EXHIBIT 99.3
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
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THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and given as of this
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23rd day of February, 1999, by HOMESTEAD VILLAGE INCORPORATED, a Maryland
corporation (the "Guarantor"), for the benefit of HPT HSD PROPERTIES TRUST and
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HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST, each a Maryland real estate investment trust
(collectively, together with their successors and assigns, "HPT").
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W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, pursuant to a Lease Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the
"Lease"), HPT HSD Properties Trust has agreed to lease to HVI (2) Incorporated,
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a Delaware corporation (the "Tenant"), certain real property, the related
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improvements and personal property, comprising eighteen (18) Homestead Village
Hotels, as more particularly described in the Lease; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to HPT HSD Properties Trust entering
into the Lease that the Guarantor guarantee all of the payment and performance
obligations of the Tenant with respect to the Lease; and
WHEREAS, the transactions contemplated by the Lease are of direct material
benefit to the Guarantor;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the mutual receipt and legal sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Terms. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in
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this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Lease. The
Lease and the Incidental Documents are herein collectively referred to as the
"Transaction Documents."
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2. Guaranteed Obligations. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
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"Guaranteed Obligations" shall mean the payment and performance of each and
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every obligation of the Tenant to HPT under the Transaction Documents, whether
now existing or hereafter arising, and including, without limitation, the
payment of the full amount of the Rent payable under the Lease.
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3. Representations and Covenants. The Guarantor represents, warrants,
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covenants and agrees that:
3.1 Performance of Covenants and Agreements. During the term of this
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Agreement, the Guarantor will cause the Tenant duly and punctually to perform
all of the covenants and agreements set forth in the Transaction Documents.
3.2 Validity of Agreement. The Guarantor has duly and validly
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executed and delivered this Agreement; this Agreement constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general
application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
requisite action of the Guarantor and such execution, delivery and performance
by the Guarantor will not result in any breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or conflict with or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets
of the Guarantor pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, note, other evidence of indebtedness, agreement or other instrument to
which the Guarantor is a party or by which the Guarantor or any property or
assets of the Guarantor is bound, or violate any provision of law applicable to
the Guarantor, or any order, writ, injunction, judgement or decree of any court
applicable to the Guarantor or any order or other public regulation of any
governmental commission, bureau or administrative agency applicable to the
Guarantor.
3.3 Payment of Expenses. The Guarantor agrees, as principal obligor
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and not as Guarantor only, to pay to HPT forthwith, upon demand, in immediately
available Federal funds, all costs and expenses (including court costs and
reasonable legal expenses) incurred or expended by HPT in connection with the
enforcement of this Agreement and, if any such amounts are not paid within five
(5) Business Days after written demand therefor, the Guarantor shall also pay
interest on such amounts recoverable under this Agreement from the time the date
of demand until payment at the Interest Rate.
3.4 Reports. The Guarantor shall promptly provide to HPT each of the
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financial reports, certificates and other documents required of the Guarantor
under the Transaction Documents.
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3.5 Legal Existence. During the term of this Agreement, the
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Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence; provided, however, that, the
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Guarantor shall be permitted to merge or consolidate with another Person subject
to and upon the conditions set forth in Section 16.1 of the Lease.
3.6 Net Worth. The Guarantor shall, at all times during the Term of
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this Agreement, maintain a Net Worth in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Million
Dollars ($250,000,000). If, at or as of the end of any Accounting Period during
the Term, the Guarantor's Net Worth shall be less than Two Hundred Fifty Million
Dollars ($250,000,000), the Guarantor shall, within five (5) Business Days after
the end of such Accounting Period, deliver to HPT either (a) cash in the amount
of (x) one year's Minimum Rent plus (y) any disbursements made by HPT with
respect to the Leased Property subsequent to the Commencement Date or (b) an
Approved Letter (as defined below), which cash deposit or Approved Letter, as
the case may be, shall secure the obligations of the Guarantor under this
Agreement. The Guarantor shall, within five (5) Business Days after HPT's
request therefor, provide HPT with such information and certifications as HPT
may from time to time reasonably require to determine the Net Worth of the
Guarantor.
4. Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees that the
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Guaranteed Obligations which are monetary obligations which become due and
payable during the term of this Agreement shall be paid in full when due and
payable, whether upon demand, at the stated or accelerated maturity thereof or
upon any mandatory or voluntary prepayment pursuant to any Transaction Document,
or otherwise, and that the Guaranteed Obligations which are performance
obligations which are required to be performed during the term of this Agreement
shall be fully performed at the times and in the manner such performance is
required by the Transaction Documents. With respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations which are monetary obligations, this guarantee is a guarantee of
payment and not of collectibility and is absolute and in no way conditional or
contingent. In case any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been
paid when due and payable or performed at the time performance is required, the
Guarantor shall, within five (5) days after receipt of notice from HPT, pay or
cause to be paid to HPT the amount thereof as is then due and payable and unpaid
(including interest and other charges, if any, due thereon through the date of
payment in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Transaction
Documents, other than amounts constituting interest on interest)
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or perform or cause to be performed such obligations in accordance with the
Transaction Documents.
5. Unenforceability of Guaranteed Obligations, Etc. If the Tenant is for
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any reason under no legal obligation to discharge any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or if any other moneys included in the Guaranteed Obligations have
become unrecoverable from the Tenant by operation of law or for any other
reason, including, without limitation, the invalidity or irregularity in whole
or in part of any Guaranteed Obligation or of any Transaction Document or any
limitation on the liability of the Tenant thereunder or any limitation on the
method or terms of payment thereunder which may now or hereafter be caused or
imposed in any manner whatsoever, the guarantees contained in this Agreement
shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms
set forth herein and shall be binding upon the Guarantor to the same extent as
if the Guarantor at all times had been the principal obligor on all such
Guaranteed Obligations.
6. Additional Guarantees. This Agreement shall be in addition to any
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other guarantee or other security for the Guaranteed Obligations and it shall
not be prejudiced or rendered unenforceable by the invalidity of any such other
guarantee or security or by any waiver, amendment, release or modification
thereof.
7. Consents and Waivers, Etc. The Guarantor hereby acknowledges receipt
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of correct and complete copies of each of the Transaction Documents and consents
to all of the terms and provisions thereof, as the same may be from time to time
hereafter amended or changed in accordance therewith, and waives, to the extent
the Guarantor lawfully may do so, (a) presentment, demand for payment, and
protest of nonpayment, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) notice of
acceptance of this Agreement and of diligence, presentment, demand and protest,
(c) notice of any default hereunder and any default, breach or nonperformance or
Event of Default under any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the Transaction
Documents, (d) notice of the terms, time and place of any private or public sale
of collateral held as security for the Guaranteed Obligations, (e) demand for
performance or observance of, and any enforcement of any provision of, or any
pursuit or exhaustion of rights or remedies against the Tenant or any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, under or pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, or any agreement directly or indirectly relating thereto and any
requirements of diligence or promptness on the part of the holders of the
Guaranteed Obligations in connection therewith, and (f) any and all demands and
notices of every kind and
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description with respect to the foregoing or which may be required to be given
by any statute or rule of law.
8. No Impairment, Etc. The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties
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of the Guarantor under this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired by any
assignment or transfer in whole or in part of any of the Guaranteed Obligations
without notice to the Guarantor, or any waiver by HPT or any holder of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations or by the holders of all of the Guaranteed
Obligations of the performance or observance by the Tenant or any other
guarantor of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in
the Guaranteed Obligations or the Transaction Documents or any indulgence in or
the extension of the time for payment by the Tenant or any other guarantor of
any amounts payable under or in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or
the Transaction Documents or any other instrument or agreement relating to the
Guaranteed Obligations or of the time for performance by the Tenant or any other
guarantor of any other obligations under or arising out of any of the foregoing
or the extension or renewal thereof, or the modification or amendment (whether
material or otherwise) of any duty, agreement or obligation of the Tenant or any
other guarantor set forth in any of the foregoing, or the voluntary or
involuntary sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of
the Tenant or any other guarantor or insolvency, bankruptcy, or other similar
proceedings affecting the Tenant or any other guarantor or any assets of the
Tenant or any such other guarantor, or the release or discharge of the Tenant or
any such other guarantor from the performance or observance of any agreement,
covenant, term or condition contained in any of the foregoing without the
consent of the holders of the Guaranteed Obligations by operation of law.
9. Reimbursement, Subrogation, Etc. The Guarantor hereby covenants and
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agrees that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under
the Transaction Documents, the Guarantor will not enforce or otherwise exercise
any rights of reimbursement, subrogation, contribution or other similar rights
against the Tenant or any other person with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations prior to the payment in full of all amounts then due and owing but
unpaid with respect to the Lease, and until the Guaranteed Obligations have been
satisfied in full, the Guarantor shall not have any right of subrogation, and
the Guarantor waives any defense it may have based upon any election of remedies
by HPT which destroys the Guarantor's subrogation rights or the Guarantor's
rights to proceed against the Tenant for reimbursement, including, without
limitation, any loss of rights the Guarantor may suffer by reason of any rights,
powers or remedies of the Tenant in connection with any anti-deficiency
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laws or any other laws limiting, qualifying or discharging the indebtedness to
HPT. Until all obligations of the Tenant pursuant to the Transaction Documents
shall have been paid and satisfied in full, the Guarantor waives any right to
enforce any remedy which HPT now has or may in the future have against the
Tenant, any other guarantor or any other person and any benefit of, or any right
to participate in, any security whatsoever now or in the future held by HPT.
10. Defeasance. This Agreement shall terminate at such time as the
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Guaranteed Obligations have been paid and performed in full and all other
obligations of the Guarantor to HPT under this Agreement have been satisfied in
full, at which time, any unapplied balance of any cash collateral or Approved
Letter shall be returned to the Guarantor; provided, however, if at any time,
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all or any part of any payment applied on account of the Guaranteed Obligations
is or must be rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever (including,
without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Tenant),
this Agreement, to the extent such payment is or must be rescinded or returned,
shall be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding any such
termination.
11. Limited Recourse. Provided that (a) no Default shall have occurred
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and be continuing under the Lease, (b) Cash Flow (as defined below) for a period
of three full consecutive calendar years equals or exceeds One Hundred Fifty
Percent (150%) of annual Minimum Rent with respect to each calendar year
included in such period, (c) HPT shall receive a schedule evidencing the
foregoing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to HPT audited by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP or such other certified public accountants as are approved
by HPT (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned),
and (d) the Guarantor shall deliver to HPT either (i) cash in the amount of (x)
one year's Minimum Rent plus (y) any disbursements made by HPT with respect to
the Leased Property subsequent to the Commencement Date or (ii) an Approved
Letter (as defined below), the Guarantor's liability hereunder and HPT's
recourse under this Agreement shall, thereafter, be limited to the amount of
such cash deposit or the face amount of such Approved Letter, as the case may
be.
HPT shall be permitted to draw upon any such Approved Letter or cash
collateral upon the occurrence of an Event of Default. Provided no Default has
occurred and is continuing, if the Guarantor deposits cash with HPT pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, HPT shall credit against payments
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of Minimum Rent, on the first day of each month, in arrears, simple interest
thereon at the Interest Rate. HPT shall have no
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obligation to keep any such cash collateral in a segregated account and may
commingle the same with its own funds.
As used herein, "Cash Flow" shall mean the net income (or loss) of Tenant
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in connection with the operation of the Hotels before income taxes, calculated
in accordance with GAAP, plus (a) all extraordinary expense items, (b)
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depreciation and amortization, (c) interest expense on Indebtedness permitted
under the Lease, (d) base management fees, incentive management fees, trade name
fees, franchise fees, royalty fees and central marketing fees paid to the
Manager to the extent subordinate to payment of rent pursuant to the Lease from
and after the occurrence of an Event of Default minus (e) required contributions
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to the FF&E Reserve equal to five percent (5%) of Total Hotel Sales and (f) all
extraordinary income items.
As used herein, "Approved Letter" shall mean an unconditional and
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irrevocable sight draft letter of credit issued by a bank having an office with
bank tellers in either Boston, Massachusetts or New York, New York, the senior
unsecured long term debt of which is rated not less than "A" by Xxxxx'x
Investor's Service, Inc. and Standard & Poors Rating Services, in the stated
amount of the sum of (x) one year's Minimum Rent plus (y) any disbursements made
by HPT with respect to the Leased Property subsequent to the Commencement Date,
and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to HPT. Each Approved Letter
shall permit HPT to draw the full amount available thereunder upon presentation
only of a sight draft accompanied by a certificate of an authorized
representative of HPT stating that HPT is entitled to draw on such letter under
the Guaranty Agreement. Any Approved Letter shall expire not earlier than one
year after the date of issuance (or renewal) thereof and shall additionally
permit HPT to draw upon the full amount available thereunder upon presentation
only of a sight draft during and through the period thirty (30) days prior to
the stated expiration date thereof. The Guarantor shall renew or replace each
Approved Letter which expires prior to the ninetieth day following the end of
the Term not later than 30 days prior to the stated expiration date thereof. If
requested by HPT, the Guarantor shall cause an Approved Letter to be issued in
the name of any Hotel Mortgagee.
12. Notices. (a) Any and all notices, demands, consents, approvals,
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offers, elections and other communications required or permitted under this
Agreement shall be deemed adequately given if in writing and the same shall be
delivered either in hand, by telecopier with written acknowledgment of receipt,
or by mail or Federal Express or similar expedited commercial carrier, addressed
to the recipient of the notice, postpaid and registered
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or certified with return receipt requested (if by mail), or with all freight
charges prepaid (if by Federal Express or similar carrier).
(b) All notices required or permitted to be sent hereunder shall be deemed
to have been given for all purposes of this Agreement upon the date of
acknowledged receipt, in the case of a notice by telecopier, and, in all other
cases, upon the date of receipt or refusal, except that whenever under this
Agreement a notice is either received on a day which is not a Business Day or is
required to be delivered on or before a specific day which is not a Business
Day, the day of receipt or required delivery shall automatically be extended to
the next Business Day.
(c) All such notices shall be addressed,
if to HPT to:
c/o Hospitality Properties Trust
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
[Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000]
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Worcester LLP
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
[Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000]
if to the Guarantor to:
Homestead Village Incorporated
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. 0
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
[Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000]
with a copy to:
Homestead Village Incorporated
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
[Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000]
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and to:
Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn; Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
[Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000]
(d) By notice given as herein provided, the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns shall have the right from time to time and at
any time during the term of this Agreement to change their respective addresses
effective upon receipt by the other parties of such notice and each shall have
the right to specify as its address any other address within the United States
of America.
13. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement, any of the
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parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the
successors and assigns of such party, including without limitation the holders,
from time to time, of the Guaranteed Obligations; and all representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements by or on behalf of the Guarantor which are
contained in this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of HPT's successors and
assigns, including without limitation said holders, whether so expressed or not.
14. Applicable Law. Except as to matters regarding the internal affairs
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of HPT and issues of or limitations on any personal liability of the
shareholders and trustees of HPT for obligations of HPT, as to which the laws of
the State of Maryland shall govern, this Agreement and any other instruments
executed and delivered to evidence, complete or perfect the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed, applied and enforced in
accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts applicable to
contracts between residents of Massachusetts which are to be performed entirely
within Massachusetts, regardless of (i) where any such instrument is executed or
delivered; or (ii) where any payment or other performance required by any such
instrument is made or required to be made; or (iii) where any breach of any
provision of any such instrument occurs, or any cause of action otherwise
accrues; or (iv) where any action or other proceeding is instituted or pending;
or (v) the nationality, citizenship, domicile, principal place of business, or
jurisdiction of organization or domestication of any party; or (vi) whether the
laws of the forum jurisdiction otherwise would apply the laws of a jurisdiction
other than Massachusetts; or (vii) any combination of the foregoing.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any action to enforce,
arising out of, or relating in any way to, any of the provisions of this
Agreement may be brought and prosecuted in such court or courts located in The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts as may be provided by law; and the parties consent
to the jurisdiction of said court or courts located in Massachusetts and to
service of process by registered mail, return receipt requested, or by any other
manner provided by law.
15. Modification of Agreement. No modification or waiver of any provision
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of this Agreement, nor any consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed
by HPT, and such modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instances and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand
on the Guarantor in any case shall entitle the Guarantor to any other or further
notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
16. Waiver of Rights by HPT. Neither any failure nor any delay on HPT's
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part in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any other or further exercise or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege.
17. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in
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this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, but this Agreement
shall be reformed and construed and enforced to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law.
18. Entire Contract. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
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between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall
supersede and take the place of any other instruments purporting to be an
agreement of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.
19. Headings; Counterparts. Headings in this Agreement are for purposes
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of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument,
and in pleading or proving any provision of this Agreement, it shall not be
necessary to produce more than one of such counterparts.
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20. Remedies Cumulative. No remedy herein conferred upon HPT is intended
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to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be
cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
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WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the date above first written.
HOMESTEAD VILLAGE INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Its (Vice) President
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
HPT HSD PROPERTIES TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Its (Vice) President
HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
By:_________________________
Its (Vice) President
