GUARANTY
Exhibit 99.1
This Guaranty (this “Guaranty”) is executed and delivered as of September 30, 2010 (the “Effective
Date”) by United Dominion Realty, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership, (the “Guarantor”), in favor
of (a) U.S. Bank National Association (successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly
known as First Union National Bank of Virginia), as trustee (the “Trustee”) pursuant to that
certain Indenture dated as of November 1, 1995 between UDR, Inc., a Maryland corporation (successor
by merger to United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., a Virginia corporation) (the “Company”) and the
Trustee and (b) the holders of the Securities (as defined in the Indenture) issued from time to
time under the Indenture whether issued prior to, on or subsequent to the Effective Date (the
“Holders” and each a “Holder”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the
meanings given to such terms in the Indenture.
Guaranty. The Guarantor, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and their successors and assigns (a)
the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all
obligations of the Company now or hereafter existing under the Indenture whether for principal of
or interest on the Securities, (and premium and Make-Whole Amount if any) and all other monetary
obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and punctual
performance within the applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under the
Indenture and the Securities (all such obligations guaranteed hereby by the Guarantor being the
“Guaranteed Obligations”).
The Guarantor agrees to pay any and all fees and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and
expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty with
respect to the Guarantor.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Guaranty guarantees, to the extent provided
herein, the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be
owed by the Company under the Indenture or the Securities but for the fact that they
are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding involving the Company.
Guaranty Absolute. This Guaranty is irrevocable, absolute and unconditional. The Guarantor
guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be performed strictly in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Trustee or the Holders with respect
thereto. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor
to enforce this Guaranty by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, irrespective of whether any
action is brought against the Company or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or
whether the Company or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations is joined in any such
action or actions. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and
unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Indenture or the
Securities with respect to the Company or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other
term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to departure from the Indenture;
(c) the failure to give notice to the Guarantor of the occurrence of an
Event of Default under the provisions of the Indenture or the Securities;
(d) any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure
from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) any failure, omission, delay by or inability on the part of the Trustee
or the Holders to assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on
the Trustee or the Holders in the Indenture or the Securities;
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(f) any change in the corporate or other structure, or termination,
dissolution, consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantor
with or into any other entity, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the
assets of the Company or the Guarantor, the marshaling of the assets and
liabilities of the Company or the Guarantor, the receivership, insolvency,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition with creditors, or readjustments of, or other
similar proceedings affecting the Company or the Guarantor, or any of the
assets of any of them;
(g) the assignment of any right, title or interest of the Trustee or any
Holder in the Indenture or the Securities to any other Person; or
(h) any other event or circumstance (including any statute of limitations),
whether foreseen or unforeseen and whether similar or dissimilar to any of
the foregoing, that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Company or the Guarantor, other than performance in full
of the Guaranteed Obligations for the payment of money; it being the intent
of the Guarantor that its obligations hereunder shall not be discharged
except by payment of all amounts owing pursuant to the Indenture or the
Securities.
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
any payment or performance with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned by the Trustee, any Holder or any other Person upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance
had not been made or occurred. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not be
subject to reduction, termination or other impairment by any set-off, recoupment, counterclaim or
defense or for any other reason.
Waivers. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(a) promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with
respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty;
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(b) any requirement that the Trustee, any Holder or any other Person exhaust
any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person, or
obtain any relief pursuant to the Indenture or pursue any other available
remedy;
(c) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an
election of remedies by the Trustee or any Holder which in any manner
impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects its subrogation,
contribution or reimbursement rights or other rights to proceed against the
Company or any other Person; and
(d) any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Holder to disclose to the
Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operation or
condition of the Company and its assets now known or hereafter known by the
Trustee or such Holder.
Waiver of Subrogation and Contribution. Until the Indenture has been discharged, the Guarantor
hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other right which it may now or hereafter acquire against
the Company or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations that arise from the existence,
payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty, including
any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, any right to
participate in any claim or remedy of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations which the Trustee or any Holder now has or hereafter
acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute
or common law, including the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in
cash or other property or by setoff or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such
claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence and the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be
deemed to have been paid to the Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of,
the Trustee, and the Holders, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct
and indirect benefits from the financing
arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and that the waivers set forth in this section are
knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
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The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the
Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed
Obligations. The Guarantor further agrees that, as between itself, on the one hand, and the Holders
and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be
accelerated for the purposes of this Guaranty, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (b) in the
event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations, such obligations (whether or not due
and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of this
Guaranty.
Certain Agreements. The Guarantor covenants and agrees that, as a condition to the acceptability of
this Guaranty to the Trustee and the Holders, the Guarantor will:
(a) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders, such compliance to include paying when due all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or upon its
property except to the extent contested in good faith;
(b) preserve and maintain its existence, rights (contractual and statutory)
and franchises; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be required
to preserve any right or franchise if the general partner of the Guarantor
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of the Guarantor; and
(c) not consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such
Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person whether or not affiliated
with such Guarantor unless:
(i) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than a Guarantor or the Company) unconditionally assumes all the obligations of
the Guarantor under the Securities, the Indenture and this Guaranty on the terms set
forth herein or therein; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default
exists.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the
successor Person as set forth above of this Guaranty, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor.
Except as previously set forth herein, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing
contained in the Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of
the Guarantor with or into the Company or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of
the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company.
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the part of the Trustee or any Holder to exercise,
and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of
any remedies provided by law. The Trustee and the Holders shall have all of the rights and remedies
granted in the Indenture and available at law or in equity, and these same rights and remedies may
be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against the Company or the Guarantor.
Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the satisfaction of the Guaranteed
Obligations, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor and (c) enure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by the Trustee, the Holders and their successors, transferees and assigns.
Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited, unenforceable or not authorized
in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition, unenforceability or non-authorization, without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof or affecting the validity, enforceability or legality of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
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Limitation on Guarantor Liability. The Guarantor, and by their acceptance of the benefits hereof,
the Trustee and the Holders, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the
guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to this Guaranty not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, any fraudulent conveyance statute, or
any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders
and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty
shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and
fixed liabilities of Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any
collections from or payments made by or on behalf of Guarantor in respect of the obligations of
such other Guarantor under this Guaranty, if any, result in the obligations of the Guarantor under
this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Governing Law. This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia applicable to contracts executed, and to be fully performed, in such
state.
Termination. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect until indefeasible payment in
full of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Amendments. This Guaranty may not be amended except in writing signed by the Trustee and
Guarantor.
Notices. All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing (including
facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given in the manner set forth in the
Indenture (a) to Guarantor at its address set forth below its signature hereto, (b) to the Trustee
at its address for notices provided for in the Indenture, or (c) as to each such party at such
other address as such party shall designate in a written notice to the other party.
Headings. Section headings used in this Guaranty are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction of this Guaranty.
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In Witness Whereof, Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed by its duly authorized
representative and delivered as of the Effective Date.
| United Dominion Realty, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership |
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| By: | UDR, Inc., a Maryland corporation, its General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Senior Executive Vice President |
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