SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARIES GUARANTY
Exhibit 10.3
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARIES GUARANTY
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARIES GUARANTY, dated as of May 25, 2007 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Guaranty”), made by each of the undersigned guarantors (each, a “Guarantor” and, together with any other entity that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 26 hereof, the “Guarantors”). (Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) shall be used herein as therein defined.)
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. (formerly known as Host Marriott, L.P.), a Delaware limited partnership (the “U.S. Borrower”), each Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower from time to time party thereto, various lenders from time to time party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent, have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of June 6, 2002, as amended and restated on September 10, 2004 (the “Original Credit Agreement”), as amended by the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of the date hereof among Host Hotels, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, the U.S. Subsidiary Borrower listed therein, each Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower from time to time party thereto (together with the U.S. Borrower and the U.S. Subsidiary Borrower, the “Borrowers”), various lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (the “Administrative Agent”) (as the same may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented or refinanced from time to time, and including any agreement extending the maturity of, or refinancing or restructuring, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder or any increase in the amount borrowed, the “Credit Agreement”), providing for the making of Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers as contemplated therein (the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are herein called the “Lender Creditors”);
WHEREAS, each Borrower may at any time and from time to time enter into one or more Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements each of which by its terms requires the obligations of such Borrower under such Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement to be guaranteed pursuant to this Guaranty (“Guaranteed Hedging Agreement”) with one or more Lenders or any affiliate thereof (each such Lender or affiliate, even if the respective Lender subsequently ceases to be a Lender under the Credit Agreement for any reason, together with such Lender’s or affiliate’s successors and assigns, if any, collectively, the “Other Creditors,” and together with the Lender Creditors, are herein called the “Creditors”);
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a direct or an indirect Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower;
WHEREAS, it was a condition to the making of revolving loans and other extensions of credit under the Original Credit Agreement that the guarantors party to the Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 6, 2002, as amended and restated on September 10, 2004, as further amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof (the “Original Guaranty”) shall have executed and delivered the Original Guaranty; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the making of Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement that each Guarantor shall have amended and restated the Original Guaranty as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will obtain benefits from the incurrence of Revolving Loans by, and other extensions of credit to, the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and the entering into by the U.S. Borrower of the Guaranteed Hedging Agreements referred to above and, accordingly, desires to execute this Guaranty in order to satisfy the conditions described in the preceding paragraph;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other benefits accruing to each Guarantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby amends and restates the Original Guaranty in its entirety as set forth herein:
1. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees: (i) to the Lender Creditors the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of (x) the principal of and interest on the Notes issued by, and the Revolving Loans made to, each Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the reimbursement obligations in respect of all Letters of Credit and (y) all other obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities owing by the Borrowers to the Lender Creditors under the Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document to which any of the Borrowers is a party (including, without limitation, indemnities, Fees and interest thereon), whether now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with the Credit Agreement and each such other Credit Document and the due performance and compliance by the Borrowers with all of the terms, conditions and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement and in each such other Credit Document (all such principal, interest, liabilities and obligations being herein collectively called the “Credit Agreement Obligations”); and (ii) to each Other Creditor, the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities owing by the Borrower under any Guaranteed Hedging Agreement, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, and the due performance and compliance by the Borrower with all of the terms, conditions and agreements contained in the Guaranteed Hedging Agreements (all such obligations and liabilities being herein collectively called the “Other Obligations” and, together with the Credit Agreement Obligations, are herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor understands, agrees and confirms that the Creditors may enforce this Guaranty up to the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations against each Guarantor without proceeding against any other Guarantor, against any Borrower, against any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or under any other guaranty covering all or a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
2. Additionally, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees the payment of any and all Guaranteed Obligations to the Creditors whether or not due or payable by the Borrowers upon the occurrence in respect of any of the Borrowers of any of the events specified in Section 12.05 of the Credit Agreement, and absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally, promises to pay such Guaranteed Obligations to the Creditors, or order, on demand, in lawful money of the United States or in such other currency as may be required by the Credit Agreement. This Guaranty shall constitute a guaranty of payment, and not of collection.
3. The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is exclusive and independent of any security for or other guaranty of the indebtedness of the Borrowers, whether executed by such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other party, and the liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever, including, without limitation: (a) any direction as to application of payment by the Borrowers or by any other party, (b) any other continuing or other guaranty, undertaking or maximum liability of a guarantor or of any other party as to the indebtedness of the Borrowers, (c) any payment on or in reduction of any such other guaranty or undertaking except to the extent that any such payment or reduction results in the actual permanent reduction of the Guaranteed Obligations, (d) any dissolution, termination or change in personnel by any Borrower, (e) any payment made to any Creditor on the indebtedness which any Creditor repays any Borrower pursuant to court order in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor relief proceeding, or otherwise, and each Guarantor waives any right to the deferral or modification of its obligations hereunder by reason of any such proceeding, (f) any action or inaction by the Creditors as contemplated in Section 6 hereof, or (g) any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations or of any security therefor.
4. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or any Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or any Borrower and whether or not any other Guarantor, any other guarantor or any Borrower be joined in any such action or actions. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof. Any payment by a Borrower or other circumstance which operates to toll any statute of limitations as to such Borrower shall operate to toll the statute of limitations as to each Guarantor.
5. Each Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any liability to which it may apply, and waives promptness, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest, notice of dishonor or nonpayment of any such liabilities, suit or taking of other action by the Administrative Agent or any other Creditor against, and any other notice to, any party liable thereon (including such Guarantor, any other guarantor or any Borrower).
6. Any Creditor may at any time and from time to time without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, without incurring responsibility to such Guarantor, and without impairing or releasing the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder, upon or without any terms or conditions and in whole or in part:
(a) change the manner, place or terms of payment of, and/or change or extend the time of payment of, renew or alter, any of the Guaranteed Obligations (including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest thereon), any security therefor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, and the guaranty herein made shall apply to the Guaranteed Obligations as so changed, extended, renewed or altered;
(b) take and hold security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations and sell, exchange, release, surrender, impair, realize upon or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any property by whomsoever at any time pledged or mortgaged to secure, or howsoever securing, the Guaranteed Obligations or any liabilities (including any of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or hereof, and/or any offset there against, and/or release any Person liable for all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(c) act or fail to act in any manner referred to in this Guaranty which may deprive such Guarantor of its right to subrogation against the Borrowers to recover full indemnity for any payments made pursuant to this Guaranty; and/or
(d) take any other action which would, under otherwise applicable principles of common law, give rise to a legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor from it liabilities under this Guaranty.
7. No invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or of any security therefor shall affect, impair or be a defense to this Guaranty, and this Guaranty shall be primary, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional notwithstanding the occurrence of any event or the existence of any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor except indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.
8. This Guaranty is a continuing one and all liabilities to which it applies or may apply under the terms hereof shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance hereon. No failure or delay on the part of any Creditor in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any Creditor would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of any Creditor to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. It is not necessary for any Creditor to inquire into the capacity or powers of the Borrowers or the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or purporting to act on its behalf, and any indebtedness made or created in reliance upon the professed exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder.
9. Any indebtedness of any Borrower now or hereafter held by any Guarantor is hereby subordinated to the indebtedness of such Borrower to the Creditors; and such indebtedness of such Borrower to any Guarantor, if the Administrative Agent, after an Event of Default has occurred, so requests at a time when any Guaranteed Obligations are
outstanding, shall be collected, enforced and received by such Guarantor as trustee for the Creditors and be paid over to the Creditors on account of the indebtedness of such Borrower to the Creditors, but without affecting or impairing in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty. Prior to the transfer by any Guarantor of any note or negotiable instrument evidencing any indebtedness of a Borrower to such Guarantor, such Guarantor shall xxxx such note or negotiable instrument with a legend that the same is subject to this subordination. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Creditors that it will not exercise any right of subrogation which it may at any time otherwise have as a result of this Guaranty (whether contractual, under Section 509 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) until all Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash (it being understood that each Guarantor is not waiving any right of subrogation that it may otherwise have but is only waiving the exercise thereof as provided above).
10. (a) Each Guarantor waives any right (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) to require the Creditors to: (i) proceed against the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other party; (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Borrowers, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other party; or (iii) pursue any other remedy in the Creditors’ power whatsoever. Each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other party other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, any defense based on or arising out of the disability of the Borrowers, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other party, or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrowers other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Creditors may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the other Creditors by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales or exercise any other right or remedy the Creditors may have against the Borrowers or any other party, or any security, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full. Each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election by the Creditors, even though such election operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrowers or any other party or any security.
(b) Each Guarantor waives all presentments, demands for performance, protests and notices, including, without limitation, notices of nonperformance, notices of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of acceptance of this Guaranty, and notices of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional indebtedness. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of each Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks which such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Creditors shall have no duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
11. In order to induce the Lender Creditors to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make the Revolving Loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and to induce the Other Creditors to enter into the Guaranteed Hedging Agreements, each Guarantor represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) Status. Such Guarantor (i) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the corporate, partnership, trust or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and presently proposes to engage and (iii) is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Power and Authority. Such Guarantor has the corporate, partnership, trust or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Guaranty and each other Credit Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate, partnership, trust or limited liability company action, as the case may be, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of each such Credit Document. Such Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty and each other Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability hereof and thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
(c) No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof (i) will contravene any applicable provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (ii) will conflict or be inconsistent with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement) upon any of the property or assets of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement or loan agreement or any other material agreement, contract or instrument to which such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject except for violations and defaults that may arise under contracts of such Guarantor otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement as a result of the sale of, or foreclosure of a lien upon, the Securities (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) of Subsidiaries pledged under the Pledge and Security Agreement to the extent that the prior consent of other parties to such contracts have not been obtained or other actions specified in such contracts have not been taken in connection with any such sale or foreclosure, or (iii) will violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or by-laws of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) Governmental Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except as have been obtained or made), or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required in connection with, (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which such Guarantor is a party or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which such Guarantor is a party.
(e) Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of such Guarantor, threatened (i) which purport to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or (ii) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
12. Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the Total Revolving Loan Commitment has terminated and when no Note remains outstanding and all Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full, such Guarantor shall take, or will refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in Section 10 or 11 of the Credit Agreement occurs, and so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the actions of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
13. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each Creditor in connection with the enforcement of this Guaranty (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) and the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with any amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto (including reasonable legal fees and expenses).
14. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Creditors and their successors and assigns; provided, however, that, except as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement, no Guarantor may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders (and any such attempted assignment or transfer without such consent shall be null and void).
15. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except with the written consent of each Guarantor directly affected thereby and with the written consent of (i) the Required Lenders, or, to the extent required by Section 14.11 of the Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, as the case may be, so long as any Credit Agreement Obligations remain outstanding and (ii) in any situation not covered by preceding clause (i), to the extent expressly required under any Guaranteed Hedging Agreement, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Other Obligations; provided, that any change, waiver, modification or variance affecting the rights and benefits of a single Class (as defined below) of Creditors (and not all Creditors in a like or similar manner) shall require the written consent of the Requisite Creditors (as defined below) of such Class of Creditors (it being understood that the addition or release of any Guarantor hereunder shall not constitute a change, waiver, discharge or termination affecting any Guarantor other than the Guarantor so added or released). For the purpose of this Guaranty, the
term “Class” shall mean each class of Creditors, i.e., whether (x) the Lender Creditors as holders of the Credit Agreement Obligations or (y) the Other Creditors as the holders of the Other Obligations. For the purpose of this Guaranty, the term “Requisite Creditors” of any Class shall mean (x) with respect to the Credit Agreement Obligations, the Required Lenders, or, to the extent required by Section 14.11 of the Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders, and (y) with respect to the Other Obligations, the holders of at least a majority of all obligations outstanding from time to time under the respective Guaranteed Hedging Agreements.
16. Each Guarantor acknowledges that an executed (or conformed) copy of each of the Credit Documents has been made available to such Guarantor and such Guarantor is familiar with the contents thereof.
17. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 151 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law) and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (such term to mean and include any “Event of Default” as defined in the Credit Agreement or any payment default under any Guaranteed Hedging Agreement continuing after any applicable grace period), each Creditor is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Creditor to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor to such Creditor under this Guaranty, irrespective of whether or not such Creditor shall have made any demand hereunder and although said obligations, liabilities, deposits or claims, or any of them, shall be contingent or unmatured.
18. All notices, requests, demands or other communications pursuant hereto shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered to the Person to which such notice, request, demand or other communication is required or permitted to be given or made under this Guaranty, addressed to such party at (i) in the case of any Lender Creditor, as provided in the Credit Agreement, (ii) in the case of any Guarantor, at the address of the U.S. Borrower specified in the Credit Agreement, and (iii) in the case of any Other Creditor, at such address as such Other Creditor shall have specified in writing to the Guarantors; or in any case at such other address as any of the Persons listed above may hereafter notify the others in writing.
19. If claim is ever made upon any Creditor for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received in payment or on account of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and any of the aforesaid payees repays all or part of said amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over such payee or any of its property or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by such payee with any such claimant (including a Borrower), then and in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor, notwithstanding any revocation hereof or other instrument evidencing any liability of a Borrower, and such Guarantor shall be and remain liable to the aforesaid payees hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by any such payee.
20. (A) This Guaranty shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor (although no Guarantor may assign its rights and obligations hereunder except in accordance with Section 14 hereof) and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and the other Creditors and their respective successors and assigns. THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CREDITORS AND OF THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which any Guarantor is a party may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, in each case which are located in the City of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Guaranty, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each Guarantor hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such courts lack jurisdiction over such Guarantor, and agrees not to plead or claim in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which such Guarantor is a party brought in any of the aforesaid courts that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such Guarantor. Each Guarantor further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to each Guarantor at its address set forth opposite its signature below, such service to become effective 30 days after such mailing. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other Credit Document to which such Guarantor is a party that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any of the Creditors to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against each Guarantor in any other jurisdiction.
(A) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Guaranty or any other Credit Document to which such Guarantor is a party brought in the courts referred to in clause (a) above and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that such action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(B) WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. EACH GUARANTOR AND EACH CREDITOR (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS GUARANTY) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS TO WHICH SUCH GUARANTOR IS A PARTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
21. In the event that all of the capital stock of one or more Guarantors is sold or otherwise disposed of or liquidated in compliance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement (or such sale or other disposition has been approved in writing by the Required Lenders (or, to the extent required by the Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders)) and the proceeds of such sale, disposition or liquidation are applied in accordance with (and to the extent
required by) the provisions of the Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable, or in the circumstances set forth in Section 10.15(a)(2) of the Credit Agreement with respect to a Guarantor or in circumstances where the Collateral is released pursuant to Section 14.20 of the Credit Agreement, in any such case such Guarantor shall be released from this Guaranty and this Guaranty shall, as to each such Guarantor or Guarantors, terminate, and have no further force or effect (it being understood and agreed that the sale or other disposition of one or more Persons that own, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock, partnership interests or limited liability company interests of any Guarantor shall be deemed to be a sale of such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 21) and the Administrative Agent, at the request and expense of the respective Guarantor, will promptly execute and deliver to such Guarantor a proper instrument or instruments acknowledging such release.
22. Each Guarantor hereby confirms that it is its intention that this Guaranty not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or any similar Federal, state or foreign law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, if enforcement of the liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty for the full amount of the Guaranteed Obligations would be an unlawful or voidable transfer under any applicable fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer law or any comparable law, then the liability of such Guarantor hereunder shall be reduced to the maximum amount for which such liability may then be enforced without giving rise to an unlawful or voidable transfer under any such law.
23. To the extent that any Guarantor shall be required hereunder to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which shall exceed the greater of (i) the amount of the economic benefit actually received by such Guarantor from the incurrence of the Revolving Loans under the Credit Agreement and the entering into of Guaranteed Hedging Agreements and (ii) the amount which such Guarantor would otherwise have paid if such Guarantor had paid the aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (excluding the amount thereof repaid by the Borrower and the other Guarantors) in the same proportion as such Guarantor’s net worth at the date enforcement hereunder is sought bears to the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors at the date enforcement hereunder is sought (the “Contribution Percentage”), then such Guarantor shall have a right of contribution against each other Guarantor who has made payments in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date enforcement hereunder is sought in an aggregate amount less than such other Guarantor’s Contribution Percentage of the aggregate payments made to and including the date enforcement hereunder is sought by all Guarantors in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; provided, that no Guarantor may take any action to enforce such right until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Total Revolving Loan Commitment has been terminated, it being expressly recognized and agreed by all parties hereto that any Guarantor’s right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 23 against any other Guarantor shall be expressly junior and subordinate to such other Guarantor’s obligations and liabilities in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations and any other obligations owing under this Guaranty. All parties hereto recognize and agree that, except for any right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 23, each Guarantor who makes any payment in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have no right of contribution or subrogation against any other Guarantor in respect of such payment. Each of the Guarantors recognizes and acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution. In this connection, each Guarantor has
the right to waive its contribution right against any Guarantor to the extent that after giving effect to such waiver such Guarantor would remain solvent, in the determination of the Required Lenders.
24. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A set of counterparts executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.
25. All payments made by any Guarantor hereunder will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense.
26. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower that is required to execute a counterpart of this Guaranty pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall automatically become a Guarantor hereunder by executing a counterpart hereof and delivering the same to the Administrative Agent or by executing and delivering a supplement hereto in the form of Annex 1 hereto.
27. Any provision of this Guaranty held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
| THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 HERETO | ||
| /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
| By: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President of each Guarantor | |
[Signature Page To Subsidiaries Guaranty]
| Accepted and Agreed to: | ||
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Collateral Agent and Pledgee | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Director | |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Collateral Agent and Pledgee | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Director | |
[Signature Page To Subsidiaries Guaranty]
[Schedule 1 to SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED Subsidiaries Guaranty]
| GUARANTORS: | ||
| AIRPORT HOTELS LLC | ||
| AMELIATEL | ||
| By: | HMC XXXXXX I LLC and HMC XXXXXX XX LLC, its General Partners | |
| BRE/SWISS, L.L.C. | ||
| CALGARY CHARLOTTE HOLDINGS COMPANY | ||
| CALGARY CHARLOTTE PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: | HMC CHARLOTTE (CALGARY) COMPANY and HMC GRACE (CALGARY) COMPANY, its General Partners | |
| CHESAPEAKE HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: | HMC PLP LLC, its General Partner | |
| CINCINNATI PLAZA LLC | ||
| CITY CENTER HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: | HOST LA JOLLA LLC, its General Partner | |
| XXXXXX LLC | ||
| EAST SIDE HOTEL ASSOCIATES, L.P. | ||
| By: | HMC EAST SIDE LLC, its General Partner | |
| FERNWOOD HOTEL LLC | ||
| HMC XXXXXX I LLC | ||
| HMC XXXXXX XX LLC | ||
| HMC AP CANADA COMPANY | ||
| HMC AP GP LLC | ||
| HMC AP LP | ||
| By: | HMC AP GP LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC ATLANTA LLC | ||
| HMC BCR HOLDINGS LLC | ||
| HMC BURLINGAME LLC | ||
| HMC CAMBRIDGE LLC | ||
| HMC CAPITAL LLC | ||
| HMC CAPITAL RESOURCES LLC | ||
| HMC CHARLOTTE (CALGARY) COMPANY | ||
| HMC CHARLOTTE GP LLC | ||
| HMC CHARLOTTE LP | ||
| By: |
HMC CHARLOTTE GP LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC CHICAGO LLC | ||
| HMC CHICAGO LAKEFRONT LLC | ||
| HMC XXXXXX LLC | ||
| HMC DESERT LLC | ||
| HMC DIVERSIFIED AMERICAN HOTELS, L.P. | ||
| By: |
HMC DIVERSIFIED LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC DIVERSIFIED LLC | ||
| HMC EAST SIDE LLC |
| HMC EAST SIDE II LLC |
| HMC GATEWAY LLC |
| HMC GEORGIA LLC |
| HMC GRACE (CALGARY) COMPANY |
| HMC GRAND LLC |
| HMC HANOVER LLC |
| HMC HEADHOUSE FUNDING LLC |
| HMC HOST RESTAURANTS LLC |
| HMC HOTEL DEVELOPMENT LLC |
| HMC HPP LLC |
| HMC HT LLC |
| HMC IHP HOLDINGS LLC |
| HMC JWDC LLC | ||
| HMC XXX XXXX LLC | ||
| HMC LENOX LLC | ||
| HMC MANHATTAN BEACH LLC | ||
| HMC MARKET STREET LLC | ||
| HMC MAUI LLC | ||
| HMC MEXPARK LLC | ||
| HMC NGL LLC | ||
| HMC X’XXXX SUITES GROUND LLC | ||
| HMC OLS I L.P. | ||
| By: |
HMC OLS I LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC OLS I LLC | ||
| HMC OLS II L.P. | ||
| By: |
HMC OLS I LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC PACIFIC GATEWAY LLC | ||
| HMC PARK RIDGE LLC | ||
| HMC PLP LLC | ||
| HMC XXXXXXX LLC | ||
| HMC POTOMAC LLC | ||
| HMC PROPERTIES I LLC | ||
| HMC PROPERTIES II LLC | ||
| HMC PROPERTY LEASING LLC | ||
| HMC RESTON LLC | ||
| HMC RETIREMENT PROPERTIES, L.P. | ||
| By: |
XXXXXX LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC SBM TWO LLC | ||
| HMC SEATTLE LLC | ||
| HMC SFO LLC | ||
| HMC SUITES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: |
HMC SUITES LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC SUITES LLC | ||
| HMC SWISS HOLDINGS LLC | ||
| HMC TORONTO AIR COMPANY | ||
| HMC TORONTO AIRPORT GP LLC | ||
| HMC TORONTO AIRPORT LP | ||
| By: |
HMC TORONTO AIRPORT GP LLC, its General Partner | |
| XXX XXXXXXX XX COMPANY | ||
| XXX XXXXXXX XX GP LLC | ||
| HMC TORONTO EC LP | ||
| By: |
XXX XXXXXXX XX GP LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMC/INTERSTATE MANHATTAN BEACH, L.P. | ||
| By: |
HMC MANHATTAN BEACH LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMH GENERAL PARTNER HOLDINGS LLC | ||
| HMH MARINA LLC | ||
| HMH PENTAGON LLC | ||
| HMH RESTAURANTS LLC | ||
| HMH RIVERS LLC | ||
| HMH RIVERS, L.P. | ||
| By: |
HMH RIVERS LLC, its General Partner | |
| HMH WTC LLC | ||
| HOST ATLANTA PERIMETER GROUND LLC | ||
| HOST CAPITOL HILL LLC | ||
| HOST CINCINNATI II LLC | ||
| HOST CINCINNATI HOTEL LLC | ||
| HOST DALLAS QUORUM GROUND LLC | ||
| HOST FINANCING LLC | ||
| HOST FOURTH AVENUE LLC | ||
| HOST HOUSTON BRIAR OAKS, L.P. | ||
| By: |
HOST REALTY PARTNERSHIP, L.P., (By: HST I LLC, its General Partner), its General Partner | |
| HOST INDIANAPOLIS I LLC | ||
| HOST LA JOLLA LLC | ||
| HOST LOS ANGELES LLC | ||
| HOST MISSION HILLS, L.L.C. | ||
| HOST MISSION HILLS II LLC | ||
| HOST MISSION HILLS HOTEL LLC | ||
| HOST XXXXXXX LLC | ||
| HOST XXXXXXX II LLC | ||
| HOST XXXXXXX HOTEL LLC | ||
| HOST OF BOSTON, LTD. | ||
| By: |
AIRPORT HOTELS LLC, its General Partner | |
| HOST OF HOUSTON 1979 | ||
| By: |
AIRPORT HOTELS LLC and HOST OF HOUSTON, LTD., (By: AIRPORT HOTELS LLC, its General Partner), its General Partners | |
| HOST OF HOUSTON, LTD. | ||
| By: |
AIRPORT HOTELS LLC, its General Partner | |
| HOST PARK RIDGE LLC | ||
| HOST REALTY LLC | ||
| HOST REALTY COMPANY LLC | ||
| HOST REALTY HOTEL LLC | ||
| HOST REALTY PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||
| By: |
HST I LLC, its General Partner | |
| HOST TUCSON LLC | ||
| HOST WALTHAM LLC | ||
| HOST WALTHAM II LLC | ||
| HOST WALTHAM HOTEL LLC | ||
| HST LT LLC | ||
| HST I LLC | ||
| IHP HOLDINGS PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||
| By: |
HMH GENERAL PARTNER HOLDINGS LLC, its General Partner | |
| IVY STREET LLC | ||
| IVY STREET HOPEWELL LLC | ||
| MARKET STREET HOST LLC | ||
| NEW MARKET STREET LP | ||
| By: |
HMC MARKET STREET LLC, its General Partner | |
| PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT HOTEL LLC | ||
| PM FINANCIAL LLC | ||
| PM FINANCIAL LP | ||
| By: |
PM FINANCIAL LLC, its General Partner | |
| POTOMAC HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: |
HMC POTOMAC LLC, its General Partner | |
| PRM LLC | ||
| ROCKLEDGE HOTEL LLC | ||
| S.D. HOTELS LLC | ||
| SANTA XXXXX HMC LLC | ||
| SOUTH COAST HOST HOTEL LLC | ||
| STARLEX LLC | ||
| TIMES SQUARE GP LLC | ||
| TIMES SQUARE LLC | ||
| WELLSFORD-PARK RIDGE HMC HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: |
HOST PARK RIDGE LLC, its General Partner | |
| YBG ASSOCIATES LLC | ||
The address for each of the Guarantors listed above is:
c/o Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
ANNEX 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
FORM OF SUBSIDIARIES GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of [ ] (this “Supplement”), to the Second Amended and Restated Subsidiaries Guaranty, dated as of , (the “Guaranty”), made by the Guarantors party thereto (immediately before giving effect to this Supplement) and accepted by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as Collateral Agent and Pledgee (each capitalized term used but not defined having the meaning given it in the Guaranty) for the benefit of the Creditors.
A. Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2007 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. (the “U.S. Borrower”), the U.S. Subsidiary Borrower listed therein, each Canadian Revolving Loan Borrower from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent.
B. The Guarantors have entered into the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make Revolving Loans and to issue, and participate in, Letters of Credit pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to Section 10.15 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of the U.S. Borrower may, after the date of the Guaranty, be required to enter into the Guaranty as a Guarantor. Section 26 of the Guaranty provides that such additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guaranty by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned (the “New Subsidiary Guarantor”) is a Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower and is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Revolving Loans and to issue, and participate in, additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary Guarantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 26 of the Guaranty, the New Subsidiary Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and the New Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Guarantor” in the Guaranty shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary Guarantor. The Guaranty is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary Guarantor represents and warrants to the Creditors that (i) this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and
constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws effecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Section 11 of the Guaranty are true and correct as of the date hereof as to the New Subsidiary Guarantor.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one instrument. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Subsidiary Guarantor and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 6. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, neither party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature, with a copy to the U.S. Borrower.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.
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