EXHIBIT 10.10
LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of October 1, 2002 (the
"Closing Date"), by and between GE CAPITAL FRANCHISE FINANCE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation ("Lender"), and SCS FINANCE I, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("Borrower").
AGREEMENT:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and provisions of this Agreement,
the parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the following meanings for
all purposes of this Agreement:
"ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as such act may
be amended from time to time.
"Affiliate" means any Person which directly or indirectly controls, is
under common control with, or is controlled by any other Person. For purposes of
this definition, "controls", "under common control with" and "controlled by"
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through
ownership of voting securities or otherwise.
"Affiliated Borrower" means SCS Finance II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"Affiliated Borrower Loan Agreements" means, collectively, the Loan
Agreement and Equipment Loan and Security Agreement, both dated as of the date
of this Agreement, between Lender and the Affiliated Borrower pursuant to which
Lender is making mortgage and equipment loans to the Affiliated Borrower, as the
same may be supplemented and amended from time to time.
"Affiliated Borrower Loan Document" or "Affiliated Borrower Loan
Documents" means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the
Affiliated Borrower Loan Agreements, the notes, deeds of trust or mortgages,
environmental indemnity agreements and other documents or instruments
contemplated by the Affiliated Borrower Loan Agreements, all as amended and
supplemented from time to time.
"Applicable Regulations" means all applicable statutes, regulations,
rules, ordinances, codes, licenses, permits, orders and approvals of each
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Premises, including, without
limitation, all health, building, fire, safety and other codes, ordinances and
requirements, all applicable standards of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters and the ADA and rules of common law, in each case, and any judicial
or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial order, consent,
decree or judgment applicable to any of the Borrower Parties or any of the
Lessee Parties, each as in effect on the date of determination.
"Borrower Parties" means, collectively, Borrower and any guarantors of the
Loans now or in the future (including, in each case, any
predecessors-in-interest), as applicable.
"Business Day" means any day on which Lender is open for business other
than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, ending at 5:00 P.M. Phoenix, Arizona
time.
"Change of Control" means a change in control of any of the Borrower
Parties occurring as a result of: (i) any merger or consolidation by any of the
Borrower Parties, as applicable, with or into any other entity other than
another entity controlled by Alon Israel Oil Company Ltd. or any successor in
interest thereto; or (ii) if any "Person" as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and as
used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a "group" as defined in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, who, subsequent to the Closing, becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), of
securities of any of the Borrower Parties, as applicable, representing 50% or
more of the combined voting power of that Borrower Party's then outstanding
securities (other than indirectly as a result of the redemption by any of the
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Borrower Parties, as applicable, of its securities) including, without
limitation, a change in control resulting from direct or indirect transfers of
voting stock or partnership, membership or other ownership interests, whether in
one or a series of transactions; provided, however, that if no Event of Default,
or events or circumstances which with the giving of notice or passage of time
will result in an Event of Default, then exists (except for an environmental
default being cured in accordance with Section 9(3)), then no Change in Control
of any of the Borrower Parties shall be deemed to have occurred if immediately
following the event that would otherwise cause that Change in Control: (i)
Lessee has an aggregate amount of partners' capital equal to or greater than the
aggregate amount of the partners' capital of Lessee, as determined in accordance
with GAAP immediately prior to that event and the Corporate Fixed Charged
Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Lease) of Lessee determined for the last
twelve full months occurring prior to that event is at least 1.5:1; or (ii) the
rating agency then rating the debt of Guarantor has confirmed that the credit
rating of Guarantor is no lower than its credit rating immediately prior to that
event; and provided, further, no event that would otherwise be deemed to be a
Change in Control hereunder as a result of any merger or consolidation of, or
the transfer of the voting stock or other voting ownership interests in, Alon
Israel Oil Company Ltd. shall be deemed to be a Change in Control under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document. For purposes of this definition, "control"
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of any of the Borrower Parties, as
applicable.
"Closing" means the disbursement of the Loan Amounts by Title Company as
contemplated by this Agreement.
"Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et
seq., as amended.
"Confidential Information" means, except as otherwise contemplated by
Section 12.S, any proprietary or confidential or nonpublic information relating
to Borrower and Lessee which is provided by Borrower or Lessee to Lender,
provided that such information is confidential and is identified thereon as
being confidential.
"Default Rate" has the meaning set forth in the Notes.
"Environmental Compliance Activities" means any action to comply with any
Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant thereto, any inspection,
investigation, study, monitoring, assessment, audit, sampling and testing,
laboratory or other analysis or any evaluation relating to Hazardous Materials.
"Environmental Condition" means any condition with respect to soil,
surface waters, groundwaters, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface
strata, ambient air and any environmental medium comprising or surrounding any
of the Premises, which would reasonably be expected to or does result in any
damage, loss, cost, expense, claim, demand, order or liability to or against any
of the Borrower Parties, Lessee Parties or Lender by any third party (including,
without limitation, any Governmental Authority), including, without limitation,
any condition resulting from the operation of business at any of the Premises
and/or the operation of the business of any other property owner or operator in
the vicinity of the Premises and/or any activity or operation formerly conducted
by any person or entity on or off any of the Premises.
"Environmental Indemnity Agreement" means the environmental indemnity
agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement executed by Borrower for the
benefit of the Indemnified Parties and such other parties as are identified in
such agreement with respect to the Premises, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
"Environmental Insurer" means American International Specialty Lines
Insurance Company, or such other environmental insurance company as Lender may
select, and its successors and assigns.
"Environmental Laws" means any applicable federal, state and local laws,
statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, injunctions and decrees of
Governmental Authorities and common law, relating to Hazardous Materials or USTs
and/or the protection of human health or the environment by reason of a Release
or a Threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or USTs or relating to liability
for or costs of Remediation, Environmental Compliance Activities, or prevention
of Releases. "Environmental Laws" includes, but is not limited to, the following
statutes, as amended, any successor thereto, and any regulations, rulings,
orders or decrees promulgated
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pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules,
regulations, orders, injunctions and decrees of Governmental Authorities: the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
Sections 9601 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act,
42 U.S.C. Section 11001 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49
U.S.C. Section 5101 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to USTs), 42 U.S.C. Sections
6901 et seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et seq.; the Clean
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 7401 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15
U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections
7401 et seq.; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 651 et
seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Sections
136 et seq.; the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. Sections 1531 et seq. and the
National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et seq. "Environmental
Laws" also includes, but is not limited to, any applicable federal, state and
local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, injunctions and
decrees of Governmental Authorities and common law: conditioning transfer of
property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a Governmental
Authority of the environmental condition of the property; requiring notification
or disclosure of Releases or other environmental condition of any of the
Premises to any Governmental Authority or other person or entity, whether or not
in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property; imposing
conditions or requirements relating to Hazardous Materials or USTs in connection
with permits or other authorizations required by Governmental Authorities;
relating to the handling and disposal of Hazardous Materials; relating to
nuisance, trespass or other causes of action related to Hazardous Materials; and
relating to wrongful death, personal injury, or property or other damage in
connection with the physical condition or use of any of the Premises by reason
of the presence of Hazardous Materials or USTs in, on, under or above any of the
Premises.
"Environmental Lien" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.K(9).
"Environmental Policies" means the environmental insurance policies issued
by Environmental Insurer to Lender with respect to the Premises, which
Environmental Policies shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in
its sole discretion.
"Equipment" has the meaning given to such term in the Equipment Loan
Agreement.
"Equipment Loan Agreement" means that certain Equipment Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement between Lender and Borrower, as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Equipment Loan Document" or "Equipment Loan Documents" means,
individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Equipment Loan
Agreement, the Equipment Notes and other documents or instruments contemplated
by the Equipment Loan Agreement, all as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
"Equipment Note" and "Equipment Notes" have the meaning set forth in the
Equipment Loan Agreement.
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.
"FCCR Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.A(7).
"Fee" means an underwriting, valuation, processing and commitment fee
equal to 1% of the sum of the Loan Amounts for all of the Premises.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.J.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
and in effect in the United States of America from time to time.
"Governmental Authority" means any governmental authority, agency,
department, commission, bureau, board, instrumentality, court or
quasi-governmental authority having jurisdiction or supervisory or regulatory
authority over any of the Premises or any of the Borrower Parties.
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"Guaranty" means the unconditional guaranty of payment and performance
dated as of the date of this Agreement executed by Alon USA, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, for the benefit of Borrower with respect to the Lease.
"Hazardous Materials" means (a) any toxic substance or hazardous waste,
substance, solid waste or related material, or any pollutant or contaminant; (b)
radon gas, asbestos in any form which is or could become friable, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment containing
dielectric fluid having levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of
applicable standards established by any Governmental Authority, or any petroleum
product or additive; (c) any substance, gas, material or chemical which is now
or hereafter defined as or included in the definition of "hazardous substances,"
"toxic substances," "hazardous materials," "hazardous wastes," "regulated
substances" or words of similar import under any Environmental Laws, including,
without limitation, "petroleum" and "petroleum-based substances" or any similar
terms described or defined in any Environmental Laws and any applicable federal,
state, county or local laws applicable to or regulating USTs; and (d) any other
chemical, material, gas or substance the exposure to or release of which is
prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority that asserts or
may assert jurisdiction over any of the Premises or the operations or activity
at any of the Premises, or any chemical, material, gas or substance that does or
is reasonably likely to pose a hazard to the health and/or safety of the
occupants of any of the Premises or the owners and/or occupants of property
adjacent to or surrounding any of the Premises.
"Indemnified Parties" means Lender, Environmental Insurer, the trustees
under the Mortgages, if applicable, and any person or entity who is or has been
involved in the origination of the Loans, any person or entity who is or has
been involved in the servicing of the Loans, any person or entity in whose name
the encumbrance created by any of the Mortgages is or has been recorded, persons
and entities who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial
interest in the Loans (including, but not limited to, investors in any
Securitization, Participation or Transfer, as well as custodians, trustees and
other fiduciaries who hold or have held a full or partial interest in any of the
Loans for the benefits of third parties), as well as the respective directors,
officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees, lenders, agents, servants,
representatives, contractors, subcontractors, affiliates, subsidiaries,
participants, and successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing
(including, but not limited to, any other person or entity who holds or acquires
or will have held a participation or other full or partial interest in any of
the Loans or any of the Premises, whether during the term of the Loans or as a
part of or following a foreclosure of any of the Loans and including, but not
limited to, any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a
substantial portion of Lender's assets and business).
"Indemnity Agreements" means all indemnity agreements executed for the
benefit of any of the Borrower Parties, Lessee Parties or any prior owner,
lessee or occupant of the Premises in connection with Hazardous Materials or
USTs, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments under such
indemnity agreements.
"Lease" means the master lease between Borrower, as lessor, and Lessee, as
lessee, with respect to the Premises, together with all amendments,
modifications and supplements thereto.
"Lender Entities" means, collectively, Lender (including any
predecessor-in-interest to Lender) and any Affiliate of Lender (including any
Affiliate of any predecessor-in-interest to Lender).
"Lessee" means Southwest Convenience Stores, LP, a Texas limited
partnership, and its successors.
"Lessee Parties" means, collectively, Lessee and any guarantors of the
Lease, now or in the future (including, in each case, any
predecessors-in-interest to Lessee).
"Loan" or "Loans" means, as the context may require, the loan for each
Premises, or the loans for all of the Premises, described in Section 2.
"Loan Amount" or "Loan Amounts" means, as the context may require, the
aggregate amount set forth in Section 2 or, with respect to each Premises, the
individual amount set forth in Exhibit A.
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"Loan Document" or "Loan Documents" means, individually or collectively,
as the context may require this Agreement, the Notes, the Mortgages, the
Environmental Indemnity Agreement, the UCC-1 Financing Statements, and all other
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith or
contemplated thereby, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to
time.
"Loan Pool" means:
(i) in the context of a Securitization, any pool or group of loans that
are a part of such Securitization;
(ii) in the context of a Transfer, all loans which are sold, transferred
or assigned to the same transferee; and
(iii) in the context of a Participation, all loans as to which
participating interests are granted to the same participant.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) any of
the Premises, including, without limitation, the operation of any of the
Premises as a Permitted Concept, or (ii) Borrower's ability to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents.
"Mortgage" or "Mortgages" means, as the context may require, the deed of
trust or mortgage dated as of the date of this Agreement executed by Borrower
for the benefit of Lender with respect to a Premises or the deeds of trust or
mortgages dated as of the date of this Agreement executed by Borrower for the
benefit of Lender with respect to all of the Premises, as the same may be
amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time, and any and
all replacements or substitutions thereof. A Mortgage has been executed for each
Premises.
"Note" or "Notes" means, as the context may require, the promissory note
dated as of the date of this Agreement executed by Borrower in favor of Lender
evidencing a Loan with respect to a Premises or the promissory notes dated as of
the date of this Agreement executed by Borrower in favor of Lender evidencing
the Loans with respect to all of the Premises, as the same may be amended,
restated and/or substituted from time to time, including, without limitation, as
a result of the payment of the FCCR Amount pursuant to Section 9. A Note has
been executed for each Premises in the Loan Amount corresponding to such
Premises.
"Obligations" has the meaning set forth in the Mortgages.
"Other Agreements" means, collectively, all agreements and instruments
between, among or by (1) any of the Borrower Parties, Affiliated Borrowers,
and/or any other Affiliate of any of the Borrower Parties (including any
Affiliate of any predecessor-in-interest to any of the Borrower Parties), and,
or for the benefit of, (2) any of the Lender Entities, including, without
limitation, promissory notes and guaranties; provided, however, the term "Other
Agreements" shall not include the agreements and instruments defined as the Loan
Documents, Equipment Loan Documents, the Affiliated Borrower Loan Documents, or
any agreements or instruments between, among or by (a) Lessee and/or any
guarantor, and, or for the benefit of (b) any of the Lender Entities.
"Participation" means one or more grants by Lender or any of the other
Lender Entities to a third party of a participating interest in notes evidencing
obligations to repay secured or unsecured loans owned by Lender or any of the
other Lender Entities or any or all servicing rights with respect thereto.
"Permitted Amounts" means, with respect to any given level of Hazardous
Materials, that level or quantity of Hazardous Materials in any form or
combination of forms the presence, use, storage, release or handling of which
does not constitute a violation of any Environmental Laws and is customarily
employed in the ordinary course of, or associated with, similar businesses
located in the states in which the Premises are located.
"Permitted Concept" means the operation of each Premises as a recognized,
regionally or nationally branded convenience store or convenience store brand
used by Lessee for substantially all of its stores, with facilities for the sale
of gasoline, which sells gasoline under the brand name "Fina" (or any variant
thereof or successor brand thereto) or under any other national or brand name
for gasoline having a similar or greater name
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recognition in the market area in which the Premises are located or any other
brand to which Lender consents, in Lender's reasonable discretion.
"Permitted Exceptions" means (i) those recorded easements, restrictions,
liens and encumbrances set forth as exceptions in the title insurance policies
issued by Title Company to Lender with respect to the Premises and approved by
Lender in its sole discretion in connection with the closing of the Loans, (ii)
liens or encumbrances created by, through or under the Lender or any Person
claiming by or through Lender, (iii) liens or encumbrances for taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges either not yet due or being contested
by Borrower or Lessee in accordance with the Loan Documents or the Lease, (iv)
the Master Lease, and (v) inchoate materialman's, mechanic's, workmen's,
repairmen's or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business and
for amounts the payment of which either is not yet due or is being contested by
Borrower or Lessee as may be permitted by the Loan Documents, provided that the
nonpayment of such amount does not involve any material danger of sale, for
forfeiture or loss of any part of the Premises, title thereto or any interest
therein.
"Permitted Recipients" means, collectively, Lender, its respective
successors and assigns, the authorized employees, agents and representatives,
lenders, purchasers, transferees, assignees, servicers, participants, investors,
analysts, attorneys and advisors of Lender and their respective successors and
assigns, and Governmental Authorities with regulatory authority over Lender and
selected rating agencies with a need to know.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other
form of entity.
"Personal Property" has the meaning set forth in the Mortgages.
"Premises" means the parcel or parcels of real estate corresponding to the
FFC File Numbers and addresses identified on Exhibit A attached hereto, together
with all rights, privileges and appurtenances associated therewith and all
buildings, fixtures and other improvements now or hereafter located thereon
(whether or not affixed to such real estate) and the Personal Property located
thereon or related thereto. As used herein, the term "Premises" shall refer to
either a singular property or all of the properties collectively, as the context
may require.
"Questionnaires" means the environmental questionnaires completed on
behalf of the Borrower Parties with respect to the Premises and submitted to
Environmental Insurer in connection with the issuance of the Environmental
Policies.
"Related Lease" means the master lease, dated as of the date of this
Agreement, between the Affiliated Borrower, as lessor, and Lessee, as lessee, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Release" means any presence, release, deposit, discharge, emission,
leaking, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying,
escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Materials in
violation of Environmental Laws or which may result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
"Remediation" means any response, remedial, removal, or corrective action,
any activity to clean up, detoxify, decontaminate, contain or otherwise
remediate any Hazardous Materials or USTs required by any Environmental Law or
any Governmental Authority, any actions to cure or mitigate any Release, any
action to comply with any Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant
thereto, and any inspection, investigation, study, monitoring, assessment,
audit, sampling and testing, laboratory or other analysis, or any evaluation
relating to any Release of Hazardous Materials or a Release of any USTs.
"Restoration" has the meaning set forth in the Mortgages.
"Securitization" means one or more sales, dispositions, transfers or
assignments by Lender or any of the other Lender Entities to a special purpose
corporation, trust or other entity identified by Lender or any of the other
Lender Entities of notes evidencing obligations to repay secured or unsecured
loans owned by Lender or any of the other Lender Entities (and, to the extent
applicable, the subsequent sale, transfer or assignment of such notes to another
special purpose corporation, trust or other entity identified by Lender or any
of the other Lender Entities),
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and the issuance of bonds, certificates, notes or other instruments evidencing
interests in pools of such loans, whether in connection with a permanent asset
securitization or a sale of loans in anticipation of a permanent asset
securitization. Each Securitization shall be undertaken in accordance with all
requirements which may be imposed by the investors or the rating agencies
involved in each such sale, disposition, transfer or assignment or which may be
imposed by applicable securities, tax or other laws or regulations.
"Substitute Documents" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.
"Substitute Premises" means one or more parcels of real estate substituted
for a Premises in accordance with the requirements of Section 11, together with
all rights, privileges and appurtenances associated therewith and all buildings,
fixtures and other improvements, equipment, trade fixtures, appliances and other
personal property located thereon (whether or not affixed to such real estate).
For purposes of clarity, where two or more parcels of real estate comprise a
Substitute Premises, such parcels or interests shall be aggregated and deemed to
constitute the Substitute Premises for all purposes of this Agreement.
"Terrorism Laws" means Executive Order 13224 issued by the President of
the United States of America, the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part
595 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), the Terrorism List Governments
Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 596 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations), and the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations
(Title 31 Part 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), and all other
present and future federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations,
policies and any other requirements of any Governmental Authority (including,
without limitation, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of
Foreign Assets Control) addressing, relating to, or attempting to eliminate,
terrorist acts and acts of war, each as hereafter supplemented, amended or
modified from time to time, and the present and future rules, regulations and
guidance documents promulgated under any of the foregoing, or under similar
laws, ordinances, regulations, policies or requirements of other states or
localities.
"Threatened Release" means a substantial likelihood of a Release which
requires action to prevent or mitigate damage to the soil, surface waters,
groundwaters, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface strata, ambient air
or any other environmental medium comprising or surrounding any of the Premises
which may result from such Release.
"Title Company" means LandAmerica Financial Services/Lawyers Title
Insurance Corporation (Phoenix National Division).
"Transfer" means one or more sales, transfers or assignments by Lender or
any of the other Lender Entities to a third party of notes evidencing
obligations to repay secured or unsecured loans owned by Lender or any of the
other Lender Entities or any or all servicing rights with respect thereto.
"UCC" means, with respect to each Premises, the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in the state in which such Premises is located.
"UCC-1 Financing Statements" means such UCC-1 Financing Statements as
Lender shall file with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
"USTs" means any one or combination of below or above ground tanks and
associated piping systems used in connection with the storage, dispensing and
general use of petroleum and petroleum-based substances.
2. TRANSACTION. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Loan Documents, Lender shall make the Loans. The Loans will be evidenced by
the Notes and secured by the Mortgages. Borrower shall repay, and may prepay
(subject to the terms of the Note), the outstanding principal amount of the
Loans together with interest thereon in the manner and in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the Notes and the other Loan Documents. The aggregate
Loan Amount shall be $13,600,000, allocated among the Premises as set forth on
the attached Exhibit A. The Loans shall be advanced at the Closing in cash or
otherwise immediately available funds subject to any prorations and adjustments
required by this Agreement. The Premises shall be leased to the Lessee pursuant
to the Lease and, at Closing, Borrower shall assign the Lease to Lender pursuant
to the Mortgages.
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3. ESCROW AGENT. Borrower and Lender hereby employ Title Company to act as
escrow agent in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement and
the Equipment Loan Agreement. Borrower and Lender will deliver to Title Company
all documents, pay to Title Company all sums and do or cause to be done all
other things necessary or required by this Agreement and the Equipment Loan
Agreement, in the reasonable judgment of Title Company, to enable Title Company
to comply herewith and to enable any title insurance policy provided for herein
to be issued. Title Company shall not cause the transaction to close unless and
until it has received written instructions from Lender and Borrower to do so.
Title Company is authorized to pay, from any funds held by it for Lender's or
Borrower's respective credit all amounts necessary to procure the delivery of
such documents and to pay, on behalf of Lender and Borrower, all charges and
obligations payable by them, respectively. Borrower will pay all charges payable
by it to Title Company. Title Company is authorized, in the event any
conflicting demand is made upon it concerning these instructions or the escrow,
at its election, to hold any documents and/or funds deposited hereunder until an
action shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to determine the
rights of Borrower and Lender or to interplead such documents and/or funds in an
action brought in any such court. Deposit by Title Company of such documents and
funds, after deducting therefrom its charges and its expenses and attorneys'
fees incurred in connection with any such court action, shall relieve Title
Company of all further liability and responsibility for such documents and
funds. Title Company's receipt of this Agreement and opening of an escrow
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute conclusive evidence of
Title Company's agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement pertaining to Title Company. Disbursement of any funds shall be made
by check, certified check or wire transfer, as directed by Borrower and Lender.
Title Company shall be under no obligation to disburse any funds represented by
check or draft, and no check or draft shall be payment to Title Company in
compliance with any of the requirements hereof, until it is advised by the bank
in which such check or draft is deposited that such check or draft has been
honored. Title Company is authorized to act upon any statement furnished by the
holder or payee, or a collection agent for the holder or payee, of any lien on
or charge or assessment in connection with the Premises, concerning the amount
of such charge or assessment or the amount secured by such lien, without
liability or responsibility for the accuracy of such statement. The employment
of Title Company as escrow agent shall not affect any rights of subrogation
under the terms of any title insurance policy issued pursuant to the provisions
thereof.
4. CLOSING CONDITIONS. The obligation of Lender to consummate the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment or
waiver of each of the following conditions:
A. Title Insurance Commitments. Lender shall have received for each of the
Premises a preliminary title report and irrevocable commitment to insure title
in the amount of the Loan relating to such Premises, by means of a mortgagee's,
ALTA extended coverage policy of title insurance (or its equivalent in the
jurisdiction in which the Premises are located), in the event such form is not
issued in the jurisdiction where the Premises is located) issued by Title
Company showing Borrower vested with good and marketable fee title in the real
property comprising such Premises, committing to insure Lender's first priority
lien upon and security interest in such real property subject only to Permitted
Exceptions, and containing such endorsements as Lender may require.
B. Survey. Lender shall have received a current TLTA or ALTA equivalent
survey of each of the Premises located in Texas and a current ALTA survey of
each of the Premises located in New Mexico, the form and substance of which
shall be satisfactory to Lender in its reasonable discretion. Lender shall have
obtained a flood certificate indicating that the location of each of the
Premises is not within the 100-year flood plain or identified as a special flood
hazard area as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or if any
Premises is in such a flood plain or special flood hazard area, Borrower shall
have provided Lender with evidence of flood insurance maintained on such
Premises in amounts and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to
Lender.
C. Environmental. Lender shall have completed such environmental due
diligence of each of the Premises as it deems necessary or advisable in its sole
discretion, including, without limitation, receiving an Environmental Policy
with respect to each of the Premises, and Lender shall have approved the
environmental condition of each of the Premises in its sole discretion.
D. Compliance With Representations, Warranties and Covenants. All of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 shall be true, correct and
complete as of the Closing Date, and Borrower shall be in compliance with each
of the covenants set forth in Section 6 as of the Closing Date. No event shall
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condition shall exist or information shall have been disclosed by Borrower or
discovered by Lender which has had or would be reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Premises, any of the Borrower Parties or Lessee
Parties.
E. Proof of Insurance. Borrower shall have delivered to Lender
certificates of insurance and copies of insurance policies showing that all
insurance required by the Loan Documents (not including the Environmental
insurance to be acquired by Lender) and providing coverage and limits
satisfactory to Lender are in full force and effect.
F. Legal Opinions. Borrower shall have delivered to Lender such legal
opinions as Lender may reasonably require all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Lender and its counsel.
G. Fee and Closing Costs. Borrower shall have paid the Fee to Lender and
shall have paid all costs of the transactions described in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance premiums and all
endorsements required by Lender, as specified in Section 4.A above, survey
charges, UCC and litigation search charges, the attorneys' fees of Borrower,
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of Lender, the cost of the environmental
due diligence undertaken pursuant to Section 4.C, including, without limitation,
the cost of the Environmental Policies, Lender's reasonable site inspection
costs and fees, stamp taxes, mortgage taxes, transfer fees, escrow, filing and
recording fees and UCC filing and recording fees (including preparation, filing
and recording fees for UCC continuation statements). Borrower shall have also
paid all real and personal property and other applicable taxes and assessments
and other charges relating to the Premises which are due and payable on or prior
to the Closing Date as well as taxes and assessments due and payable subsequent
to the Closing Date but which Title Company requires to be paid at Closing as a
condition to the issuance of the title insurance policy described in Section
4.A.
H. Other Closings. All of the transactions described in the Equipment Loan
Agreement and the Affiliated Borrower Loan Agreements shall have closed prior to
or concurrently with the Closing of the transactions described in this
Agreement.
I. Lease, Memoranda. Borrower and Lessee shall have executed and delivered
the Lease, and a memorandum of master lease in recordable form for each of the
Premises (the "Memoranda"). The Lease and the Memoranda shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. Lessee shall have caused to be
delivered to Borrower an executed Guaranty with respect to the Lease.
J. Closing Documents. At or prior to the Closing Date, Lender and/or the
Borrower Parties, as may be appropriate, shall have executed and delivered or
shall have caused to be executed and delivered to Lender, or as Lender may
otherwise direct, the Loan Documents and such other documents, payments,
instruments and certificates, as Lender may require in form acceptable to
Lender.
Upon fulfillment or waiver of all of the above conditions, Lender shall
deposit funds necessary to close this transaction with the Title Company and
this transaction shall close in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWER. The representations and
warranties of Borrower contained in this Section are being made by Borrower as
of the Closing Date to induce Lender to enter into this Agreement and consummate
the transactions contemplated herein and shall survive the Closing. Borrower
represents and warrants to Lender (and Environmental Insurer solely with respect
to Section 5.K) as follows:
A. Financial Information. Borrower has delivered to Lender certain
financial statements and other information concerning the Borrower Parties in
connection with the transaction described in this Agreement (collectively, the
"Financial Information"). The Financial Information is true, correct and
complete in all material respects; there have been no amendments to the
Financial Information since the date such Financial Information was prepared or
delivered to Lender. Borrower understands that Lender is relying upon the
Financial Information and Borrower represents that such reliance is reasonable.
All financial statements included in the Financial Information were prepared in
accordance with GAAP and fairly present as of the date of such financial
statements the financial
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condition of each individual or entity to which they pertain. No change has
occurred with respect to the financial condition of any of the Borrower Parties
and/or the Premises as reflected in the Financial Information which has not been
disclosed in writing to Lender that has had, or could reasonably be expected to
result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
B. Organization and Authority. Each of the Borrower Parties (other than
individuals), as applicable, is duly organized or formed, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation or formation.
Borrower is qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability
company, as applicable, to do business in each state where the Premises are
located, and each of the Borrower Parties is qualified as a foreign corporation,
partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, to do business in any
other jurisdiction where the failure to be qualified would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All necessary action has been
taken to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower
Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The person(s) who have
executed this Agreement on behalf of Borrower are duly authorized so to do.
Borrower is not a "foreign corporation," "foreign partnership," "foreign trust,"
"foreign estate" or "foreign person" (as those terms are defined by the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended). Borrower's U.S. Federal Tax Identification
number, Organization Identification number and principal place of business are
correctly set forth on the signature page of this Agreement. None of the
Borrower Parties, and no individual or entity owning directly or indirectly any
interest in any of the Borrower Parties, is an individual or entity whose
property or interests are subject to being "blocked" under any of the Terrorism
Laws or is otherwise in violation of any of the Terrorism Laws.
C. Enforceability of Documents. Upon execution by the Borrower Parties,
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party shall
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower Parties,
respectively, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and
general principles of equity.
D. Litigation. There are no suits, actions, proceedings or investigations
pending, or to its actual knowledge, threatened against or involving the
Borrower Parties or any of the Premises before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority, except for such suits, actions, proceedings or investigations which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be
expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
E. Absence of Breaches or Defaults. The Borrower Parties are not, and the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents will not result, in any breach or default under any other
document, instrument or agreement to which any of the Borrower Parties is a
party or by which any of the Borrower Parties, any of the Premises or any of the
property of any of the Borrower Parties is subject or bound, except for such
breaches or defaults which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had, and
could not reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect. The
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents by the Borrower Parties will not violate any applicable
law, statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, code, rule or order. None of the
Premises are subject to any right of first refusal, right of first offer or
option to purchase or lease granted to a third party (other than the Lease).
F. Utilities. Adequate public utilities are available at each of the
Premises to permit utilization of each of the Premises as a Permitted Concept
and all utility connection fees and use charges will have been paid in full
prior to delinquency.
G. Zoning; Compliance With Laws. Each of the Premises is in compliance
with all applicable zoning requirements and the use of each of the Premises as a
Permitted Concept does not constitute a nonconforming use under applicable
zoning requirements, except, in each instance, where such noncompliance would
not have a Material Adverse Effect,. The Borrower Parties and the Premises are
in compliance with all Applicable Regulations except for such noncompliance
which has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Material
Adverse Effect.
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H. Area Development; Wetlands. No condemnation or eminent domain
proceedings affecting any of the Premises have been commenced or, to Borrower's
actual knowledge, are contemplated. None of the Premises and, to Borrower's
actual knowledge, none of the real property bordering any of the Premises are
designated by any Governmental Authority as a wetlands.
I. Licenses and Permits; Access. All required licenses and permits, both
governmental and private, to use and operate each of the Premises as a Permitted
Concept are in full force and effect, except for such licenses and permits the
failure of which to obtain has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to
result in, a Material Adverse Effect. Adequate rights of access to public roads
and ways are available to each of the Premises for unrestricted ingress and
egress and otherwise to permit utilization of each of the Premises for their
intended purposes, and all such public roads and ways have been completed and
dedicated to public use.
J. Condition of Premises. Each of the Premises, including the Personal
Property, is in good condition and repair and well maintained, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, fully equipped, operational, free from known structural defects,
safe and properly lighted.
K. Environmental. Except as disclosed in the Questionnaires, as amended
and supplemented through the date of Closing:
(1) None of the Premises nor any of the Borrower Parties are in violation
of, or subject to, any pending or, to Borrower's actual knowledge, threatened
investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority or to any remedial
obligations under any Environmental Laws, which violation, investigation or
inquiry would have a Material Adverse Effect, and this representation and
warranty would continue to be true and correct following disclosure to the
applicable Governmental Authorities of all relevant facts, conditions and
circumstances, if any, pertaining to any of the Premises;
(2) All permits, licenses or similar authorizations required to construct,
occupy, operate or use any buildings, improvements, fixtures and equipment
forming a part of any of the Premises by reason of any Environmental Laws have
been obtained, or are pending, and Borrower has no reason to believe that such
permits, licenses or similar authorizations that are pending will not be issued
in due course, except where such failure to obtain any permit, license or
authorization would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(3) Since the initial acquisition by and during the ownership of the
Premises by Borrower and/or any Affiliate of Borrower or Lessee, and to
Borrower's knowledge prior to such acquisition and ownership, no Hazardous
Materials have been used, handled, manufactured, generated, produced, stored,
treated, processed, transferred, disposed of or otherwise Released in, on,
under, from or about any of the Premises, except in Permitted Amounts;
(4) None of the Premises contain Hazardous Materials, except in Permitted
Amounts, and all USTs located on or about the Premises, if any, are in full
compliance with all Environmental Laws, except where such noncompliance would
not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(5) To Borrower's knowledge, there is no threat of any Release migrating
to any of the Premises in excess of Permitted Amounts;
(6) Since the initial acquisition by and during the ownership of the
Premises by Borrower and/or any Affiliate of Borrower or Lessee, and to
Borrower's knowledge prior to such acquisition and ownership, there is no past
or present non-compliance with Environmental Laws, or with permits issued
pursuant thereto, in connection with any of the Premises, except where such
noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(7) None of the Borrower Parties has received any written notice or other
communication from any person or entity (including but not limited to a
Governmental Authority) relating to any Release of Hazardous Materials in excess
of Permitted Amounts, or USTs or Remediation thereof, possible liability of any
person or entity pursuant to any Environmental Law, other Environmental
Conditions in connection with any of the Premises, or any actual or potential
administrative or judicial proceedings in connection with any of the foregoing;
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(8) All information known to any of the Borrower Parties or contained in
the files of any of the Borrower Parties relating to any existing Environmental
Condition or Releases of Hazardous Materials in, on, under or from any of the
Premises, other than in Permitted Amounts, has been provided to Lender,
including, without limitation, information relating to all prior Remediation
(which provision of information was accomplished in part by delivering to
representatives of Lender for their review and analysis the files of Lessee
maintained by Lessee with respect to environmental matters relating to the
Premises);
(9) All of the Premises are free and clear of all liens and other
encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law (the "Environmental
Liens"); and none of the Borrower Parties has allowed any tenant or other user
of any of the Premises to do any act on the Premises that materially increased
the dangers to human health or the environment, posed an unreasonable risk of
harm to any person or entity (whether that person or entity was on or off any of
the Premises), impaired the value of any of the Premises in any material
respect, is contrary to any requirement of any insurer insuring the Premises,
constituted a public or private nuisance, or violated any covenant, condition,
agreement or easement applicable to any of the Premises, except where such
violation did not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Premises; and
(10) The information and disclosures in the Questionnaires, as amended and
supplemented through the date of Closing, are true, correct and complete in all
material respects, and the person or persons executing the Questionnaires and
any amendments and supplements thereto were duly authorized to do so; and
(11) Each of the Borrower Parties is in compliance with the requirements
of 40 C.F.R. Section 280 Subpart H - Financial Responsibility (or equivalent
state law or regulation) with respect to all petroleum underground storage tanks
or storage tank systems (as those terms are defined under 40 C.F.R. Section
280.12 or equivalent state law or regulation) owned or operated by any of the
Borrower Parties or located on any of the Premises, except where such
noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Environmental Insurer has charged a fee for the Environmental Policies, which
Borrower has paid. Borrower acknowledges that the Environmental Policies are for
the sole protection of Lender and will not protect Borrower or provide Borrower
with any coverage thereunder. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
Environmental Insurer may rely on the environmental representations and
warranties set forth in this subsection K, that Environmental Insurer is an
intended third-party beneficiary of such representations and warranties and that
Environmental Insurer shall have all rights and remedies available at law or in
equity as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties,
including, to the extent applicable, the right of subrogation.
L. Title to Premises; First Priority Lien. Fee title to the real property
comprising each of the Premises is vested in Borrower, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, charges and security interests of any nature whatsoever,
except the Permitted Exceptions. Borrower is the owner of all Personal Property,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, charges and security interests of any
nature whatsoever, and no Affiliate of Borrower owns any of the Personal
Property. Upon Closing, Lender shall have a first priority lien upon and
security interest in each of the Premises pursuant to the Mortgages and the
UCC-1 Financing Statements.
M. No Mechanics' Liens. There are no delinquent accounts payable or
mechanics' liens in favor of any materialman, laborer, or any other person or
entity in connection with labor or materials furnished to or performed on any
portion of the Premises; and no work has been performed or is in progress nor
have materials been supplied to the Premises or agreements entered into for work
to be performed or materials to be supplied to the Premises prior to the date
hereof, which will be delinquent on the date of the Closing.
N. Nonconsolidation. (1) Borrower maintains correct and complete books and
records of account separate from all other Persons. Where necessary or
appropriate, Borrower has disclosed the nature of the transaction contemplated
by the Loan Documents and Borrower's independent status to its creditors. The
Premises, Equipment and related property represent all of the assets owned or
leased by Borrower as of the date hereof, and Borrower has not commingled its
assets and its liabilities with those of any other Person.
(2) Borrower maintains its own checking account or accounts with
commercial banking institutions separate from other Persons.
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(3) To the extent that Borrower shares the same employees with other
Persons, the salaries of and the expenses related to providing benefits to such
employees have been fairly and nonarbitrarily allocated among such Persons, with
the result that each such Person bears its fair share of the salary and benefit
costs associated with all such common employees.
(4) To the extent that Borrower jointly contracts with other Persons to do
business with vendors or service providers or to share overhead expenses, the
costs incurred in so doing are, and at all times shall be, fairly and
nonarbitrarily allocated among such Persons, with the result that each such
Person bears its fair share of such costs. To the extent that Borrower contracts
or does business with vendors or service providers where the goods or services
provided are or shall be partially for the benefit of other Persons, the costs
incurred in so doing are fairly and nonarbitrarily allocated to or among such
Persons for whose benefit the goods or services are provided, with the result
that each such Person bears its fair share of such costs.
(5) To the extent that Borrower or other Persons have offices in the same
location, there is a fair, appropriate and nonarbitrary allocation of overhead
among them, with the result that each such Person bears its fair share of such
expenses.
(6) Borrower has not incurred any indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, including, without limitation,
liability for the debts of any other Person (and Borrower has not held itself
out as being liable for the debts of any other Person), other than the Loans,
the loans may be made by Lender pursuant to the Equipment Loan Documents and
trade and operational debt incurred in the ordinary course of business with
trade creditors and in amounts as are normal and reasonable under the
circumstances. Borrower is not a guarantor of any obligation.
(7) Borrower is not presently a party to a pledge of its assets for the
benefit of other Persons. Borrower has not made any loans or advances to any
third party (including any Affiliate or constituent party of Borrower).
(8) Borrower has conducted its affairs strictly in accordance with its
organizational documents including Borrower's general partner's organizational
documents and has observed all necessary, appropriate and customary formalities.
(9) Borrower does not hold itself out to the public or to any of its
individual creditors as being a unified entity with assets and liabilities in
common with any other Person.
(10) Borrower (a) is solvent, (b) is able to pay its obligations as they
become due and (c) is not and shall not be engaged in any business or
transaction for which its remaining capital is or may be unreasonably small.
(11) Borrower has no actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated herein or intent to
incur (or belief that it is incurring) debts beyond its ability to pay the same
as they mature.
(12) Borrower has not, as to itself or as to other Persons, (a) commenced
any case, proceeding or other action under any applicable law of any
jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered
with respect to Borrower or other Persons or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or
other relief with respect to Borrower or its debts or other Persons or their
debts or (b) sought appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for Borrower or for all or any substantial part of its or other
Person's assets or made a general assignment for the benefit of Borrower's
creditors.
6. COVENANTS. Borrower covenants to Lender (and Environmental Insurer
solely with respect to Section 6.F) from and after the Closing Date and until
all of the Obligations are satisfied in full, as follows:
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A. Payment of the Notes. Borrower shall punctually pay, or cause to be
paid, the principal, interest and all other sums to become due in respect of the
Notes and the other Loan Documents in accordance with the Notes and the other
Loan Documents.
B. Title. Borrower shall maintain good and marketable fee simple title to
each of the Premises (other than the Personal Property located thereon or
related thereto) and title to such Personal Property free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, charges and other exceptions to title, except the Permitted
Exceptions. Lender shall have valid first liens upon and security interests in
the Premises, including the Personal Property, pursuant to the Mortgages and the
UCC-1 Financing Statements.
C. Organization and Status of Borrower; Preservation of Existence. Each of
the Borrower Parties (other than individuals), as applicable, shall be validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation or
formation. Borrower shall be qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or
limited liability company to do business in each state where the Premises are
located, and each of the Borrower Parties shall be qualified as a foreign
corporation, partnership or limited liability company in any other jurisdiction
where the failure to be qualified could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall preserve its current form of
organization and shall not change its legal name, its state of formation, nor,
in one transaction or a series of related transactions, merge with or into, or
consolidate with, any other entity without providing, in each case, Lender with
30 days' prior written notice and obtaining Lender's prior written consent (to
the extent such consent is required under Section 7 of this Agreement).
D. Licenses and Permits. All required licenses and permits, both
governmental and private, to use and operate each of the Premises as a Permitted
Concept shall be maintained in full force and effect.
E. Compliance With Laws Generally. The use and occupation of each of the
Premises, and the condition thereof, including, without limitation, any
Restoration, shall comply with all Applicable Regulations now or hereafter in
effect except where such failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. In addition, the Borrower Parties shall comply with all Applicable
Regulations now or hereafter in effect except where such failure to comply would
not have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the other
provisions of this Section, Borrower shall comply with the ADA, and all
regulations promulgated thereunder, as it affects each of the Premises.
F. Compliance With Environmental Laws. (1) The Premises, the Borrower
Parties and any other operator or user of any of the Premises shall not be in
violation of any Environmental Laws, except where such violation will not have a
Material Adverse Effect or if a violation of an Environmental Law or Release or
Environmental Condition occurs, Borrower promptly commences the Remediation
within the cure period set forth in Section 9.A(3) and thereafter conducts and
completes the Remediation of the Environmental Condition, Release or other event
giving rise to such violation in accordance with the applicable Environmental
Laws and the directives of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over
such matter continuously and diligently until such Remediation is completed.
(2) All uses and operations on or of each of the Premises, whether by
Borrower or any other person or entity, shall be in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and permits issued pursuant thereto, except where such
noncompliance will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(3) There shall be no Releases or Hazardous Materials in, on, under or
from any of the Premises, except in Permitted Amounts or where the Release or
Hazardous Materials will not result in a Material Adverse Effect or Borrower
shall promptly commence and conduct Remediation required by this Agreement and
continuously and diligently pursue such Remediation until completion in
accordance with applicable Environmental Laws and Section 9.A(3).
(4) Borrower shall keep each of the Premises, or cause each of the
Premises to be kept, free and clear of all Environmental Liens.
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(5) Borrower shall not do or allow any tenant or other user of any of
the Premises to do any act that (a) materially increases the dangers to human
health or the environment, (b) poses an unreasonable risk of harm to any person
or entity (whether on or off any of the Premises), (c) may have a Material
Adverse Effect, (d) is contrary to any requirement of any insurer (other than
those of the Environmental Insurer except to the extent Borrower is notified of
those requirements) necessary to permit insurance required to be maintained on
the Premises to be maintained in full, (e) constitutes a public or private
nuisance, or (f) violates any covenant, condition, agreement or easement
applicable to any of the Premises if such violation would have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(6) Borrower shall promptly notify Lender in writing upon Borrower
obtaining actual knowledge of:
(a) any Releases or Threatened Releases in, on, under, from or
migrating towards any of the Premises, in excess of Permitted Amounts,
including, without limitation, the presence on or under any of the
Premises, or the escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge, emission
or release from any USTs on, above or under any of the Premises, of any
Hazardous Materials, apparent or real, in excess of Permitted Amounts;
(b) any non-compliance with any Environmental Laws related in any
way to any of the Premises;
(c) any Environmental Lien or any act or omission which could
reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of an Environmental
Lien;
(d) any required or proposed Environmental Compliance Activities or
Remediation of environmental conditions relating to any of the Premises,
including, without limitation, any and all enforcement, clean-up,
remedial, removal or other governmental or regulatory actions threatened,
instituted or completed pursuant to any of the Environmental Laws
affecting any of the Premises;
(e) any written notice or other communication of which any of the
Borrower Parties becomes aware from any credible source whatsoever
(including but not limited to a Governmental Authority) relating in any
way to the presence of Hazardous Materials at the Premises in excess of
Permitted Amounts, the Release of Hazardous Material from or adjacent to
the Premises, including from USTs located thereon, or Remediation thereof,
noncompliance with any Environmental Law or possible liability of any
Person pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to the Premises,
other Environmental Conditions, in each case in connection with any of the
Premises, or any actual or threatened administrative or judicial
proceedings in connection with the Premises or Borrower; or
(f) any investigation or inquiry initiated by any Governmental
Authority relating to the Environmental Condition of any of the Premises.
(7) Borrower shall, or shall cause Lessee to:
(a) perform any environmental site assessment or other investigation
of environmental conditions in connection with any of the Premises as may
be reasonably requested by Lender (including but not limited to sampling,
testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials and other
materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), and share with
Lender and Environmental Insurer the reports and other results thereof,
and Lender, Environmental Insurer and other Indemnified Parties shall be
entitled to rely on such reports and other results thereof; and
(b) have the Premises inspected as may be required by any
Environmental Laws for seepage, spillage and other environmental concerns.
If any USTs are located at any of the Premises, Borrower shall maintain
and monitor such USTs in accordance with all Environmental Laws. Borrower
shall provide Lender with written certified results of all inspections
performed on any of the Premises. Subject to Section 6.F.(9) below, all
costs and expenses associated with the inspection, preparation and
certification of results, as well as those associated with any corrective
action, shall be paid by Borrower or Lessee. All inspections and tests
performed on any of the Premises pursuant to the requirements of
Environmental
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Laws or relating in any manner to a possible Release of Hazardous
Materials shall be conducted in compliance with all Environmental Laws.
(8) Borrower shall, or shall cause Lessee to, at its sole cost and
expense, and without limiting the rights of Lender under any other provision of
this Agreement, including, without limitation, subsection (12), comply with all
reasonable written requests of Lender to:
(a) reasonably effectuate Remediation of any Environmental Condition
(including but not limited to a Release) in, on, under or from any of the
Premises;
(b) comply with any Environmental Law; and
(c) comply with any directive from any Governmental Authority except
to the extent Borrower or Lessee is contesting any such directive in
accordance with Applicable Regulations and in circumstances that do not
result in any risk of the sale or forfeiture of the Premises subject to
the directive or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(9) Lender, Environmental Insurer and any other person or entity
designated by Lender, including but not limited to any receiver, any
representative of a Governmental Authority, and any environmental consultant,
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter upon any of the Premises
during normal business hours after two Business Days' prior notice, or at any
time in the event of an emergency or if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing (including without limitation in connection with any Securitization,
Participation or Transfer contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with
the exercise of any remedies set forth in the Mortgages or the other Loan
Documents) to assess any and all aspects of the environmental condition of any
of the Premises and its use, including but not limited to conducting any
environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in
Lender's sole and absolute discretion) and taking samples of soil, groundwater
or other water, air, or building materials, and conducting other invasive
testing so long as such assessment or other action does not unreasonably
interfere with the operation of the Premises. Borrower shall cooperate with and
provide access to Lender, Environmental Insurer and any such person or entity
designated by Lender. Any assessment and investigation made pursuant to Section
6.F.(7) or (9) shall be at Borrower's sole cost and expense if, at the time
Lender undertakes such assessment or investigation, Lender has a reasonable
basis for believing that a Release in excess of Permitted Amounts has occurred
at the Premises at which such inspection or assessment takes place, or if
Borrower is in breach of the covenants set forth in Section 6.J. herein or
Lessee is in breach of the covenant set forth in Section 59 of the Master Lease,
but neither Lender nor Borrower has declared an Event of Default hereunder or
under the Master Lease, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. Otherwise, any such assessment and investigation shall be at
Lender's sole cost and expense.
(10) All Environmental Laws regarding USTs shall be complied with,
including, without limitation, any of such regulations or requirements which
impose (a) technical standards, including, without limitation, performance, leak
prevention, leak detection, notification reporting and record keeping, (b)
corrective action with respect to confirmed and suspected Releases, and (c)
financial responsibility for the payment of costs of corrective action and
compensation to third parties for injury and damage resulting from Releases.
(11) Borrower shall satisfy the requirements for financial responsibility
set forth in 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93 Subpart H (or equivalent state law or
regulation). Borrower shall specifically designate Lender (and any successor to
Lender) as the beneficiary of such insurance, guarantee, bond, letter of credit
or trust fund as is used to satisfy the obligations of 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93
(or equivalent state law or regulation) and to provide Lender with proof of that
designation. In the event Borrower changes its method of establishing financial
responsibility under 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93 (or equivalent state law or
regulation), Borrower shall re-designate Lender (and any successor to Lender) as
beneficiary under the new mechanism used to establish compliance with 40 C.F.R.
Section 280.93 (or equivalent state law or regulation) and provide documentation
of that fact to Lender within 10 days of that re-designation. In the event that
any state that has not delegated UST authority to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, has a law or regulation that imposes less stringent
requirements or financial assurance standards than 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93,
Borrower shall nevertheless satisfy the requirements and financial assurance
standards of 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93.
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Borrower shall notify Lender and any provider of financial assurance issued
pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93 Subpart H of any matter required to be
reported by 40 C.F.R. Section 280.93.
(12) Upon any Release, escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge,
emission or release from any USTs on, above or under any of the Premises of any
Hazardous Materials, Borrower shall promptly remedy such situation in accordance
with all Environmental Laws and any reasonable request of Lender. Should
Borrower fail to remedy or cause the remedy of such situation in accordance with
all Environmental Laws, Lender shall be permitted to take such actions in its
sole discretion to remedy such situation and any reasonable costs and expenses
incurred in connection therewith will be paid by Borrower.
G. Financial Statements. Within 45 days after the end of the first three
fiscal quarters and within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Lender (a) complete financial statements of
the Borrower Parties including a balance sheet, profit and loss statement,
statement of cash flows and all other related schedules for the fiscal period
then ended; (b) income statements for the business at each of the Premises; and
(c) such other financial information as Lender may reasonably request in order
to establish compliance with the financial covenants in the Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, Section 6.J of this Agreement. All such financial
statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP from period to period, and
shall be certified by Borrower (or the Treasurer or other appropriate officer of
Borrower) to fairly present the financial condition of Borrower. The financial
statements delivered to Lender need not be audited, but Borrower shall deliver
to Lender copies of any audited financial statements of Borrower which may be
prepared, as soon as they are available. Borrower shall also cause to be
delivered to Lender copies of any financial statements required to be delivered
to Borrower by Lessee pursuant to the Master Lease.
H. Lost Note. Borrower shall, if any Note is mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen (a "Lost Note"), promptly deliver to Lender, upon receipt from Lender of
an affidavit and indemnity in a form reasonably acceptable to Lender and
Borrower stipulating that such Note has been mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen, in substitution therefor, a new promissory note containing the same
terms and conditions as such Lost Note with a notation thereon of the unpaid
principal and accrued and unpaid interest. Borrower shall provide fifteen (15)
days' prior notice to Lender before making any payments to third parties in
connection with a Lost Note.
I. Inspections. Borrower shall, during normal business hours on two
Business Days' prior telephonic notice (or at any time in the event of an
emergency or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), (1) provide
Lender and Lender's officers, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys,
accountants, architects, and engineers with access to each of the Premises, all
drawings, plans, and specifications for each of the Premises in possession of
any of the Borrower Parties, all engineering reports relating to each of the
Premises in the possession of any of the Borrower Parties, the files,
correspondence and documents relating to each of the Premises, and the financial
books and records, including lists of delinquencies, relating to the ownership,
operation, and maintenance of each of the Premises (including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing information stored in any computer files), (2)
allow such persons to make such inspections, tests, copies, and verifications as
Lender reasonably requests, and (3) if Borrower is in breach of the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio requirement set forth in the following subsection J, pay expenses
reasonably incurred by Lender from time to time in conducting such inspections,
tests, copies and verifications upon demand (such amounts to bear interest at
the Default Rate if not paid upon demand until paid).
J. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Borrower shall cause to be maintained an
aggregate Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio with respect to all of the Premises of at
least 1.25:1, for each fiscal year of Borrower. For purposes of this Section,
the term "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" shall mean with respect to each fiscal
year, the ratio calculated for such fiscal year, each as determined in
accordance with GAAP, of (a) the sum of Net Income, Depreciation and
Amortization, Interest Expense and Operating Lease Expense, less a corporate
overhead allocation (equal to the sum of 3% of Gross Sales and 3% of Gross Gas
Profits), to (b) the sum of the Lender Payments, Operating Lease Expense and the
Equipment Payment Amount.
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For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall be defined as set
forth below:
"Capital Lease" shall mean any lease of any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) with respect to one or more of the Premises which lease
would, in conformity with GAAP, be required to be accounted for on a
balance sheet as a capital lease. The term "Capital Lease" shall not
include any operating lease.
"Debt" shall mean as directly related to all of the Premises and the
period of determination (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii)
obligations evidenced by bonds, indentures, notes or similar instruments,
(iii) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services, (iv) obligations under leases which should be, in accordance
with GAAP, accounted for as Capital Leases, and (v) obligations under
direct or indirect guarantees in respect of, and obligations (contingent
or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others
of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
"Depreciation and Amortization" shall mean with respect to all of
the Premises the depreciation and amortization accruing during any period
of determination as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Equipment Payment Amount" shall mean for any period of
determination the sum of all amounts payable during such period of
determination (without duplication of any amounts included in Operating
Lease Expense) under all (i) leases for equipment located at one or more
of the Premises and (ii) all loans secured by equipment located at one or
more of the Premises, including, without limitation, the loans evidenced
by the Equipment Loan Documents.
"Gross Gas Profits' shall mean the difference between (i) motor
vehicle fuel sales or other income arising from the sale of motor vehicle
fuel at all of the Premises during the period of determination, minus (ii)
the sum of sales tax and the actual costs paid for the motor vehicle fuel
sold.
"Gross Sales" shall mean the sales or other income arising from all
business conducted at all of the Premises (other than motor vehicle fuel
sales or other income arising from the sale of motor vehicle fuel) during
the period of determination, less sales tax and any amounts received from
not-for-profit sales of all non-food items approved for use in connection
with promotional campaigns.
"Interest Expense" shall mean for any period of determination, the
sum of all interest accrued or which should be accrued in respect of all
Debt allocable to one or more of the Premises and all business operations
thereon during such period (including interest attributable to Capital
Leases), as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Lender Payments" shall mean with respect to the period of
determination, the sum of all amounts payable under the Notes.
"Net Income" shall mean with respect to the period of determination,
the aggregate net income or net loss allocable to all business conducted
at all of the Premises. In determining the amount of Net Income, (i)
adjustments shall be made for nonrecurring gains and losses allocable to
the period of determination and non-cash items allocable to the period of
determination, (ii) deductions shall be made for Depreciation and
Amortization, Interest Expense and Operating Lease Expense allocable to
the period of determination, and (iii) no deductions shall be made for (x)
income taxes or charges equivalent to income taxes allocable to the period
of determination, as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (y) corporate
and district overhead expense allocable to the period of determination.
"Operating Lease Expense" shall mean the sum of all payments and
expenses incurred under any operating leases with respect to one or more
of the Premises and the business operations thereon during the period of
determination, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
K. Affiliate Transactions. Unless otherwise approved by Lender, all
transactions between Borrower and any of its Affiliates shall be on terms
substantially as advantageous to Borrower as those which could be obtained by
Borrower in a comparable arm's length transaction with a non-Affiliate of
Borrower.
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L. Nonconsolidation. (1) Borrower shall at all times maintain correct and
complete books and records of account separate from all other Persons. Where
necessary or appropriate, Borrower shall disclose the nature of the transaction
contemplated by the Loan Documents and Borrower's independent status to its
creditors. Borrower shall not own or lease any assets other than the Premises,
Equipment and related property or its rights under the Lease and any insurance
policies, nor engage in any business other than owning and leasing the Premises,
Equipment and related property, including financing the Premises with Lender.
Borrower shall not commingle its assets and its liabilities with those of any
other Person.
(2) Borrower shall maintain its own checking account or accounts with
commercial banking institutions separate from other Persons.
(3) To the extent that Borrower shares the same employees with other
Persons, the salaries of and the expenses related to providing benefits to such
employees, at all times shall be, fairly and nonarbitrarily allocated among such
Persons, with the result that each such Person shall bear its fair share of the
salary and benefit costs associated with all such common employees.
(4) To the extent that Borrower jointly contracts with other Persons to do
business with vendors or service providers or to share overhead expenses, the
costs incurred in so doing at all times shall be, fairly and nonarbitrarily
allocated among such Persons, with the result that each such Person shall bear
its fair share of such costs. To the extent that Borrower contracts or does
business with vendors or service providers where the goods or services provided
are or shall be partially for the benefit of other Persons, the costs incurred
in so doing at all times shall be, fairly and nonarbitrarily allocated to or
among such Persons for whose benefit the goods or services are provided, with
the result that each such Person shall bear its fair share of such costs. All
transactions between Borrower and other Persons shall be only on an arm's-length
basis.
(5) To the extent that Borrower or other Persons have offices in the same
location, there shall be a fair, appropriate and nonarbitrary allocation of
overhead among them, with the result that each such Person shall bear its fair
share of such expenses.
(6) Borrower shall not incur any indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (including guaranteeing any
obligation or assuming liability for the debts of any other Person and Borrower
will not hold itself out as being liable for the debts of any other Person),
other than the Loans, loans made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to the Equipment
Loan Documents, trade and operational debt incurred in the ordinary course of
business with trade creditors and in amounts as are normal and reasonable under
the circumstances. No indebtedness other than the Loans may be secured
(subordinate or pari passu) by the Premises or any portion thereof.
(7) Borrower shall not enter into any contract or agreement with any
Affiliate of Borrower, any constituent party of Borrower or any Affiliate of any
constituent party of Borrower except upon terms and conditions that are
intrinsically fair and substantially similar to those that would be available on
an arms-length basis with third parties other than any such party.
(8) Except as contemplated by the Loan Documents and the Equipment Loan
Documents, Borrower shall not pledge, grant any security interest in,
hypothecate or otherwise encumber its assets for the benefit of any other
Persons.
(9) Borrower shall issue separate financial statements prepared not less
frequently than annually and prepared according to GAAP.
(10) Borrower shall maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations
reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character in light of its
contemplated business operations.
(11) Borrower shall conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its
organizational documents, including Borrower's general partner's organizational
documents and shall observe all necessary, appropriate and customary
formalities. The books, records and accounts of Borrower shall at all times be
maintained in a manner
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permitting the assets and liabilities of Borrower to be easily separated and
readily ascertained from those of any other Person and Borrower shall file its
own tax returns if it is required to file any tax returns.
(12) Borrower shall not hold itself out to the public or to any of its
individual creditors as being a unified entity with assets and liabilities in
common with any other Person. Borrower shall maintain and utilize separate
stationery, invoices and checks.
(13) Borrower shall not make any loans or advances to any third party
(including any Affiliate of Borrower or constituent party of Borrower).
(14) Borrower shall not, as to itself or as to other Persons, (a) commence
any case, proceeding or other action under any applicable law of any
jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered
with respect to Borrower or other Persons or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or
other relief with respect to Borrower or its debts or other Persons or their
debts or (b) seek appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar
official for Borrower or for all or any substantial part of its or another
Person's assets or make a general assignment for the benefit of Borrower's
creditors. Borrower shall not take any action in furtherance of, or indicating
its consents to, approval of or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth
above. Borrower shall not be unable to, or admit in writing its inability to,
pay its debts.
M. Compliance Certificates. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal
year of Borrower, Borrower shall deliver a compliance certificate to Lender in a
form to be provided by Lender in order to establish that Borrower is in
compliance in all material respects with all of its obligations, duties and
covenants under the Loan Documents other than under Section 6.J., as to which a
compliance certificate shall be delivered within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year. Borrower shall also cause to be delivered to Lender copies of any
compliance certificates required to be delivered to Borrower by Lessee pursuant
to the Master Lease.
7. PROHIBITION ON CHANGE OF CONTROL AND PLEDGE. Without limiting the terms
and conditions of Section 3.09 of the Mortgages, Borrower agrees that, from and
after the Closing Date and until all of the Obligations are satisfied in full,
without the prior written consent of Lender, no Change of Control shall occur.
In addition, no interest in any of the Borrower Parties, or in any individual or
person owning directly or indirectly any interest in any of the Borrower
Parties, shall be knowingly transferred, assigned or conveyed to any individual
or person whose property or interests are subject to being blocked under any of
the Terrorism Laws and/or who is in violation of any of the Terrorism Laws.
Lender's consent to a Change of Control shall be subject to the satisfaction of
such conditions as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion, including,
without limitation, (i) the execution and delivery of such modifications to the
terms of the Loan Documents as Lender shall reasonably request, (ii) the
proposed Change of Control having been approved by each of the rating agencies
which have issued ratings in connection with any Securitization of the Loans as
well as any other rating agency selected by Lender, and (iii) the proposed
transferee having agreed to comply with all of the terms and conditions of the
Loan Documents (including any modifications requested by Lender pursuant to
clause (i) above). In addition, any such consent shall be conditioned upon
payment by Borrower to Lender of (x) a fee equal to one percent (1%) of the then
outstanding principal balance of the Notes and (y) all out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by Lender in connection with such consent, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees. Lender shall not be required to
demonstrate any actual impairment of its security or any increased risk of
default hereunder in order to declare the Obligations immediately due and
payable upon a Change of Control in violation of this Section. The provisions of
this Section shall apply to every Change of Control regardless of whether
voluntary or not, or whether or not Lender has consented to any previous Change
of Control.
8. TRANSACTION CHARACTERIZATION. A. It is the intent of the parties hereto
that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are a contract to extend a
financial accommodation (as such term is used in the Code) for the benefit of
Borrower and that, except as otherwise contemplated by Sections 12.P(4) and (5),
the Loan Documents evidence one unitary, unseverable transaction pertaining to
all of the Premises. Borrower acknowledges that all of the Loans are
cross-defaulted and cross-collateralized, except as otherwise contemplated by
Sections 12.P(4) and (5), and that such cross-default and
cross-collateralization is a material inducement to Lender making the Loans.
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B. It is the intent of the parties hereto that the business relationship
created by the Loan Documents is solely that of creditor and debtor and has been
entered into by both parties in reliance upon the economic and legal bargains
contained in the Loan Documents. None of the agreements contained in the Loan
Documents is intended, nor shall the same be deemed or construed, to create a
partnership (either de jure or de facto) between Borrower and Lender, to make
them joint venturers, to make Borrower an agent, legal representative, partner,
subsidiary or employee of Lender, nor to make Lender in any way responsible for
the debts, obligations or losses of Borrower.
9. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES. A. Each of the following shall be deemed an event
of default by Borrower (each, an "Event of Default"):
(1) If any representation or warranty of any of the Borrower Parties set
forth in any of the Loan Documents is false in any material respect or if any of
the Borrower Parties renders any statement or account which is false in any
material respect.
(2) If any principal, interest or other monetary sum due under the Notes,
the Mortgages or any other Loan Document is not paid within five days after the
date when due; provided, however, notwithstanding the occurrence of such an
Event of Default, Lender shall not be entitled to exercise its rights and
remedies set forth below unless and until Lender shall have given Borrower
notice thereof and a period of five days from the delivery of such notice shall
have elapsed without such Event of Default being cured.
(3) If Borrower fails to observe or perform any of the other covenants
(except with respect to a breach of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, which
breach is addressed in subitem (7) below), conditions, or obligations of this
Agreement; provided, however, if any such failure does not involve the payment
of any monetary sum, is not willful or intentional, does not place any rights or
interest in collateral of Lender in immediate jeopardy, and is within the
reasonable power of Borrower to cure within the period provided below after
receipt of notice thereof, then such failure shall not constitute an Event of
Default hereunder, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, unless and until
Lender shall have given Borrower notice thereof and a period of 30 days shall
have elapsed, during which period Borrower may correct or cure such failure,
upon failure of which correction or cure an Event of Default shall be deemed to
have occurred hereunder without further notice or demand of any kind being
required. If such failure cannot reasonably be cured within such 30-day period,
and Borrower is diligently pursuing a cure of such failure, then Borrower shall
have a reasonable period to cure such failure beyond such 30-day period, which
shall not exceed 90 days after receiving notice of the failure from Lender. If
Borrower shall fail to correct or cure such failure within such 90-day period,
an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred hereunder without further
notice or demand of any kind being required. Notwithstanding anything in this
subitem (3) to the contrary, if a breach of one or more of the covenants in
Section 6.F. shall have occurred as a result of any occurrence or event or
series of occurrences or events and that occurrence or event or series of
occurrences or events may be, or shall be required to be, Remediated under
applicable Environmental Laws or directive of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over such matter, the cure period for such breach of that covenant
or those covenants shall be deemed extended if Borrower promptly commences the
process of effecting the Remediation of such occurrence or event or series of
occurrences or events within the cure period set forth in this subitem (3) and
Borrower continuously and diligently pursues and completes such Remediation in
accordance with applicable Environmental Laws and directives of any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over such matter until either: (i) Borrower ceases
the Remediation in accordance with this subitem (3); or (ii) completes the
Remediation.
(4) If any of the Borrower Parties becomes insolvent within the meaning of
the Code, files or notifies Lender that it intends to file a petition under the
Code, initiates a proceeding under any similar law or statute relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts
(collectively, an "Action"), becomes the subject of either a petition under the
Code or an Action (and, if such petition or Action is involuntary, such petition
or Action is not dismissed within 60 consecutive days), or is not generally
paying its debts as the same become due.
(5) If an "Event of Default" has occurred and is continuing under any
other Loan Document, the Equipment Loan Documents, the Lease, any of the Related
Leases, any of the Affiliated Borrower Loan Documents or there is a breach or
default, after the passage of all applicable notice and cure or grace periods,
under any of the Other Agreements.
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(6) If a final, nonappealable judgment is rendered by a court against any
of the Borrower Parties which (i) has a material adverse effect on the operation
of any of the Premises as a Permitted Concept, or (ii) is in an amount greater
than $350,000 as to Borrower, or $700,000 as to any guarantor, and not covered
by insurance, and, in either case, is not discharged or provision made for such
discharge within 60 days from the date of entry of such judgment.
(7) If there is a breach of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio requirement
and Lender shall have given Borrower notice thereof and Borrower shall have
failed within a period of 30 days from the delivery of such notice to (i) pay to
Lender the FCCR Amount (without premium or penalty) with respect to such of the
Premises (starting with the Premises with the lowest Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
and proceeding in ascending order to the Premises with the next lowest Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio) as is necessary to cure the breach of the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio requirement and for which the then Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
(with the definitions in Section 6.J being deemed to be modified as applicable
to provide for the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for each such
Premises on an individual basis rather than on an aggregate basis with the other
Premises) is below 1.25:1 (each, a "Subject Premises"), (ii) prepay the Note
corresponding to the Subject Premises in whole but not in part (without premium
or penalty) or (iii) notify Lender of Borrower's election to substitute a
Substitute Premises for each Subject Premises in accordance with the terms of
Section 11 in an attempt to cure the breach of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
(the failure of Borrower to complete such substitution within 60 days after
Lender shall have given the notice discussed above shall be deemed to be an
Event of Default without further notice or demand of any kind being required).
For purposes of the preceding sentence, "FCCR Amount" means that sum of money
which, when subtracted from the outstanding principal amount of the Note
corresponding to a Subject Premises, and assuming the resulting principal
balance is reamortized in equal monthly payments over the remaining term of such
Note at the rate of interest set forth therein, will result in an adjusted
aggregate Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for all of the Premises of at least 1.25:1
based on the prior year's operations. Promptly after Borrower's payment of the
FCCR Amount, Borrower and Lender shall execute an amendment to each such Note,
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, reducing the principal
amount payable to Lender under such Note and reamortizing the principal amount
of such Note in equal monthly payments over the then remaining term of such Note
at the rate of interest set forth therein.
(8) If the Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect or shall be
declared to be null, void, invalid or unenforceable by the party signing or
issuing it.
B. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.A, Lender may declare all or
any part of the obligations of Borrower under the Notes, this Agreement and any
other Loan Document to be due and payable, and the same shall thereupon become
due and payable without any presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, and Borrower hereby waives notice
of intent to accelerate the obligations secured by the Mortgages and notice of
acceleration. Thereafter, Lender may exercise, at its option, concurrently,
successively or in any combination, all remedies available at law or in equity,
including without limitation any one or more of the remedies available under the
Notes, the Mortgages, any other Loan Document, any Equipment Loan Document or
any Affiliate Borrower Loan Document. Neither the acceptance of this Agreement
nor its enforcement shall prejudice or in any manner affect Lender's right to
realize upon or enforce any other security now or hereafter held by Lender, it
being agreed that Lender shall be entitled to enforce this Agreement and any
other security now or hereafter held by Lender in such order and manner as it
may in its absolute discretion determine. No remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to Lender is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. Every
power or remedy given by any of the Loan Documents to Lender, or to which Lender
may be otherwise entitled, may be exercised, concurrently or independently, from
time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by Lender.
10. INDEMNITY; RELEASE. A. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense,
protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless each of the Indemnified
Parties for, from and against any and all claims, suits, liabilities (including,
without limitation, strict liabilities), actions, proceedings, obligations,
debts, damages, losses, costs, expenses, diminutions in value, fines, penalties,
charges, fees, expenses, judgments, awards, amounts paid in settlement and
damages of whatever kind or nature (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees, court costs and other costs of defense) (collectively,
"Losses") (excluding Losses suffered by an Indemnified Party
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directly arising out of such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or willful
misconduct; provided, however, that the term "gross negligence" shall not
include gross negligence imputed as a matter of law to any of the Indemnified
Parties solely by reason of Borrower's interest in any of the Premises or
Borrower's failure to act in respect of matters which are or were the obligation
of Borrower under the Loan Documents), and costs of Environmental Compliance
Activities and Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), engineers'
fees, environmental consultants' fees, and costs of investigation (including but
not limited to sampling, testing, and analysis of soil, water, air, building
materials and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas)
imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Parties, and
directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more
of the following:
(1) any presence of any Hazardous Materials or USTs in, on, above, or
under any of the Premises;
(2) any past, present or Threatened Release in, on, above, under or from
any of the Premises;
(3) any activity by Borrower, any person or entity affiliated with
Borrower or any tenant or other user of any of the Premises in connection with
any actual, proposed or threatened use, treatment, storage, holding, existence,
disposition or other Release, generation, production, manufacturing, processing,
refining, control, management, abatement, removal, handling, transfer or
transportation to or from any of the Premises of any Hazardous Materials or USTs
at any time located in, under, on or above any of the Premises;
(4) any activity by Borrower, any person or entity affiliated with
Borrower or any tenant or other user of any of the Premises in connection with
any actual or proposed Remediation of any Hazardous Materials or USTs at any
time located in, under, on or above any of the Premises, whether or not such
Remediation is voluntary or pursuant to court or administrative order, including
but not limited to any removal, remedial or corrective action;
(5) any past, present or threatened non-compliance or violations of any
Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to any Environmental Law) in
connection with any of the Premises or operations thereon, including but not
limited to any failure by Borrower, any person or entity affiliated with
Borrower or any tenant or other user of any of the Premises to comply with any
order of any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws;
(6) the imposition, recording or filing or the threatened imposition,
recording or filing of any Environmental Lien encumbering any of the Premises;
(7) any administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in
any way connected with any matter addressed in this Agreement;
(8) any past, present or threatened injury to, destruction of or loss of
natural resources in any way connected with any of the Premises, including but
not limited to costs to investigate and assess such injury, destruction or loss;
(9) any acts of Borrower, any person or entity affiliated with Borrower or
any tenant or other user of any of the Premises in arranging for disposal or
treatment, or arranging with a transporter for transport for disposal or
treatment, of Hazardous Materials or USTs owned or possessed by Borrower, any
person or entity affiliated with Borrower or any tenant or other user, at any
facility or incineration vessel owned or operated by another person or entity
and containing such or similar Hazardous Materials or USTs;
(10) any acts of Borrower, any person or entity affiliated with Borrower
or any tenant or other user of any of the Premises, in accepting any Hazardous
Materials or USTs for transport to disposal or treatment facilities,
incineration vessels or sites selected by Borrower, any person or entity
affiliated with Borrower or any tenant or other user of any of the Premises,
from which there is a Release, or a Threatened Release of any Hazardous
Materials which causes the incurrence of costs for Environmental Compliance
Activities or Remediation;
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(11) any personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage arising under
any statutory or common law or tort law theory, including but not limited to
damages assessed for the maintenance of a private or public nuisance or for the
conducting of an abnormally dangerous activity on or near any of the Premises;
or
(12) any misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty
or material breach or failure to perform any covenants or other obligations
pursuant to this Agreement.
B. Except as may be expressly provided otherwise herein, Borrower fully
and completely releases, waives and covenants not to assert any claims,
liabilities, actions, defenses, challenges, contests or other opposition against
Lender and Environmental Insurer, however characterized, known or unknown,
foreseen or unforeseen, now existing or arising in the future, relating to this
Agreement and any Hazardous Materials, USTs, Releases and/or Remediation on, at
or affecting any of the Premises except for claims and actions against Lender
that arise as a result of Lender's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
C. If an Indemnified Party desires to be indemnified by Borrower with
respect to any Loss pursuant to this Section 10, that Indemnified Party shall
notify Borrower promptly upon receiving notice of or otherwise learning of the
Loss for which indemnification will be sought. The failure or delay of an
Indemnified Party to provide notice required by the foregoing sentence shall not
release Borrower from its obligations under this Section 10; provided, however,
that if an Indemnified Party fails to provide or delays providing such notice to
Borrower and such failure or delay shall prejudice in a material adverse manner
the ability of Borrower to defend against the claim, cause of action or other
proceeding that may result in the Losses for which the Indemnified Party is
seeking indemnity, Borrower shall not have any obligation to indemnify the
Indemnified Party for such Losses to the extent the delay causes Borrower to be
unable to effectively provide a defense of such claims relating to the Losses.
If an Indemnified Party notifies Borrower of any claim of proceeding included
in, or any investigation or allegation concerning Losses for which Borrower is
responsible pursuant to this Section 10, Borrower shall assume on behalf of the
Indemnified Party and conduct with due diligence and in good faith the
investigation and defense thereof and the response thereto with counsel selected
by Borrower and approved by the Indemnified Party, in its sole discretion.
However, if any such claim, proceeding investigation or allegation involves both
Borrower and the Indemnified Party and the Indemnified Party shall have
reasonably concluded that there are legal defenses available to it which are
inconsistent with those available to Borrower and that as a result the counsel
selected to prosecute such defense would have an ethical conflict of interest in
its representation of the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnified Party shall
have the right to select separate counsel to participate in the investigation
and defense of and response to such claim, proceeding, investigation or
allegation on its own behalf, and Borrower shall pay or reimburse the
Indemnified Party for all attorney's fees incurred by the Indemnified Party
because of the selection of such separate counsel. If Borrower fails to assume
the defense of the Indemnified Party promptly following notification from the
Indemnified Party (and in any event fifteen days after Borrower is notified of
the applicable claim, proceeding, investigation or allegation), or at any time
an Indemnified Party determines in its reasonable discretion that immediate
action is necessary to preserve the rights of the Indemnified Party, then the
Indemnified Party may take actions as reasonably necessary to contest or defend
the claim, proceeding, investigation or allegation at Borrower's expense using
counsel selected by the Indemnified Party; provided, that if the Indemnified
Party takes such immediate action, Borrower may thereafter assume control of any
remaining aspects of the defense of such claim, cause of action or proceeding,
investigation or allegation as otherwise provided herein. Moreover, if such
failure by Borrower continues for thirty days or more after Borrower is notified
of any such claim, proceeding, investigation or allegation then the Indemnified
Party may elect not to contest or continue contesting such claim, proceeding,
investigation or allegation and instead, in accordance with the advice of
counsel, settle (or pay in full) any or all claims against the Indemnified Party
related thereto without Borrower's consent and without releasing Borrower from
any obligations to the Indemnified Party under this Section 10. Except as
expressly set forth in the preceding sentence, no Indemnified Party or Borrower
shall settle, compromise, permit a default judgment to be entered or agree to
the entry of a judgment in or in connection with any claim, cause of action,
proceeding, investigation or allegation which could result in Losses without the
prior written consent of Borrower and Indemnified Party.
11. SUBSTITUTION. Borrower shall have the right to obtain a release of
all liens granted in favor of Lender with respect to a Premises by substituting
a Substitute Premises for such Premises if (i) made to cure a default pursuant
to Section 9.A(7) in accordance with the terms therein, or (ii) subject to the
limitation set forth in subsection (12) of this Section 11, to avoid the
imposition of a judgment that could result in a default pursuant to
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Section 9.A(6), or (iii) subject to the limitation set forth in subsection (12)
of this Section 11, Borrower concludes, in its reasonable judgment, that it
would be in its best interest to substitute a Substitute Premises for a Premises
based on the business operations at such Premises, subject to fulfillment of the
following conditions:
(1) With respect to a substitution made to cure a default pursuant to
Section 9.A(7), Borrower shall provide Lender with notice of its intention to
substitute a Substitute Premises within the applicable 30 day period
contemplated by Section 9.A(7) and the closing of the substitution shall take
place within the applicable 60 day period contemplated by such subsection. With
respect to a substitution pursuant to subsection (ii) or (iii) above, Borrower
shall provide Lender with written notice of its intent to substitute a
Substitute Premises within 10 days after Borrower decides to proceed with such
substitution and the closing of such substitution shall take place within the
30-day period immediately following delivery of such notice.
(2) Borrower must provide for the substitution of a Substitute Premises,
and the proposed Substitute Premises must:
(a) be a Permitted Concept, in good condition and repair, ordinary
wear and tear excepted;
(b) have for the twelve month period preceding the date of the
closing of such substitution a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (with the
definitions of Section 6.J being deemed to be modified if necessary and as
applicable to provide for a calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for each of the Premises on an individual basis rather than on an
aggregate basis with the other Premises) at least equal to the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio for the Premises being replaced and if the
substitution is being made to cure an existing breach of the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio requirement, such substitution along with all other
substitutions being made contemporaneously with that substitution must
cure that breach;
(c) be owned in fee simple by Borrower;
(d) Borrower's right, title and interest in and to each proposed
Substitute Premises shall be free and clear of all liens, restrictions,
easements and encumbrances, except Permitted Exceptions and such matters
as are acceptable to Lender (the "Substitute Premises Permitted
Exceptions");
(e) have a replacement cost no less than the replacement cost of the
Premises to be replaced as of the date of substitution, as reasonably
determined by an appraisal conducted in a manner agreed to by Borrower and
Lender.
(3) Lender shall have inspected and approved the Substitute Premises
utilizing such site inspection and underwriting approval criteria that would be
used by a prudent institutional mortgage loan lender. Borrower shall have paid
all costs and expenses resulting from such proposed substitution, including,
without limitation, the cost of title insurance premiums and all endorsements
required by Lender, survey charges, UCC and litigation search charges, the
attorneys' fees of Borrower, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of Lender,
the cost of the environmental due diligence undertaken pursuant to subsection
(6) below, including, without limitation, the cost of environmental insurance,
Lender's site inspection costs and fees, stamp taxes, mortgage taxes, transfer
fees, escrow, filing and recording fees and UCC filing and recording fees
(including preparation, filing and recording fees for UCC continuation
statements).
(4) Lender shall have received a preliminary title report and
irrevocable commitment to insure title in the amount of the then outstanding
principal balance of the Loan relating to the Premises to be replaced by means
of a mortgagee's ALTA extended coverage policy of title insurance (or its
equivalent, in the event such form is not issued in the jurisdiction where the
proposed Substitute Premises is located) for such proposed Substitute Premises
issued by Title Company showing Borrower vested with good and marketable title
in the real property comprising the Substitute Premises and committing to insure
Lender's first priority lien upon and security interest in the proposed
Substitute Premises, subject only to the Permitted Exceptions for the Substitute
Premises and containing endorsements substantially comparable to those required
by Lender at the Closing.
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(5) Lender shall have received a current ALTA survey of such proposed
Substitute Premises or its equivalent in the jurisdiction in which the
Substitute Premises are located, the form of which shall be comparable to those
received by Lender at the Closing and sufficient to cause the standard survey
exceptions set forth in the title policy referred to in the preceding subsection
to be deleted, and disclosing no matters other than the Substitute Premises
Permitted Exceptions.
(6) Lender shall have completed such environmental due diligence of the
proposed Substitute Premises as may reasonably deem necessary, including,
without limitation, receiving an environmental insurance policy with respect to
such proposed Substitute Premises in a form and substance and issued by such
environmental insurance company as is acceptable to Lender and is reasonably
acceptable to Borrower, and Lender shall have approved the environmental
condition of the Substitute Premises based on such environmental due diligence
as Lender deems necessary or advisable in is sole discretion; provided, however,
from and after such time as the Loan relating to the Premises to be replaced is
included in a Securitization, (i) the environmental due diligence of the
proposed Substitute Premises completed by Lender shall be necessary or advisable
to a prudent institutional mortgage loan lender, including, without limitation,
receiving an environmental insurance policy with respect to such proposed
Substitute Premises in form and substance and issued by such environmental
insurance company as is acceptable to a prudent institutional mortgage loan
lender, and (ii) Lender shall have approved the environmental due diligence as a
prudent institutional mortgage loan lender would deem necessary or advisable.
(7) Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, such legal opinions
as Lender may reasonably require with respect to the proposed substitution, all
in a form and substance which would be satisfactory to a prudent institutional
mortgage loan lender and its counsel. If the Loan relating to the Premises to be
replaced is part of a Securitization, such opinions shall include, without
limitation, an opinion of counsel to the rating agencies which have issued
ratings in connection with such Securitization that the substitution does not
constitute a "significant modification" of such Loan under Section 1001 of the
Internal Revenue Code or otherwise cause a tax to be imposed on a "prohibited
transaction" by any REMIC Trust.
(8) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under any of
the Loan Documents.
(9) The Borrower Parties and the Lessee Parties shall have executed such
documents as are comparable to the security documents executed and delivered at
Closing, as applicable (but with such revisions as may be reasonably required by
Lender to address matters unique to the Substitute Premises) or amendments to
such documents, including, without limitation, a Mortgage, an amendment to the
Lease and Memoranda, the Guaranty and UCC-1 Financing Statements (the
"Substitute Documents"), to provide Lender with a first priority lien on the
proposed Substitute Premises, subject only to the Permitted Exceptions for the
Substitute Premises, and all other rights, remedies and benefits with respect to
the proposed Substitute Premises which Lender holds in the Premises to be
replaced, all of which documents shall be in a form and substance which would be
satisfactory to a prudent institutional mortgage loan lender.
(10) the representations and warranties set forth in the Substitute
Documents and Section 5 of this Agreement applicable to the proposed Substitute
Premises shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of
substitution, and Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an officer's
certificate to that effect.
(11) Borrower shall have delivered to Lender certificates of insurance and
insurance policies showing that all insurance required by the Substitute
Documents is in full force and effect.
(12) Borrower may not substitute Substitute Premises for more than 20% of
the Premises, in the aggregate, as a result of Borrower exercising its rights
under subsections (ii) or (iii) above, of this Section 11.
Upon satisfaction of the foregoing conditions with respect to the release of a
Premises: (a) the proposed Substitute Premises shall be deemed substituted for
the replaced Premises; (b) the Loan Amount for the Substitute Premises shall be
the same as for the replaced Premises; (c) the Substitute Premises shall be
referred to herein as a "Premises" and included within the definition of
"Premises" and shall secure the same Obligations as were secured by the replaced
Premises; (d) the Substitute Documents shall be dated as of the date of the
substitution; (e) Lender will release, or cause to be released, the lien of the
Mortgage, UCC-1 Financing Statements and any other Loan
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Documents encumbering the replaced Premises; and (f) at the closing of the
substitution, Borrower shall convey without warranty or recourse the replaced
Premises to a third party other than any of the Borrower Parties or the
Affiliated Borrowers.
12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
A. Notices. All notices, consents, approvals or other instruments required
or permitted to be given by either party pursuant to this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents shall be in writing and given by (i) hand delivery,
(ii) facsimile, (iii) express overnight delivery service or (iv) certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been
delivered upon (a) receipt, if hand delivered, (b) transmission, if delivered by
facsimile with receipt confirmed, (c) the next Business Day, if delivered by
express overnight delivery service, or (d) the third Business Day following the
day of deposit of such notice with the United States Postal Service, if sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices shall be
provided to the parties and addresses (or facsimile numbers, as applicable)
specified below:
If to Borrower: SCS Finance I, L.P.
c/o SCS Finance, Inc.
0000 XXX Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with copies to:
SCS Finance, Inc
c/o Alon USA LP.
0000 XXX Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
If to Lender: GE Capital Franchise Finance Corporation
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address or telephone number of which notice is properly
given in accordance with this provision.
B. Real Estate Commission. Lender and Borrower represent and warrant to
each other that they have dealt with no real estate or mortgage broker, agent,
finder or other intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Lender and Borrower shall indemnify
and hold each other harmless from and against any costs, claims or expenses,
including attorneys' fees, arising out of the breach of their respective
representations and warranties contained within this Section.
C. Waiver and Amendment; Document Review. (1) No provisions of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed waived or amended except
by a written instrument unambiguously setting forth the matter waived or amended
and signed by the party against which enforcement of such waiver or amendment is
sought. Waiver of any matter shall not be deemed a waiver of the same or any
other matter on any future occasion.
(2) In the event Borrower makes any request upon Lender requiring Lender
or Lender's attorneys to review and/or prepare (or cause to be reviewed and/or
prepared) any documents, plans, specifications or other
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submissions in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, then Borrower shall (x) reimburse Lender promptly upon
Lender's demand for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender in
connection with such review and/or preparation, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees, and (y) pay Lender a reasonable processing and
review fee.
D. Captions. Captions are used throughout this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in
any manner in the construction or interpretation hereof.
E. Lender's Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided
in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, it is specifically understood and
agreed, such agreement being a primary consideration for the execution of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents by Lender, that (1) there shall be
absolutely no personal liability on the part of any shareholder, director,
officer or employee of Lender, with respect to any of the terms, covenants and
conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (2) Borrower waives
all claims, demands and causes of action against Lender's officers, directors,
employees and agents in the event of any breach by Lender of any of the terms,
covenants and conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to be
performed by Lender and (3) Borrower shall look solely to the assets of Lender
for the satisfaction of each and every remedy of Borrower in the event of any
breach by Lender of any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents to be performed by Lender, such exculpation of
liability to be absolute and without any exception whatsoever.
F. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be deemed severable. If any part of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder
shall remain in full force and effect, and such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision shall be reformed by such court so as to give maximum
legal effect to the intention of the parties as expressed therein.
G. Construction Generally. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
have been entered into by parties who are experienced in sophisticated and
complex matters similar to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and is entered into by both parties in reliance upon
the economic and legal bargains contained therein and shall be interpreted and
construed in a fair and impartial manner without regard to such factors as the
party which prepared the instrument, the relative bargaining powers of the
parties or the domicile of any party. Borrower and Lender were each represented
by legal counsel competent in advising them of their obligations and liabilities
hereunder.
H. Further Assurances. Borrower will, at its sole cost and expense, do,
execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and
delivered all such further acts, documents, conveyances, notes, mortgages, deeds
of trust, assignments, security agreements, financing statements and assurances
as Lender shall from time to time reasonably require to carry into effect the
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to perfect any lien or
security interest granted in any of the Loan Documents and for the better
assuring and confirming of all of Lender's rights, powers and remedies under the
Loan Documents.
I. Attorneys' Fees. In the event of any judicial or other adversarial
proceeding between the parties concerning this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable
attorneys' fees and other costs in addition to any other relief to which it may
be entitled.
J. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together
with any other certificates, instruments or agreements to be delivered in
connection therewith, constitute the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no other representations,
warranties or agreements, written or oral, between Borrower and Lender with
respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the
contrary, with respect to the Premises, upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Borrower and Lender, any bid proposals or loan commitments with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed null
and void and of no further force and effect and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control notwithstanding that such terms and conditions may be
inconsistent with or vary from those set forth in such bid proposals or loan
commitments.
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K. Forum Selection; Jurisdiction; Venue; Choice of Law. Borrower
acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents were substantially
negotiated in the State of Arizona, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
were executed by Lender in the State of Arizona and executed and delivered by
Borrower in the State of Arizona, all payments under the Notes will be delivered
in the State of Arizona and there are substantial contacts between the parties
and the transactions contemplated herein and the State of Arizona. For purposes
of any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, the parties hereto hereby expressly submit to the jurisdiction
of all federal and state courts located in the State of Arizona and Borrower
consents that it may be served with any process or paper by registered mail or
by personal service within or without the State of Arizona in accordance with
applicable law. Furthermore, Borrower waives and agrees not to assert in any
such action, suit or proceeding that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of such courts, that the action, suit or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum or that venue of the action, suit or proceeding is
improper. It is the intent of the parties hereto that all provisions of this
Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the
State of Arizona, without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of law.
To the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finds Arizona law
inapplicable with respect to any provisions of this Agreement or the Notes,
then, as to those provisions only, the laws of the states where the Premises are
located shall be deemed to apply. Nothing in this Section shall limit or
restrict the right of Lender to commence any proceeding in the federal or state
courts located in the states in which the Premises are located to the extent
Lender deems such proceeding necessary or advisable to exercise remedies
available under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
L. Counterparts. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be
executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
M. Assignments by Lender; Binding Effect. Lender may assign in whole or in
part its rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, in
connection with any Transfer, Participation and/or Securitization. Upon any
unconditional assignment of Lender's entire right and interest hereunder in
connection with any such assignment, Transfer, Participation and/or
Securitization, Lender shall automatically be relieved, from and after the date
of such assignment, of liability for the performance of any obligation of Lender
contained herein (other than any obligation Lender may have under Section 10.C).
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, including, without limitation, any United States trustee, any debtor in
possession or any trustee appointed from a private panel.
N. Survival. Except for the conditions of Closing set forth in Section 4,
which shall be satisfied or waived as of the Closing Date, all representations,
warranties, agreements, obligations and indemnities of Borrower and Lender set
forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall survive the Closing.
O. Waiver of Jury Trial and Punitive, Consequential, Special and Indirect
Damages. BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVE THE RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL
ISSUES PRESENTED IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY
EITHER OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGAINST THE OTHER OR ITS SUCCESSORS WITH RESPECT TO
ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR RELATED HERETO. THIS
WAIVER BY THE PARTIES HERETO OF ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY HAS
BEEN NEGOTIATED AND IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THEIR BARGAIN. FURTHERMORE,
BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE
RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO SEEK PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL AND INDIRECT
DAMAGES FROM THE OTHER AND ANY OF THE OTHER'S AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR
EMPLOYEES OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL ISSUES
PRESENTED IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER
PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER OR ANY OF THE OTHER'S AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR
EMPLOYEES OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY
DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR RELATED HERETO. THE WAIVER BY BORROWER AND
LENDER OF ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE
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TO SEEK PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL AND INDIRECT DAMAGES HAS BEEN
NEGOTIATED BY THE PARTIES HERETO AND IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THEIR BARGAIN.
P. Transfers, Participations and Securitizations. (1) A material
inducement to Lender's willingness to complete the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents is Borrower's agreement that Lender may, at any time,
complete a Transfer, Participation or Securitization with respect to any Note,
Mortgage and/or any of the other Loan Documents or any or all servicing rights
with respect thereto.
(2) Borrower agrees to cooperate in good faith with Lender in connection
with any such Transfer, Participation and/or Securitization of any Note,
Mortgage and/or any of the other Loan Documents, or any or all servicing rights
with respect thereto, including, without limitation (i) providing such
documents, financial and other data, and other information and materials (the
"Disclosures") which would typically be required with respect to the Borrower
Parties or the Lessee Parties by a purchaser, transferee, assignee, servicer,
participant, investor or rating agency involved with respect to such Transfer,
Participation and/or Securitization, as applicable; provided, however, the
Borrower Parties and the Lessee Parties shall not be required to make
Disclosures of any Confidential Information or any information which has not
previously been made public unless required by applicable federal or state
securities laws; and (ii) amending the terms of the transactions evidenced by
the Loan Documents to the extent necessary so as to satisfy the requirements of
purchasers, transferees, assignees, servicers, participants, investors or
selected rating agencies involved in any such Transfer, Participation or
Securitization, so long as such amendments would not have a material adverse
effect upon the Borrower Parties, the Lessee Parties or the transactions
contemplated hereunder, result in any increase in the interest payable by
Borrower with respect to any Loans or any change in maturity, amortization
schedule, prepayment rights or premium or collateral with respect to any Loans
or the covenants of Borrower under the Loan Documents or any document related
thereto or result in any requirement that Borrower or Lessee make any payment in
addition to those previously agreed to be made by Borrower or Lessee pursuant to
the Loan Documents. Lender shall be responsible for preparing at its expense any
documents evidencing the amendments referred to in the preceding subitem (ii).
(3) Borrower consents to Lender providing the Disclosures, as well as any
other information which Lender may now have or hereafter acquire with respect to
the Premises or the financial condition of the Borrower Parties or the Lessee
Parties to each purchaser, transferee, assignee, servicer, participant, investor
or rating agency involved with respect to each Transfer, Participation and/or
Securitization, as applicable. Lender and Borrower (and their respective
Affiliates) shall each pay their own attorneys fees and other out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their respective
obligations under this Section. However, to the extent that Borrower's (and its
Affiliates) attorneys' fees and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder are in excess of
$10,000 in the aggregate, Lender will reimburse Borrower and its Affiliates for
all such excess fees and expenses.
(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents: (a) an Event of Default or a breach or default,
after the passage of all applicable notice and cure or grace periods, under any
Loan Document, any Equipment Loan Document, any Affiliated Borrower Loan
Document, the Lease, the Related Leases or any Other Agreement which relates to
a loan or sale/leaseback transaction which has not been the subject of a
Securitization, Participation or Transfer shall not constitute an Event of
Default or a breach or default, as applicable, under any Loan Document, any
Equipment Loan Document, any Affiliated Borrower Loan Document, the Lease, the
Related Leases or any Other Agreement which relates to a loan which has been the
subject of a Securitization, Participation or Transfer; (b) an Event of Default
or a breach or default, after the passage of all applicable notice and cure or
grace periods, under any Loan Document, any Equipment Loan Document, any
Affiliated Borrower Loan Document, the Lease, the Related Leases or any Other
Agreement which relates to a loan which is included in any Loan Pool shall not
constitute an Event of Default or a breach or default, as applicable, under any
Loan Document, any Equipment Loan Document, any Affiliated Borrower Loan
Document, the Lease, the Related Leases or any Other Agreement which relates to
a loan which is included in any other Loan Pool; (c) the Loan Documents,
Equipment Loan Documents, Affiliated Borrower Loan Documents, or any Other
Agreements corresponding to the loans in any Loan Pool shall not secure the
obligations of any of the Borrower Parties or Affiliated Borrowers contained in
any Loan Document, any Equipment Loan Document, any Affiliated Borrower Loan
Document or any Other Agreement which does not correspond to a loan in such Loan
Pool; and (d) the Loan Documents, Affiliated Borrower Loan Documents, Equipment
Loan Documents,
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and any Other Agreements which do not correspond to a loan in any Loan Pool
shall not secure the obligations of any of the Borrower Parties or Affiliated
Borrowers contained in any Loan Document, any Affiliated Borrower Loan Document,
any Equipment Loan Document or any Other Agreement which does correspond to a
loan in such Loan Pool.
(5) In the event that at least one, but not all, of the Loans are
included in a Loan Pool, Borrower, at the request of Lender, shall execute (i) a
separate Loan Agreement with respect to those Loans included in such Loan Pool,
which Loan Agreement shall be in substantially the same form and substance as
this Agreement but shall only apply with respect to those Premises corresponding
to such Loans (the "Other Loan Agreement"), and (ii) an amendment to this
Agreement that shall modify the term "Premises" to delete those Premises
corresponding to the Other Loan Agreement from this Agreement. Lender shall
prepare, at Lender's expense, the documents contemplated by the preceding
sentence. If Borrower shall fail to execute and deliver any of the documents
contemplated by this subsection (5) within ten (10) days after Lender's request,
Lender shall be and is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent and
attorney-in-fact of Borrower to execute and deliver such documents, which
appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable and binding.
Q. Estoppel Certificate. At any time, and from time to time, each party
agrees, promptly and in no event later than fifteen (15) days after a request
from the other party, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the other party a
certificate in the form supplied by the other party, certifying: (a) to its
knowledge, whether there are then any existing defaults by it or the other party
in the performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents, and, if there are any such defaults, specifying the
nature and extent thereof; (b) that no notice of default has been given or
received by it under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents which has
not been cured, except as to defaults specified in the certificate; (c) the
capacity of the person executing such certificate, and that such person is duly
authorized to execute the same on behalf of it; and (d) any other information
reasonably requested by the other party in connection with this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
R. Release of Excess Land. If at any time after the Closing the parcel
of land included in the Premises referred to as Store No. 647, located at 000 X.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx Xxxx, Xxxxx ("647 Premises") is subdivided or replatted to
create two separate parcels (the "Lot Split"), then the portion of the land not
improved for use in and necessary for the conduct of the Permitted Concept at
the 647 Premises (the "Excess Land"), shall be released from the lien of Lender,
evidenced by the Mortgage on the 647 Premises, provided that the following
conditions are satisfied:
(i) Borrower shall have requested such release in writing and
provided evidence that the Lot Split has been accomplished in accordance
with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations;
(ii) The 647 Premises without consideration of the Excess Land
(the "Store Parcel") shall have legal ingress and egress to and from
adjoining public streets necessary for the successful operation of a
Permitted Concept, as determined by Lender in its reasonable discretion;
(iii) Lender shall have received a copy of the plat or other
instrument creating the Lot Split, and if deemed necessary by Lender,
Lender shall have received a revised TLTA or ALTA equivalent survey of the
Store Parcel, certified to Lender, setting forth, without limitation, the
location of all plottable easements, known encumbrances and points of
access;
(iv) The Store Parcel shall constitute a separate tax parcel;
(v) The Store Parcel and improvements located thereon shall
comply in all respects to the applicable zoning ordinance then in effect;
(vi) The Store Parcel shall have adequate utility service, with
existing utilities entering through public streets or established
easements;
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(vii) Lender shall have received any endorsement to the title
policy in effect for the 647 Premises as Lender deems necessary to insure
that the priority of the lien on the Store Parcel remains unaffected by
the Lot Split and the release of the Excess Land, in a form reasonably
acceptable to Lender;
(viii) Borrower shall have entered into reciprocal easements to
insure that ingress and egress is provided as necessary between the Excess
Land and the Store Parcel;
(ix) The Store Parcel shall be sufficient for the operation of a
Permitted Concept and shall operate as a Permitted Concept;
(x) The Personal Property shall be located entirely on the Store
Parcel; and
(xi) Borrower shall have paid to Lender any reasonable costs
incurred by Lender in connection with the Lot Split and/or the release of
the Excess Land, including, without limitation, recording fees, reasonable
inspection fees and reasonable attorney's fees.
Upon satisfaction of the foregoing requirements Lender shall execute and deliver
to Borrower a partial release of the applicable Mortgage, releasing the Excess
Land from the lien of the applicable Mortgage, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, which Borrower shall cause to be recorded in the
applicable public records.
S. Confidentiality. (a) Confidential Information may be disclosed to
the Permitted Recipients, orally or in writing, by inspection or by permissive
observation, or in any other way, but no disclosure will allow the Permitted
Recipients to further disclose the Confidential Information or to use it except
as permitted by this Agreement. Confidential Information does not include:
(i) information which was in the public domain, publicly
available and publicly known at the time of disclosure, including, without
limitation, reports filed by Lessee with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission,
(ii) information which subsequently becomes public knowledge as a
result of a disclosure by Borrower or Lessee, or in any way not involving
any breach of this Agreement by Borrower, as of the date of its becoming
public, or
(iii) information which Lender obtains from sources other than
Borrower, Lessee or their Affiliates in any manner not involving any
breach of this Section by Lender.
(b) Borrower grants to the Permitted Recipients the nonexclusive right
to review and use the Confidential Information in order to understand the
operations of Borrower, Lessee and their Affiliates in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents. Except as otherwise provided
herein or contemplated by subsection (c) below:
(i) the Confidential Information may not be used for any other
purpose or by any Person which is not a Permitted Recipient;
(ii) Lender will not release or disseminate the Confidential
Information, or any part of it, to any Person which is not a Permitted
Recipient without specific prior written consent from Borrower; and
(iii) Lender agrees that in the event it is requested by a
judicial, administrative or governmental body or an agency thereof to
disclose any of the Confidential Information, it will promptly, insofar as
it is practicable to do so, notify Borrower so that Borrower may seek a
protective order or other appropriate remedy.
Lender will in good faith treat the Confidential Information with at least
the same care that Lender uses in the protection of its own undisclosed and
proprietary information. Lender will advise its Permitted Recipients of
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the confidential and proprietary nature of the Confidential Information and use
reasonable efforts to protect the secrecy of such Confidential Information in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.5, upon the repayment of
the Loan, in full, Lender will immediately cease all use of the Confidential
Information.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 12.5 shall
limit or prevent:
(i) Any Permitted Recipient from utilizing Confidential
Information delivered by Borrower or Lessee for the purposes expressly
contemplated by this Section 12.5;
(ii) Lender and its Permitted Recipients from disclosing,
distributing and/or making Confidential Information available to any
Permitted Recipient as necessary in connection with any Transfer,
Participation and/or Securitization provided that Lender advises such
Permitted Recipients of the confidential nature of such Confidential
Information;
(iii) Any Permitted Recipient from utilizing Confidential
Information in connection with the exercise of Borrower's rights and
remedies under the Loan Document;
(iv) Lender from reporting the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for
the Premises to investors in connection with the servicing of the Loans
evidenced by the Loan Documents; and/or
(v) Any Permitted Recipient from disclosing Confidential
Information as required by court order or subpoena or as otherwise
required by any Governmental Authority under applicable law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and Lender have entered into this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
LENDER:
GE CAPITAL FRANCHISE FINANCE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President
BORROWER:
SCS FINANCE I, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership
By: SCS Finance GP LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, its general partner
By: SCS Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, its managing member
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President
U.S. Federal Tax Identification Number:
00-0000000
Organization Identification Number:
3564733
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Lender may act as attorney-in-fact or otherwise on behalf of Borrower
pursuant to Section 12.P(5) of this Agreement. This power of attorney is coupled
with an interest, is durable and is not affected by subsequent disability or
incapacity of the principal or lapse of time.
/s/ J.R. /s/ J.D.M.
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Witness Borrower
WITNESS
In accordance with the requirements of Arizona Revised Statutes Section
14-5506 and other applicable law, the undersigned has executed this Agreement
for the purpose of witnessing the grant of the powers of attorney by Borrower to
Lender.
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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STATE OF ARIZONA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF MARICOPA )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on September 27, 2002
by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President of GE Capital Franchise Finance
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, on behalf of the corporation.
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: [SEAL]
5-5-06
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STATE OF ARIZONA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF MARICOPA )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on September 27,
2002 by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President of SCS Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Managing Member, on behalf of SCS Finance GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, the General Partner on behalf of SCS Finance I, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership, on behalf of the partnership.
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: [SEAL]
5-5-06
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