Exhibit 10.28
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
DEFINED TERMS
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EXECUTION DATE: As of NOVEMBER 25, 1998.
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Loan: A first deed of trust loan in the amount of $21,500,000.00 from Lender
to Borrower
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Guarantor & Address: THE WASHINGTON CORPORATION,
a Maryland corporation
0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Borrower & Address: ARLINGTON SQUARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Virginia limited partnership
c/o The Washington Corporation,
a Maryland corporation
0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Lender & Address: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
a New York corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10 166
Attention: Senior Vice-President
Real Estate Investments
and: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Vice-President and Investment Counsel
Real Estate Investments
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NOTE: Promissory Note executed by Borrower in favor of Lender in the amount of
the Loan dated as of the Execution Date, together with all extensions,
renewals, modifications, restatements and amendments thereof.
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DEED OF TRUST: Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of
the Execution Date and executed by Borrower to secure repayment of the Note,
together with all extensions, renewals, modifications, restatements and
amendments thereof. The Deed of Trust will be recorded in the records of the
County in which the Property (defined below) is located.
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THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT is entered into by Guarantor as of the
Execution Date in favor of Lender. Capitalized terms which are not defined in
this Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Deed of
Trust.
R E C I T A L S
A. Lender will loan to Borrower the Loan to be evidenced by the
Note. Payment of the Note is secured by the Deed of Trust which encumbers
Borrower's interest in the real property described in EXHIBIT A attached to
the Deed of Trust (the "LAND") and Borrower's interest in certain other
property more particularly described in the Deed of Trust and referred to in
this Agreement as the "PROPERTY"; and
B. Lender is willing to make the Loan to Borrower only if Guarantor
agrees to guaranty payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (defined below) to
Lender in the manner hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the full and prompt payment and
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below), this Guaranty
Agreement being upon the following terms:
1. The term "INDEBTEDNESS" as used herein shall mean all
obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of Borrower to Lender evidenced by
the Note and the other Loan Documents.
2. The term "GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" as used herein means:
(a) The prompt and complete payment in full when
due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment,
declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts
that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) of all or any portion
of the Indebtedness as to which Borrower has recourse or personal
liability pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Deed of Trust
(collectively, the "PERFORMANCE SUMS"); plus
(b) The prompt payment of interest at the Default
Rate (as defined in the Note) which accrues on the Performance Sums
from the date of written demand for payment under this Guaranty
Agreement from Lender to Guarantor until the Performance Sums are
paid in full; plus
(c) The prompt payment upon demand of all costs
and expenses of any collection or other realization under, this
Guaranty Agreement, including reasonable compensation to Lender and
its agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances
made or incurred by Lender in connection therewith.
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3. This instrument is an absolute, continuing, irrevocable,
and unconditional guaranty of payment and performance, and not a guaranty of
collection, and Guarantor shall remain liable on its obligations hereunder
until the payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. No
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, reduction, or diminution of any
obligation, or any defense of any kind or nature which Borrower may have
against Lender or any other party, or which Guarantor may have against
Borrower, Lender, or any other party, shall be available to, or shall be
asserted by, Guarantor against Lender or any subsequent beneficiary of this
Guaranty Agreement or any portion of the Indebtedness.
4. If Guarantor becomes liable for any indebtedness owing
by Borrower to Lender by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this
Guaranty Agreement, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or
affected hereby, and the rights of Lender hereunder shall be in addition to
any and all other rights that Lender may ever have against Guarantor. The
exercise by Lender of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other
instrument, or at law or in equity, shall not preclude the concurrent or
subsequent exercise of any other right or remedy, the rights and remedies
hereunder being cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided at law
or elsewhere.
5. In the event of default by Borrower in payment or
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, when such
Guaranteed Obligations are due to be paid or performed by Borrower, Guarantor
shall promptly pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations then due and payable
or to be performed without notice or demand, and it shall not be necessary
for Lender, in order to enforce such payment by Guarantor of the Guaranteed
Obligations, first to institute suit or exhaust its remedies against Borrower
or others, or to enforce any rights against any collateral which shall ever
have been given to secure such Indebtedness. Without limiting any other
provisions of this Guaranty Agreement, Guarantor acknowledges and agrees
that, to the extent Lender realizes any proceeds under any documents which
secure the Indebtedness (including, without limitation, voluntary payments,
insurance or condemnation proceeds or proceeds from the sale at foreclosure
of any collateral securing the Indebtedness), such proceeds shall, to the
extent permitted by law, not be applied to or credited against the Guaranteed
Obligations. FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN
THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT, GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, UNTIL
PAYMENT IN FULL TO LENDER OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AND PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF
THE GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS, GUARANTOR SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT TO RECOVER FROM
BORROWER ANY CLAIMS GUARANTOR HAS OR MIGHT HAVE AGAINST BORROWER (AS SUCH
TERM "CLAIM" IS DEFINED IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY CODE 11 U.S.C.
SECTION 101(5) AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME) IN CONNECTION WITH PAYMENTS MADE
BY OR ON BEHALF OF GUARANTOR TO LENDER UNDER THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL RIGHTS GUARANTOR MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE
UNDER ANY AGREEMENT OR AT LAW OR IN EQUITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY LAW SUBROGATING GUARANTOR TO THE RIGHTS OF LENDER) TO ASSERT ANY CLAIM
AGAINST OR SEEK CONTRIBUTION, INDEMNIFICATION OR ANY OTHER FORM OF
REIMBURSEMENT FROM BORROWER OR ANY OTHER PARTY LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF ANY OR
ALL OF THE INDEBTEDNESS.
6. If acceleration of the time for payment by Borrower of
all or any portion of the Indebtedness is stayed upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower, the
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Guaranteed Obligations shall nonetheless be payable by Guarantor hereunder
forthwith on demand by Lender.
7. Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations under this
Guaranty Agreement shall not be released, discharged, diminished, impaired,
reduced, or affected for any reason or by the occurrence of any event,
including, without limitation, one or more of the following events, whether
or not with notice to or the consent of Guarantor: (a) the taking or
accepting of collateral as security for any or all of the Indebtedness or the
release, surrender, exchange, or subordination of any collateral now or
hereafter securing any or all of the Indebtedness; (b) the full or partial
release of Borrower or any other guarantor from liability for any or all of
the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) the dissolution,
insolvency, or bankruptcy of Borrower, Guarantor, or any other party at any
time liable for the payment of any or all of the Indebtedness; (d) any
renewal, extension, modification, waiver, amendment, or rearrangement of any
or all of the Indebtedness or any instrument, document, or agreement
evidencing, securing, or otherwise relating to any or all of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (e) any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance, waiver, or
compromise that may be granted or given by Lender to Borrower or any other
party ever liable for any or all of the Indebtedness; (f) any neglect, delay,
omission, failure, or refusal of Lender to take or prosecute any action for
the collection of any of the Guaranteed Obligations from Borrower or
Guarantor or to foreclose or take or prosecute any action in connection with
any instrument, document, or agreement evidencing, securing, or otherwise
relating to any or all of the Indebtedness or any or all of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (g) the unenforceability or invalidity of any or all of the
Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument, document, or
agreement evidencing, securing, or otherwise relating to any or all of the
Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations; (h) any payment by Borrower or
any other party to Lender is held to constitute a preference under applicable
bankruptcy or insolvency law or if for any other reason Lender is required to
refund any payment or pay the amount thereof to someone else; (i) the
settlement or compromise of any of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed
Obligations; (j) the non-perfection of any security interest or lien securing
any or all of the Indebtedness; (k) any impairment of any collateral securing
any or all of the Indebtedness; (l) any change in the corporate existence,
structure, or ownership of Borrower; (m) the application against the
Indebtedness of the proceeds realized by Lender under any documents which
secure the Indebtedness (including, without limitation, voluntary payments,
insurance or condemnation proceeds or proceeds from the sale at foreclosure
of any collateral securing the Indebtedness), except as provided in SECTION 5
of this Guaranty Agreement; or (n) any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, Borrower or
Guarantor, or any other party liable for any or all of the Indebtedness or
the Guaranteed Obligations.
8. Guarantor represents and wan-ants to Lender as follows:
(a) Guarantor has the power and authority and
legal right to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this
Guaranty Agreement and this Guaranty Agreement constitutes the legal, valid,
and binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or
other laws of general application relating to the enforcement of creditor's
rights.
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(b) The execution, delivery, and performance by
Guarantor of this Guaranty Agreement do not and will not violate or conflict
with any law, rule, or regulation or any order, writ, injunction, or decree
of any court, governmental authority or agency, or arbitrator and do not and
will not conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under,
or result in the imposition of any lien upon any assets of Guarantor pursuant
to the provisions of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security
agreement, franchise, permit, license, or other instrument or agreement to
which Guarantor or his properties are bound.
(c) No authorization, approval, or consent of, and
no filing or registration with, any court, governmental authority, or third
party is necessary for the execution, delivery, or performance by Guarantor
of this Guaranty Agreement or the validity or enforceability thereof.
(d) The value of the consideration received and to
be received by Guarantor as a result of Lender making extensions of credit to
Borrower and Guarantor executing and delivering this Guaranty Agreement is
reasonably worth at least as much as the liability and obligation of
Guarantor hereunder, and such liability and obligation and such extensions of
credit have benefited and may reasonably be expected to benefit Guarantor
directly and indirectly.
(e) Guarantor has, independently and without
reliance upon Lender and based upon such documents and information as
Guarantor has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter
into this Guaranty Agreement.
9. Guarantor covenants and agrees that, as long as the
Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof is outstanding
or not fully satisfied:
(a) Guarantor will furnish to Lender as soon as
available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 1998, (i) a
copy of the audited financial statements of Guarantor for such fiscal year
and (ii) a certificate of Guarantor to Lender (A) stating that no default
under this Guaranty Agreement and no event which with notice or lapse of time
or both would be a default under this Guaranty Agreement has occurred and is
continuing, or if in Guarantor's opinion a default under this Guaranty
agreement has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature
thereof and (B) disclosing and certifying as to all material changes in
Guarantor's debt or net worth or otherwise certifying that there has been no
material change in Guarantor's personal debt or net worth since the previous
financial statement delivered to Lender.
(b) Guarantor will furnish promptly to Lender
written notice of the occurrence of any default under this Guaranty Agreement.
(c) Guarantor will furnish promptly to Lender such
additional information concerning Guarantor as Lender may reasonably request.
(d) Guarantor will obtain at any time and from
time to time all authorizations, licenses, consents or approvals as shall now
or hereafter be necessary or desirable under all applicable laws or
regulations or otherwise in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Guaranty Agreement and will promptly furnish copies
thereof to Lender.
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(e) Except for transfers permitted under the Note and the
other Loan Documents, Guarantor will at all times own directly or indirectly
and free and clear of all liens and encumbrances whatsoever at least the same
percentage interest in Borrower, if any, as Guarantor owns directly or
indirectly on the date hereof.
10. (a) From and after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Guarantor hereby agrees that the Subordinated Indebtedness (as
hereinafter defined) shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Indebtedness, and Guarantor hereby assigns
the Subordinated Indebtedness to Lender as security for the payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations. If any sums shall be paid to Guarantor by Borrower or
any other person or entity on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness, such
sums shall be held in trust by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender and shall
forthwith be paid to Lender without affecting the liability of Guarantor
under this Guaranty Agreement and may be applied by Lender against the
Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations in such order and manner as Lender
may determine in its sole discretion. Upon the request of Lender, Guarantor
shall execute, deliver, and endorse to Lender such documents and instruments
as Lender may request to perfect, preserve, and enforce its rights hereunder.
For purposes of this Guaranty Agreement, the term "SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS"
means all indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations of Borrower to
Guarantor, whether such indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations now exist
or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligations of Borrower
thereon are direct, indirect, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint
and several, or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such indebtedness,
liabilities, or obligations are evidenced by a note, contract, open account,
or otherwise, and irrespective of the person or persons in whose favor such
indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities may, at their inception, have been,
or may hereafter be created, or the manner in which they have been or may
hereafter be acquired by Guarantor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term
"Subordinated Indebtedness" shall not mean or include any distributions by
Borrower to its partners pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of
Borrower at any time when no Event of Default exists.
(b) Guarantor agrees that any and all liens, security
interests, judgment liens, charges, or other encumbrances upon Borrower's
assets securing payment of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall be and remain
inferior and subordinate to any and all liens, security interests, judgment
Hens, charges, or other encumbrances upon Borrower's assets securing payment
of the Indebtedness or any part thereof, regardless of whether such
encumbrances in favor of Guarantor or Lender presently exist or are hereafter
created or attached. Without the prior written consent of Lender until the
Indebtedness has been paid in full, Guarantor shall not (i) file suit against
Borrower or exercise or enforce any other creditor's right it may have
against Borrower, or (ii) foreclose, repossess, sequester, or otherwise take
steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise,
including without limitation the commencement of, or joinder in, any
liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor's relief or insolvency
proceeding) to enforce any liens, security interests, collateral rights,
judgments or other encumbrances held by Guarantor on any assets of Borrower.
(c) In the event of any receivership, bankruptcy,
reorganization, rearrangement, debtor's relief, or other insolvency
proceeding involving Borrower as debtor, Lender shall have the right to prove
and vote any claim under the Subordinated Indebtedness and to receive
directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian all dividends,
distributions,
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and payments made in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness. Lender may
apply any such dividends, distributions, and payments against the Guaranteed
Obligations in such order and manner as Lender may determine in its sole
discretion. Guarantor hereby appoints Lender as Guarantor's attorney-in-fact,
which appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable and with
full power of substitution, to enable Lender to act in the place of Guarantor
with respect to (i) any claim under the Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii) the
receipt of any such dividends, distributions and payments.
(d) Guarantor agrees that all promissory notes,
accounts receivable, ledgers, records, or any other evidence of Subordinated
Indebtedness shall contain a specific written notice thereon that the
indebtedness evidenced thereby is subordinated under the terms of this
Guaranty Agreement.
11. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Guaranty Agreement nor consent to any departure by Guarantor therefrom shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by
Lender. No failure on the part of Lender to exercise, and no delay 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.
12. Any acknowledgment or new promise, whether by payment
of principal or interest or otherwise and whether by Borrower or others
(including, without limitation, Guarantor), with respect to any of the
Indebtedness shall, if the statute of limitations in favor of Guarantor
against Lender shall have commenced to run, toll the running of such statute
of limitations and, if the period of such statute of limitations shall have
expired, prevent the operation of such statute of limitations.
13. This Guaranty Agreement is for the benefit of Lender
and its successors and assigns, and in the event of an assignment of the
Indebtedness, or any part thereof, the rights and benefits hereunder, to the
extent applicable to the portion of the Indebtedness so assigned, may be
transferred with such Indebtedness. This Guaranty Agreement is binding not
only on Guarantor, but on Guarantor's successors and assigns.
14. Guarantor recognizes that Lender is relying upon this
Guaranty Agreement and the undertakings of Guarantor hereunder in making the
Loan to Borrower and further recognizes that the execution and delivery of
this Guaranty Agreement is a material inducement to Lender in making the Loan
to Borrower. Guarantor hereby acknowledges that there are no conditions to
the full effectiveness of this Guaranty Agreement.
15. This Guaranty Agreement is executed and delivered as an
incident to a lending transaction negotiated, consummated, and performable in
Arlington County, Virginia, and shall be governed by, and construed and
entered in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without
regard to conflict of laws principles. Any action or proceeding against
Guarantor under or in connection with this Guaranty Agreement may be brought
in any state or federal court in Arlington County, Virginia. Guarantor hereby
irrevocably (a) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts, and
(b) waives any objection it may now or hereafter have as to the venue of any
such action or proceeding brought in such court or
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that such court is an inconvenient forum. Guarantor agrees that service of
process and/or notice upon it may be made by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, at its address specified on the first page hereof
Nothing herein shall affect the right of Lender to serve process in any other
matter permitted by law or shall limit the right of Lender to bring any
action or proceeding against Guarantor or with respect to any of Guarantor's
property in courts in other jurisdictions. Any action or proceeding by
Guarantor against Lender shall be brought only in a court located in
Arlington County, Virginia.
16. Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice
of any default under the Indebtedness or of Borrower's failure to pay or
perform the Guaranteed Obligations, demand of payment, notice of acceptance
of this Guaranty Agreement, presentment, notice of protest, notice of
dishonor, notice of the incurring by Borrower of additional indebtedness, and
all other notices and demands with respect to the Indebtedness and this
Guaranty Agreement. Guarantor waives all rights accorded to it under Sections
49-25 and 49-26 of the Virginia Code.
17. Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that
Guarantor has adequate means to obtain from Borrower on a continuing basis
information concerning the financial condition and assets of Borrower and
that Guarantor is not relying upon Lender to provide (and Lender shall have
no duty to provide) any such information to Guarantor either now or in the
future.
18. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in
this Guaranty Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this
Guaranty Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
19. THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT EMBODIES THE FINAL, ENTIRE
AGREEMENT OF PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF GUARANTOR AND LENDER WITH RESPECT TO
GUARANTOR'S GUARANTY OF THE GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS AND SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL
PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, AND UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER
WRITTEN OR ORAL RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THIS GUARANTY
AGREEMENT IS INTENDED BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER AS A FINAL AND COMPLETE
EXPRESSION OF THE TERMS OF THE GUARANTY AGREEMENT, AND NO COURSE OF DEALING
BETWEEN GUARANTOR AND LENDER, NO COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, NO TRADE PRACTICES,
AND NO EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR
DISCUSSIONS OR OTHER EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE OF ANY NATURE SHALL BE USED TO
CONTRADICT, VARY, SUPPLEMENT OR MODIFY ANY TERM OF THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT.
THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN GUARANTOR AND LENDER.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has duly executed this
Guaranty Agreement under seal as of the Execution Date.
WITNESS: THE WASHINGTON CORPORATION,
a Maryland corporation
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx [SEAL]
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NAME: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
TITLE: President
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STATE OF District of )
)ss:
COUNTY OF Columbia )
On this 24th day of November, 1998, before me personally came
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to me known, being duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she
is the President of The Washington Corporation, a Maryland corporation, the
corporation described in and which executed the within instrument as
Guarantor, and that he/she signed his/her name thereto in such capacity of
said corporation.
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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[SEAL]
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
NOTARY PUBLIC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
My Commission Expires April, 30 2003
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
Parcel A, ARLINGTON SQUARE, as duly dedicated, platted, and recorded
in Deed Book 2210, page 994, among the land records of Arlington County,
Virginia.
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