and control the defense of any such action, suit
or proceeding if and to the extent that, (A) in the reasonable opinion of such
Indemnitee, (x) such action, suit or proceeding involves any risk of imposition
of criminal liability or any risk of imposition of material civil liability on
such Indemnitee or will involve a material risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss
of, or the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien or Lessor Lien) on
the Property or any part thereof unless, in the case of civil liability, the
Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security reasonably satisfactory to the
relevant Indemnitee in respect to such risk or (y) the control of such action,
suit or proceeding would involve an actual or potential conflict of interest,
(B) such proceeding involves Claims not fully indemnified by the Lessee which
the Lessee and the Indemnitee have been unable to sever from the indemnified
claim(s), or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The
Indemnitee may participate in a reasonable manner at its own expense and with
its own counsel in any proceeding conducted by the Lessee in accordance with the
foregoing. The Lessee shall not enter into any settlement or other compromise
with respect to any Claim which is entitled to be indemnified under Section 26.1
or 26.3 without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld in the case of a money settlement not involving an
admission of liability of such Indemnitee; provided, however, that in the event
that such Indemnitee withholds consent to any settlement or other compromise,
the Lessee shall not be required to indemnify such Indemnitee under Section 26.1
or 26.3 to the extent that the applicable Claim (x) is for legal fees and
expenses incurred after the date of the proposed settlement or (y) results in a
judgment in excess of such offered money settlement.
Each Indemnitee shall at the expense of the Lessee supply the Lessee
with such information and documents reasonably requested by the Lessee as are
necessary or advisable for the Lessee to participate in any action, suit or
proceeding to the extent permitted by Section 26.1 or 26.3. Unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no Indemnitee shall enter into
any settlement or other compromise with respect to any Claim which is entitled
to be indemnified under Section 26.1 or 26.3 without the prior written consent
of the Lessee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, unless such
Indemnitee waives its right to be indemnified under Section 26.1 or 26.3 with
respect to such Claim.
Upon payment in full of any Claim by the Lessee pursuant to Section
26.1 or 26.3 to or on behalf of an Indemnitee, the Lessee, without any further
action, shall be subrogated to any and all claims that such Indemnitee may have
relating thereto (other than claims in respect of insurance policies maintained
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by such Indemnitee at its own expense), and such Indemnitee shall execute such
instruments of assignment and conveyance, evidence of claims and payment and
such other documents, instruments and agreements as may be necessary to preserve
any such claims and otherwise cooperate with the Lessee and give such further
assurances as are necessary or advisable to enable the Lessee vigorously to
pursue such claims.
Any amount payable to an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 26.1 or 26.3
shall be paid to such Indemnitee within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of
a written demand therefor from such Indemnitee, accompanied by a written
statement describing in reasonable detail the basis for such indemnity and the
computation of the amount so payable and, if requested by the Lessee, such
determination shall be verified by a nationally recognized independent
accounting firm mutually acceptable to the Lessee and the Indemnitee at the
expense of the Lessee; provided, however, that if the Lessee has assumed the
defense of the related Claim or is paying the costs of the Indemnitee's defense
of the related claim on an ongoing basis, the Lessee shall not be required to
pay such amount to the applicable Indemnitee until such time as a judgment is
entered with respect to such Claim, the enforcement of which is not stayed or
which judgment is not bonded over, or the Claim is otherwise settled or lost. To
the extent the Lessee suffers any losses or damages as a result of an
Indemnitee's failure to provide the Lessee with prompt notice of the
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against any Indemnitee in
accordance with the first sentence of the second paragraph of this Section 26.4,
the amounts of such losses or damages may be offset against the Lessee's
indemnification obligation to such Indemnitee.
26.5. General Tax Indemnity.
(a) Indemnification. The Lessee shall pay and assume liability
for, and does hereby agree to indemnify, protect and defend the
Property and all Tax Indemnitees, and hold them harmless against, all
Impositions on an After Tax Basis.
(b) Contests. If any claim shall be made against any Tax
Indemnitee or if any proceeding shall be commenced against any Tax
Indemnitee (including a written notice of such proceeding) for any
Imposition as to which the Lessee may have an indemnity obligation
pursuant to this Section 26.5, or if any Tax Indemnitee shall determine
that any Imposition to which the Lessee may have an indemnity
obligation pursuant to this Section 26.5 may be payable, such Tax
Indemnitee shall promptly (and in any event, within 30 days) notify the
Lessee in writing (provided that failure to so notify the Lessee within
30 days shall not alter such Tax Indemnitee's rights under this Section
26.5 except to the extent such failure precludes or materially
adversely affects the ability to conduct a contest of any indemnified
Taxes) and shall not take any action with respect to such claim,
proceeding or Imposition without the written consent of the Lessee
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed)
for 30 days after the receipt of such notice by the Lessee; provided,
however, that in the case of any such claim or proceeding, if such Tax
Indemnitee shall be required by law or regulation to take action prior
to the end of such 30-day period, such Tax Indemnitee shall in such
notice to the Lessee, so inform the Lessee, and such Tax Indemnitee
shall not take any action with respect to such claim, proceeding or
Imposition without the consent of the Lessee (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed) for 10 days after the
receipt of such notice by the Lessee unless the Tax Indemnitee shall be
required by law or regulation to take action prior to the end of such
10-day period.
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The Lessee shall be entitled for a period of 30 days from
receipt of such notice from the Tax Indemnitee (or such shorter period
as the Tax Indemnitee has notified the Lessee is required by law or
regulation for the Tax Indemnitee to commence such contest), to request
in writing that such Tax Indemnitee contest the imposition of such Tax,
at the Lessee's expense. If (x) such contest can be pursued in the name
of the Lessee and independently from any other proceeding involving a
Tax liability of such Tax Indemnitee for which the Lessee has not
agreed to indemnify such Tax Indemnitee, (y) such contest must be
pursued in the name of the Tax Indemnitee, but can be pursued
independently from any other proceeding involving a Tax liability of
such Tax Indemnitee for which the Lessee has not agreed to indemnify
such Tax Indemnitee or (z) the Tax Indemnitee so requests, then the
Lessee shall be permitted to control the contest of such claim,
provided that in the case of a contest described in clause (y), if the
Tax Indemnitee determines in good faith that such contest by the Lessee
could have a material adverse impact on the business or operations of
the Tax Indemnitee and provides a written explanation to the Lessee of
such determination, the Tax Indemnitee may elect to control or reassert
control of the contest, and provided, that by taking control of the
contest, Lessee acknowledges that it is responsible for the Imposition
ultimately determined to be due by reason of such claim, and provided,
further, that in determining the application of clauses (x) and (y)
this sentence, each Tax Indemnitee shall take any and all reasonable
steps to segregate claims for any Taxes for which the Lessee
indemnifies hereunder from Taxes for which the Lessee is not obligated
to indemnify hereunder, so that the Lessee can control the contest of
the former. In all other claims requested to be contested by the
Lessee, the Tax Indemnitee shall control the contest of such claim,
acting through counsel reasonably acceptable to the Lessee. In no event
shall the Lessee be permitted to contest (or the Tax Indemnitee
required to contest) any claim, (A) if such Tax Indemnitee provides the
Lessee with a legal opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Lessee that such action, suit or proceeding involves a risk of
imposition of criminal liability or will involve a material risk of the
sale, forfeiture or loss of, or the creation of any Lien (other than a
Permitted Lien or Lessor Lien) on the Property or any part of any
thereof unless the Lessee shall have posted and maintained a bond or
other security reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Tax Indemnitee
in respect to such risk, (B) if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing unless the Lessee shall have posted and maintained a bond or
other security reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Tax Indemnitee
in respect of the Taxes subject to such claim and any and all expenses
for which the Lessee is responsible hereunder reasonably foreseeable in
connection with the contest of such claim, (C) unless the Lessee shall
have agreed to pay and shall pay, to such Tax Indemnitee within ten
(10) Business Days after demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs,
losses and expenses that such Tax Indemnitee may incur in connection
with contesting such Imposition including all reasonable legal,
accounting and investigatory fees and disbursements, or (D) if such
contest shall involve the payment of the Tax prior to the contest,
unless the Lessee shall provide to the Tax Indemnitee an interest-free
advance in an amount equal to the Imposition that the Indemnitee is
required to pay (with no additional net after-tax costs to such Tax
Indemnitee). In addition for Tax Indemnitee controlled contests and
claims contested in the name of the Tax Indemnitee in a public forum,
no contest shall be required: (A) unless the amount of the potential
indemnity (taking into account all similar or logically related claims
that have been or could be raised in any audit involving such Tax
Indemnitee for which the Lessee may be liable to pay an indemnity under
this Section 26.5(b)) exceeds $500,000 and (B) unless, if requested by
the Tax Indemnitee, the Lessee shall have provided to the Tax
Indemnitee an opinion of counsel selected by the Lessee (which may be
in-house counsel) (except, in the case of income taxes indemnified
hereunder which shall be an opinion of independent tax counsel selected
by the Tax Indemnitee and reasonably acceptable to
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the Lessee) that a reasonable basis exists to contest such claim. In no
event shall a Tax Indemnitee be required to appeal an adverse judicial
determination to the United States Supreme Court.
The party conducting the contest shall consult in good faith
with the other party and its counsel with respect to the contest of
such claim for Taxes (or claim for refund) but the decisions regarding
what actions to be taken shall be made by the controlling party in its
sole judgement, provided, however, that if the Tax Indemnitee is the
controlling party and the Lessee recommends the acceptance of a
settlement offer made by the relevant Governmental Authority and such
Tax Indemnitee rejects such settlement offer then the amount for which
the Lessee will be required to indemnify such Tax Indemnitee with
respect to the Taxes subject to such offer shall not exceed the amount
which it would have owed if such settlement offer had been accepted. In
addition, the controlling party shall keep the noncontrolling party
reasonably informed as to the progress of the contest, and shall
provide the noncontrolling party with a copy of (or appropriate
excerpts from) any reports or claims issued by the relevant auditing
agents or taxing authority to the controlling party thereof, in
connection with such claim or the contest thereof.
Each Tax Indemnitee shall at the Lessee's expense supply the
Lessee with such information and documents reasonably requested by the
Lessee as are necessary or advisable for the Lessee to participate in
any action, suit or proceeding to the extent permitted by this Section
26.5(b). No Tax Indemnitee shall enter into any settlement or other
compromise or fail to appeal an adverse ruling with respect to any
claim which is entitled to be indemnified under this Section 26.5 (and
with respect to which contest is required under this Section 26.5(b))
without the prior written consent of the Lessee, unless such Tax
Indemnitee waives its right to be indemnified under this Section 26.5
with respect to such claim.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, a
Tax Indemnitee will not be required to contest (and the Lessee shall
not be permitted to contest) a claim with respect to the imposition of
any Tax if such Tax Indemnitee shall waive its right to indemnification
under this Section 26.5 with respect to such claim (and any claim with
respect to such year or any other taxable year the contest of which is
materially adversely affected as a result of such waiver).
(c) Reimbursement for Tax Savings. If (x) a Tax Indemnitee or
any Affiliate thereof realizes a deduction, offset, credit or refund of
any Taxes or any other savings or benefit as a result of any indemnity
paid by the Lessee pursuant to this Section 26.5 or (y) by reason of
the incurrence or imposition of any Tax (or the circumstances or event
giving rise thereto) for which a Tax Indemnitee is indemnified
hereunder or any payment made to or for the account of such Tax
Indemnitee by the Lessee pursuant to this Section 26.5 or any payment
made by a Tax Indemnitee to the Lessee by reason of this Section
26.5(c), such Tax Indemnitee at any time actually realizes a reduction
in any Taxes for which the Lessee is not required to indemnify such Tax
Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 26.5 which reduction in Taxes was
not taken into account in computing such payment by the Lessee to or
for the account of such Tax Indemnitee or by the Tax Indemnitee to the
Lessee, then such Tax Indemnitee shall promptly pay to the Lessee (xx)
the amount of such deduction, offset, credit, refund, or other savings
or benefit together with the amount of any interest received by such
Tax Indemnitee on account of such deduction, offset, credit, refund or
other savings or benefit or (yy) an amount equal to such reduction in
Taxes, as the case may be, in either case together with an amount equal
to any reduced Taxes payable by such Tax Indemnitee as a result of such
payment; provided that no such payment shall be made so
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long as a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing but shall be paid promptly after cure of such Default or
Event of Default. Each Tax Indemnitee agrees to take such actions as
the Lessee may reasonably request (provided in the good faith judgment
of the Tax Indemnitee, such actions would not result in a material
adverse effect on the Tax Indemnitee for which the Tax Indemnitee is
not entitled to indemnification from the Lessee) and to otherwise act
in good faith to claim such refunds and other available Tax benefits,
and take such other actions as may be reasonable to minimize any
payment due from the Lessee pursuant to this Section 26.5 and to
maximize the amount of any Tax savings available to it. The
disallowance or reduction of any credit, refund or other tax savings
with respect to which a Tax Indemnitee has made a payment to the Lessee
under this Section 26.5(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which the
Lessee is obligated to indemnify such Tax Indemnitee hereunder without
regard to the exclusions set forth in the definition of Impositions
except the exclusions set forth in (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x),
(xi), (xiv) and (xvi) of such definition.
(d) Payments. Any Imposition indemnifiable under this Section
26.5 shall be paid directly when due to the applicable taxing authority
if direct payment is practicable and permitted. If direct payment to
the applicable taxing authority is not permitted or is otherwise not
made, any amount payable to a Tax Indemnitee pursuant to Section 26.5
shall be paid within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written demand
therefor from such Tax Indemnitee accompanied by a written statement
describing in reasonable detail the amount so payable, but not later
than two Business Days prior to the date that the relevant Taxes are
due. Any payments made pursuant to this Section 26.5 shall be made
directly to the Tax Indemnitee entitled thereto or the Lessee, as the
case may be, in immediately available funds at such bank or to such
account as specified by the payee in written directions to the payor,
or, if no such direction shall have been given, by check of the payor
payable to the order of the payee by certified mail, postage prepaid at
its address as set forth in Schedule I hereto. Upon the request of any
Tax Indemnitee with respect to a Tax that the Lessee is required to
pay, the Lessee shall furnish to such Tax Indemnitee the original or a
certified copy of a receipt for the Lessee's payment of such Tax or
such other evidence of payment as is reasonably acceptable to such Tax
Indemnitee.
(e) Reports. In the case of any report, return or statement
required to be filed with respect to any Taxes that are subject to
indemnification under this Section 26.5 and of which the Lessee has
knowledge, the Lessee shall promptly notify the Tax Indemnitee of such
requirement and, at the Lessee's expense (i) if the Lessee is permitted
(unless otherwise requested by the Tax Indemnitee) by Applicable Law,
timely file such report, return or statement in its own name or (ii) if
such report, return or statement is required to be in the name of or
filed by such Tax Indemnitee or the Tax Indemnitee otherwise requests
that such report, return or statement for filing by such Tax Indemnitee
in such manner as shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Tax
Indemnitee and send the same to the Tax Indemnitee for filing no later
than 15 days prior to the due date therefor. In any case in which the
Tax Indemnitee will file any such report, return or statement, the
Lessee shall, upon written request of such Tax Indemnitee, provide such
Tax Indemnitee with such information as is reasonably necessary to
allow the Tax Indemnitee to file such report, return or statement.
(f) Verification. At the Lessee's request, the amount of any
indemnity payment by the Lessee or any payment by a Tax Indemnitee to
the Lessee pursuant to this Section 26.5 shall be verified and
certified by an independent public accounting firm mutually acceptable
to the Lessee
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and the Tax Indemnitee. The costs of such verification shall be borne
by the Lessee unless such verification shall result in an adjustment in
the Lessee's favor of the lesser of (i) $10,000, and (ii) five (5%)
percent of the payment as computed by the Tax Indemnitee, in which case
such fee shall be paid by the Tax Indemnitee. In no event shall the
Lessee have the right to review the Tax Indemnitee's tax returns or
receive any other confidential information from the Tax Indemnitee in
connection with such verification. Any information provided to such
accountants by any Person shall be and remain the exclusive property of
such Person and shall be deemed by the parties to be (and the
accountants will confirm in writing that they will treat such
information as) the private, proprietary and confidential property of
such Person, and no Person other than such Person and the accountants
shall be entitled thereto and all such materials shall be returned to
such Person. Such accounting firm shall be requested to make its
determination within 30 days of the Lessee's request for verifications
and the computations of the accounting firm shall be final, binding and
conclusive upon the Lessee and the Tax Indemnitee. The parties agree
that the sole responsibility of the independent public accounting firm
shall be to verify the amount of a payment pursuant to this Lease and
that matters of interpretation of this Lease are not within the scope
of the independent accounting firm's responsibilities.
(g) Tax Ownership. The Lessor represents and warrants that it
will not, prior to the termination of this Lease, claim ownership of
(or any tax benefits, including depreciation, with respect to) the
Property for any income tax purposes, it being understood that the
Lessee is and will remain the owner of the Property for such income tax
purposes until the termination of this Lease. If, notwithstanding the
income tax intentions of the parties as set forth herein, the Lessor
actually receives any income tax deductions, reductions in income tax
or other income tax benefit as a result of any claim for, or
recharacterization requiring such party to take, any tax benefits
attributable to ownership of the Property for income tax purposes, the
Lessor shall pay to the Lessee, together with an amount equal to any
reduced Taxes payable by such Tax Indemnitee as a result of such
payment, the amount of such income tax savings actually realized by the
Lessor (less the amount of any anticipated increase in income tax which
the Lessor determines is currently payable as a result of such claim or
recharacterization), provided that the Lessee shall agree to reimburse
the Lessor for any subsequent increase in the Lessor's income taxes
resulting from such claim or recharacterization not taken into account
in the payment made to the Lessee, up to the amount paid to the Lessee
by the Lessor. The parties agree that this Section 26.5(g) is intended
to require a payment to the Lessee if and only if the Lessor shall have
actually received an unanticipated tax savings with respect to the
Property that would not have been received if the Lessor had advanced
funds to the Lessee in the form of a loan secured by the Property in an
amount equal to the Lease Balance. Nothing in this Section 26.5(g)
shall be construed to require the Lessor to take any affirmative action
to realize any tax savings if in its good faith judgment such action
may have a material adverse affect on the Lessor.
26.6. Funding Losses. If any payment of Rent or the Lease Balance,
including pursuant to the Lessee's exercise of the Purchase Option under Section
22.1, is made on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto, the Lessee shall reimburse the Lessor within fifteen (15)
days after demand for any actual resulting loss or expense incurred by it,
including any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from
third parties, swaps, xxxxxx or similar transactions entered into in connection
with or in contemplation of transactions relating to the Property, but excluding
loss of margin for the period after any such payment or conversion or failure to
borrow or prepay, provided that the Lessor shall have delivered to the Lessee a
certificate signed by an officer of the Lessor as to the amount
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of such loss or expense, which certificate shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error, and provided, further, that such loss shall in no event exceed
the then effective Lease Rate which would have been payable for the balance of
such Interest Period. The Lessor will, at the request of the Lessee, furnish
such additional information concerning the determination of such loss as the
Lessee may reasonably request.
26.7. Regulation D Compensation. During the Term, for so long as the
Lessor (or SELCO) is required to maintain reserves against "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" (or any other category of liabilities which include deposits by
reference to which the Lease Rate is determined or any category of extensions of
credit or other assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of the
Lessor to United States residents), and, as a result, the cost to the Lessor (or
its Funding Office) of making or maintaining its Advances is increased, then the
Lessor may require the Lessee to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of
Rent, an additional amount at a rate per annum up to but not exceeding the
excess of (i) (A) the applicable Eurodollar Rate divided by (B) one minus the
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements and (ii) the applicable Eurodollar Rate. In
the event that the Lessor wishes to require payment of such additional amount,
the Lessor (x) shall so notify the Lessee, in which case such additional Rent
shall be payable to the Lessor at the place indicated in such notice with
respect to each Interest Period commencing at least three Business Days after
the giving of such notice and (y) shall furnish to the Lessee at least five
Business Days prior to each date on which Rent is payable a certificate setting
forth the amount to which it is then entitled under this Section (which shall be
consistent with its good faith estimate of the level at which the related
reserves are maintained by it). Each such certificate shall be accompanied by
such information as the Lessee may reasonably request as to the computation set
forth therein.
26.8. Deposits Unavailable. If the Eurodollar Rate is unavailable on or
prior to the day that the Eurodollar Rate is established, the Lessor shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the Lessee, whereupon until the Lessor notifies
the Lessee that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer
exist, the portion of the Advance subject to the Eurodollar Rate shall begin to
bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate on the first day of the subsequent
Interest Period applicable thereto. The Lessor shall provide to the Lessee a
statement in writing of the Alternate Base Rate as calculated hereunder.
26.9. Illegality. If, on or after the date hereof, the adoption of any
applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by the Lessor (or its Funding Office) with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for the
Lessor (or its Funding Office) to make, maintain or fund the Advance, and the
Lessor shall so notify the Lessee, whereupon until the Lessor notifies the
Lessee that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist,
the obligation to make the Advance shall be suspended. The Lessor, with the
consent of the Lessee (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld), will
designate a different Funding Office if such designation will avoid the need for
giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of the Lessor, be otherwise
disadvantageous to the Lessor. If such notice is given (i) the Lessee shall be
entitled upon its request to a reasonable explanation of the factors underlying
such notice and (ii) the Advance shall begin to bear interest at the Alternate
Base Rate either (a) on the last day of the then current Interest Period
applicable thereto, if the Lessor may lawfully continue to maintain and fund the
Advance to such day or (b) immediately, if the Lessor shall determine that it
may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund the Advance to such day. The
Lessor shall provide to the Lessee a statement in writing of the Alternate Base
Rate as calculated hereunder.
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26.10. Increased Cost and Reduced Return.
(a) In the event that the adoption of any applicable law, rule
or regulation, or any change therein or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof or compliance by the Lessor with any request or directive after
the date hereof (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency:
(i) does or shall subject the Lessor to any
additional tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to the
Operative Documents or the Advance made by it, or change the
basis or the applicable rate of taxation of payments to the
Lessor of principal, interest or any other amount payable
hereunder (except for the imposition of or change in any tax
on or measured by the overall net income of the Lessor (other
than any such tax imposed by means of withholding));
(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable
any reserve, special deposit, insurance assessment, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of,
advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of the Lessor which
are not otherwise included in determination of the rate of
interest on the Advance; or
(iii) does or shall impose on the Lessor any other
condition; and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to the Lessor of making or maintaining the
Advance or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder;
then in any such case, the Lessee shall promptly pay to the
Lessor, upon demand, any additional amounts necessary to
compensate the Lessor for such increased cost or reduced
amount receivable which the Lessor deems to be material as
determined by the Lessor with respect to the Advance.
(b) If the Lessor shall have determined that, after the date
hereof, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority,
central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of the Lessor (or any
entity directly or indirectly controlling the Lessor) as a consequence
of the Lessor's obligations under the Operative Documents to a level
below that which the Lessor (or any entity directly or indirectly
controlling the Lessor) could have achieved but for such adoption,
change, request or directive (taking into consideration its policies
with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Lessor to
be material, then from time to time, within fifteen (15) days after
demand by the Lessor, the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lessor for such
reduction.
(c) The Lessor will promptly notify the Lessee of any event of
which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will
entitle the Lessor to compensation pursuant to this Section and will,
if practicable, with the consent of the Lessee (which consent shall not
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unreasonably be withheld), designate a different Funding Office or take
any other reasonable action if such designation or action will avoid
the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not,
in the judgment of the Lessor, be otherwise disadvantageous to the
Lessor. A certificate signed by an officer of the Lessor claiming
compensation under this Section and setting forth in reasonable detail
its computation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it
hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In
determining such amount, the Lessor may use any reasonable averaging
and attribution methods.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) of this
Section 26.10, the Lessee shall only be obligated to compensate the
Lessor for any amount arising or accruing both:
(i) during (A) any time or period commencing (x) in
the case of subsection (a), not earlier than the first day of
any Interest Period in effect on the date which, and (y) in
the case of subsection (b), not earlier than the date on
which, the Lessor notifies the Lessee that it proposes to
demand such compensation and identifies to the Lessee the
statute, regulation or other basis upon which the claimed
compensation is or will be based and (B) any time or period
during which, because of the retroactive application of such
statute, regulation or other basis, the Lessor did not know
that such amount would arise or accrue; and
(ii) within six months prior to any demand therefor,
accompanied by a certificate of the Lessor claiming
compensation and setting forth in reasonable detail its
computation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to
it hereunder.
ARTICLE XXVII
ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES
27.1. Estoppel Certificates. At any time and from time to time upon not
less than fifteen (15) days' prior request by the Lessor or the Lessee (the
"Requesting Party"), the other party (whichever party shall have received such
request, the "Certifying Party") shall furnish to the Requesting Party (but in
the case of the Lessor, as Certifying Party, not more than four times per year
unless required to satisfy the requirements of any subleases and only to the
extent that the required information has been provided to the Lessor by the
Lessee) a certificate signed by an individual having the office of vice
president or higher in the Certifying Party certifying that this Lease is in
full force and effect (or that this Lease is in full force and effect as
modified and setting forth the modifications); the dates to which the Basic Rent
and Supplemental Rent have been paid; to the best knowledge of the signer of
such certificate, whether or not the Requesting Party is in default under any of
its obligations hereunder (and, if so, the nature of such alleged default); and
such other matters under this Lease as the Requesting Party may reasonably
request. Any such certificate furnished pursuant to this Article XXVII may be
relied upon by the Requesting Party, and any existing or prospective mortgagee,
purchaser or lender, and any accountant or auditor, of, from or to the
Requesting Party (or any Affiliate thereof).
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ARTICLE XXVIII
ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER
28.1. Acceptance of Surrender. No surrender to the Lessor of this Lease
or of all or any portion of the Property or of any interest therein shall be
valid or effective unless agreed to and accepted in writing by the Lessor, and
no act by the Lessor or any representative or agent of the Lessor, other than a
written acceptance, shall constitute an acceptance of any such surrender.
ARTICLE XXIX
NO MERGER OF TITLE
29.1. No Merger of Title. There shall be no merger of this Lease or of
the leasehold estate created hereby by reason of the fact that the same Person
may acquire, own or hold, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, (a) this
Lease or the leasehold estate created hereby or any interest in this Lease or
such leasehold estate, (b) the fee or groundleasehold estate in the Property,
except as may expressly be stated in a written instrument duly executed and
delivered by the appropriate Person or (c) a beneficial interest in the Lessor.
ARTICLE XXX
INTENT OF THE PARTIES
30.1. Ownership of the Property.
(a) It is the intent of the parties hereto that for financial
accounting purposes the Lease constitutes an "operating lease" pursuant
to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended, and
for purposes of commercial, real estate, bankruptcy and federal, state
and local income tax law, the transaction contemplated hereby is a
financing arrangement. The parties further intend that Lessee shall be
treated as owner of the Property for income tax purposes and shall be
entitled to all deductions for depreciation thereof. Lessor shall take
no action inconsistent with such treatment.
(b) It is the intent of the parties hereto that the
obligations of the Lessee under this Lease to pay Basic Rent and
Supplemental Rent or Lease Balance in connection with any purchase of
the Property pursuant to this Lease shall be treated as payments of
interest on and principal of, respectively, loans from the Lessor to
the Lessee.
(c) Specifically, without limiting the generality of
subsection (b) of this Section 30.1, the Lessor and the Lessee intend
and agree that with respect to the nature of the transactions evidenced
by this Lease in the context of the exercise of remedies under the
Operative Documents, including, without limitation, in the case of any
insolvency or receivership proceedings or a petition under the United
States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable insolvency laws or
statute of the United States of America or any State or Commonwealth
thereof affecting the Lessee and the Lessor, or any enforcement or
collection actions, the transactions evidenced by this Lease are loans
made by the Lessor as unrelated third party lender to the Lessee.
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ARTICLE XXXI
PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
31.1. Transaction Expenses.
(a) The Lessee shall pay, or cause to be paid, from time to
time all Transaction Expenses in respect of the transactions taking
place on the Documentation Date and on Acquisition Date on such
respected date; provided, however, that, if the Lessee has not received
written invoices therefor prior to such date, such Transaction Expenses
shall be paid within ten (10) Business Days after the Lessee has
received written invoices therefor.
(b) The Lessee shall pay or cause to be paid (i) all
Transaction Expenses incurred by the Lessor in entering into any future
amendments or supplements with respect to any of the Operative
Documents, whether or not such amendments or supplements are ultimately
entered into, or giving or withholding of waivers of consents hereto or
thereto, in each case which have been requested by or approved by the
Lessee, (ii) all Transaction Expenses incurred by the Lessor in
connection with any purchase of the Property by the Lessee or other
Person pursuant to this Lease and (iii) all Transaction Expenses
incurred by the Lessor in respect of enforcement of any of its rights
or remedies against the Lessee in respect of the Operative Documents.
31.2. Brokers' Fees and Stamp Taxes. The Lessee shall pay or cause to
be paid any brokers' fees and any and all stamp, transfer and other similar
taxes, fees and excises, if any, including any interest and penalties, which are
payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Lease and the
other Operative Documents.
ARTICLE XXXII
OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF LESSEE
32.1. Covenants. The Lessee hereby agrees that so long as this Lease is
in effect:
(a) Information. The Lessee will deliver to the Lessor:
(i) promptly upon the request of the Lessor, the
publicly available consolidated and consolidating statements
of financial position of the Parent and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (including the Lessee) as of the end of each of
the Parent's fiscal years and the related consolidated and
consolidating statements of income and cash flows for such
fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the previous fiscal year, with such
consolidated financial statements reported on by Ernst & Young
or other independent public accountants of nationally
recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Lessor; and
with respect to each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year of the Parent and the Lessee, the publicly
available unaudited consolidated statement of financial
position of the Parent and the Lessee as of the end of such
quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of
income and cash flows for such quarter and for the portion of
the Parent's and the Lessee's fiscal year ended at the end of
such quarter;
(ii) as soon as possible and in any event within ten
(10) days after a Responsible Employee of the Lessee obtains
knowledge of the occurrence of each Event of Default or each
event that, with the giving of notice or time elapse, or both,
would constitute an
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Event of Default continuing on the date of such statement, a
statement of the authorized officer setting forth details of
such Event of Default or event and the action that the Lessee
proposes to take with respect thereto; provided that the
Lessee shall not be obligated to give notice of any Event of
Default which is remedied within ten (10) days after such
Responsible Employee first obtains knowledge;
(iii) promptly upon becoming aware thereof, written
notice of the commencement or existence of any proceeding
against the Lessee or any Affiliate of the Lessee by or before
any court or governmental agency that might, in the reasonable
judgment of the Lessee, result in a Material adverse effect on
the business, operations or financial conditions of the Lessee
or the ability of the Lessee to perform its obligations under
the Operative Documents;
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within ten
(10) days after a Responsible Employee of the Lessee obtains
knowledge of the occurrence of any violation or alleged
violation of an Environmental Law by Lessee, a statement of an
authorized officer setting forth the details of such violation
and the action which the Lessee proposes to take with respect
thereto; and
(v) from time to time such additional information
regarding the business, properties, condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of the Lessee, or regarding the
Property or the status of any construction thereon, if any, as
the Lessor may reasonably request in connection with the
Property.
(b) Obligations under Xxxxxx Loan Documents. Absent prior
written notice from the Lessor to the contrary, the Lessee shall comply
with all requirements of the Lessor, as Borrower, under the Xxxxxx Loan
Documents relating to the use, maintenance, preservation, management
and operation of the Property, including, without limitation,
furnishing the Lender with notices, documents, reports, budgets, data
and all other information relating to the Property.
(c) Compliance with Laws. The Lessee will comply in all
Material respects with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations, and requirements of governmental authorities (including,
without limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA and the rules and
regulations thereunder) with respect to its Material Assets, including
the Property, except where the necessity of compliance therewith is
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
(d) Further Assurances. The Lessee shall take or cause to be
taken from time to time all action necessary to assure that the intent
of the parties pursuant to the Operative Documents is given effect as
contemplated by this Lease. The Lessee shall execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, to the Lessor from time to time,
promptly upon request therefor, any and all other and further
instruments that may be reasonably requested by the Lessor to cure any
deficiency in the execution and delivery of this Lease or any Operative
Document to which it is a party.
(e) Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Lessee will preserve
and maintain its existence and all rights, privileges and franchises
necessary and desirable in the normal conduct of its business and the
performance of its obligations hereunder and under the Operative
Documents; provided that, subject to the restrictions contained in the
Xxxxxx Loan Documents, the Lessee may
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consolidate with or merge with or into any other corporation or convey
or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, if either the Lessee shall be the continuing corporation,
or the corporation (if other than the Lessee) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Lessee is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the
Lessee substantially as an entirety shall expressly assume, by an
assumption agreement executed and delivered to the Lessor, the
performance of the Lessee's obligations under each of the Operative
Documents.
(f) Nonpetition Covenants. Lessee shall not during the Term of
the Lease acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Lessor
to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Lessor under any
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Lessor or any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of
the Lessor. Lessor shall not during the Term of the Lease acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Lessee to invoke the process
of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Lessee under any federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Lessee or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Lessee.
ARTICLE XXXIII
MISCELLANEOUS
33.1. Survival; Severability; Etc. Anything contained in this Lease to
the contrary notwithstanding, all claims against and liabilities of the Lessee
or the Lessor arising from events commencing prior to the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease shall survive such expiration or earlier termination
for a period of one year except as to indemnification which shall continue to
survive. If any term or provision of this Lease or any application thereof shall
be declared invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease and any other
application of such term or provision shall not be affected thereby. If any
right or option of the Lessee provided in this Lease would, in the absence of
the limitation imposed by this sentence, be invalid or unenforceable as being in
violation of the rule against perpetuities or any other rule of law relating to
the vesting of an interest in or the suspension of the power of alienation of
property, then such right or option shall be exercisable only during the period
which shall end twenty-one (21) years after the date of death of the last
survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, the former President of
the United States, Xxxxx Xxxx, the deceased automobile manufacturer, and Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxxx, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, known to be alive on the
date of the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of this Lease.
33.2. Amendments and Modifications. Neither this Lease nor any
provision hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated except by an
instrument in writing in recordable form signed by the Lessor and the Lessee.
33.3. No Waiver. No failure by the Lessor or the Lessee to insist upon
the strict performance of any term hereof or to exercise any right, power or
remedy upon a default hereunder, and no acceptance of full or partial payment of
Rent during the continuance of any such default, shall
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constitute a waiver of any such default or of any such term. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, no waiver of any default shall affect or alter this
Lease, and this Lease shall continue in full force and effect with respect to
any other then existing or subsequent default.
33.4. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile), and
directed to the address of the appropriate party as set forth in Schedule I
hereto.
33.5. Successors and Assigns. All the terms and provisions of this
Lease shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
33.6. Headings and Table of Contents. The headings and table of
contents in this Lease are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit
or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
33.7. Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
33.8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS LEASE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IN THE EVENT THAT THIS LEASE IS DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE A
FINANCING, WHICH IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES, SHALL GOVERN THE
CREATION, TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED HEREBY.
33.9. Original Lease. The single executed original of this Lease marked
"THIS COUNTERPART IS THE ORIGINAL EXECUTED COUNTERPART" on the signature page
thereof and containing the receipt of the Lessor therefor on or following the
signature page thereof shall be the Original Executed Counterpart of this Lease
(the "Original Executed Counterpart"). To the extent that this Lease constitutes
chattel paper, as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction, no security interest in this Lease may be
created through the transfer or possession of any counterpart other than the
Original Executed Counterpart.
33.10. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS LEASE AND/OR ANY OF THE OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF SUCH PARTIES. THE PARTIES
HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT
CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES ENTERING INTO THE LEASE AND EACH SUCH OTHER OPERATIVE
DOCUMENT.
33.11. Compliance with Xxxxxx Loan Documents. Lessor covenants and
agrees with Lessee that Lessor shall (a) not without the express written consent
of the Lessee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, enter into any
amendments or modifications of the Lessor Loan Agreement, the
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Lessor Pledge Agreement or the Xxxxxx Loan Documents to which it is a party and
(b) comply with the terms of the Lessor Loan Agreement, the Lessor Pledge
Agreement and the Xxxxxx Loan Documents to which it is a party.
33.12. Payment of Equity Balance; Transfer of Beneficial Interest in
Lessor. In the event the Lessee exercises its right or is obligated to pay the
Equity Balance to the Lessor as set forth in this Lease, the Lessee shall not
pay such Equity Balance without complying with the provisions of the Xxxxxx Loan
Documents. The parties further agree that as soon as possible (time being of the
essence) after the payment by the Lessee to the Lessor of the Equity Balance or
upon the Lessor's exercise of all its rights under the Pledge Agreements,
including, without limitation, its rights to possess the Certificate A and
Certificate B, the Lessee shall accept a transfer requested of it by the
beneficial owner of the Lessor of all of the beneficial interests in the Lessor
free and clear of all Liens. The Lessee and Lessor agree to execute all
documents reasonably necessary to effectuate such transfer. The acquisition by
the Lessee of the beneficial interests in the Lessor shall comply with the
provisions of the Xxxxxx Loan Documents.
33.13. Concerning the Trustee. This Lease has been executed by
Wilmington Trust Company solely in its capacity as Trustee under the Trust
Agreement and not in its individual capacity and in no case shall the Trust
Company (or any entity acting as successor or additional Trustee under the Trust
Agreement) be personally liable for or on account of any of the statements,
representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of the Trust, the Trustee
or the Lessor hereunder, any such liabilities being hereby waived by the other
parties hereto provided, that Wilmington Trust Company is an intended
beneficiary of the benefits running to it hereunder and such waiver shall not
affect its liability in its individual capacity for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct to the extent expressly provided in the Trust Agreement. If a
successor Trustee is appointed in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Agreement, such successor Trustee shall, without any further act, succeed to all
the rights, duties, immunities and obligations of the Lessor hereunder and the
predecessor Trustee shall be released from all further duties and obligations
hereunder arising after such successor Trustee will have been appointed.
33.14. Owner's Insurance Policy Proceeds. After such time as the Lessor
is paid the Equity Balance, the Lessor agrees to promptly provide the Lessee
with any proceeds of the Lessor's owner's insurance policy covering the Property
which the Lessor has received, unless the Lessor is required to pay such
proceeds to the Lender pursuant to the Xxxxxx Loan Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Lease be duly executed
and delivered as of the date first above written.
BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA
- RC, INC., a Delaware corporation
By ---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
S-1
Commitment: THE WOODSIDE BUSINESS TRUST
By Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity
but solely as trustee under the Trust Agreement
$42,000,000
By ---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
S-2
THIS COUNTERPART IS NOT THE ORIGINAL EXECUTED COUNTERPART.
Receipt of this original counterpart of the foregoing Lease is hereby
acknowledged as of the date hereof.
XXXXXX FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By: ---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
S-3
SCHEDULE I
Notice Information
Lessee
Brookdale Living Communities of California - RC, Inc.
c/o Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
with copies delivered concurrently to:
Brookdale Living Communities of California - RC, Inc.
c/o Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Brookdale Living Communities of California - RC, Inc.
c/o Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esquire
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Mackay & Xxxxxxxxxx, P.C.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
36343008.3 121898 1314E 98505928
Lessor
The Woodside Business Trust
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
36343008.3 121898 1314E 98505928
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF FUNDING REQUEST
TO: THE WOODSIDE BUSINESS TRUST
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Reference is hereby made to the Lease dated as of --------, 1998, as it
may be amended from time to time (the "Lease"), between Brookdale Living
Communities of California - RC, Inc. (the "Company") and The Woodside Business
Trust. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined
in Appendix 1 to the Lease.
The Company hereby requests the making of an Advance in the amount of
$------------------------ on -------------, 199- (the "Requested Funding Date").
In connection with such requested Advance, the Company hereby
represents and warrants to you as follows:
(a) The Advance will be allocated as follows:
(i) $----------- of the Advance shall be used solely
to provide the Company with funds with which to pay or
reimburse itself for Property Cost.
(ii) $----------- of the Advance shall be used to pay
or reimburse the Company for Transaction Expenses paid or
payable by the Company in connection with the Operative
Documents and fees paid or payable by the Company to the
Lessor in connection with the Operative Documents and any
amounts paid or payable by the Company pursuant to Section
31.1 of the Lease, and
(b) On and as of the Requested Funding Date the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Lease
and in each of the other Operative Documents are true and correct in
all Material respects as though made on and as of such date, except to
the extent such representations or warranties relate solely to an
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were
true and correct in all Material respects on and as of such earlier
date;
(c) On and as of the Requested Funding Date there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened (i) that are reasonably likely to have a Material
adverse effect on the Property or (ii) that question the validity of
the Operative Documents or the rights or remedies of the Lessor with
respect to the Company or the Property under the Operative Documents;
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(d) To the knowledge of the Company, there have been no Liens
against the Property since the recordation of the Deed other than
Permitted Liens;
(e) On and as of the Requested Funding Date no Default or
Event or Default under the Lease has occurred and is continuing, and no
Default or Event of Default under the Lease will have occurred after
giving effect to the making of the Advance requested hereby; and
(f) All of the applicable conditions precedent to this Advance
under Article IV of the Lease have been satisfied.
Please wire transfer the proceeds of the Advance requested hereby
(other than proceeds described in paragraph (a)(iv) of this Funding Request) to
--------------.
The Company has caused this Funding Request to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized Responsible Employee this */------- day of
------------, 199-.
BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF
CALIFORNIA - RC, INC.
By-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
--------
*/ Funding Request must be delivered not later than 9:00 A.M., New York
City time, two (2) Business Days prior to the Requested Funding Date.
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EXHIBIT C
BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA - RC, INC.
Responsible Employee's Certificate
Pursuant to Section 4.3(g) of the Lease
-----------------------
The undersigned certifies that he is the duly appointed and acting [ ]
of BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA - RC, INC. (the "Company"), and is
familiar with the terms and provisions of the Lease, dated as of December --,
1998 (the "Lease"), between the Company, as the Lessee and --------------, as
the Lessor, and the transactions and documents contemplated thereby. Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
Appendix 1 to the Lease.
Pursuant to Section 4.3(g) of the Lease, the undersigned, as [ ] of the
Company, further certifies that: (i) each and every representation and warranty
of the Company contained in each Operative Document to which is a party is true
and correct in all Material respects on and as of the Acquisition Date; (ii) to
the best of the undersigned's knowledge, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing under any Operative Document to which the Company is
a party with respect to the Company; (iii) each Operative Document to which the
Company is a party is in full force and effect with respect to the Company; and
(iv) the Company has duly performed and complied in all Material respects with
all covenants, agreements and conditions contained in the Lease or in any other
Operative Document required to be performed or complied with by it on or prior
to such Acquisition Closing Date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of
this ----- day of December, 1998.
BROOKDALE LIVING COMMUNITIES OF
CALIFORNIA - RC, INC.
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
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Xxxxxxxx Appendix 1
APPENDIX 1
to
Lease
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
A. Interpretation. In each Operative Document, unless a clear
contrary intention appears:
(i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice
versa;
(ii) reference to any Person includes such Person's successors
and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are
permitted by the Operative Documents, and reference to a Person in a
particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or
individually;
(iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to any agreement (including any Operative
Document), document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of the
other Operative Documents and reference to any promissory note includes
any promissory note which is an extension or renewal thereof or a
substitute or replacement therefor;
(v) reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law
as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in
part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and reference to any section or other provision
of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from
time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment,
modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such section
or other provision;
(vi) reference in any Operative Document to any Article,
Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit means such Article or Section
thereof or Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit thereto;
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(vii) "hereunder", "hereof", "hereto" and words of similar
import shall be deemed references to an Operative Document as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other provision thereof;
(viii) "including" (and with correlative meaning "include")
means including without limiting the generality of any description
preceding such term;
(ix) relative to the determination of any period of time,
"from" means "from and including" and "to" means "to but excluding";
and
(x) terms used herein or in the Lease but not otherwise
defined therein shall have the meanings specified therefor in the
Xxxxxx Loan Documents.
B. Accounting Terms. In each Operative Document, unless expressly
otherwise provided, accounting terms shall be construed and interpreted, and
accounting determinations and computations shall be made, in accordance with
GAAP.
C. Conflict in Operative Documents. If there is any conflict between
any Operative Documents, such Operative Document shall be interpreted and
construed, if possible, so as to avoid or minimize such conflict but, to the
extent (and only to the extent) of such conflict, the Xxxxxx Loan Documents
shall prevail and control.
D. Legal Representation of the Parties. The Operative Documents were
negotiated by the parties with the benefit of legal representation and any rule
of construction or interpretation otherwise requiring the Operative Document to
be construed or interpreted against any party shall not apply to any
construction or interpretation hereof or thereof.
E. Defined Terms. Unless a clear contrary intention appears, terms
defined herein have the respective indicated meanings when used in each
Operative Document. Terms used herein and in the Lease but not defined herein or
in the Lease shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Xxxxxx Loan
Documents.
"Acquisition Date" is defined in Section 4.2 of the Lease.
"Advance" means the advance of funds by the Lessor pursuant to Article
III of the Lease.
"Affiliate" means, when used with respect to any Person, any other
Person directly or indirectly Controlling or Controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such Person.
"After Tax Basis" means, with respect to any payment to be received,
the amount of such payment increased so that, after deduction of the amount of
all taxes required to be paid by the recipient (less any tax savings realized
and the present value of any tax savings projected to be
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realized by the recipient as a result of the payment of the indemnified amount)
with respect to the receipt by the recipient of such amounts, such increased
payment (as so reduced) is equal to the payment otherwise required to be made.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any period, an interest rate per annum
equal to the sum of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate most recently
determined by the Lessor and (ii) 1%. The Alternate Base Rate shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the
actual days from a B Loan Payment Date to the subsequent B Loan Payment Date.
"Applicable Law" means all existing and future applicable laws, rules,
regulations (including Environmental Laws) statutes, treaties, codes,
ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations
by, any Governmental Authority, and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions,
writs, orders or like action of any court, arbitrator or other administrative,
judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction
(including those pertaining to health, safety or the environment (including,
without limitation, wetlands) and those pertaining to the construction, use or
occupancy of the Property) and any restrictive covenant or deed restriction or
easement of record affecting the Property or any other Material Assets.
"Applicable Margin" means at any time 2%.
"Appraisal" means an appraisal of the Property, which Appraisal
complies in all material respects (as determined by the reasonable judgment of
counsel for the Lessor) with the requirements of the Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, the rules and
regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and all other applicable Requirements of
law, and will appraise the Fair Market Sales Value of such Property, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lessor, prepared by American Appraisal
Associates or another reputable appraiser selected by the Lessor.
"Appurtenant Rights" means (i) all agreements, easements, rights of way
or use, rights of ingress or egress, privileges, appurtenances, tenements,
hereditaments and other rights and benefits at any time belonging or pertaining
to the Land or the Improvements, including, without limitation, the use of any
streets, ways, alleys, vaults or strips of land adjoining, abutting, adjacent or
contiguous to the Land and (ii) all permits, licenses and rights, whether or not
of record, appurtenant to the Land.
"Architect" means, with respect to the Property, the architect acting
in such capacity. Any requirement in any Operative Document that a certificate
of the Architect be delivered shall be satisfied by delivery of certificate(s)
from one or more of the foregoing so long as such certificates collectively
satisfy the requirements set forth in such Operative Documents.
"B Loan" means the loan made by SELCO, as lender, to the Lessor, as
borrower, pursuant to the Lessor Loan Agreement.
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"B Loan Basic Rent" means an amount payable quarterly in advance
beginning on the Acquisition Date in the amount of $68,521.50 and on each third
Payment Date in an amount, if any, that (a) the product of the Eurodollar Lease
Rate and the then outstanding balance (including principal and Capitalized
Interest) of the B Loan, calculated for the number of days to elapse from the
current B Loan Payment Date to the next subsequent B Loan Payment Date over a
year of 360 days, exceeds (b) interest to be accreted/compounded on the
Certificate A from the current B Loan Payment Date to the next subsequent B Loan
Payment Date; provided, however, that to the extent that on a B Loan Payment
Date, the amount of the B Loan (inclusive of principal and Capitalized Interest)
is less than the amount of the Certificate A (inclusive of principal and
accreted/compounded interest) (such differential being referred to herein as the
"Deficiency") B Loan Basic Rent shall be payable in the amount, if any, that B
Loan Basic Rent otherwise payable equals the Deficiency, if at all.
"B Loan Payment Date" means initially, the Acquisition Date, secondly,
April 1, 1999 and thereafter, each third Payment Date and the Expiration Date.
"Basic Rent" means principal and interest payable under the Xxxxxx
Note, B Loan Basic Rent and Lessor Basic Rent.
"Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the United States (or any successor).
"Break Costs" means an amount equal to the amount, if any, required to
compensate the Lessor for any additional losses (including, any loss, cost or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
funds acquired by the Lessor to fund its obligations hereunder, swaps, xxxxxx or
similar transactions entered into in connection with or in contemplation of
transactions relating to the Property) it may reasonably incur as a result of
(x) the Lessee's payment of Rent or Lease Balance other than on a Payment Date,
(y) the Advance not being made on the date specified therefore in the Funding
Request (other than as a result of a breach by the Lessor if its obligation
under Section 3.1 of the Lease to make the Advance), or (z) as a result of any
conversion of the Eurodollar Rate in accordance with Section 26.8 or 26.9 of the
Lease. A statement as to the amount of such loss, cost of expense, prepared in
good faith and in reasonable detail and submitted by the Lessor to the Lessee,
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error.
"Business Day" means each day which is not a day on which banks in
Chicago, Illinois are generally authorized or obligated, by law or executive
order, to close and is also a day on which dealings in Dollars are carried on in
the London interbank eurodollar market.
"Capitalized Interest" is defined in Section 2.5 of the Lessor Loan
Agreement.
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"Casualty" means any damage or destruction of all or any portion of the
Property as a result of a fire or other casualty.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx. 9601 et seq., as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
"Certificate A" means the compounding investment certificate, in the
original principal amount of $9,230,000 issued initially by KeyBank National
Association and pledged to the Lessor pursuant to the Certificate A Pledge
Agreement and any replacement certificate therefor.
"Certificate A Pledge Agreement" means the Certificate A Pledge
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Lessee, Lessor, Wilmington
Trust Company, as Valuation Agent and LaSalle National Bank, as Custodian,
pursuant to which the Lessee pledged Certificate A to the Lessor.
"Certificate B" means the compounding investment certificate in the
original principal amount of $1,270,000 issued initially by KeyBank National
Association and pledged to the Lessor pursuant to the Certificate B Pledge
Agreement and any replacement certificate therefor.
"Certificate B Pledge Agreement" means the Certificate B Pledge
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Lessee, the Lessor, Wilmington
Trust Company, as Valuation Agent and LaSalle National Bank, as Custodian,
pursuant to which the Lessee pledged the Certificate B to the Lessor.
"Certifying Party" is defined in Section 27.1 of the Lease.
"Claims" means any and all obligations, liabilities, losses, actions,
suits, judgments, penalties, fines, claims, demands, settlements, costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses) of
any nature whatsoever.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, or any successor statute thereto.
"Commitment" means the obligation of the Lessor to make the Advance to
the Lessee in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth
opposite the Lessor's name on its signature page to the Lease.
"Condemnation" means any condemnation, requisition, confiscation,
seizure or other taking or sale of the use, access, occupancy, easement rights
or title to the Property or any part
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thereof, wholly or partially (temporarily or permanently), by or on account of
any actual or threatened eminent domain proceeding or other taking of action by
any Person having the power of eminent domain, including an action by a
Governmental Authority to change the grade of, or widen the streets adjacent to,
the Property or alter the pedestrian or vehicular traffic flow to the Property
so as to result in change in access to the Property, or by or on account of an
eviction by paramount title or any transfer made in lieu of any such proceeding
or action. A "Condemnation" shall be deemed to have occurred on the earliest of
the dates that use, occupancy or title vests in the condemning authority.
"Contingent Rental Adjustment" means the sum of (a) the maximum amount
(calculated as a percentage of the Fair Market Sales Value of the Property as
set forth in the Appraisal) that when present valued with the minimum Basic Rent
payments to be made during the Term permits the Lease to be characterized as an
"operating lease" in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 13 as in effect on the Acquisition Date and permits recourse to
the Lessee , which in no event shall be less than (a) all amounts due and owing
under the Xxxxxx Loan Documents and (b) any additional amount required to prepay
the Xxxxxx Loan including, but not limited to, any prepayment premium payable
under the Xxxxxx Loan Documents and all costs and fees payable in connection
therewith.
"Control" means (including the correlative meanings of the terms
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any
Person, the possession directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or other beneficial interests or by contract or
otherwise.
"Custodian" means LaSalle National Bank, as custodian under each of the
Certificate A Pledge Agreement and the Certificate B Pledge Agreement.
"Debt" means, for any Person, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (ii)
all obligations of such Person under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement relating to property purchased by such Person, (iii) all
indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property
or services secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any
property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been
assumed, and (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that
have been or should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, recorded as capital leases.
"Deed" means a grant deed with respect to the real property comprising
the Property, in conformity with Applicable Law and appropriate for recording
with the applicable Governmental
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Authorities, conveying fee simple title to such real property to the Lessor,
subject only to Permitted Liens.
"Default" means any event or condition which, with the lapse of time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Defeasance Escrow" is defined in Section 33.15 of the Lease.
"Documentation Date" is defined in Section 4.1 of the Lease.
"Dollars" and "$" mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States
of America.
"End of the Term Report" is defined in Section 26.2(a) of the Lease.
"Environmental Audit" means a Phase One environmental site assessment
(the scope and performance of which meets or exceeds ASTM Standard Practice
E1527-93 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase One
Environmental Site Assessment Process) of the Property, and, if called for by
the Phase One assessment, a Phase Two environmental site assessment.
"Environmental Law" means, whenever enacted or promulgated, any
applicable Federal, state, county or local law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, license, permit, authorization, approval, covenant, criteria,
administrative or court order, judgment, decree, injunction, code or requirement
or any agreement with a Governmental Authority:
(x) relating to pollution (or the cleanup, removal,
remediation or encapsulation thereof, or any other response thereto),
or the regulation or protection of human health, safety or the
environment, including air, water, vapor, surface water, groundwater,
drinking water, land (including surface or subsurface), plant, aquatic
and animal life, or
(y) concerning exposure to, or the use, containment, storage,
recycling, treatment, generation, discharge, emission, Release or
threatened Release, transportation, processing, handling, labeling,
containment, production, disposal or remediation of any Hazardous
Substance, in each case as amended and as now or hereafter in effect.
Applicable laws include, but are not limited to, CERCLA; the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. ss. 6901 et seq.; the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.; the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx. 7401 et seq.; the National
Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 4321; the Refuse Act, 33 U.S.C.
xx.xx. 401 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1975,
49 U.S.C. xx.xx. 1801-1812; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.
xx.xx. 2601 et seq.; the Federal
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Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. xx.xx. 136 et
seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx. 300f et seq., each
as amended and as now or hereafter in effect, and their state and local
counterparts or equivalents, including any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Environmental Violation" means any activity, occurrence or condition
that violates or results in non-compliance with any Environmental Law in any
Material respect.
"Equipment" means all of Lessee's "equipment," as such term is defined
in the UCC, and, to the extent not included in such definition, all fixtures,
appliances, machinery, furniture, furnishings, decorations, tools and supplies,
now owned or hereafter acquired by Lessee using the proceeds of the Advance or
other funds from the Lessor, including but not limited to, all beds, linens,
radios, televisions, carpeting, telephones, cash registers, computers, lamps,
glassware, restaurant and kitchen equipment, all medical, dental,
rehabilitation, therapeutic and paramedic equipment and supplies, any building
equipment, including but not limited to, all heating, lighting, incinerating,
waste removal and power equipment, engines, pipes, tanks, motors, conduits,
switchboards, security and alarm systems, plumbing, lifting, cleaning, fire
prevention, fire extinguishing, refrigeration, washing machines, dryers, stoves,
refrigerators, ventilating, and communications apparatus, air cooling and air
conditioning apparatus, escalators, elevators, ducts, and compressors, materials
and supplies, and all other machinery, apparatus, equipment, fixtures and
fittings now owned or hereafter acquired by Lessee using proceeds of the Advance
or other funds from the Lessor, wherever located, any portion thereof or any
appurtenances thereto, together with all additions, replacements, parts,
fittings, accessions, attachments, accessories, modifications and alterations of
any of the foregoing.
"Equity Balance" means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of the balance (inclusive of principal and Capitalized Interest) of the B
Loan, (b) $1,270,000 and (c) all due and unpaid B Loan Basic Rent, Lessor Basic
Rent and Supplemental Rent to which the Lessor is entitled.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time or any successor Federal statute.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements" means, for any day as applied to a
payment of Rent, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as
a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including,
without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under
any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in
Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System.
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"Eurodollar Lease Rate" means, during any Interest Period, the rate per
annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Margin.
"Eurodollar Rate", subject to Section 26.8 of the Lease, means the rate
per annum at which deposits in Dollars appear with respect to a three (3) month
period (or a shorter period with respect to the first Interest Period) on the
Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page), in each case as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period,
or if such rate is not available, then the average (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest multiple of one-sixteenth of one percent) of the rates
offered for Dollar deposits to the prime banks by leading banks in the London
interbank market at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to
the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for a three (3) month period
in an amount comparable to the amount of the Advance to be outstanding during
such period. The Eurodollar Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual number of days from a B Loan Payment Date to the subsequent
B Loan Payment Date.
"Event of Default" is defined in Section 20.1 of the Lease.
"Exceptions to Non-Recourse Guaranty" means the Exceptions to
Non-Recourse Guaranty dated on or about the date hereof between the Parent and
the Lender.
"Excess Proceeds" means the excess, if any, of the aggregate of all
awards, compensation or insurance proceeds payable in connection with a Casualty
or Condemnation over the sum of the Lease Balance paid by the Lessee pursuant to
Articles XVII, XVIII and XIX of the Lease with respect to such Casualty or
Condemnation and all the excess proceeds over the Lease Balance, if any,
received by the Lessor in connection with any sale of the Property pursuant to
the Lessor's exercise of remedies under Section 20.2 of the Lease or the
Lessee's exercise of the Remarketing Option under Article XXIV of the Lease.
"Expiration Date" means, unless the Lease shall have been earlier
terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Lease or the other Operative
Documents, January 1, 2004, or if the Term has been extended in accordance with
Article XXIII of the Lease, the last day of the most recent Renewal Term,
provided, however, the Expiration Date for the final potential Renewal Term
under the Lease shall be January 1, 2009.
"Fair Market Sales Value" means the amounts, which in any event shall
not be less than zero, that would be paid in cash in an arm's-length transaction
between an informed and willing purchaser and an informed and willing seller,
neither of whom is under any compulsion to purchase or sell, respectively, for
the ownership of all of the Property. The Fair Market Sales Value of the
Property shall be determined based on the assumption that, except for purposes
of Article XX of the Lease and Section 26.2 of the Lease, the Property is in the
condition and state
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of repair required under Section 13.1 of the Lease and the Lessee is in
compliance with the other requirements of the Operative Documents.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day,
the average of quotations for such day on such transaction received by the
Lessor from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Fixtures" means all fixtures relating to the Improvements, including
all components thereof, located in or on the Improvements, together with all
replacements, modifications, alterations and additions thereto.
"Funding Office" means the office of the Lessor, if any, identified on
its signature page to the Lease as its Funding Office.
"Funding Request" is defined in Section 3.2(a) of the Lease.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles in
effect from time to time.
"Xxxxxx Fee Mortgage" means the Multifamily Deed of Trust, Assignment
of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing (California), dated on or about
the date hereof, by Lessor to the Lender, together with all amendments,
modifications and supplements thereto.
"Xxxxxx Leasehold Mortgage" means the Multifamily Leasehold Deed of
Trust, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing (California),
dated on or about the date hereof, by the Lessee to the Lender, together with
all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto.
"Xxxxxx Loan Documents" means the Xxxxxx Note, Xxxxxx Fee Mortgage,
Xxxxxx Leasehold Mortgage, the Lessee Guaranty, the Replacement Reserve
Agreement, the Exceptions to Non-Recourse Guaranty and all documents executed
and delivered in connection with the foregoing.
"Xxxxxx Note" means the Multifamily Note (California) dated on or about
the date hereof made by Lessor to the Lender in the original principal amount of
$31,500,000.
"Governmental Action" means all permits, authorizations, registrations,
consents, approvals, waivers, exceptions, variances, orders, judgments, written
interpretations, decrees,
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licenses, exemptions, publications, filings, notices to and declarations of or
with, or required by, any Governmental Authority, or required by any Applicable
Law, and shall include, without limitation, all environmental and operating
permits and licenses that are required for the full use, occupancy, zoning and
operation of the Property.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.
"Gross Proceeds" is defined in Section 24.1(k) of the Lease.
"Hazardous Substance" means, collectively, (i) any petroleum or
petroleum products or waste oils, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos,
urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"), lead in
drinking water, and lead-based paint, the presence, generation, use,
transportation, storage or disposal of or exposure to which (x) is regulated or
could lead to liability under any Environmental Law or (y) is subject to notice
or reporting requirements under any Environmental Law, (ii) any chemicals or
other materials or substances which are now or hereafter become defined as or
included in the definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous wastes,"
"hazardous materials," "extremely hazardous wastes," "restricted hazardous
wastes," "toxic substances," "toxic pollutants," "contaminants," "pollutants" or
words of similar import under any Environmental Law and (iii) any other chemical
or any other material or substance, exposure to which is now or hereafter
prohibited, limited or regulated under any Environmental Law.
"Impositions" means any and all liabilities, losses, expenses and costs
of any kind whatsoever for fees, taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
assessments or withholdings of any nature whatsoever ("Taxes"), including,
without limitation, (i) real and personal property taxes, including personal
property taxes on the Property covered by the Lease that is classified by
Governmental Authorities as personal property, and real estate or ad valorem
taxes in the nature of property taxes; (ii) sales taxes, use taxes and other
similar taxes (including rent taxes and intangibles taxes); (iii) any excise
taxes; (iv) real estate transfer taxes, conveyance taxes, mortgage taxes,
intangible taxes, stamp taxes and documentary recording taxes and fees; (v)
taxes that are or are in the nature of franchise, income, value added, gross
receipts, privilege and doing business taxes, license and registration fees; and
(vi) assessments on the Property, including all assessments for public
improvements or benefits, whether or not such improvements are commenced or
completed within the Term, and in each case all interest, additions to tax and
penalties thereon, which at any time may be levied, assessed or imposed by any
Federal, state or local authority upon or with respect to (a) any Tax
Indemnitee, the Property or any part thereof or interest therein, or the Lessee
or any sublessee or user of the Property; (b) the financing, refinancing,
demolition, construction, substitution, subleasing, assignment, control,
condition, occupancy, servicing, maintenance, repair, ownership, possession,
purchase,
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rental, lease, activity conducted on, delivery, insuring, use, operation,
improvement, transfer, return or other disposition of the Property or any part
thereof or interest therein; (c) the rentals, receipts or earnings arising from
the Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (d) the Operative
Documents or any payment made or accrued pursuant thereto; (e) the income or
other proceeds received with respect to the Property or any part thereof or
interest therein upon the sale or disposition thereof; (f) any contract relating
to the construction, acquisition or delivery of the Improvements or any part
thereof or interest therein; or (g) otherwise in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents.
Notwithstanding anything in the first paragraph of this definition
(except as provided in the final paragraph of this definition) the term
"Imposition" shall not mean or include:
(i) Taxes and impositions (other than Taxes that are, or are
in the nature of, sales, use, rental, transfer or property taxes) that
are imposed by any Governmental Authority and that are based upon or
measured by the gross or net income or gross or net receipts (including
any minimum taxes, withholding taxes or taxes on, measured by or in the
nature of capital, net worth, excess profits, items of tax preference,
capital stock, franchise, business privilege or doing business taxes);
provided that this clause (i) shall not be interpreted to prevent a
payment from being made on an After Tax Basis if such payment is
otherwise required to be so made;
(ii) any Tax or imposition to the extent, but only to such
extent, it relates to any act, event or omission that occurs, or
relates to a period, after the termination of the Lease (but not any
Tax or imposition that relates to any period prior to the termination
of the Lease);
(iii) any Tax or imposition for so long as, but only for so
long as, it is being contested in accordance with the provisions of
Section 26.5(b) of the Lease, provided that the foregoing shall not
limit the Lessee's obligation under Section 26.5(b) of the Lease to
advance to such Tax Indemnitee amounts with respect to Taxes that are
being contested in accordance with Section 26.5(b) of the Lease or any
expenses incurred by such Tax Indemnitee in connection with such
contest;
(iv) any interest or penalties imposed on a Tax Indemnitee as
a result of a breach by such Tax Indemnitee of its obligations under
Section 26.5(e) of the Lease or otherwise as a result of a Tax
Indemnitee's failure to file any return or other documents timely and
as prescribed by applicable law; provided that this clause (iv) shall
not apply (x) if such interest or penalties arise as a result of a
position taken (or requested to be taken) by the Lessee in a contest
controlled by the Lessee under Section 26.5(b) of the Lease or (y) if
such failure is attributable to a failure by the Lessee to fulfill its
obligations under the Lease with respect to any such return;
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(v) any Taxes or impositions imposed upon a Tax Indemnitee
with respect to any voluntary transfer, sale, financing or other
voluntary disposition of any interest in the Property or any part
thereof, or any interest therein or any interest or obligation under
the Operative Documents, or from any sale, assignment, transfer or
other disposition of any interest in a Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate
thereof, (other than any transfer in connection with (1) the exercise
by the Lessee of its Purchase Option or any termination option or other
purchase of the Property by the Lessee, (2) the occurrence of an Event
of Default, (3) a Casualty or Condemnation affecting the Property, or
(4) any sublease, modification or addition to the Property by the
Lessee);
(vi) any Taxes or impositions imposed on a Tax Indemnitee, to
the extent such Tax Indemnitee actually receives a credit (or otherwise
has a reduction in a liability for Taxes)in respect thereof against
Taxes that are not indemnified under the Lease (but only to the extent
such credit is not taken into account in calculating the indemnity
payment on an After Tax Basis);
(vii) Taxes imposed on or with respect to or payable by any
Tax Indemnitee based on, measured by or imposed with respect to any
fees received by such Tax Indemnitee;
(viii) any Taxes imposed against or payable by a Tax
Indemnitee resulting from, or that would not have been imposed but for,
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Tax Indemnitee;
(ix) Taxes imposed on or payable by a Tax Indemnitee to the
extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for a breach by the
Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof of any representations,
warranties or covenants set forth in the Operative Documents (unless
such breach is caused by the Lessee's breach of its representations,
warranties or covenants set forth in the Operative Documents);
(x) Taxes to the extent resulting from such Tax Indemnitee's
failure to comply with the provisions of Section 26.5(b) of the Lease,
which failure precludes or materially adversely affects the ability to
conduct a contest pursuant to Section 26.5(b) of the Lease (unless such
failure is caused by the Lessee's breach of its obligations);
(xi) Taxes which are included in Property Cost if and to the
extent actually paid;
(xii) Taxes that would have been imposed in the absence of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and Taxes imposed
on or with respect to or
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payable as a result of activities of a Tax Indemnitee or Affiliate
thereof unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents;
(xiii) Taxes imposed on or with respect to or payable by a Tax
Indemnitee resulting from, or that would not have been imposed but for
the existence of, any Lessor Lien created by or through such Tax
Indemnitee or an Affiliate thereof and not caused by acts or omissions
of the Lessee, unless required to be removed by the Lessee;
(xiv) Any Tax imposed against or payable by a Tax Indemnitee
to the extent that the amount of such Tax exceeds the amount of such
Tax that would have been imposed against or payable by such Tax
Indemnitee (or, if less, that would have been subject to
indemnification under Section 26.5 of the Lease) if such Tax Indemnitee
were not a direct or indirect successor, transferee or assign of one of
the original Tax Indemnitees; provided, however, that this exclusion
(xiv) shall not apply if such direct or indirect successor, transferee
or assign acquired its interest as a result of a transfer while an
Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing;
(xv) Taxes imposed on or with respect to or payable by a Tax
Indemnitee that would not have been imposed but for an amendment,
supplement, modification, consent or waiver to any Operative Document
not initiated, requested or consented to by the Lessee unless such
amendment, supplement, modification, consent or waiver (A) arises due
to, or in connection with there having occurred, an Event of Default or
(B) is required by the terms of the Operative Documents or is executed
in connection with any amendment to the Operative Documents required by
law;
(xvi) Taxes in the nature of intangibles, stamp, documentary
or similar Taxes;
(xvii) Taxes imposed on or with respect to or payable by a Tax
Indemnitee or any Affiliate because such Tax Indemnitee or any
Affiliate thereof is not a United States person within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code; and
(xviii) Any tax imposed by its express terms in lieu of or in
substitution for a Tax not subject to indemnity pursuant to the
provisions of Section 26.5 of the Lease.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusions from the definition of Impositions
set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vii), (xii), (xvi) and (xviii) (to the
extent that any such tax is imposed by its express terms in lieu of or in
substitution for a Tax set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vii), (xii), (xvi)
and (xviii)) above shall not apply (but the other exclusions shall apply) to any
Taxes or any increase in Taxes imposed on a Tax Indemnitee net of any decrease
in taxes realized by such Tax Indemnitee, to the extent that such tax increase
or decrease would not have occurred if on the Acquisition Date the Lessor had
advanced funds to the Lessee in the form of a loan secured by
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the Property in an amount equal to the Property Cost funded on the Acquisition
Date, with debt service for such loan equal to the Basic Rent payable on each
Payment Date and a principal balance at the maturity of such loan in an amount
equal to the then outstanding amount of the Advance at the end of the term of
the Lease.
"Improvements" means, all buildings, structures, Fixtures, Equipment,
and other improvements of every kind existing at any time and from time to time
(including those purchased with amounts advanced by the Lessor pursuant to the
Lease) on or under the Land, together with any and all appurtenances to such
buildings, structures or improvements, including sidewalks, utility pipes,
conduits and lines, parking areas and roadways, and including all Modifications
and other additions to or changes in the Improvements at any time and including
all gas and electric fixtures, radiators, heaters, washing machines, dryers,
refrigerators, ovens, engines and machinery, boilers, ranges, elevators and
motors, plumbing and heating fixtures, antennas, carpeting and other floor
coverings, water heaters, awnings and storm sashes, and cleaning apparatus which
are or shall be attached to the Land or said buildings, structures or
improvements.
"Indemnitee" means the Lessor, the Trust Company, SELCO and their
successors, permitted assigns, directors, shareholders, partners, officers,
employees and agents.
"Institutional Lender" means an insurance company, bank, savings and
loan association, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan,
pension fund or pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund or other investment
company, or an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing, in
each case having at least $250 million in capital/statutory surplus or
shareholders' equity and at least $1 billion in total assets, or any entity
wholly owned by any of the institutions meeting the foregoing criteria.
"Insurance Requirements" means all terms and conditions of any
insurance policy either required by the Lease or the Xxxxxx Loan Documents to be
maintained by the Lessee or the Lessor, and all reasonable and appropriate
requirements of the issuer of any such policy.
"Interest Period" means:
(i) initially, the period commencing on the Acquisition Date
and ending on the next succeeding B Loan Payment Date; and
(ii) thereafter, each period commencing the day after the last
Business Day of the next preceding Interest Period and ending on the
day preceding three months thereafter; and
provided that, the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject
to the following:
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(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would
be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which
event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day; and
(ii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond
the Expiration Date shall end on the Expiration Date.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Land" means the parcel of real property described on Annex 1 to the
Lease Supplement and all Appurtenant Rights attached thereto.
"Lease" means the Lease , dated as of the Documentation Date, between
the Lessor and the Lessee.
"Lease Balance" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a)
the Equity Balance (if same has not been paid as of such date), (b) all other
amounts owing to the Lessor and by the Lessor and Lessee under the Operative
Documents (including all due and unpaid Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent) and
(c) all amounts (but not duplicative of those described in clause (b) above) due
and owing or otherwise payable to the Lender pursuant to the terms of the Xxxxxx
Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any additional amount required to
prepay the Xxxxxx Loan in accordance with the terms thereof, including, without
limitation, any prepayment premium, as applicable, and all costs and fees
payable in connection therewith.
"Lease Supplement" means the Memorandum of Lease substantially in the
form of Exhibit B to the Lease, executed and delivered by the Lessor and the
Lessee and dated as of the Acquisition Date for the Property.
"Lender" means Xxxxxx Financial Group, Inc., together with its
successors and assigns.
"Lessee" means Brookdale Living Communities of California - RC, Inc.,
as lessee, and its successors and assigns expressly permitted under the
Operative Documents.
"Lessee Guaranty" means the Brookdale Living Communities of California
- RC Multifamily Guaranty Agreement dated on or about the date hereof by the
Lessee in favor of the Lender, together with all amendments, modification and
supplements thereto.
"Lessor" means The Woodside Business Trust, a Delaware statutory
business trust.
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"Lessor Basic Rent" means an amount payable quarterly in advance
beginning on the Acquisition Date in the amount of $25,747.00 and on each B Loan
Payment Date in an amount equal to the product of the Eurodollar Lease Rate and
$1,270,000, calculated for the number of days to elapse from the current B Loan
Payment Date to the next subsequent B Loan Payment Date over a year of 360 days.
"Lessor Lien" means any Lien, true lease or sublease or disposition of
title arising as a result of (a) any claim against the Lessor not resulting from
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents (all Liens created or
existing under the Xxxxxx Loan Documents are expressly made part of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents), (b) any act or omission
of the Lessor which is not required by the Operative Documents or is in
violation of any of the terms of the Operative Documents, (c) any claim against
the Lessor with respect to Taxes or Transaction Expenses against which Lessee is
not required to indemnify Lessor pursuant to the Lease or (d) any claim against
the Lessor arising out of any transfer by the Lessor of all or any portion of
the interest of the Lessor in the Property or the Operative Documents other than
the transfer of title to or possession of the Property by the Lessor pursuant to
and in accordance with the Lease or pursuant to the exercise of the remedies set
forth in Article XX of the Lease.
"Lessor Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Lessor, as borrower, and SELCO, as lender.
"Lessor Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between the Lessor and SELCO, pursuant to which the Lessor pledged
to SELCO the Certificate A, as security for its obligations to SELCO under the
Lessor Loan Agreement.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest,
encumbrance, lien, easement, servitude or charge of any kind, including, without
limitation, any irrevocable license, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, or any other right of or arrangement
with any creditor to have its claim satisfied out of any specified property or
asset with the proceeds therefrom prior to the satisfaction of the claims of the
general creditors of the owner thereof, whether or not filed or recorded, or the
filing of, or agreement to execute as "debtor", any financing or continuation
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or any federal,
state or local lien imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"Marketing Period" means the period commencing upon the Lessee's
election to exercise the Remarketing Option pursuant to Section 24.1(a) of the
Lease and ending on the Expiration Date.
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"Material" and "Materially" mean material to (i) as to any Person, the
consolidated financial position, business or consolidated results of operations
of such Person, (ii) as to any Person, the ability of such Person to perform in
any material respect its respective obligations under the Operative Documents to
which it is a party, or (iii) the value or condition of the Property.
"Material Assets" means with respect to any Person all Material
interests in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or
tangible or intangible.
"Modifications" is defined in Section 14.1 of the Lease.
"Net Proceeds" means all amounts paid in connection with any Casualty
or Condemnation or any sale of the Property pursuant to Lessor's exercise of
remedies under Section 20.2 of the Lease or the Lessee's exercise of the
Remarketing Option under Article XXIV of the Lease, and all interest earned
thereon, less the sum of (i) the Lease Balance and (ii) expense of claiming and
collecting such amounts, including all costs and expenses in connection
therewith for which the Lessor is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the
Lease.
"Operative Documents" means the following:
(a) the Lease;
(b) the Deed;
(c) the Lease Supplement;
(d) the Xxxxxx Loan Documents;
(e) the Certificate A Pledge Agreement;
(f) the Parent Indemnity;
(g) the Trust Agreement;
(h) the Certificate B Pledge Agreement;
(i) the Lessor Pledge Agreement; and
(j) the Lessor Loan Agreement.
"Overdue Rate" shall means the then current interest rate plus 5%.
"Parent" means Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.
"Parent Indemnity" means the Indemnity Agreement dated as of the date
hereof from the Parent to the Trust Company and SELCO.
"Payment Date" means the date of the Xxxxxx Note and the first day of
each calendar month commencing on February 1, 1999.
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"Permitted Liens" means with respect to the Property:
(i) the respective rights and interests of the parties to the
Operative Documents as provided in the Operative Documents;
(ii) the rights of any sublessee or assignee under a sublease
or an assignment expressly permitted by the terms of the Lease;
(iii) Liens for Taxes that either are not yet due or are being
contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.1 of the
Lease.
(iv) Liens arising by operation of law, materialmen's,
mechanics', workers', repairmen's, employees', carriers',
warehousemen's and other like Liens relating to the construction of the
Improvements or in connection with any Modifications or arising in the
ordinary course of business for amounts that either are not more than
60 days past due or are being diligently contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, so long as such proceedings satisfy the
conditions for the continuation of proceedings to contest Taxes set
forth in Section 16.1 of the Lease;
(v) Liens of any of the types referred to in clause (iv) above
that have been bonded for not less than the full amount in dispute (or
as to which other security arrangements satisfactory to the Lessor have
been made), which bonding (or arrangements) shall comply with
applicable Requirements of Law, and has effectively stayed any
execution or enforcement of such Liens;
(vi) Liens arising out of judgments or awards with respect to
which appeals or other proceedings for review are being prosecuted in
good faith and for the payment of which adequate reserves have been
provided as required by GAAP or other appropriate provisions have been
made, so long as such proceedings have the effect of staying the
execution of such judgments or awards and satisfy the conditions for
the continuation of proceedings to contest set forth in Section 16.1 of
the Lease;
(vii) easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title
to real property pursuant to Section 15.2 of the Lease;
(viii) Lessor Liens;
(ix) Liens created by the Lessee with the consent of the
Lessor; and
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(x) Liens described on the title insurance policy delivered
pursuant to the Lease other than Liens described in clause (iv) or (vi)
above that are not removed within 40 days of their origination.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
governmental authority or any other entity.
"Pledge Agreements" means the Certificate A Pledge Agreement, the
Certificate B Pledge Agreement and the Lessor Pledge Agreement.
"Property" means (a) a fee interest in the Land and (b) all of the
Improvements at any time located on or under the Land.
"Property Cost" means the amount of the Advance funded to the Lessee
for the purpose of acquiring the Property and paying Transaction Expenses
relating to such funding and acquisition, as such amount is set forth in the
Funding Request relating to the acquisition of the Property.
"Purchase Notice" is defined in Section 22.1 of the Lease.
"Purchase Option" is defined in Section 22.1 of the Lease.
"Release" means any release, pumping, pouring, emptying, injecting,
escaping, leaching, dumping, seepage, spill, leak, flow, discharge, disposal or
emission of a Hazardous Substance in violation of Environmental Law.
"Remarketing Option" is defined in Section 24.1 of the Lease.
"Renewal Term" is defined in Section 23.1 of the Lease.
"Rent" means, collectively, Basic Rent and Supplemental Rent, in each
case payable under the Lease.
"Replacement Reserve Agreement" means the Replacement Reserve Agreement
dated on or about the date hereof between the Lessor and the Lender.
"Requesting Party" is defined in Section 27.1 of the Lease.
"Required Modification" is defined in Section 14.1 of the Lease.
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"Requirement of Law" means all Federal, state, county, municipal and
other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances,
judgments, decrees and injunctions affecting the Property, the Improvements or
the demolition, construction, use or alteration thereof, whether now or
hereafter enacted and in force, including any that require repairs,
modifications or alterations in or to the Property or in any way limit the use
and enjoyment thereof (including all building, zoning and fire codes and the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx. 1201 et seq. and any
other similar Federal, state or local laws or ordinances and the regulations
promulgated thereunder) and any that may relate to environmental requirements
(including all Environmental Laws), and all permits, certificates of occupancy,
licenses, authorizations and regulations relating thereto, and all covenants,
agreements, restrictions and encumbrances contained in any instruments which are
either of record or known to the Lessee affecting the Property, the Appurtenant
Rights and any easements, licenses or other agreements entered into pursuant to
Section 15.2 of the Lease.
"Responsible Employee" means, with respect to the Lessee, its Chairman,
President, any of its corporate Vice Presidents, its corporate Controller, its
corporate Treasurer, its corporate Assistant Treasurers or others duly
authorized by such Person to execute documents pursuant to Section 4.3(g) of the
Lease.
"Responsible Employee's Certificate" means a certificate signed by any
Responsible Employee, which certificate shall certify as true and correct the
subject matter being certified to in such certificate.
"SELCO" means SELCO Service Corporation, an Ohio corporation and its
successors and assigns.
"Seller" means the Person conveying the Property to the Lessor.
"Shortfall Amount" means, as of the Expiration Date, an amount equal to
(i) the Lease Balance, minus (ii) the Contingent Rental Adjustment received by
the Lessor from the Lessee pursuant to Section 24.1(i) of the Lease, minus (iii)
the amount of the highest binding, written, unconditional, irrevocable offer to
purchase the Property obtained by the Lessee pursuant to Section 24.1(f) of the
Lease; provided, however, that if the sale of the Property to the Person
submitting such offer is not consummated on or prior to the Expiration Date,
then the term "Shortfall Amount" shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Lease
Balance, minus (ii) the Contingent Rental Adjustment received by the Lessor from
the Lessee pursuant to Section 24.1(i) of the Lease.
"Significant Condemnation" means a Condemnation which causes the Lender
to accelerate the Indebtedness (as defined in the Xxxxxx Note).
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"Subsidiary" of any Person means a corporation or other entity of which
securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than
securities or other ownership interests having such power by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect the majority of the board of directors or
other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person's Subsidiaries.
"Supplemental Rent" means all amounts, liabilities and obligations
(other than Basic Rent) which Lessee assumes or agrees to pay to Lessor or any
other Person under the Lease or under any of the other Operative Documents, and
all amounts, liabilities and obligations (other than as described in the
definition of Basic Rent) payable by Lessor under the Xxxxxx Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, payments of the tax escrows required pursuant to
Section 7(a) of each of the Xxxxxx Leasehold Mortgage and Xxxxxx Fee Mortgage,
Impositions, fees thereunder and any prepayment premium.
"Tax Indemnitee" means the Lessor, the Trust Company, SELCO and their
successors, permitted assigns, directors, shareholders, partners, officers,
employees and agents.
"Taxes" is defined in the definition of Impositions.
"Term" means the period commencing on the Acquisition Date and ending
on the Expiration Date.
"Termination Date" is defined in Sections 19.2 and 20.2(e) of the
Lease.
"Termination Notice" is defined in Section 19.1 of the Lease.
"Transaction Expenses" means all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the Operative
Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents including
without limitation:
(a) the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of counsel for each of the Lessor and the Lessee in
negotiating the terms of the Operative Documents and the other
transaction documents, preparing for the closing under, and rendering
opinions in connection with, such transactions and in rendering other
services customary for counsel representing parties to transactions of
the types involved in the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents;
(b) the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel of the Lessor
in connection with (1) any amendment, supplement, waiver or consent
with respect to any Operative Documents requested or
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approved by the Lessee and (2) any enforcement of any rights or
remedies against the Lessee in respect of the Operative Documents;
(c) any other reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses,
disbursements or cost of the Lessor to the Operative Documents or any
of the other transaction documents;
(d) any and all Taxes and fees incurred in recording,
registering or filing any Operative Document or any other transaction
document, any deed, declaration, mortgage, security agreement, notice
or financing statement with any public office, registry or governmental
agency in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents;
(e) any title fees, and escrow costs and other expenses
relating to title insurance and the closings contemplated by the
Operative Documents;
(f) all expenses relating to all Environmental Audits and
other due diligence and other costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the negotiation of the purchase of the Property and in connection
with the investigation and purchase of the Property;
(g) all transaction costs incurred in connection with the
Xxxxxx Loan Documents; and
(h) all reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements
or costs (including counsel fees and expenses) of the Trustee and the
Custodian incurred in connection with the Operative Document.
"Trust" means the Lessor.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement, dated December 16, 1998,
between the Trust Company and SELCO.
"Trust Company" means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, in its individual capacity.
"Trustee Fee Agreement" means the Fee Agreement, dated as of on or
about December 16, 1998, among the Trust Company, SELCO and the Lessee.
"Uniform Commercial Code" and "UCC" mean the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
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