QUALIFIED BORROWER GUARANTY
Exhibit 10.3
UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTY OF PAYMENT (this “Guaranty”), is made as of November 29, 2010,
by AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Guarantor”) for the benefit of
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”)
for the banks (the “Banks”) that are from time to time parties to that certain Credit
Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of November 29, 2010, among the Borrower, the
banks listed on the signature pages thereof, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative
Agent, CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Syndication Agent, and HSBC SECURITIES,
INC. and CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, and XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. as Documentation Agent.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Guaranty shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, a Qualified Borrower may request that
the Banks make one or more loans (each, a “Loan”) to the Qualified Borrower, to be
guaranteed by Guarantor by this Guaranty and to be evidenced by Qualified Borrower Notes
(collectively, the “Note”), payable by the Qualified Borrower to the order of the Banks.
WHEREAS, this Guaranty is the “Qualified Borrower Guaranty” referred to in the Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Banks to make one or more Loans
to one or more Qualified Borrowers, and to satisfy one of the conditions contained in the Credit
Agreement with respect thereto, the Guarantor has agreed to enter into this Guaranty.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the direct and indirect benefits to be
derived from the making of the Loans by the Banks to Qualified Borrowers, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:
1. Guarantor, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably,
absolutely, and unconditionally guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at
stated maturity or otherwise, of all obligations of each and every Qualified Borrower now or
hereafter existing under the Note (whether executed and delivered simultaneously herewith or
subsequently), or under any of the other Loan Documents (such obligations, whenever arising, being
the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and any and all reasonable costs and
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expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements)
incurred by the Administrative Agent in enforcing its rights under this Guaranty.
2. It is agreed that the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are primary and this Guaranty
shall be enforceable against Guarantor and its successors and assigns without the necessity for any
suit or proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever brought by the Administrative Agent against the
relevant Qualified Borrower or its respective successors or assigns or any other party or against
any security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations and without the
necessity of any notice of non-payment or non-observance or of any notice of acceptance of this
Guaranty or of any notice or demand to which Guarantor might otherwise be entitled (including,
without limitation, diligence, presentment, notice of maturity, extension of time, change in nature
or form of the Guaranteed Obligations, acceptance of further security, release of further security,
imposition or agreement arrived at as to the amount of or the terms of the Guaranteed Obligations,
notice of adverse change in such Qualified Borrower’s financial condition and any other fact which
might materially increase the risk to Guarantor), all of which Guarantor hereby expressly waives;
and Guarantor hereby expressly agrees that the validity of this Guaranty and the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected, diminished, modified or impaired by
reason of the assertion of or the failure to assert by the Administrative Agent against such
Qualified Borrower or its respective successors or assigns, any of the rights or remedies reserved
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Documents. Guarantor hereby
agrees that any notice or directive given at any time to the Administrative Agent which is
inconsistent with the waiver in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void and may be ignored
by the Administrative Agent, and, in addition, may not be pleaded or introduced as evidence in any
litigation relating to this Guaranty for the reason that such pleading or introduction would be at
variance with the written terms of this Guaranty, unless the Administrative Agent has specifically
agreed otherwise in a writing, signed by a duly authorized officer. Guarantor specifically
acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers are of the essence of this transaction and that,
but for this Guaranty and such waivers, the Banks would not make Loans and the Fronting Bank would
not issue Letters of Credit on behalf of any Qualified Borrower.
3. Guarantor hereby waives, and covenants and agrees that it will not at any time insist upon,
plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any and all appraisal,
valuation, stay, extension, marshaling-of-assets or redemption laws, or right of homestead or
exemption, whether now or at any time hereafter in force, which may delay, prevent or otherwise
affect the performance by Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by the
Administrative Agent of, this Guaranty. Guarantor further covenants and agrees not to set up or
claim any defense, counterclaim, offset, set-off or other objection of any kind to any action, suit
or proceeding in law, equity or otherwise, or to any demand or claim that may be instituted or made
by the Administrative Agent other than the defense of the actual timely payment and performance by
the relevant Qualified Borrower of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder; provided, however, that
the foregoing shall not be deemed a waiver of Guarantor’s right to assert any compulsory
counterclaim, if such counterclaim is compelled under local law or rule of procedure, nor shall the
foregoing be deemed a waiver of Guarantor’s right to assert any claim which would constitute a
defense, setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever against Administrative Agent
or any Bank in any separate action or
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proceeding. Guarantor represents, warrants and agrees that, as of the date hereof, its
obligations under this Guaranty are not subject to any counterclaims, offsets or defenses of any
kind against the Administrative Agent, the Banks or the Fronting Bank.
4. The provisions of this Guaranty are for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf
of the Banks and their successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair
as between any Qualified Borrower and the Administrative Agent the obligations of such Qualified
Borrower under the Loan Documents.
5. This Guaranty shall be a continuing, unconditional and absolute guaranty and the liability
of Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected, modified, impaired or diminished by
reason of the happening, from time to time, of any of the following, all without notice or the
further consent of Guarantor:
(a) any assignment, amendment, modification or waiver of or change in any of the terms,
covenants, conditions or provisions of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the Loan Documents or
the invalidity or unenforceability of any of the foregoing; or
(b) any extension of time that may be granted by the Administrative Agent to any Qualified
Borrower, any guarantor, or their respective successors or assigns, heirs, executors,
administrators or personal representatives; or
(c) any action which the Administrative Agent may take or fail to take under or in respect of
any of the Loan Documents or by reason of any waiver of, or failure to enforce any of the rights,
remedies, powers or privileges available to the Administrative Agent under this Guaranty or
available to the Administrative Agent at law, equity or otherwise, or any action on the part of the
Administrative Agent granting indulgence or extension in any form whatsoever; or
(d) any sale, exchange, release, or other disposition of any property pledged, mortgaged or
conveyed, or any property in which the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks have been granted a
lien or security interest to secure any indebtedness of any Qualified Borrower to the
Administrative Agent and/or the Banks; or
(e) any release of any person or entity who may be liable in any manner for the payment and
collection of any amounts owed by any Qualified Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the
Banks; or
(f) the application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by
any Qualified Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks under the Loan Documents in
such manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine in its sole discretion; or
(g) any Qualified Borrower’s or the Guarantor’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, sale of all or substantially all of their respective assets and liabilities,
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, sequestrator or conservator for all or any part of
any Qualified Borrower’s or Guarantor’s assets, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment, or the
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commencement of other similar proceedings affecting any Qualified Borrower or Guarantor or any
of the assets of any of them, including, without limitation, (i) the release or discharge of any
Qualified Borrower or Guarantor from the payment and performance of their respective obligations
under any of the Loan Documents by operation of law, or (ii) the impairment, limitation or
modification of the liability of any Qualified Borrower or Guarantor in bankruptcy, or of any
remedy for the enforcement of the Guaranteed Obligations under any of the Loan Documents, or
Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty, resulting from the operation of any present or future
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute
or law or from the decision in any court; or
(h) any improper disposition by any Qualified Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans, it being
acknowledged by Guarantor that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to honor any request made
by any Qualified Borrower for a disbursement of such proceeds and that the Administrative Agent
shall have no obligation to see the proper disposition by such Qualified Borrower of such proceeds.
(i) Guarantor hereby agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment at any time
received by the Administrative Agent from any Qualified Borrower under any of the Notes or other
Loan Documents or Guarantor under or with respect to this Guaranty is or must be rescinded or
returned by the Administrative Agent for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Qualified Borrower or Guarantor), then Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder shall, to the extent of the payment rescinded or returned, be deemed to have
continued in existence notwithstanding such previous receipt by the Administrative Agent, and
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be,
as to such payment, as though such previous payment to the Administrative Agent had never been
made.
(j) Until this Guaranty is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof, the Guarantor (i) shall
have no right of subrogation against any Qualified Borrower or any entity comprising same by reason
of any payments or acts of performance by Guarantor in compliance with the obligations of Guarantor
hereunder; (ii) hereby waives any right to enforce any remedy which Guarantor now or hereafter
shall have against any Qualified Borrower or any entity comprising same by reason of any one or
more payment or acts of performance in compliance with the obligations of Guarantor hereunder; and
(iii) from and after an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) subordinates any
liability or indebtedness of any Qualified Borrower or any entity comprising same now or hereafter
held by Guarantor to the obligations of each Qualified Borrower under the Loan Documents.
6. Guarantor hereby represents, warrants and covenants on its own behalf to the Administrative
Agent with the knowledge that the Administrative Agent is relying upon the same, as follows:
(a) Guarantor will be familiar with the financial condition of each Qualified Borrower;
(b) Guarantor has determined that it is in its best interest to enter into this Guaranty;
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(c) this Guaranty is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of
Guarantor’s business, and is in furtherance of Guarantor’s business purposes;
(d) the benefits to be derived by Guarantor from each Qualified Borrower’s access to funds
made possible by the Loan Documents are at least equal to the obligations of Guarantor undertaken
pursuant to this Guaranty;
(e) the Guarantor is solvent and has full partnership power and legal right to enter into this
Guaranty and to perform its obligations under the terms hereof and (i) Guarantor is organized and
validly existing under the laws of its state of formation, (ii) Guarantor has complied with all
provisions of applicable law in connection with all aspects of this Guaranty, and (iii) the person
executing this Guaranty on behalf of Guarantor has all the requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Guaranty; and
(f) this Guaranty has been duly executed by Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency, bankruptcy or other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
The foregoing representations and warranties shall be deemed to be made as of the date hereof
and as the date of the making any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit to or for the
account on any Qualified Borrower.
7. Each of Guarantor and the Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees that this Guaranty
is a guaranty of payment and not of collection and enforcement in respect of any obligations which
may accrue to the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks from each Qualified Borrower under the
provisions of any Loan Document.
8. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, and in conjunction therewith,
the Administrative Agent may assign any or all of its rights under this Guaranty.
9. Guarantor agrees, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, to execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent, from time to time, any modification or amendment hereto or any
additional instruments or documents reasonably considered necessary by the Administrative Agent or
its counsel to cause this Guaranty to be, become or remain valid and effective in accordance with
its terms, provided, that, any such modification, amendment, additional instrument or document
shall not increase Guarantor’s obligations or diminish its rights hereunder and shall be reasonably
satisfactory as to form to Guarantor and to Guarantor’s counsel.
10. The representations and warranties of the Guarantor set forth in this Guaranty shall
survive until this Guaranty shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof.
11. This Guaranty together with the Credit Agreement, each Note now or hereafter executed and
delivered by any Qualified Borrower, and the other Loan Documents
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contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements relating to such subject matter and may not be modified, amended,
supplemented or discharged except by a written agreement signed by Guarantor and the Administrative
Agent.
12. If all or any portion of any provision contained in this Guaranty shall be determined to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, such provision or portion
thereof shall be deemed stricken and severed from this Guaranty and the remaining provisions and
portions thereof shall continue in full force and effect.
13. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts which together shall constitute the same
instrument.
14. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing
(including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission followed by telephonic confirmation or similar
writing) and shall be addressed to such party at the address set forth below or to such other
address as may be identified by any party in a written notice to the others:
If to a Qualified Borrower:
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At the address identified therefor by Borrower at the time such Qualified Borrower delivers its Note or, if no such address is so identified, at the address of Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement for notices. | |
If to Guarantor:
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At the address set forth in the Credit Agreement for notices. |
With Copies of Notices to the Qualified Borrower or Guarantor to:
| DLA Piper LLP (US) 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq. |
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If to the Administrative Agent:
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HSBC Bank USA, National Association Agency Services Xxxxxx Xxx XXXX Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Telephone: 000-000-0000 Telecopy: 000-000-0000 E-mail: xxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xx.xxxx.xxx |
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With Copies to:
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Esq. |
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Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telex or
facsimile transmission, when such telex or facsimile is transmitted to the telex number or
facsimile number specified in this Section and the appropriate answerback or facsimile confirmation
is received, (ii) if given by certified registered mail, return receipt requested, with first
class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, upon receipt or refusal to accept delivery, (iii)
if given by a nationally recognized overnight carrier, 24 hours after such communication is
deposited with such carrier with postage prepaid for next day delivery, or (iv) if given by any
other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section.
15. This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and its successors and assigns.
16. The failure of the Administrative Agent to enforce any right or remedy hereunder, or
promptly to enforce any such right or remedy, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise
to any estoppel against the Administrative Agent, nor excuse Guarantor from its obligations
hereunder. Any waiver of any such right or remedy to be enforceable against the Administrative
Agent must be expressly set forth in a writing signed by the Administrative Agent.
17. (a) THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty and any action for
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof 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, and, by execution
and delivery of this Guaranty, Guarantor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property,
generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and appellate
courts from any thereof. Guarantor 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 Guarantor at the address for notices set forth
herein. 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 brought in the courts referred to above and hereby further irrevocably waives
and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing herein shall affect the right of
the Administrative Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal
proceedings or otherwise proceed against Guarantor in any other jurisdiction.
(c) EACH OF THE GUARANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY. IT IS
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED BY GUARANTOR THAT THE WAIVER OF A JURY TRIAL IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ACCEPT THIS GUARANTY AND THAT THE LOANS MADE BY THE BANKS ARE MADE IN
RELIANCE UPON SUCH WAIVER. GUARANTOR FURTHER WARRANTS AND
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REPRESENTS THAT SUCH WAIVER HAS BEEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS GUARANTY MAY BE FILED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT IN COURT AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A NON-JURY TRIAL.
(d) Guarantor hereby further covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent that Guarantor
may be joined in any action against the Qualified Borrower in connection with the Loan Documents
and that recovery may be had against Guarantor in such action or in any independent action against
Guarantor (with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations), without the Administrative Agent first
pursuing or exhausting any remedy or claim against the Qualified Borrower or its successors or
assigns. Guarantor also agrees that, in an action brought with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations in any jurisdiction, it shall be conclusively bound by the judgment in any such action
by the Administrative Agent (wherever brought) against any Qualified Borrower or its successors or
assigns, as if Guarantor were a party to such action, even though Guarantor was not joined as a
party in such action.
(e) Guarantor hereby agrees to pay all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) which may be incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection
with the enforcement of its rights under this Guaranty, whether or not suit is initiated.
18. Subject to the terms of Section 5(i) hereof, this Guaranty shall terminate and be of no
further force or effect upon the full performance and payment of the Guaranteed Obligations
hereunder. Upon termination of this Guaranty in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty, the
Administrative Agent promptly shall deliver to Guarantor such documents as Guarantor or Guarantor’s
counsel reasonably may request in order to evidence such termination.
19. All of the Administrative Agent’s rights and remedies under each of the Loan Documents or
under this Guaranty are intended to be distinct, separate and cumulative and no such right or
remedy therein or herein mentioned is intended to be in exclusion of or a waiver of any other right
or remedy available to the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has cause this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered
as of the date first set forth above.
| GUARANTOR: AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership |
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| By: | AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation and its sole general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| ACCEPTED: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
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