Contract
Exhibit 99.4
September
1996 Version
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Dated
as of:
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April
21, 2008
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Between:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES- HOLDINGS V, LLC, as
Seller
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And
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GREENWICH
CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC, as
Buyer
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1.
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Applicability
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From time
to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which one party
(“Seller”)
agrees to transfer to the other (“Buyer”) securities or
other assets (“Securities”) against
the transfer of funds by Buyer, with a simultaneous agreement by Buyer to
transfer to Seller such Securities at a date certain or on demand, against the
transfer of funds by Seller. Each such transaction shall be referred to herein
as a “Transaction” and, unless otherwise agreed in writing, shall be governed by
this Agreement, including any supplemental terms or conditions contained in
Annex I hereto and in any other annexes identified herein or therein as
applicable hereunder.
2.
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Definitions
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(a)
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“Act of
Insolvency”, with respect to any party, (i) the commencement
by such party as debtor of any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, dissolution,
delinquency or similar law, or such party seeking the appointment or
election of a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian or similar
official for such party or any substantial part of its property, or the
convening of any meeting of creditors for purposes of commencing any such
case or proceeding or seeking such an appointment or election,
(ii) the commencement of any such case or proceeding against such
party, or another seeking such an appointment or election, or the filing
against a party of an application for a protective decree under the
provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, which
(A) is consented to or not timely contested by such party,
(B) results in the entry of an order for relief, such an appointment
or election, the issuance of such a protective decree or the entry of an
order having a similar effect, or (C) is not dismissed within 15
days, (iii) the making by such party of a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or (iv) the admission in writing by such party
of such party’s inability to pay such party’s debts as they become
due;
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(b)
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“Additional Purchased
Securities”, Securities provided by Seller to Buyer pursuant to
Paragraph 4(a) hereof;
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“Buyer’s Margin
Amount”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the amount
obtained by application of the Buyer’s Margin Percentage to the Repurchase
Price for such Transaction as of such
date;
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(d)
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“Buyer’s Margin
Percentage”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a
percentage (which may be equal to the Seller’s Margin Percentage) agreed
to by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any such agreement, the
percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value of the Purchased
Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date
for such Transaction;
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(e)
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“Confirmation”,
the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b)
hereof;
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(f)
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“Income”, with
respect to any Security at any time, any principal thereof and all
interest, dividends or other distributions
thereon;
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(g)
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“Margin
Deficit”, the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(a)
hereof;
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(h)
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“Margin Excess”,
the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(b)
hereof;
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(i)
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“Margin Notice
Deadline”, the time agreed to by the parties in the relevant
Confirmation, Annex I hereto or otherwise as the deadline for giving
notice requiring same-day satisfaction of margin maintenance obligations
as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof (or, in the absence of any such
agreement, the deadline for such purposes established in accordance with
market practice);
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(j)
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“Market Value”,
with respect to any Securities as of any date, the price for such
Securities on such date obtained from a generally recognized source agreed
to by the parties or the most recent closing bid quotation from such a
source, plus accrued Income to the extent not included therein (other than
any Income credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations of,
Seller pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof ) as of such date (unless contrary
to market practice for such
Securities);
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(k)
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“Price
Differential”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the
aggregate amount obtained by daily application of the Pricing Rate for
such Transaction to the Purchase Price for such Transaction on a 360 day
per year basis for the actual number of days during the period commencing
on (and including) the Purchase Date for such Transaction and ending on
(but excluding) the date of determination (reduced by any amount of such
Price Differential previously paid by Seller to Buyer with respect to such
Transaction);
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(l)
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“Pricing Rate”,
the per annum percentage rate for determination of the Price
Differential;
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(m)
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“Prime Rate”,
the prime rate of U.S. commercial banks as published in The Wall Street
Journal (or, if more than one such rate is published, the average of such
rates);
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“Purchase Date”,
the date on which Purchased Securities are to be transferred by Seller to
Buyer;
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(o)
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“Purchase
Price”, (i) on the Purchase Date, the price at which Purchased
Securities are transferred by Seller to Buyer, and (ii) thereafter,
except where Buyer and Seller agree otherwise, such price increased by the
amount of any cash transferred by Buyer to Seller pursuant to
Paragraph 4(b) hereof and decreased by the amount of any cash
transferred by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) hereof or
applied to reduce Seller’s obligations under clause (ii) of
Paragraph 5 hereof;
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(p)
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“Purchased
Securities”, the Securities transferred by Seller to Buyer in a
Transaction hereunder, and any Securities substituted therefor in
accordance with Paragraph 9 hereof. The term “Purchased
Securities” with respect to any Transaction at any time also shall include
Additional Purchased Securities delivered pursuant to Paragraph 4(a)
hereof and shall exclude Securities returned pursuant to
Paragraph 4(b) hereof;
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(q)
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“Repurchase
Date”, the date on which Seller is to repurchase the Purchased
Securities from Buyer, including any date determined by application of the
provisions of Paragraph 3(c) or 11
hereof;
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(r)
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“Repurchase
Price”, the price at which Purchased Securities are to be
transferred from Buyer to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which
will be determined in each case (including Transactions terminable upon
demand) as the sum of the Purchase Price and the Price Differential as of
the date of such determination;
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(s)
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“Seller’s Margin
Amount”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the amount
obtained by application of the Seller’s Margin Percentage to the
Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of such
date;
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(t)
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“Seller’s Margin
Percentage”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a
percentage (which may be equal to the Buyer’s Margin Percentage) agreed to
by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any such agreement, the
percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value of the Purchased
Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date
for such Transaction.
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3.
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Initiation;
Confirmation; Termination
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(a)
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An
agreement to enter into a Transaction may be made orally or in writing at
the initiation of either Buyer or Seller. On the Purchase Date for the
Transaction, the Purchased Securities shall be transferred to Buyer or its
agent against the transfer of the Purchase Price to an account of
Seller.
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(b)
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Upon
agreeing to enter into a Transaction hereunder, Buyer or Seller (or both),
as shall be agreed, shall promptly deliver to the other party a written
confirmation of each Transaction (a “Confirmation”).
The Confirmation shall describe the Purchased Securities (including CUSIP
number, if any), identify Buyer and
Seller
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(c)
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In
the case of Transactions terminable upon demand, such demand shall be made
by Buyer or Seller, no later than such time as is customary in accordance
with market practice, by telephone or otherwise on or prior to the
business day on which such termination will be effective. On the date
specified in such demand, or on the date fixed for termination in the case
of Transactions having a fixed term, termination of the Transaction will
be effected by transfer to Seller or its agent of the Purchased Securities
and any Income in respect thereof received by Buyer (and not previously
credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations of, Seller
pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof ) against the transfer of the
Repurchase Price to an account of
Buyer.
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4.
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Margin
Maintenance
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(a)
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If
at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased Securities subject
to all Transactions in which a particular party hereto is acting as Buyer
is less than the aggregate Buyer’s Margin Amount for all such Transactions
(a “Margin
Deficit”), then Buyer may by notice to Seller require Seller in
such Transactions, at Seller’s option, to transfer to Buyer cash or
additional Securities reasonably acceptable to Buyer (“Additional Purchased
Securities”), so that the cash and aggregate Market Value of the
Purchased Securities, including any such Additional Purchased Securities,
will thereupon equal or exceed such aggregate Buyer’s Margin Amount
(decreased by the amount of any Margin Deficit as of such date arising
from any Transactions in which such Buyer is acting as
Seller).
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(b)
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If
at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased Securities subject
to all Transactions in which a particular party hereto is acting as Seller
exceeds the aggregate Seller’s Margin Amount for all such Transactions at
such time (a “Margin
Excess”), then Seller may by notice to Buyer require Buyer in such
Transactions, at Buyer’s option, to transfer cash or Purchased Securities
to Seller, so that the aggregate Market Value of the Purchased Securities,
after deduction of any such cash or any Purchased Securities so
transferred, will thereupon not exceed such aggregate Seller’s Margin
Amount (increased by the amount of any Margin Excess as of such date
arising from any Transactions in which such Seller is acting as
Buyer).
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If
any notice is given by Buyer or Seller under subparagraph (a) or (b)
of this Paragraph at or before the Margin Notice Deadline on any business
day, the party receiving such notice shall transfer cash or Additional
Purchased Securities as provided in such subparagraph no later than the
close of business in the relevant market on such day. If any
such notice is given after the Margin Notice Deadline, the party receiving
such notice shall transfer such cash or Securities no later than the close
of business in the relevant market on the next business day following such
notice.
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(d)
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Any
cash transferred pursuant to this Paragraph shall be attributed to such
Transactions as shall be agreed upon by Buyer and
Seller.
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(e)
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Seller
and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions hereunder,
that the respective rights of Buyer or Seller (or both) under
subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph may be exercised only
where a Margin Deficit or Margin Excess, as the case may be, exceeds a
specified dollar amount or a specified percentage of the Repurchase Prices
for such Transactions (which amount or percentage shall be agreed to by
Buyer and Seller prior to entering into any such
Transactions).
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(f)
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Seller
and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions hereunder,
that the respective rights of Buyer and Seller under
subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph to require the
elimination of a Margin Deficit or a Margin Excess, as the case may be,
may be exercised whenever such a Margin Deficit or Margin Excess exists
with respect to any single Transaction hereunder (calculated without
regard to any other Transaction outstanding under this
Agreement).
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5.
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Income
Payments
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Seller
shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to all Income paid or distributed
on or in respect of the Securities that is not otherwise received by Seller, to
the full extent it would be so entitled if the Securities had not been sold to
Buyer. Buyer shall, as the parties may agree with respect to any Transaction
(or, in the absence of any such agreement, as Buyer shall reasonably determine
in its discretion), on the date such Income is paid or distributed either
(i) transfer to or credit to the account of Seller such Income with respect
to any Purchased Securities subject to such Transaction or (ii) with
respect to Income paid in cash, apply the Income payment or payments to reduce
the amount, if any, to be transferred to Buyer by Seller upon termination of
such Transaction. Buyer shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to
the preceding sentence (A) to the extent that such action would result in
the creation of a Margin Deficit, unless prior thereto or simultaneously
therewith Seller transfers to Buyer cash or Additional Purchased Securities
sufficient to eliminate such Margin Deficit, or (B) if an Event of Default
with respect to Seller has occurred and is then continuing at the time such
Income is paid or distributed.
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Security
Interest
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Although
the parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and purchases and
not loans, in the event any such Transactions are deemed to be loans, Seller
shall be deemed to have pledged to Buyer as security for the performance by
Seller of its obligations under each such Transaction, and shall be deemed to
have granted to Buyer a security interest in, all of the Purchased Securities
with respect to all Transactions hereunder and all Income thereon and other
proceeds thereof.
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Payment
and Transfer
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Unless
otherwise mutually agreed, all transfers of funds hereunder shall be in
immediately available funds. All Securities transferred by one party hereto to
the other party (i) shall be in suitable form for transfer or shall be
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and
such other documentation as the party receiving possession may reasonably
request, (ii) shall be transferred on the book-entry system of a Federal
Reserve Bank, or (iii) shall be transferred by any other method mutually
acceptable to Seller and Buyer.
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Segregation
of Purchased Securities
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To the
extent required by applicable law, all Purchased Securities in the possession of
Seller shall be segregated from other securities in its possession and shall be
identified as subject to this Agreement. Segregation may be accomplished by
appropriate identification on the books and records of the holder, including a
financial or securities intermediary or a clearing corporation. All
of Seller’s interest in the Purchased Securities shall pass to Buyer on the
Purchase Date and, unless otherwise agreed by Buyer and Seller, nothing in this
Agreement shall preclude Buyer from engaging in repurchase transactions with the
Purchased Securities or otherwise selling, transferring, pledging or
hypothecating the Purchased Securities, but no such transaction shall relieve
Buyer of its obligations to transfer Purchased Securities to Seller pursuant to
Paragraph 3, 4 or 11 hereof, or of Buyer’s obligation to credit or pay
Income to, or apply Income to the obligations of, Seller pursuant to
Paragraph 5 hereof.
Required
Disclosure for Transactions in Which the Seller Retains Custody of the Purchased
Securities. Seller is not permitted to substitute other securities for
those subject to this Agreement and therefore must keep Buyer’s securities
segregated at all times, unless in this Agreement Buyer grants Seller the right
to substitute other securities. If Buyer grants the right to
substitute, this means that Buyer’s securities will likely be commingled with
Seller’s own securities during the trading day. Buyer is advised
that, during any trading day that Buyer’s securities are commingled with
Seller’s securities, they [will]* [may]** be subject to liens granted by Seller
to [its clearing bank]* [third parties]** and may be used by Seller for
deliveries on other securities transactions. Whenever the securities
are commingled, Seller’s ability to resegregate substitute securities for Buyer
will be subject to Seller’s ability to satisfy [the clearing]* [any]** lien or
to obtain substitute securities.
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*Language to be used under 17 C.F.R B403.4(e) if Seller is a
government securities broker or dealer other than a financial institution.
**Language
to be used under 17 C.F.R. B403.5(d) if Seller is a financial
institution.
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Substitution
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(a)
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Seller
may, subject to agreement with and acceptance by Buyer, substitute other
Securities for any Purchased Securities. Such substitution shall be made
by transfer to Buyer of such other Securities and transfer to Seller of
such Purchased Securities. After substitution, the substituted Securities
shall be deemed to be Purchased
Securities.
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(b)
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In
Transactions in which Seller retains custody of Purchased Securities, the
parties expressly agree that Buyer shall be deemed, for purposes of
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, to have agreed to and accepted in
this Agreement substitution by Seller of other Securities for Purchased
Securities; provided, however, that such other Securities shall have a
Market Value at least equal to the Market Value of the Purchased
Securities for which they are
substituted.
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10.
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Representations
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Each of
Buyer and Seller represents and warrants to the other that (i) it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, to enter into Transactions
contemplated hereunder and to perform its obligations hereunder and has taken
all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance,
(ii) it will engage in such Transactions as principal (or, if agreed in
writing, in the form of an annex hereto or otherwise, in advance of any
Transaction by the other party hereto, as agent for a disclosed principal),
(iii) the person signing this Agreement on its behalf is duly authorized to
do so on its behalf (or on behalf of any such disclosed principal), (iv) it
has obtained all authorizations of any governmental body required in connection
with this Agreement and the Transactions hereunder and such authorizations are
in full force and effect and (v) the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Transactions hereunder will not violate any law,
ordinance, charter, bylaw or rule applicable to it or any agreement by which it
is bound or by which any of its assets are affected. On the Purchase Date for
any Transaction Buyer and Seller shall each be deemed to repeat all the
foregoing representations made by it.
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Events
of Default
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In the
event that (i) Seller fails to transfer or Buyer fails to purchase
Purchased Securities upon the applicable Purchase Date, (ii) Seller fails
to repurchase or Buyer fails to transfer Purchased Securities upon the
applicable Repurchase Date, (iii) Seller or Buyer fails to comply with
Paragraph 4 hereof, (iv) Buyer fails, after one business day’s notice,
to comply with Paragraph 5 hereof, (v) an Act of Insolvency occurs
with respect to Seller or Buyer, (vi) any representation made by Seller or
Buyer shall have been incorrect or
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untrue in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed
to have been made or repeated, or (vii) Seller or Buyer shall admit to the
other its inability to, or its intention not to, perform any of its obligations
hereunder (each an “Event of
Default”):
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(a)
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The
nondefaulting party may, at its option (which option shall be deemed to
have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an Act of
Insolvency), declare an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder and,
upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option, the Repurchase Date
for each Transaction hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred, be
deemed immediately to occur (except that, in the event that the Purchase
Date for any Transaction has not yet occurred as of the date of such
exercise or deemed exercise, such Transaction shall be deemed immediately
canceled). The nondefaulting party shall (except upon the
occurrence of an Act of Insolvency) give notice to the defaulting party of
the exercise of such option as promptly as
practicable.
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(b)
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In
all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Seller, if the
nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option
referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, (i) the
defaulting party’s obligations in such Transactions to repurchase all
Purchased Securities, at the Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase
Date determined in accordance with subparagraph (a) of this
Paragraph, shall thereupon become immediately due and payable,
(ii) all Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be
retained by the nondefaulting party and applied to the aggregate unpaid
Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the defaulting party
hereunder, and (iii) the defaulting party shall immediately deliver
to the nondefaulting party any Purchased Securities subject to such
Transactions then in the defaulting party’s possession or
control.
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(c)
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In
all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer, upon
tender by the nondefaulting party of payment of the aggregate Repurchase
Prices for all such Transactions, all right, title and interest in and
entitlement to all Purchased Securities subject to such Transactions shall
be deemed transferred to the nondefaulting party, and the defaulting party
shall deliver all such Purchased Securities to the nondefaulting
party.
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(d)
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If
the nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised the
option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the
nondefaulting party, without prior notice to the defaulting party,
may:
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(i)
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as
to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Seller,
(A) immediately sell, in a recognized market (or otherwise in a
commercially reasonable manner) at such price or prices as the
nondefaulting party may reasonably deem satisfactory, any or all Purchased
Securities subject to such Transactions and apply the proceeds thereof to
the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the
defaulting party hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion elect, in
lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased Securities, to give
the
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(ii)
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as
to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer,
(A) immediately purchase, in a recognized market (or otherwise in a
commercially reasonable manner) at such price or prices as the
nondefaulting party may reasonably deem satisfactory, securities (“Replacement
Securities”) of the same class and amount as any Purchased
Securities that are not delivered by the defaulting party to the
nondefaulting party as required hereunder or (B) in its sole
discretion elect, in lieu of purchasing Replacement Securities, to be
deemed to have purchased Replacement Securities at the price therefor on
such date, obtained from a generally recognized source or the most recent
closing offer quotation from such a
source.
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Unless
otherwise provided in Annex I, the parties acknowledge and agree that
(1) the Securities subject to any Transaction hereunder are instruments
traded in a recognized market, (2) in the absence of a generally recognized
source for prices or bid or offer quotations for any Security, the nondefaulting
party may establish the source therefor in its sole discretion and (3) all
prices, bids and offers shall be determined together with accrued Income (except
to the extent contrary to market practice with respect to the relevant
Securities).
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(e)
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As
to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer, the
defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for any excess
of the price paid (or deemed paid) by the nondefaulting party for
Replacement Securities over the Repurchase Price for the Purchased
Securities replaced thereby and for any amounts payable by the defaulting
party under Paragraph 5 hereof or otherwise
hereunder.
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(f)
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For
purposes of this Paragraph 11, the Repurchase Price for each
Transaction hereunder in respect of which the defaulting party is acting
as Buyer shall not increase above the amount of such Repurchase Price for
such Transaction determined as of the date of the exercise or deemed
exercise by the nondefaulting party of the option referred to in
subparagraph (a) of this
Paragraph.
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(g)
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The
defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for
(i) the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by
the nondefaulting party in connection with or as a result of an Event of
Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the cost (including all
fees, expenses and commissions) of entering into replacement transactions
and entering into or terminating hedge transactions in connection with or
as a result of an Event of Default, and (iii) any other loss, damage,
cost or expense directly arising or resulting from the occurrence of an
Event of Default in respect of a
Transaction.
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To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the defaulting party shall be
liable to the nondefaulting party for interest on any amounts owing by the
defaulting party hereunder, from the date the defaulting party becomes
liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid in
full by the defaulting party or (ii) satisfied in full by the
exercise of the nondefaulting party’s rights hereunder. Interest on any
sum payable by the defaulting party to the nondefaulting party under this
Paragraph 11(h) shall be at a rate equal to the greater of the
Pricing Rate for the relevant Transaction or the Prime
Rate.
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(i)
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The
nondefaulting party shall have, in addition to its rights hereunder, any
rights otherwise available to it under any other agreement or applicable
law.
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12.
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Single
Agreement
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Buyer and
Seller acknowledge that, and have entered hereinto and will enter into each
Transaction hereunder in consideration of and in reliance upon the fact that,
all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business and contractual
relationship and have been made in consideration of each other. Accordingly,
each of Buyer and Seller agrees (i) to perform all of its obligations in
respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that a default in the performance of
any such obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect of all
Transactions hereunder, (ii) that each of them shall be entitled to set off
claims and apply property held by them in respect of any Transaction against
obligations owing to them in respect of any other Transactions hereunder and
(iii) that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by either of them
in respect of any Transaction shall be deemed to have been made in consideration
of payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions
hereunder, and the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other
transfers may be applied against each other and netted.
13.
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Notices
and Other Communications
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Any and
all notices, statements, demands or other communications hereunder may be given
by a party to the other by mail, facsimile, telegraph, messenger or otherwise to
the address specified in Annex II hereto, or so sent to such party at any other
place specified in a notice of change of address hereafter received by the
other. All notices, demands and requests hereunder may be made orally, to be
confirmed promptly in writing, or by other communication as specified in the
preceding sentence.
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Entire
Agreement; Severability
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This
Agreement shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties containing
general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions. Each provision and
agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other
provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the
unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.
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Non-assignability;
Termination
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(a)
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The
rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and under any
Transaction shall not be assigned by either party without the prior
written consent of the other party, and any such assignment without the
prior written consent of the other party shall be null and void. Subject
to the foregoing, this Agreement and any Transactions shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective
successors and assigns. This Agreement may be terminated by either party
upon giving written notice to the other, except that this Agreement shall,
notwithstanding such notice, remain applicable to any Transactions then
outstanding.
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(b)
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Subparagraph (a)
of this Paragraph 15 shall not preclude a party from assigning,
charging or otherwise dealing with all or any part of its interest in any
sum payable to it under Paragraph 11
hereof.
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16.
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Governing
Law
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This
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving
effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.
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No
Waivers, Etc.
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No
express or implied waiver of any Event of Default by either party shall
constitute a waiver of any other Event of Default and no exercise of any remedy
hereunder by any party shall constitute a waiver of its right to exercise any
other remedy hereunder. No modification or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement and no consent by any party to a departure herefrom shall be effective
unless and until such shall be in writing and duly executed by both of the
parties hereto. Without limitation on any of the foregoing, the failure to give
a notice pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) or 4(b) hereof will not constitute a
waiver of any right to do so at a later date.
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Use
of Employee Plan Assets
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(a)
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If
assets of an employee benefit plan subject to any provision of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) are
intended to be used by either party hereto (the “Plan Party”) in
a Transaction, the Plan Party shall so notify the other party prior to the
Transaction. The Plan Party shall represent in writing to the other party
that the Transaction does not constitute a prohibited transaction under
ERISA or is otherwise exempt therefrom, and the other party may proceed in
reliance thereon but shall not be required so to
proceed.
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(b)
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Subject
to the last sentence of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, any such
Transaction shall proceed only if Seller furnishes or has furnished to
Buyer its most recent available audited statement of its financial
condition and its most recent subsequent unaudited statement of its
financial condition.
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By
entering into a Transaction pursuant to this Paragraph, Seller shall be
deemed (i) to represent to Buyer that since the date of Seller’s
latest such financial statements, there has been no material adverse
change in Seller’s financial condition which Seller has not disclosed to
Buyer, and (ii) to agree to provide Buyer with future audited and
unaudited statements of its financial condition as they are issued, so
long as it is a Seller in any outstanding Transaction involving a Plan
Party.
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19.
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Intent
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(a)
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The
parties recognize that each Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as
that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United
States Code, as amended (except insofar as the type of Securities subject
to such Transaction or the term of such Transaction would render such
definition inapplicable), and a “securities contract” as that term is
defined in Section 741 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction
would render such definition
inapplicable).
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(b)
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It
is understood that either party’s right to liquidate Securities delivered
to it in connection with Transactions hereunder or to exercise any other
remedies pursuant to Paragraph 11 hereof is a contractual right to
liquidate such Transaction as described in Sections 555 and 559 of
Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended.
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(c)
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The
parties agree and acknowledge that if a party hereto is an “insured
depository institution,” as such term is defined in the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, as amended (“FDIA”), then
each Transaction hereunder is a “qualified financial contract,” as that
term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements
thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such
Transaction would render such definition
inapplicable).
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(d)
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It
is understood that this Agreement constitutes a “netting contract” as
defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) and
each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction
hereunder shall constitute a “covered contractual payment entitlement” or
“covered contractual payment obligation”, respectively, as defined in and
subject to FDICIA (except insofar as one or both of the parties is not a
“financial institution” as that term is defined in
FDICIA).
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20.
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Disclosure
Relating to Certain Federal
Protections
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The
parties acknowledge that they have been advised that:
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(a)
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in
the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a broker or dealer
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”), the
Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position that the
provisions of the
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(b)
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in
the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government
securities broker or a government securities dealer registered with the
SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide
protection to the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder;
and
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(c)
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in
the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a financial
institution, funds held by the financial institution pursuant to a
Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore are not insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union
Share Insurance Fund, as
applicable.
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BUYER:
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GREENWICH
CAPITAL FINANCIAL
PRODUCTS,
INC., a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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SELLER:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES- HOLDINGS V,
LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
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By:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES, L.P., a
Maryland
limited partnership, its sole member
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By:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES,
INC.,
a Maryland
corporation,
its sole general
partner
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By:
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/s/
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Executive Vice President & CFO
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ANNEX
I AND CONFIRMATION
TO
Date
of Confirmation: April 21, 2008
Reference
is hereby made to that certain Master Repurchase Agreement (the “Repo
Agreement”) dated as of April 21, 2008 between GREENWICH CAPITAL
FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC. (“Buyer”)
and XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES-HOLDINGS V, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Seller”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in
the Repo Agreement. This document (this “Confirmation”)
confirms the agreement of Buyer and Seller to enter into a Transaction on the
following terms:
I. Principal
Terms
1.
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Buyer:
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Greenwich
Capital Financial Products, Inc.
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2.
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Seller:
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Xxxxxxx
Properties-Holdings V, LLC
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3.
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Purchase
Date:
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April
21, 2008.
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4.
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Purchase
Price:
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On
the Purchase Date, the price at which the Purchased Security is
transferred by Seller to Buyer (i.e. $35,000,000).
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5.
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Pricing
Rate:
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For
the period (i) commencing on the Purchase Date through and including May
31, 2009: LIBOR plus 175 basis points reset monthly; (ii) commencing on
June 1, 2009 through and including May 31, 2010: LIBOR plus 275 basis
points reset monthly; and (iii) commencing on June 1, 2010 and thereafter:
LIBOR plus 375 basis points reset monthly. During the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default, the Pricing Rate shall be the above
applicable Pricing Rate plus 500 basis points (i.e., LIBOR plus 000 xxxxx
xxxxxx, XXXXX plus 775 basis points, or LIBOR plus 875 basis points, as
applicable).
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6.
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Repurchase
Date:
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May
1, 2011, or such earlier date as determined by application of the
provisions of Paragraph 11 of the Repo Agreement or Section 5 of this
Confirmation.
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7.
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Price Differential: | On each Payment Date, the Pricing Rate applied to the amount of the outstanding Repurchase Price (to the extent described in |
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8.
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Repurchase
Price:
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The
price at which the Purchased Security is to be transferred from Buyer to
Seller on the Repurchase Date or the Early Repurchase Date, as applicable;
such price will be determined in each case as the sum of (a) the
Purchase Price of the Purchased Security less Income received by
Buyer, on or prior to the date of such determination, pursuant to
Section III(1) or Section III(2) hereof allocable as a reduction
of the Repurchase Price, and less the amount of all
Mandatory Repurchase Price Reductions or Permitted Repurchase Price
Reductions previously received by Buyer hereunder, if any, on or prior to
the date of such determination, (b) the accrued and unpaid Price
Differential with respect to the Purchased Security as of the date of such
determination, and (c) all other amounts due and owing to Buyer under
the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation and the Transaction
Documents.
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9.
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Purchased
Security:
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All
of Seller’s right, title and interest in the Junior Mezzanine
Loan. All references to the defined term "Purchased Securities"
in the Repo Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Purchased
Security
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10.
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Junior
Mezzanine Loan:
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The
Junior Mezzanine Loan described on Schedule I
attached hereto.
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11.
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[Intentionally
Deleted]
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[Intentionally
Deleted]
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12.
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Early
Repurchase:
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Seller
shall be entitled from time to time to terminate the Transaction in whole
(but not in part) on demand and to repurchase the Purchased Security on
any Business Day prior to the Repurchase Date (each such date of
repurchase, an “Early
Repurchase Date”); provided, however, that the effectiveness of
each such termination shall be subject to the conditions that:
(i) Seller notifies Buyer in writing of its intent to terminate the
Transaction and to repurchase the
Purchased
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13.
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Mandatory
Repurchase Price
Reductions:
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Subject
to any Permitted Repurchase Price Reductions, Seller shall on the (i) the
June 1, 2009 (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day), make a payment of $10,000,000 to Buyer, which
shall be applied to reduce the outstanding Repurchase Price of the
Purchased Security and (ii) the June 1, 2010 (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), make an additional
payment of $10,000,000 to Buyer, which shall be applied to reduce the
outstanding Repurchase Price of the Purchased Security.
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14.
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Permitted
Repurchase Price
Reductions:
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Seller
shall be entitled from time to time to make a payment which shall be
applied to reduce the outstanding Repurchase Price of the Purchased
Security, provided that Seller notifies Buyer in writing of its intent to
make such a payment no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the
date of such payment. Such notice shall set forth the proposed
date of such payment and any such notice delivered by Seller shall be
irrevocable upon delivery to Buyer. Any Permitted Repurchase
Price Reductions paid hereunder by Seller and received by Buyer shall be
credited against the Seller’s next Mandatory Repurchase Price Reduction
hereunder.
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II. Definitions. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Repo Agreement or elsewhere, the Principal Terms
set forth in Section I above shall have the meaning ascribed to such Principal
Terms set forth above and the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such
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“Agreement”
shall mean the Repo Agreement, as supplemented by this
Confirmation.
“Bankruptcy
Action” means with respect to any Person (a) such Person filing a
voluntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency law; (b) the filing of an involuntary petition against
such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy
or insolvency law, or soliciting or causing to be solicited petitioning
creditors for any involuntary petition against such Person, which is not
dismissed within ninety (90) days; (c) such Person filing an answer consenting
to or otherwise acquiescing in or joining in any involuntary petition filed
against it, by any other Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal
or state bankruptcy or insolvency law, or soliciting or causing to be solicited
petitioning creditors for any involuntary petition from any Person; (d) such
Person consenting to or acquiescing in or joining in an application for the
appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, or examiner for such Person or
any portion of the Property; or (e) such Person making an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or admitting, in writing or in any legal proceeding, its
insolvency or inability to pay its debts as they become due.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute or statutes and all rules
and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder, and any comparable
foreign laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or creditors’
rights.
“Breakage
Costs” shall mean, any amount necessary to compensate Buyer and for any
losses or costs (not to include any lost profit or opportunity) (including,
without limitation and without duplication, the costs of breaking any “LIBOR”
contract, if applicable, or funding losses and any other loss or expense arising
from the reemployment of funds obtained by Buyer to maintain the Transaction (or
relevant portion thereof) hereunder or from fees payable to terminate the
deposits from which such funds were obtained) if the Purchased Security, or any
portion thereof, is repurchased for any reason whatsoever on any date other than
a Payment Date.
“Business
Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or
(ii) a day on which the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, or banking and savings and loan institutions in the State of New
York or the City of New York are closed.
“Code” the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended and as it may be further amended from time to time, any
successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury
regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.
“Control”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) ownership, directly or indirectly, in the
aggregate of 49% or more of the beneficial ownership interest of such Person or
(ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management
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“Custodian” shall mean LaSalle Bank,
National Association.
“Determination
Date” shall mean,
the date which is two (2) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the fifth (5th) day
of each calendar month.
“Early Repurchase
Indemnified Amounts” shall mean, (i) any loss or expense (not to include
any lost profit or opportunity) (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) which Buyer may sustain or incur as a
consequence of failure by Seller to terminate the Transaction in whole or in
part, as the case may be, after Seller has given a notice in accordance with the
Repo Agreement and this Confirmation of such termination and (ii) in the
case of any payment of the Repurchase Price on any day other than a Payment
Date, all Breakage Costs).
“Early Repurchase
Price” shall mean, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Repurchase
Price and (B) any other amounts payable under the Repo Agreement, this
Confirmation or the other Transaction Documents (including, without limitation,
the Early Repurchase Indemnified Amounts) with respect to such early repurchase
against transfer to Seller or its agent of the Purchased Security.
“Eligibility
Requirements” shall mean with respect
to any Person, that such Person (i) has total assets (in name or under
management) in excess of $750,000,000 (excluding the Property) and (except with
respect to a pension advisory firm or similar fiduciary) capital/statutory
surplus or shareholder’s equity of $300,000,000 (excluding the Property),
(ii) is regularly engaged in the business of owning and operating
commercial real estate properties of the type, size and quality comparable to
the Property, (iii) has not, and is not Controlled by any Person that has, been
a debtor in any Bankruptcy Action in the past ten (10) years or has ever been
convicted of fraud or any crimes with respect to securities or banking laws and
(iv) that has not been involved in any prior disputes with Buyer, and is not
Controlled by any Person that has been involved in any prior disputes with
Buyer.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as
in effect at the date of the Repo Agreement and this Confirmation and, as of the
relevant date, any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof,
supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any corporation or
trade or business that is a member of any group of organizations
(i) described in Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code of which Seller is
a member and (ii) solely for purposes of potential liability under
Section 302(c)(11) of ERISA and Section 412(c)(11) of the Code and the
lien created under Section 302(f) of ERISA and
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“Eurodollar
Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which banks in the City of London, England are closed for interbank or
foreign exchange transactions.
“GAAP” shall mean United
States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as in
effect from time to time.
“Governmental
Authority” shall mean any national or federal government, any state,
regional, local or other political subdivision thereof with jurisdiction and any
Person with jurisdiction exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantor” shall mean Xxxxxxx
Properties, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership.
“Guaranty” shall mean that certain
Payment Guaranty dated as of April 21, 2008, by Guarantor in favor of
Buyer.
“Indebtedness”
shall mean for any Person, without duplication: (a) all indebtedness of
such Person for borrowed money, for amounts drawn under a letter of credit, or
for the deferred purchase price of property for which such Person or its assets
is liable, (b) all unfunded amounts under a loan agreement, letter of
credit, or other credit facility for which such Person would be liable if such
amounts were advanced thereunder, (c) all amounts required to be paid by
such Person as a guaranteed payment to partners or a preferred or special
dividend, including any mandatory redemption of shares or interests,
(d) all indebtedness guaranteed by such Person, directly or indirectly,
(e) all obligations under leases that constitute capital leases for which
such Person is liable, and (f) all obligations of such Person under
interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and other interest hedge agreements,
in each case whether such Person is liable contingently or otherwise, as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise, or in respect of which obligations such Person
otherwise assures a creditor against loss.
“Junior Mezzanine
Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain junior mezzanine loan in the
principal amount of $55,000,000 made on the date hereof by Greenwich Capital
Financial Products, Inc. to Junior Mezzanine Loan Borrower, as the same has been
transferred by Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. to Junior Mezzanine
Loan Lender pursuant to, inter,
alia,
that certain Omnibus Assignment dated as of the date hereof by and between
Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc., as assignor, and the Junior
Mezzanine Loan Lender, as assignee.
“Junior Mezzanine
Loan Borrower” shall mean Xxxxxxx Properties - Xxxxxxx Towers Junior
Mezzanine, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Junior Mezzanine
Loan Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Junior Mezzanine Loan Agreement.
“Junior Mezzanine
Loan Lender” shall mean Seller.
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“LIBOR” shall mean the rate per
annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16th of 1%)
calculated on each Determination Date for the next Accrual Period as equal to
the rate for U.S. dollar deposits for a one month period which appears on
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such
Determination Date; provided, however, that if such
rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, “LIBOR” determined on each
Determination Date for the next Accrual Period shall mean a rate per annum equal
to the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered in immediately available
funds in the London Interbank Market to the London office of National
Westminster Bank, Plc (or its successors) by leading banks in the Eurodollar
market at 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination
Date. “Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as
“Page 3750” on the Associated Press-Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service (or such
other page as may replace Page 3750 on the Associated Press-Dow Xxxxx
Telerate Service or such other service as may be nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying
British Bankers’ Association interest settlement rates for U.S. Dollar
deposits). LIBOR determined on the basis of the rate displayed on
Telerate Page 3750 in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be
subject to corrections, if any, made in such rate and displayed by the
Associated Press-Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service within one (1) hour of the time when
such rate is first displayed by such Service.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage,
deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, or
any other encumbrance, charge or transfer of, on or affecting the Purchased
Security or any portion thereof, or any interest therein, including without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing, the filing of any financing statement, and mechanic’s, materialmen’s
and other similar liens and encumbrances.
“Losses”
shall mean any and all claims, suits, liabilities (including, without
limitation, strict liabilities), actions, proceedings, obligations, debts,
damages, losses, costs, expenses, fines, penalties, charges, fees, judgments,
awards, amounts paid in settlement of whatever kind or nature (including but not
limited to legal fees and other costs of defense).
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean any event or condition that has a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, profits, operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) of Seller, or (ii) the ability of Seller to repay the Repurchase
Price (including the Price Differential) as it becomes due, it being understood
that fluctuations in the value of the Purchased Security not caused by the acts
or omissions of Seller, Guarantor or their Affiliates, shall not, in and of
itself, be a Material Adverse Effect.
“Mortgage
Loan” shall mean that certain mortgage loan in the principal amount of
$125,000,000 made on the date hereof by Greenwich Capital Financial Products,
Inc. (the “Mortgage Loan
Lender”) to the Mortgage Loan Borrower, and evidenced and secured by the
Mortgage Loan Agreement and the other Mortgage Loan Documents.
“Mortgage Loan
Agreement” shall mean that certain Mortgage Loan Agreement of even date
herewith between the Mortgage Loan Lender and Mortgage Loan
Borrower
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“Mortgage Loan
Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Mortgage
Loan Agreement.
“Multiemployer
Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan defined as such in
Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions have been, or were required
to have been, made by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate and which is covered by
Title IV of ERISA.
“Net Worth”
shall mean, as of a given date, (x) the total assets of a Person as of such date
less (y) such Person’s total liabilities as of such date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Obligations”
shall mean the liabilities and obligations of Seller and Guarantor under any of
the Transaction Documents.
“OP” Xxxxxxx Properties,
L.P., a Maryland limited partnership.
“Permitted Fund
Manager” shall mean any
nationally-recognized manager of investment funds which (i) invests in debt or
equity interests relating to commercial real estate, (ii) invests through a
fund with committed capital of at least $300,000,000 and (iii) is not the
subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
“Person” shall mean any
individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, joint
venture, joint tenant or tenant-in-common limited liability company, business
trust, trust, unincorporated association or government (or any agency,
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).
“Plan” means
an employee benefit or other plan established or maintained by Seller or any
ERISA Affiliate during the five year period ended prior to the date of the Repo
Agreement and this Confirmation or to which Seller or any ERISA Affiliate makes,
is obligated to make or has, within the five year period ended prior to the date
of the Repo Agreement and this Confirmation, been required to make contributions
and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA or Section 302 of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
“Potential
Default” shall mean any event
which with the passage of time or the giving of notice thereof would become an
Event of Default.
“Property”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.
“Qualified
Transferee” shall mean:
(i) a
real estate investment trust, bank, saving and loan association, investment
bank, insurance company, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension
plan, pension fund or pension advisory firm, mutual fund, government entity or
plan, provided that any such Person referred to in this clause (i) satisfies the
Eligibility Requirements;
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(iii) an
institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing entities described in
clauses (i) or (ii) that satisfies the Eligibility Requirements;
(iv) any
entity Controlled (which for purposes of this definition means the ownership,
directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the
beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of an entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by
contract or otherwise) by any of the entities described in clauses (i) (ii) or
(iii) above or (v) below;
(v) an
investment fund, limited liability company, limited partnership or general
partnership where a Permitted Fund Manager or an entity that is otherwise a
Qualified Transferee under clauses (i) (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this definition
investing through a fund with committed capital of at least $300,000,000 acts as
the general partner, managing member or fund manager and at least fifty percent
(50%) of the equity interests in such investment vehicle are owned, directly or
indirectly, by one or more entities that are otherwise Qualified Transferees
under clauses (i) (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this definition; or
(vi) a
Person (i) with a long-term unsecured debt rating from any two Rating Agencies
of at least “investment grade” that (ii) owns, controls or operates, with its
Affiliates, office buildings totaling at least 4,000,000 square feet of gross
leasable area (exclusive of the Property), has with its Affiliates a Net Worth,
as of a date no more than three (3) months prior to the date of such Transfer;
of at least $300,000,000 (exclusive of the Property), and immediately prior to
such Transfer, controls with its Affiliates real estate equity assets of at
least $750,000,000 (exclusive of the Property).
“Qualified
Manager” shall mean any of (a)
the OP (provided the OP Controls the Seller at the time in question), (b) an
Affiliated Manager, (c) any property manager Controlled (within the sense of
clause (ii) of the defined term “Control”) by the REIT (provided the REIT
Controls the Seller at the time in question) or (d) in the reasonable judgment
of Buyer, a reputable and experienced management company which (i) is a
reputable national (or regional) major management company having at least five
(5) years’ experience in the management of commercial properties of comparable
quality to the Property, with similar uses as the Property and in the
jurisdiction in which the Property is located, (ii) at the time of its
engagement has managed, for at least five (5) years prior to its engagement as
property manager, at least five (5) commercial office buildings of comparable
quality to the Property, (iii) at the time of its engagement as property
manager is managing leasable square footage of office buildings of comparable
quality to the Property equal to five (5) times the leasable square feet of the
Property and (iv) is not the subject of a Bankruptcy Action.
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“REIT” Xxxxxxx Properties,
Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“Repo
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
“Requirement of
Law” shall
mean any law, treaty, rule, regulation, code, directive, policy, order or
requirement or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other governmental
authority whether now or hereafter enacted or in effect.
“Restricted
Party” (i)
Seller, the OP, the Guarantor and (ii) any shareholder, general partner, member,
non-member manager, direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of, Seller, the
OP, Guarantor or any non-member manager; provided, however, that the term
“Restricted Party” shall not include any limited partner of the OP, Guarantor,
or any shareholders of the REIT, or any person owning direct or indirect
interests in or through such limited partners or shareholders.
“Sale or
Pledge” a
voluntary or involuntary sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or
pledge of a legal or beneficial interest.
“Senior Mezzanine
Loan” shall mean that certain senior mezzanine loan in the principal
amount of $20,000,000 made on the date hereof by Greenwich Capital Financial
Products, Inc. (the “Senior Mezzanine
Loan Lender”) to Senior Mezzanine Loan Borrower, and evidenced and
secured by the Senior Mezzanine Loan Agreement and the other Senior Mezzanine
Loan Documents.
“Senior Mezzanine
Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Senior Mezzanine Loan Agreement
of even date herewith between the Senior Mezzanine Loan Lender and the Senior
Mezzanine Loan Borrower
“Senior Mezzanine
Loan Borrower” shall mean Xxxxxxx Properties - Xxxxxxx Towers Senior
Mezzanine, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Senior Mezzanine
Loan Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Senior Mezzanine Loan Agreement.
“Servicer”
shall mean Wachovia Bank, National Association, or any other servicer selected
by Buyer to service the Transaction.
“SPE” shall
mean a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company which at
all times on and after the date hereof:
(i) is
organized solely for the purpose of acquiring, developing, owning,
holding, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging, managing and operating the
Purchased Security, entering into the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation and the
other Transaction Documents with Buyer, refinancing the
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(ii) is
not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to the acquisition,
development, ownership, management or operation of the Purchased
Security;
(iii) does
not have and will not have any assets other than those related to the Purchased
Security;
(iv) has
not engaged, sought or consented to and will not engage in, seek or consent to
any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation, merger, sale of all or
substantially all of its assets, or amendment of its limited partnership
agreement, articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of
formation or operating agreement (as applicable) with respect to the matters set
forth in this definition;
(v) [intentionally
deleted];
(vi) if
such entity is (a) a limited liability company, has articles of
organization, a certificate of formation and/or an operating agreement, as
applicable, (b) a limited partnership, has a limited partnership agreement,
or (c) a corporation, has a certificate of incorporation or articles that,
in each case, provide that such entity will not, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, (1) dissolve, merge, liquidate, consolidate; (2) sell all or
substantially all of the assets of Seller, except as contemplated by the Repo
Agreement and this Confirmation; or (3) engage in any other business
activity, or amend its organizational documents with respect to the matters set
forth in this definition without the prior written consent of
Buyer;
(vii) is
and will remain solvent and pay its debts and liabilities (including, as
applicable, shared personnel and overhead expenses) from its assets as the same
shall become due, and is maintaining and will maintain adequate capital for the
normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and
character and in light of its contemplated business operations (except the
foregoing shall not be interpreted to require the partners, members or
principals of Seller to make any capital contributions or loans to Seller or
arrange for any such capital contributions or loans from any other
party);
(viii) has
not failed and will not fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the
separate identity of such entity;
(ix) other
than as contemplated under the Repo Agreement, has maintained and will maintain
its accounts, books and records separate from any other Person and will file its
own tax returns, except to the extent that it is required to file consolidated
tax returns by law;
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(xi) other
than as provided in the Repo Agreement, (a) has not commingled and will not
commingle its funds or assets with those of any other Person and (b) has
not participated and will not participate in any cash management system with any
other Person;
(xii) has
held and will hold its assets in its own name;
(xiii) has
conducted and will conduct its business in its name or in a name franchised or
licensed to it;
(xiv) has
maintained and will maintain its financial statements, accounting records and
other entity documents separate from any other Person and has not permitted and
will not permit its assets to be listed as assets on the financial statement of
any other entity except as required by GAAP; provided, however, that Seller
may also file consolidated tax statements if required by any applicable local,
state or federal tax law or other applicable law or GAAP or Federal Income Tax
Basis of Accounting, and provided further that Seller’s assets may be included
in consolidated financial statements of another entity provided that appropriate
notation shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the
separateness of Seller from such other entity;
(xv) other
than as contemplated by the Repo Agreement, has paid and will pay its own
liabilities and expenses, including the salaries of its own employees (if any),
out of its own funds and assets, and has maintained and will maintain a
sufficient number of employees in light of its contemplated business
operations;
(xvi) has
observed and will observe all partnership, corporate or limited liability
company formalities, as applicable;
(xvii) has
and will have no Indebtedness other than (a) those contemplated by the Repo
Agreement, (b) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
relating to the ownership and operation of the Purchased Security and the
routine administration of Seller, in amounts not to exceed in the aggregate
$25,000 (excluding taxes), which liabilities are not more than thirty (30) days
past the date incurred, are not evidenced by a note and are paid when due, and
(c) such other liabilities that are permitted pursuant to the Repo
Agreement;
(xviii) has
not and will not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any
other Person or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the
obligations of any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the
Repo Agreement;
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(xx) has
allocated and will allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are
shared with any Affiliate, including, but not limited to, paying for shared
office space and services performed by any employee of an
Affiliate;
(xxi) maintains
and uses and will maintain and use separate stationery, invoices and checks
bearing its name. The stationery, invoices, and checks utilized by
such SPE or utilized to collect its funds or pay its expenses shall bear its own
name and shall not bear the name of any other entity unless such entity is
clearly designated as being such SPE’s agent;
(xxii) has
not pledged and will not pledge its assets to secure the obligations of any
other Person other than pursuant to the Repo Agreement;
(xxiii) has
held itself out and identified itself and will hold itself out and identify
itself as a separate and distinct entity under its own name or in a name
franchised or licensed to it and not, and shall not permit itself to be referred
to, as a department, division or part of any other Person;
(xxiv) has
maintained and will maintain its assets and liabilities in such a manner that it
will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its
individual assets and liabilities from those of any other Person;
(xxv) has
not made and will not make loans to any Person or, other than the Purchased
Security, hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person or entity
(other than cash and investment-grade securities issued by an entity that is not
an Affiliate of or subject to common ownership with such entity);
(xxvi) has
not identified and will not identify its partners, members or shareholders, or
any Affiliate of any of them, as a division or part of it, and has not
identified itself and shall not identify itself as a division of any other
Person;
(xxvii) except
for capital contributions and capital distributions, has not entered into or
been a party to, and will not enter into or be a party to, any transaction with
its partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates except (a) in the
ordinary course of its business and on terms which are intrinsically fair,
commercially reasonable and are no less favorable to it than would be obtained
in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party, and
(b) in connection with the Transaction Documents and the Junior Mezzanine
Loan;
(xxviii) has
not and will not have any obligation to, and will not, indemnify its partners,
officers, directors or members, as the case may be, unless such an obligation is fully subordinated to the Obligations
and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will not constitute a claim against
it in the event that cash flow
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(xxix) such
entity will consider the interests of its creditors in connection with all
corporate, partnership or limited liability actions, as applicable;
and
(xxx) does
not and will not have any of its obligations guaranteed by any Affiliate, except
for the Guaranty.
“Taxable REIT
Subsidiary” a taxable REIT subsidiary within the meaning of
Section 856(1) of the Code and of which the OP owns, directly or indirectly, no
less than a fifty-one percent (51%) interest.
“Transaction
Change in Control” shall mean (a) a transaction or event as a result of
which the Guarantor ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the limited
liability company interests of Seller; (b) the sale, transfer, or other
disposition of all or substantially all of Seller’s or Guarantor’s assets; or
(c) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Seller or Guarantor with or
into another entity or any other company reorganization, if more than 49% of the
combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s voting interests
outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or such other
reorganization is owned by Persons who were not stockholders, partners or
members, as applicable, of Seller or Guarantor immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation or other reorganization.
“Transaction
Documents” shall mean the Repo
Agreement, this Confirmation, the Guaranty, any omnibus assignment(s),
assignment(s) of mortgage, endorsement(s), allonge(s) and all of the other
documents and instruments delivered by or on behalf of Seller or Guarantor in
connection with the Transaction.
III. Miscellaneous
Provisions
1. Payments;
Servicing
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(a)
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The
Price Differential for each Accrual Period (as hereinafter defined) shall
be paid by Seller to Buyer on the 1st
day of each calendar month, or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day (each such day, a “Payment
Date”) commencing on June 1, 2008. As used herein,
“Accrual
Period” shall mean, with respect to Seller’s payment of Price
Differential to Buyer on each Payment Date, the period from and including
the immediately preceding Determination Date (or with respect to the first
Determination Date, the Purchase Date) to but excluding such current
Determination Date. Seller further
agrees to make the Mandatory Repurchase Price Reductions as set forth in
Section 13 of this Confirmation.
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(b) | The Buyer and Seller hereby agree that all Income on the Purchased Security that constitutes interest, dividends or other distributions thereon will be payable to Buyer (and Seller agrees that it shall pay or cause to be paid to Buyer any such amounts paid to it in cash within one (1) Business |
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Day
of Seller’s or Servicer’s receipt thereof) and, such amounts will be
applied in the following order of priority: (a) first, to pay any
Price Differential then due and owing under the Repo Agreement;
(b) second, to pay to Buyer all other amounts then due and owing
under Paragraph 11 of the Repo Agreement and under Section III(11)
hereof; (c) third, to pay to Buyer all other amounts due and owing
under the Repo Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; (d) fourth,
to reduce the outstanding Repurchase Price of the Purchased Security until
the same has been reduced to zero and (e) fifth, the remainder, if
any, to Seller, provided, however, during the continuance of an Event of
Default, such amounts shall be applied in any order of priority determined
by Buyer, in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or elsewhere, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that to the extent Income on the Purchased Security
is received on a day other than a Payment Date, Buyer shall remit the same
to Seller within one (1) Business of Seller’s or Servicer’s receipt
thereof, and Seller shall hold such Income until the immediately
succeeding Payment Date, at which point such amounts shall be applied in
accordance with clauses (a) through (e) above. The provisions
(and the obligations of Seller) set forth in this Section (III)(1)(b) are
not intended to, and shall not, (1) limit the obligations of Seller to
fully pay the Price Differential for each applicable Accrual Period on
each applicable Payment Date pursuant to Section (III)(1)(a) above or (2)
limit the obligations of Seller to fully pay each Mandatory Repurchase
Price Reduction on each of June 1, 2009 and June 1, 2010 and the
obligations of Seller set forth in this Section (III)(1)(b) are intended
to be in addition to such obligations described in the preceding clauses
(1) and (2), it being understood and agreed that to the extent any Income
is applied to pay any such installment of the Price Differential or either
Mandatory Repurchase Price Reduction, the amounts that Seller is otherwise
required to pay towards the same shall instead be applied towards such
other items, and in the order of priority (as applicable), set forth in
clauses (a) through (e) above.
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(c)
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To
effectuate the provisions of this Section III(1), Seller acknowledges
and agrees that the Junior Mezzanine Loan shall be serviced by Servicer
pursuant to Buyer’s existing Interim Servicing Agreement with Servicer
(the “Interim
Servicing Agreement”). Accordingly Seller and Buyer
shall notify Servicer of the sale to Buyer effectuated by the Repo
Agreement and deliver a signed and properly completed copy of Buyer’s
standard form of Servicer Notice to Servicer, which standard form of
Service Notice shall, among other things, direct the Servicer to (x)
comply with all instructions and directions of Buyer regarding the Junior
Mezzanine Loan and (y) obtain the prior consent and approval of the Buyer
over all matters requiring the Junior Mezzanine Loan
Lender’s consent or approval pursuant to the Junior Mezzanine Loan
Documents (without the requirement of obtaining the consent or approval of
Seller in any such case) until such time as the Repurchase Price and any
and all other
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2. Provided
that there shall exist no Event of Default or Potential Default, within one (1)
Business day of Seller’s or Servicer’s receipt of any and all principal payments
made on the Purchased Security, Seller shall pay or cause to be paid to Buyer an
amount equal to 100% of such principal payment, which amount shall be applied by
Buyer to the outstanding Repurchase Price. If there shall exist an
Event of Default with respect to Seller or Potential Default, Seller shall
immediately pay or cause to be paid to Buyer an amount equal to 100% of any
principal payment made on the Purchased Security that was received by Seller or
Servicer, which amount shall be applied in accordance with clauses (a) through
(e) of Section III(1)(b) above, but in such order and priority as Buyer
determines in its sole and absolute discretion.
3. Paragraph 4
of the Repo Agreement (Margin Maintenance), all references therein to Margin
Deficit, Additional Purchased Securities and Margin Excess and all references to
Paragraphs 4(a)-(f) therein are hereby deleted in their entirety. Paragraph 5 of
the Repo Agreement (Income) and all references to Paragraph 5 therein are hereby
deleted in their entirety. Paragraph 6 of the Repo Agreement shall be
deleted in its entirety and the following paragraph shall be inserted in lieu
thereof: “Although the parties intend that the Transaction hereunder be a sale
and a purchase and not a loan, in the event any such Transaction is deemed to be
a loan, in order to secure the Seller’s obligations to the Buyer hereunder,
Seller hereby grants to Buyer a security interest in, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in, to and under (including the power to convey title
thereto), the Purchased Security, including the right to proceeds, dividends and
distributions thereof, payments of principal and interest and the right to
enforce such payments arising from or under any of the Purchased Security, the
records related to the Purchased Security, and all related servicing rights, any
property relating to the Purchased Security, all insurance policies and
insurance proceeds relating to the Purchased Security or the related underlying
property, including, but not limited to, any payments or proceeds under any
related primary insurance, hazard insurance and, income related to the Purchased
Security, accounts (including any interest of Seller in escrow accounts) and any
other contract rights, instruments, payments, rights to payment (including
payments of interest or finance charges) general intangibles and other assets in
each case related to the Purchased Security (including, without limitation, any
other accounts related to the Purchased Security) or any interest in the
Purchased Security, and any proceeds (including the related securitization
proceeds) and distributions with respect to any of the foregoing and any other
property, rights, title or interests relating to the Purchased Security, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created
(collectively, the “Repurchase
Assets”).
4. Clauses
(a) and (b) of Section 9 of the Repo Agreement are hereby deleted in their
entirety and the following new clause (a) shall be added to Paragraph 9 of
the Repo Agreement: “(a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in the Repo Agreement or elsewhere, Seller shall not have the
right to substitute Securities for the Purchased Security without the express
prior written consent of Buyer, such consent to be exercised in Buyer’s sole and
absolute discretion.” Paragraph 11 of the Repo Agreement
shall be amended by deleting clauses (d)(ii), and (e) in their entirety and
replacing them with “Reserved”. Paragraph
11 of the Repo Agreement shall be amended by adding the following subclauses
(j), (k) and (l) thereto:
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“(j)
Buyer also shall have the right to obtain physical possession, and to commence
an action to obtain physical possession, of all records and files of Seller
relating to the Purchased Security and all documents relating to the Purchased
Security (including, without limitation, any legal, credit or servicing files
with respect to the Purchased Security) which are then or may thereafter come
into the possession of Seller or any third party acting for
Seller. Buyer shall be entitled to specific performance of all
agreements of Seller contained in this Agreement.”
“(k)
Buyer may enforce its rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial
process or hearing, and Seller hereby expressly waives any defenses Seller might
otherwise have to require Buyer to enforce its rights by judicial
process. Seller also waives any defense (other than a defense of
payment or performance) Seller might otherwise have arising from the use of
nonjudicial process, enforcement and sale of all or any portion of the
Repurchase Assets, or from any other election of remedies. Seller
recognizes that nonjudicial remedies are consistent with the usages of the
trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are the result of a bargain at
arm’s length”
“(l)
Seller agrees that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Seller
shall not pay any dividends with respect to any capital stock or other equity
interests in such entity, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any
other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in
cash or property or in obligations of Seller.”
Paragraph
11 of the Repo Agreement shall be amended by deleting clause (c) in its entirety
and replacing it with the following subclause:
“(c) If,
upon tender by Seller of payment of the Repurchase Price and any and all other
amounts payable to Buyer under the Repo Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents have been paid in full in cash, Buyer fails to deliver to Seller the
Purchased Security, all right, title and interest in and entitlement to the
Purchased Security shall be deemed transferred to Seller.”
5.
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(a)
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The
term “Event of
Default” shall, in addition to the definition set forth in
Paragraph 11 of the Repo Agreement, include the following
events:
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(i)
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Seller
shall fail to make any payment of any Price Differential, any Repurchase
Price or any Mandatory Repurchase Price Reduction when
due.
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(ii)
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Seller
shall fail to make any payment of any amount payable by Seller under the
Repo Agreement or this Confirmation (other than the items
covered by the preceding clause (i)) within five days of demand
therfor.
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The
Repo Agreement shall for any reason cease to create a valid ownership
interest in, or, if the Transaction is re-characterized as a financing, a
valid, first priority security interest in favor of Buyer in, the
Purchased Security purported to be covered
thereby.
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(iv)
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Seller
shall fail to comply with any covenant not specifically enumerated in this
Section 5(a) or in Paragraph 11 of the Repo Agreement, and such
failure shall continue for ten (10) days after receipt of notice
thereof from Buyer or, as to any failure to perform which by its nature
cannot be remedied with the payment of money and which is capable of being
cured within ten (10) days after receipt of notice thereof from
Buyer, such longer period of time as is reasonably necessary to effectuate
a cure, not to exceed thirty (30) days after receipt of notice
thereof from Buyer.
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(v)
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A
final judgment by any competent court in the United States of America for
the payment of money in an amount of at least $150,000 is rendered against
Seller or Guarantor, and the same remains undischarged or unpaid for a
period of thirty (30) days during which execution of such judgment is
not effectively stayed.
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(vi)
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Seller
dissolves, merges or consolidates with another
entity.
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(vii)
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Seller
or Guarantor shall be in default under any material agreement to which it
is a party (other than any material agreement evidencing material
indebtedness of the Guarantor), which default could, in Buyer’s sole good
faith determination, materially and adversely affects the financial
condition of Seller or the ability of Seller to perform its obligations
hereunder.
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(viii)
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An
“event of default” under any material indebtedness of the OP or the REIT
(as “event of default” as defined under the documents evidencing such
material indebtedness), which default could, in Buyer’s sole good faith
determination, materially and adversely affect the financial condition of
Seller or the ability of Seller to perform its obligations hereunder and
such default has not been cured within ten (10) days of such “event of
default”.
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(ix)
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Any
representation or warranty made by Seller in the Repo Agreement or in this
Confirmation shall have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect
when made.
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(x)
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Guarantor
shall fail to (a) pay any obligation when due and payable under the
Guaranty or (b) perform any of its other obligations or breach any
covenant under the Guaranty and such failure shall continue for ten (10)
days after receipt of notice thereof from Buyer or, as to any failure to
perform which by its nature cannot be remedied with
the payment of money and which is capable of being cured within ten (10)
days after receipt of notice thereof from Buyer, such longer period of
time as is reasonably necessary to effectuate a cure, not to exceed thirty
(30) days after receipt of notice thereof from
Buyer.
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(xi)
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An
“Event of Default” shall occur and be continuing under the terms of, and
as defined in, the Junior Mezzanine Loan, the Senior Mezzanine Loan or the
Mortgage Loan.
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(xii)
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a
Transfer other than a Permitted Transfer shall occur, or if a change of
Control of the OP or the REIT occurs except in connection with the
Permitted Transfers contemplated by, and upon the satisfaction of all of
the conditions set forth in, Section 6(d)(v)
below.
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(xiii)
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An
Act of Insolvency shall have occurred with respect to Seller or
Guarantor.
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(xiv)
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if
a Transaction Change of Control occurs except in connection with the
Permitted Transfers contemplated by, and upon the satisfaction of all of
the conditions set forth in, Section 6(d)(v)
below.
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(xv)
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A
Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred.
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(b)
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Seller
shall promptly notify Buyer in writing upon becoming aware of any event
which would constitute an Event of Default with respect to
Seller.
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(c)
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Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Repurchase Date shall, at
Buyer’s option (to be exercised in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion),
be deemed to immediately occur and the Repurchase Price and all of the
other Obligations hereunder shall become immediately due and
payable.
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6.
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(a)
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Transfers
Prohibited. Seller shall not directly or indirectly
make, suffer or permit the occurrence of any Transfer except as expressly
permitted pursuant to Section 6(d)
below.
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(b)
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Transfer
Defined. “Transfer”
shall mean a sale, conveyance, mortgage, grant, bargain, encumbrance,
pledge, assignment, lease, grant of options with respect to, or other
transfer or disposition of (directly or indirectly, voluntarily or
involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, and whether or not for
consideration or of record) the Junior Mezzanine Loan or any portion
thereof or any legal or beneficial interest therein (other than the sale
and assignment to Buyer pursuant to the Transaction Documents), or a Sale
or Pledge of an interest in any Restricted Party. A Transfer
shall include, but not be limited to, (i) if a
Restricted Party is a corporation, any merger, consolidation or Sale or
Pledge of such corporation’s stock or the creation or issuance of new
stock such that more than ten percent (10%) of such corporation’s stock
shall be vested in a party or parties who are not stockholders as of the
date hereof; (ii) if a Restricted Party is a limited or general
partnership or joint venture, any merger or consolidation of such
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(c)
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No Impairment
Required. Buyer shall not be required to demonstrate any
actual impairment of its security or any increased risk of default
hereunder in order to declare an Event of Default
hereunder. This provision shall apply to every Transfer
regardless of whether voluntary or not, or whether or not Buyer has
consented to any previous Transfer. Buyer’s consent to one
Transfer shall not be deemed to be a waiver of Buyer’s right to require
such consent to any future Transfer. Any Transfer made in
contravention of this Section 6 shall be null and void and of no force and
effect. Seller agree to bear and shall pay or reimburse Buyer on demand
for all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Buyer in connection with
the review, approval and documentation of any such Transfer, except as
provided herein.
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(d)
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Permitted
Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 6, the following Transfers (“Permitted
Transfers”) shall not require the prior written consent of
Buyer:
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Transfers
of direct or indirect interests in any Restricted Party provided that the
following conditions are satisfied:
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A.
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after
taking into account any prior Transfers pursuant to this subsection,
whether to the proposed transferee or otherwise, no such Transfer (or
series of Transfers) shall
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result
in (1) the proposed transferee, together with all members of his/her
immediate family or any Affiliates thereof, owning in the aggregate
(directly, indirectly or beneficially) more than forty-nine percent (49%)
of the interests in Seller (or any entity directly or indirectly holding
an interest in Seller that is a Restricted Party), or (2) a Transfer in
the aggregate of more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the interests in
Seller as of the date hereof to a Taxable REIT
Subsidiary;
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B.
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after
giving effect to such Transfer, (A) the REIT shall continue to own not
less than a fifty-one percent (51%) direct general and/or limited
partnership interest in the OP, (B) the OP shall continue to own not less
than a fifty-one percent (51%) direct or indirect interest in Seller and
(C) the REIT shall continue to Control (in the sense of clause (ii) of the
defined term “Control”) Seller;
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C.
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Seller
shall give Buyer notice of such Transfer together with copies of all
instruments effecting such transfer not less than ten (10) days prior to
the date of such Transfer;
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D.
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no
Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or the passage
of time would constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and
remain uncured or unwaived;
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E.
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Seller
shall continue to be an SPE after such Transfer;
and
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F.
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Buyer
shall have received payment of, or reimbursement for, all costs and
expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with such Transfer (including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’
fees).
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that such Transfer is (A) by a limited partner of
the OP of such limited partner’s limited partnership interest in the OP, then
Seller shall not be required to satisfy subsections (i)(C), (i)(D) or (i)(F)
above so long as Seller has satisfied subsections (i)(A), (i)(B) and (i)(E)
above or (B) is to a Taxable REIT Subsidiary, then Seller shall not be required
to satisfy subsections (i)(C) or (i)(F) (provided, that in any such case, Seller
shall continue to be an SPE after giving effect to such Transfer) so long as
Seller has satisfied subsections (i)(A), (i)(B), (i)(D) and (i)(E)
above.
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intentionally
omitted.
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(iii)
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the
Sale or Pledge of stock in the REIT (the “Traded
Equity”), provided such stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange or such other nationally recognized stock
exchange.
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(iv)
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the
issuance of any securities, options, warrants or other interests in the
REIT or any entity owning an interest in the REIT (provided the same does
not result in a change in Control of the
REIT).
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(v)
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without
in any way limiting any other Permitted Transfers under this Section 6(d),
either (1) a transfer by the REIT, the OP and/or their respective
Affiliates of 100% (but not less than 100%) of the direct or indirect
ownership interests in Seller which transfer is in connection with
transfers by the REIT, the OP and/or their respective Affiliates of all or
substantially all of the direct or indirect ownership interests in each
property-owning subsidiary of the REIT and the OP to one or more Qualified
Transferees (or to an entity which is Controlled by a Qualified Transferee
and which at least 51% of the direct and indirect equity interests in such
entity are owned by a Qualified Transferee), (2) a merger or consolidation
of the REIT in connection with the privatization of the REIT provided that
the surviving entity shall be a Qualified Transferee (or an entity which
is Controlled by a Qualified Transferee and which at least 51% of the
direct and indirect equity interests in such entity are owned by a
Qualified Transferee) or (3) a sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the REIT or the OP to a Qualified Transferee (or an entity which
is Controlled by a Qualified Transferee and which at least 51% of the
direct and indirect equity interests in such entity are owned by a
Qualified Transferee), provided that, in each case, the following
conditions are met:
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A.
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No
Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or the passage
of time would constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and
remain uncured;
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B.
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Intentionally
omitted;
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C.
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Seller
has submitted to Buyer true, correct and complete copies of any and all
information and documents reasonably requested by Buyer concerning the
Property, the Seller, the Qualified Transferee, the replacement guarantors
and indemnitors and their
Affiliates;
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D.
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Intentionally
omitted;
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Seller,
the Qualified Transferee and the original and replacement guarantors and
indemnitors shall execute and deliver to Buyer any and all documents
reasonably required by Buyer, in form and substance reasonably required by
Buyer;
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F.
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Counsel
to Seller, the Qualified Transferee and replacement guarantors and
indemnitors shall deliver to Buyer other opinions in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer as to such matters as Buyer shall
reasonably require, which may include opinions as to substantially the
same matters as were required in connection with the execution of the Repo
Agreement, this Confirmation and the Transaction
Documents;
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G.
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Seller
shall continue to be an SPE after such
Transfer;
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H.
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The
property manager that shall manage the day to day operations of the
Property shall be a Qualified Manager;
and
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I.
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Buyer
shall have received payment of, or reimbursement for, all costs and
expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with such transfer (including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’
fees).
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(vi)
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notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, pledges (but not the
foreclosure thereon) by the REIT, the OP or any entity holding any direct
or indirect interests in the REIT or the OP of their direct or indirect
ownership interest in the Seller to any institutional lender (including
investors in syndicated loan facilities or the agent for such investors)
providing a corporate line of credit or other financing to the REIT, the
OP or any entity holding any direct or indirect interests in the REIT or
the OP or the Seller, provided that the value of the Property which is
indirectly pledged as collateral under such corporate line of credit or
other financing constitutes no more than thirty three percent (33%) of the
total value of all assets directly or indirectly securing such line of
credit or other financing, and provided that the following conditions are
met:
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A.
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no
Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or the passage
of time would constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and
remain uncured; and
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B.
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(ii)
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Buyer
shall have received payment of, or reimbursement for, all costs and
expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with such
pledges (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’
fees).
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Buyer shall respond to any requests made by Seller pursuant to
this Section 6(d) in a prompt manner. In the event that Buyer claims
that Seller has not satisfied any of the
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requirements of this Section 6(d), Buyer shall specify in writing the
reason why any conditions are deemed not satisfied.
Any
provisions of this Section 6(d) which require more conditions to be satisfied in
connection with any particular Permitted Transfer than other provisions under
this Section 6(d) (relating to other Permitted Transfers) which require fewer
conditions to be satisfied shall not be deemed to be a limitation or
modification on the Transfer rights provided hereunder containing such fewer
conditions.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, and without limiting any of the
Transfers or rights contained in this Section 6(d), Buyer agrees that, provided
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a Transfer of an interest in
Seller shall not require the consent of Buyer and no transfer fee shall be
payable in connection therewith, provided that (i) such Transfer is of an
interest in the OP or any direct or indirect owner of the OP that occurs by
gift, devise or bequest or by operation of law upon the death or incapacity of a
natural person that was the holder of such interest to a member of the immediate
family of such interest holder or a trust established for the benefit of such
immediate family member, provided that (A) no such Transfer shall result in a
change of the day to day operations of the Property or the Seller, (B) Seller
shall give Buyer notice of such Transfer together with copies of all instruments
effecting such Transfer not more than ten (10) days after the date of such
Transfer, (C) Seller shall continue to be an SPE after such Transfer, (D) no
such Transfer shall result in a change of Control of Seller or the OP, (E)
[intentionally omitted], (F) [intentionally omitted], or (ii) such Transfer is
of a direct or indirect interest in the OP related to or in connection with the
estate and/or gift planning of such transferor to (A) the immediate family
members of such transferor or one or more Key Principals, including without
limitation, the spouse, children or grandchildren of such transferor (B) a trust
established for the benefit of the transferor, a Key Principal and/or any of the
parties described in the preceding clause (A) provided that (a) after giving
effect to such Transfer, one or more Key Principals and/or family trusts or
other entities Controlled by one or more Key Principals shall continue to
Control (in the sense of clause (ii) of the defined term “Control”) Seller, (b)
Seller shall give Buyer notice of such Transfer together with copies of all
instruments effecting such Transfer not more than ten (10) days after the date
of such Transfer and (c) Seller shall continue to be an SPE after such
Transfer.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, none of the foregoing Transfers shall be deemed a “Permitted
Transfer” hereunder if, as a result of any of the foregoing Transfers, the
Guarantor does not Control (in the sense of clause (ii) of the defined term
“Control” hereunder) Seller and does not own a material direct or indirect
interests in Seller, unless, upon Buyer’s request, one or more creditworthy
Persons or entities reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, that then Controls Seller
or owns a material direct or indirect interest in Seller, shall execute and
deliver a guaranty of recourse obligations (in the same form as the Guaranty, or
in such other forms as may be acceptable to Buyer, in Buyer’s sole and absolute
discretion), pursuant to which the replacement guarantor(s) agrees to be liable
under such guaranty of recourse obligations from and after the date executed (whereupon (i) the previous guarantor(s) shall be
released solely with respect to obligations first arising and accruing from and
after the date of such Transfer and (ii) such replacement guarantor(s) shall
become liable for all obligations arising or accruing from and after the date of
such Transfer and (iii) from and after the date of such Transfer, such
replacement guarantor(s) shall be a “Guarantor” for all purposes set forth in
this Agreement, the
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7. Title
to the Purchased Security shall pass to Buyer and Buyer shall have free and
unrestricted use of the Purchased Security until such time as the Repurchase
Price and any and all other amounts payable to Buyer under the Repo Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents have been paid in full in cash. Nothing in
the Repo Agreement or this Confirmation shall preclude Buyer from engaging in
repurchase transactions with the Purchased Security or otherwise pledging or
hypothecating the Purchased Security, but no such transaction shall relieve
Buyer of its obligations to transfer Purchased Security to Seller pursuant to
the Repo Agreement or this Confirmation. Nothing contained in the
Repo Agreement or this Confirmation shall obligate Buyer to segregate the
Purchased Security delivered to Buyer by Seller.
8. Seller
hereby makes the representations and warranties to Buyer set forth on Exhibit A,
Exhibit B
and Exhibit C
attached hereto. The representations and warranties set forth herein
shall survive transfer of the Purchased Security to Buyer and shall continue
until the Repo Agreement has terminated and Seller has paid all obligations owed
to Buyer under the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation and the other Transaction
Documents.
9. Buyer’s
obligation to tender the Purchase Price for the Purchased Security is subject to
the satisfaction of each of the following conditions as determined by Buyer in
its sole discretion:
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(i)
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The
Repo Agreement, this Confirmation, and the Guaranty shall have been duly
executed and delivered to the parties thereto and be in full force and
effect, free of modification (except as the Repo Agreement is modified by
this Confirmation, as expressly provided for herein), breach or
waiver;
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(ii)
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Seller
shall have caused an assignment agreement in a form acceptable to Buyer to
be duly executed and delivered by Seller to Buyer, which agreement shall
assign and transfer to Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest in
the Purchased Security;
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(iii)
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Seller
shall have caused Buyer or its designee to have received such other
documents as Buyer may have reasonably requested from Seller, in form and
substance satisfactory to Buyer and such other documentation required by
Buyer to evidence and secure its ownership of and interest in the
Purchased Security, including, without limitation, such opinion letters
from Seller’s counsel as Buyer may request, and
including evidence acceptable to Buyer that Seller has complied with the
provisions of any intercreditor or co-lender agreement in respect of any
Purchased Security relating to Seller’s transfer of such Purchased
Security to Buyer hereunder;
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(iv)
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none
of the following shall have occurred and/or be
continuing:
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A.
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an
event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of
a “repo market” or comparable “lending market” for financing mortgage
securities or mortgage or mezzanine loans or an event or events shall have
occurred resulting in Buyer not being able to finance any Transactions
and/or the Purchased Security through the “repo market” or “lending
market” with traditional counterparties at rates which would have been
reasonable prior to the occurrence of such event or events;
or
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B.
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an
event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of
a “securities market” for securities backed by mortgage or mezzanine loans
or an event or events shall have occurred resulting in Buyer not being
able to sell securities backed by mortgage or mezzanine loans at prices
which would have been reasonable prior to such event or events;
or
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C.
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there
shall have occurred a material adverse change in the “repo market” or
comparable “lending market” or in the financial condition of Buyer which
effects (or can reasonably be expected to effect) materially and adversely
the ability of Buyer to fund its obligations under the Repo
Agreement;
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(v)
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Seller
shall have certified to Buyer in writing the acquisition cost of such
Purchased Security (including therein reasonable supporting documentation
required by Buyer, if any); and
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(vi)
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the
representations and warranties made by Seller in any of the Transaction
Documents shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Purchase
Date;
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10. Each
of the parties hereto agrees that the Purchased Security shall be delivered to
Buyer’s Custodian, LaSalle Bank, National Association, pursuant to delivery
instructions provided by Buyer. Such delivery shall include the items
set forth in Exhibit D
hereto (the “Purchased
Security File”). The parties acknowledge that LaSalle Bank,
National Association is a “financial institution” as defined in
Section 101(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, as amended. Buyer
shall retain ultimate control over all decisions, modifications and remedies
with respect to the Purchased Security. Subject to Buyer’s prior
written approval over such matters, in each instance, and
provided that no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is
continuing, Seller may, through Servicer (but only to the extent set forth in
the Interim Servicing Agreement) participate in all dealings with (i) loan
administration and routine lender approval requests and (ii) the borrower
with respect to the Purchased Security. In the event of a default
under or bankruptcy or insolvency event with respect to the Purchased Security,
the Purchased
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11. As
partial consideration for Buyer’s agreement contained herein, Seller agrees to
pay on demand (i) all reasonable costs and expenses of Buyer in connection
with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification,
supplementation and amendment of the Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, all reasonable due diligence and collateral review fees and expenses
of Buyer and its counsel) and (ii) all costs and expenses of Buyer in
connection with the enforcement of the Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for Buyer).
12. Seller
shall provide Buyer with the following financial and reporting
information:
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(i)
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within
45 days after the last day of each calendar quarter, any and all Property
level financial information, including, without limitation, rent rolls and
income statements, in all events in electronic
form;
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(ii)
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Within
45 days after the last day of each calendar quarter, unaudited
consolidated statements of income and statements of changes in cash flow
for such quarter and balance sheets as of the end of such quarter (which
statements and balance sheets shall separately break out the statements of
income and changes in cash flow and balance sheets of the Mortgage Loan
Borrower, the Senior Mezzanine Loan Borrower, the Junior Mezzanine Loan
Borrower and Seller);
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(iii)
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Within
120 days after the last day of each calendar year, the Mortgage Loan
Borrower’s, the Senior Mezzanine Loan Borrower’s, the Junior Mezzanine
Loan Borrower’s and Seller’s audited consolidated statements of income and
statements of changes in cash flow for such year and balance sheets as of
the end of such year (which statements and balance sheets shall separately
break out the statements of income and changes in cash flow and balance
sheets of the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the Senior Mezzanine Loan Borrower,
the Junior Mezzanine Loan Borrower and Seller), in each case presented
fairly in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied, in all cases, by an
unqualified report of a nationally recognized independent certified public
accounting firm consented to by
Buyer;
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Without
duplication of the above, and within the time periods set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Agreement, the financial and reporting information required
to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Borrower to the holder of the
Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Agreement;
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(v)
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Without
duplication of the above, and within the time periods set forth in the
Senior Mezzanine Loan Agreement, the financial and reporting information
required to be delivered by the Senior Mezzanine Loan Borrower to the
holder of the Senior Mezzanine Loan pursuant to the Senior Mezzanine Loan
Agreement; and
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(vi)
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Such
other information with respect to Seller, the Mortgage Loan Borrower, the
Senior Mezzanine Loan Borrower, the Junior Mezzanine Loan Borrower, the
Mortgage Loan, the Senior Mezzanine Loan, the Junior Mezzanine Loan and
the Property as may be reasonably requested by
Buyer.
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13. With
respect to the payment of the Obligations (including, without limitation, the
Repurchase Price) of Seller to Buyer hereunder, Seller and Guarantor shall be
personally liable for all of the Obligations and the Buyer shall have at all
times full recourse to all assets of Seller and Guarantor, including, without
limitation, with respect to any obligations or liabilities of Seller to Buyer to
the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by Buyer (including
reasonable attorney’s fees and costs reasonably incurred), resulting from the
negligence of Seller or any of its Affiliates, the willful misconduct of Seller
or any of its Affiliates, the failure of Seller to comply with the covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties made in the Repo Agreement, this
Confirmation and any other Transaction Documents, any fraud or intentional
misrepresentation committed by Seller or any of their Affiliates, the
misappropriation or misapplication by Seller or any of its Affiliates of any
funds to the extent collected by any of them, their Affiliates or any agent
acting on their behalf or direction with respect to the Property or the
Purchased Security and not applied in accordance with the Mortgage Loan
Agreement, the Senior Mezzanine Loan Agreement, the Junior Mezzanine Loan
Agreement, the Repo Agreement and this Confirmation. Buyer may bring
a foreclosure action, action for specific performance or other appropriate
action or proceeding to enable Buyer to enforce and realize upon the Obligations
and/or Buyer’s interest in the Purchased Security and any other collateral given
to Buyer and created by the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation or the other
Transaction Documents. Buyer may enforce the Obligations by any
action or proceeding wherein a money judgment may be sought against Seller or
Guarantor and may xxx for, seek or demand any deficiency judgment against Seller
or Guarantor in any such action or proceeding, under or by reason of or under or
in connection with the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation or the other
Transaction Documents.
14. Seller
hereby agrees that (i) an “Event of Default” under the Junior Mezzanine
Loan, the Senior Mezzanine Loan or the Mortgage Loan (as the term “Event of
Default” is defined in the documents evidencing the Junior Mezzanine Loan, the
Senior Mezzanine Loan or the Mortgage Loan) shall also constitute an Event of
Default hereunder and (ii) an Event of Default hereunder shall also
constitute an uncurable
“Event of Default” under the Junior Mezzanine Loan (as the
term “Event of Default” is defined in the documents evidencing the Junior
Mezzanine Loan) (the “Cross-Default
Provisions”). Seller shall execute all documents necessary, as
determined by Buyer in its sole and absolute discretion, to cause Seller and its
Affiliates to be contractually and legally bound by the Cross-Default
Provisions.
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15. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Repo Agreement or in any other
Transaction Document, Buyer’s rights, title, obligations and interests in the
Repo Agreement, this Confirmation and the other Transaction Documents, may be
assigned by Buyer and any of its successors and assigns to any Person at any
time in its discretion, in whole or in part, whether by operation of law
(pursuant to a merger or other successor in interest) or otherwise, provided,
that (i) the assignee is an entity regularly engaged in the purchase of loans
(through a repurchase agreement or otherwise) similar to the Purchased Security
in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) Buyer (or the Servicer) acts as
agent for such assignee in any dealings with Seller in connection with the
Transaction, (iii) Seller is not obligated to pay or reimburse Buyer or any
other Person for any fees, costs, expenses or other amounts that would not have
been incurred had no assignment been made and (iv) Buyer (or the Servicer)
maintains control over all discretionary determinations to be made
hereunder. Upon such assignment, all references to Buyer in the Repo
Agreement, this Confirmation and in any other Transaction Document shall be
deemed to refer to such assignee or successor in interest and such assignee or
successor in interest shall thereafter stand in the place of Buyer.
16. Seller
hereby waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or
compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Buyer
or its agents, or otherwise offset any obligations to make payments required
under the Transaction Documents. Any assignee of Buyer’s interest in
and to the Transaction Documents shall take the same free and clear of all
offsets, counterclaims or defenses which Seller may otherwise have against any
assignor of such documents, and no such offset, counterclaim or defense shall be
interposed or asserted by Seller in any action or proceeding brought by any such
assignee upon such documents, and any such right to interpose or assert any such
offset, counterclaim or defense in any such action or proceeding is hereby
expressly waived by Seller.
17. The
Repo Agreement, this Confirmation and the other Transaction Documents and all
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in the Repo
Agreement, this Confirmation and any such Transaction Documents and in the
certificates delivered in connection with the same shall continue in full force
and effect so long as any of the Obligations are unpaid or such longer period if
expressly set forth in the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation or the other
Transaction Documents. All of Seller’s covenants and agreements in
the Repo Agreement, this Confirmation or the other Transaction Documents shall
inure to the benefit of the respective legal representatives, successors and
assigns of Buyer.
18. This
Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.
19. This
Confirmation and the other Transaction Documents contain the entire agreement of
the parties hereto and thereto in respect of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, and all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations
among or between such parties, whether oral or written, are
superseded by the terms of this Confirmation and the other Transaction
Documents. No modification, amendment, extension, discharge,
termination or waiver of any provision of this Confirmation or of any other
Transaction Document, nor consent to any departure by Seller therefrom, shall in
any event be effective unless the same shall be in a writing signed by the party
against whom enforcement is sought, and then such waiver or
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20. Notwithstanding
the provisions set forth in Section 3(b) of the Repo Agreement, in the event
there are any inconsistencies between the terms and provisions of, or the
defined terms set forth in, the Repo Agreement and this Confirmation, the terms
and provisions and defined terms of this Confirmation shall
govern. The parties hereto acknowledge that each is represented by
separate counsel in connection with the negotiation and drafting of the
Transaction Documents and that the Transaction Documents shall not be
subject to the principle of construing their meaning against the party that
drafted them.
21. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Confirmation and the Repo Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Confirmation or the Repo Agreement shall be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this
Confirmation and the Repo Agreement.
22. THE
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS WERE EACH NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
PURCHASE PRICE WAS DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES
AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING
TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING MATTERS OF
CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS CONFIRMATION AND THE OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER AND THE OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN
SUCH STATE AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
GOVERNS ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
23. ANY
LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST BUYER OR SELLER ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS CONFIRMATION OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT SHALL BE
INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK AND EACH
PARTY WAIVES ANY
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24. SELLER
AND BUYER HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF
RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY
SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THE TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY
AND VOLUNTARILY BY SELLER AND BUYER, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY
EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD
OTHERWISE ACCRUE. EITHER PARTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF
THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY THE
OTHER.
25. All
notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder (a
“Notice”) shall be given
in writing and shall be effective for all purposes if either hand delivered with
receipt acknowledged, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service
(such as Federal Express), or by certified or registered United States mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by facsimile and confirmed by
facsimile answer back, in each case addressed as follows (or to such other
address or Person as a party shall designate from time to time by notice to the
other party):
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If
to Buyer:
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Greenwich
Capital Financial Products, Inc.
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000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Mortgage
Loan Department (Attn: CMBS Department)
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Telecopier
(000) 000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxx LLP
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
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Telecopier: (000)
000-0000
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If
to Seller:
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Xxxxxxx
Properties-Holdings V,
LLC
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0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Xx.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx III and Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Telecopier: (000)
000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP
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000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Telecopier: (000)
000-0000
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A notice
shall be deemed to have been given: (i) in the case of hand
delivery, at the time of delivery; (ii) in the case of registered or
certified mail, when delivered or the first attempted delivery on a Business
Day; (iii) in the case of overnight delivery, upon the first attempted
delivery on a Business Day; or (iv) in the case of facsimile, upon the
confirmation of such facsimile transmission. Any party may change the
address to which any such Notice is delivered, by furnishing ten (10) days’
written notice of such change to the other parties in accordance with the
provisions of this Section
25. Notice for either party may be given by its respective
counsel.
[Signatures
on Following Page]
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Agreed:
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Agreed:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES-HOLDINGS V,
LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, as
Seller
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GREENWICH
CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC., as Buyer
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By:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES, L.P., a
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By:
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/s/
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Maryland
limited partnership, its sole
member
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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By:
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XXXXXXX
PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation, its sole general
partner
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By:
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/s/
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Executive Vice President & CFO
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