Qualified Franchise Agreement definition

Qualified Franchise Agreement means, collectively, (a) a franchise, trademark and license agreement with a Qualified Franchisor, which franchise, trademark and license agreement (including any PIP in connection therewith) shall be reasonably acceptable to Lender and Mezzanine Lender in form and substance; provided, that, Lender, at its option, may require that Borrower shall have obtained a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such franchise, trademark and license agreement, and (b) a “comfort letter” from such Qualified Franchisor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
Qualified Franchise Agreement means a franchise, trademark and license agreement with respect to the Property with a Qualified Franchisor containing all applicable Hotel Operating Agreements which is approved by Lender in writing (which such approval may be conditioned upon Lender’s receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such agreement).
Qualified Franchise Agreement means, collectively, a franchise, trademark and license agreement with a Qualified Franchisor, which franchise, trademark and license agreement shall be in customary form and substance and satisfy the Prudent Lender Standard; provided, Lender, at its option, may require that Mortgagor shall have obtained a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the same; and (b) a franchisor comfort letter substantially in the form then used by Lender (or of such other form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender), executed and delivered to Lender by Mortgagor and such Qualified Franchisor, at Mortgagor’s expense.

Examples of Qualified Franchise Agreement in a sentence

  • In the event that Mortgagor or Operating Tenant shall elect to enter into a franchise agreement in the future, Mortgagor agrees that it shall be a Qualified Franchise Agreement.


More Definitions of Qualified Franchise Agreement

Qualified Franchise Agreement means a franchise, trademark and license agreement with respect to the Property approved by Lender in writing (which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) with a Qualified Franchisor (whether contained in a stand-alone franchise agreement or subsumed within a management or other agreement) containing substantially the same scope of Hotel Brand Agreements that appear in the Franchise Agreement being replaced (or such portion thereof as may be reasonably acceptable to Lender (which approval may be conditioned upon Xxxxxx’s receipt of a Rating Agency Certificate with respect to such agreement)). “Qualified Franchisor” shall mean (i) Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and/or InterContinental Hotels or (ii) a reputable and experienced franchisor possessing experience in flagging hotel properties similar in size, scope, use and value as the Property and approved by Agent in writing (which such approval may be granted or withheld in Lender’s reasonable discretion and may be conditioned upon Xxxxxx’s receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation, to the extent that any Securities are then outstanding, with respect to such Person). “Qualified Insurer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 hereof. “Qualified Manager” shall mean (i) Manager, (ii) a Brand Manager for a brand comparable or better than the brand being terminated or (iii) a reputable and experienced professional management organization approved by Agent (which such approval may, at Xxxxxx’s option, and to the extent that any Securities are then outstanding, be conditioned upon Agent’s receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation with regard to both the identity of the proposed manager and the replacement management agreement pursuant to which such manager will be employed). “Rating Agencies” shall mean each of S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, DBRS, Kroll and Morningstar, or any successor thereto, or any other nationally-recognized statistical rating agency which has been approved by Agent, but only to the extent that such Rating Agency has been designated by Agent, or is anticipated to be designated by Agent, in connection with any Secondary Market Transaction. “Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean a written affirmation from each of the Rating Agencies (obtained at Borrower’s sole cost and expense) that the credit rating of the Securities by such Rating Agency immediately prior to the occurrence of the event with respect to which such Rating Agency Confirmation is sought will not be qualifi...

Related to Qualified Franchise Agreement

  • New Franchise Agreement means the franchise license agreement to be entered into between Buyer and the Franchisor, granting to Buyer a franchise to operate the Hotel under the Brand on and after the Closing Date.

  • Existing Franchise Agreement means that certain franchise license agreement between the Seller and the Franchisor, granting to Seller a franchise to operate the Hotel under the Brand.

  • Franchise Agreement or “Agreement” shall mean this Agreement and any amendments or modifications hereto.

  • Franchise Agreements means (a) the Franchise Agreements set forth on Part IV of Schedule 4.01(p) hereto, and (b) any Franchise Agreement in respect of a Borrowing Base Asset entered into after the Closing Date in compliance with Section 5.01(r).

  • Franchise Area means the area within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City, including any areas annexed by the City during the term of this Franchise.

  • Franchise insurance means an individual insurance policy provided through a

  • Management Agreement means the agreement of the Directors in the form attached hereto as Schedule C. The Management Agreement shall be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, this Agreement.

  • Franchise Fee means a direct or indirect payment to purchase or operate a franchise. Franchise fee does not include any of the following:

  • Property Management Agreement means that certain management agreement between the Company and the Property Manager with respect to the management of the Property.

  • Qualified Ground Lease means each of the ground leases or ground subleases set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) hereto and for a Future Property means any ground lease (a) which is a direct ground lease or ground sublease granted by the fee owner of real property or a master ground lessee from such fee owner, (b) which may be transferred and/or assigned without the consent of the lessor (or as to which the lease expressly provides that (i) such lease may be transferred and/or assigned with the consent of the lessor and (ii) such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or subject to certain reasonable pre‑defined requirements, (c) which has a remaining term (including any renewal terms exercisable at the sole option of the lessee) of at least twenty (20) years, (d) under which no material default has occurred and is continuing, (e) with respect to which a Lien may be granted without the consent of the lessor (but subject to customary requirements regarding the nature of the holder of such Lien and prior notice to the lessor), (f) which contains customary and reasonable lender protection provisions, including, without limitation, provisions to the effect that (i) the lessor shall notify any holder of a Lien in such lease of the occurrence of any default by the lessee under such lease and shall afford such holder the option to cure such default, and (ii) in the event that such lease is terminated, such holder shall have the option to enter into a new lease having terms substantially identical to those contained in the terminated lease and (g) which otherwise contains no non-customary terms that are material and adverse to the lessee.

  • Hotel Management Agreement means any hotel management agreement relating to the management and operation of the Real Property together with all supplements, amendments and modifications thereto.

  • Enterprise Agreement means an agreement certified under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) or approved under the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW).

  • Replacement Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 2(b) hereof.

  • Franchisor means Marriott International, Inc.

  • Financeable Ground Lease means, a ground lease reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, which must provide customary protections for a potential leasehold mortgagee (“Mortgagee”) such as (i) a remaining term, including any optional extension terms exercisable unilaterally by the tenant, of no less than 25 years, (ii) a provision that the ground lease will not be terminated until the Mortgagee has received notice of a default, has had a reasonable opportunity to cure and has failed to do so, (iii) provision for a new lease to the Mortgagee as tenant on the same terms if the ground lease is terminated for any reason, (iv) transferability of the tenant’s interest under the ground lease by the Mortgagee without any requirement for consent of the ground lessor unless based on delivery of customary assignment and assumption agreements from the transferor and transferee, (v) the ability of the tenant to mortgage tenant’s interest under the ground lease without any requirement for consent of the ground lessor and (vi) provisions that the tenant under the ground lease (or the leasehold mortgagee) has customary protections with respect to the application of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards attributable to the tenant’s interest under the ground lease and related improvements.

  • Concession Agreement means the Concession Agreement referred to in Recital (A) above and annexed hereto as Annex-A, and shall include all of its Recitals and Schedules and any amendments made thereto in accordance with the provisions contained in this behalf therein;

  • Qualified Tenant means , at any time, a tenant under a Lease of Property that meets the following criteria: (a) either such tenant is itself in occupancy of such Property or, if such Property is occupied by subtenants of such tenant, no member of the Consolidated Group has reason to believe that the failure of such subtenants to occupy such Property would reasonably be expected to result in such tenant defaulting its monetary obligations under the Lease of such Property to which it is a party as lessee, (b) such tenant is not subject to any proceedings under Debtor Relief Laws, (c) such tenant is not more than one month in arrears on its rent payments due under the Lease of such Property to which it is a party as lessee, and (d) if such tenant has one or more sub-tenants, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has actual knowledge, without inquiry or investigation, of any monetary defaults by such sub-tenant(s) under its sublease with such tenant that would reasonably be expected to result in such tenant defaulting its monetary obligations under the Lease of such Property to which it is a party as lessee.

  • Operating Lease means, as applied to any Person, any lease (including, without limitation, leases which may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any Property (whether real, personal or mixed) which is not a Capital Lease other than any such lease in which that Person is the lessor.

  • Vendor Agreement means a contractual agreement for ancillary services or commodities which are not material for the provision of services under the head contract.

  • Qualified facility means a permanent facility within this state equipped for the production of motion pictures, television shows, or digital media production that meets all of the following requirements:

  • Eligible Ground Lease means a ground lease that (a) has a minimum remaining term of twenty-five (25) years, including tenant controlled options, as of any date of determination, (b) has customary notice rights, default cure rights, bankruptcy new lease rights and other customary provisions for the benefit of a leasehold mortgagee or has equivalent protection for a leasehold permanent mortgagee by a subordination to such leasehold permanent mortgagee of the landlord’s fee interest, and (c) is otherwise acceptable for non-recourse leasehold mortgage financing under customary prudent lending requirements. The Eligible Ground Leases as of the date of this Credit Agreement are listed on Schedule EG.

  • MCIP Agreement means the Agreement for the Development of a Joint County Industrial and Business Park (2010 Park) dated as of December 1, 2010, as amended, between the County and Xxxxxxxx County, South Carolina, as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, or such other agreement as the County may enter with respect to the Project to offer the benefits of the Special Source Revenue Credits to the Company hereunder.

  • Qualified Replacement Mortgage A Home Equity Loan substituted for another pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05(b) or 3.06(b) hereof, which (i) has a Coupon Rate at least equal to the Coupon Rate of the Home Equity Loan being replaced, (ii) is secured by Property that is of the same or better property type as, or is a single family dwelling and the same or better occupancy status as, the Property securing the Home Equity Loan being replaced or is a primary residence, (iii) shall mature no later than the latest Final Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the related Home Equity Loan Group, (iv) has a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the Replacement Cut-Off Date no higher than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the replaced Home Equity Loan at such time, (v) shall be of the same or higher credit quality classification (determined in accordance with the Seller’s credit underwriting guidelines set forth in the Seller’s underwriting manual) as the Home Equity Loan which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces, (vi) shall be a First Mortgage Loan if the Home Equity Loan which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces was a First Mortgage Loan and shall be a First Mortgage Loan or Second Mortgage Loan if the Home Equity Loan which such Qualified Replacement Mortgage replaces was a Second Mortgage Loan, (vii) has an outstanding principal balance as of the related Replacement Cut-Off Date equal to or less than the outstanding principal balance of the replaced Home Equity Loan as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, (viii) shall not provide for a “balloon” payment if the related Home Equity Loan did not provide for a “balloon” payment (and if such related Home Equity Loan provided for a “balloon” payment, such Qualified Replacement Mortgage shall have an original maturity of not less than the original maturity of such related Home Equity Loan), (ix) shall be a fixed rate Home Equity Loan if the Home Equity Loan being replaced is in Group I or an adjustable rate Home Equity Loan if the Home Equity Loan being replaced is in Group II, (x) satisfies the criteria set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust, (xi) satisfies the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.04(b) hereof, (xii) shall not be 30 days or more Delinquent and (xiii) if such Home Equity Loan being replaced is in Group II, shall adjust based on the same index as, have no lower margin than, have the same interval between adjustment dates as and have a maximum Coupon Rate no lower than, and a minimum Coupon Rate no lower than, the Home Equity Loan being replaced.

  • Financing Lease any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.

  • Ground Lease means a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner. With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

  • Software licensing agreement means any agreement, regardless of how designated, that defines the intellectual property rights for, or the rights to use, any software product. A software licensing agreement must address only terms directly associated with licensing the right to use the software and must not address any of the work governed by the contract or any services (other than warranty services regarding the software code or associated documentation).