UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2015

 

New York REIT, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-36416   27-1065431
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.) 

 

405 Park Avenue, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices) 
 
(212) 415-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) 

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) 

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) 

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 

 

     

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information set forth under Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

Financing of 1440 Broadway

 

On September 30, 2015, New York REIT, Inc. (the “Company”), through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of its operating partnership (the “Borrower”), entered into a loan agreement (the “Mortgage Loan”) with the lender named therein (the “Mortgage Lender”) for loans of up to $285.0 million and a mezzanine loan agreement (the “Mezzanine Loan”) with the lender named therein (the “Mezzanine Lender” and together with the Mortgage Lender, the “Lenders”) for a loan in the aggregate amount of $40.0 million. Borrowings under the Mortgage Loan are secured by a mortgage on the office building located at 1440 Broadway in New York, New York (the “Property”) and the Mezzanine Loan is secured by pledge of indirect equity interests in the Borrower pursuant to a pledge and security agreements (the mortgage and pledge and security agreement, the “Security Documents”). Concurrently with the Mortgage Loan, the Property was removed as a borrowing base asset from the Company’s existing credit facility with Capital One, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.

 

An initial advance under the Mortgage Loan of $265.0 million was funded at closing, with up to $20.0 million available in the future as additional advances, subject to customary funding conditions, to pay, among other things, for certain tenant allowances, capital expenditures and leasing costs that have been approved by the Mortgage Lender.

 

The Mortgage Loan requires monthly interest payments at an initial interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.18%, with the principal balance due on the maturity date in October 2019. The LIBOR portion of the interest rate due under the Mortgage Loan is capped at 4.0% pursuant to an interest rate cap agreement. The Mortgage Loan is nonrecourse and may be accelerated only in the event of a default. The Mortgage Loan may be prepaid without penalty after March 2017, or, prior to March 2017, with the payment of a spread maintenance premium and subject to other conditions. Any prepayment must be simultaneous with a pro rata prepayment under the Mezzanine Loan, such that the ratio of the amount outstanding under each loan remains the same following the prepayments. The Mortgage Loan includes one option to extend the maturity date for one year, if certain conditions are met and a fee in the amount equal to 0.75% of the then current amount outstanding under the Mortgage Loan is paid.

 

The Mezzanine Loan requires monthly interest payments at an initial interest rate of LIBOR plus 6.00%, with the principal balance due on the maturity date in October 2019. The LIBOR portion of the interest rate under the Mezzanine Loan is capped at 4.0% pursuant to an interest rate cap agreement. The Mezzanine Loan is nonrecourse and may be accelerated only in the event of a default. The Mezzanine Loan may be prepaid without penalty after March 2017, or, prior to March 2017, with the payment of a spread maintenance premium and subject to other conditions. Any prepayment must be simultaneous with a pro rata prepayment under the Mortgage Loan, such that the ratio of the amount outstanding under each loan remains the same following the prepayments. The Mezzanine Loan includes one option to extend the maturity date for one year, if certain conditions are met and a fee in the amount equal to 0.75% of the then current amount outstanding under the Mezzanine Loan is paid.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan, the Company and its operating partnership executed guarantees (the “Unfunded Obligation Guarantees”) in favor of the Lenders with respect to the costs of certain unfunded obligations of the Borrower related to certain tenant allowances, capital expenditures and leasing costs, which guarantees are capped at approximately $5.3 million in in the aggregate. The Company and its operating partnership also executed customary guarantees in favor of the Lenders related to environmental indemnity and certain bad acts of the Borrower (together with the Unfunded Obligation Guarantees, the “Guarantees”).

 

The Guarantees required that the Company maintain, on a consolidated basis, a minimum net worth of $575,000,000, and minimum liquidity of $5,000,000.

 

     

 

 

Other than with respect to the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan, there are no material relationships between either the Mortgage Lender or the Mezzanine Lender, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand.

 

The descriptions of the Mortgage Loan, the Mezzanine Loan, the Security Documents and the Guarantees in this Current Report on Form 8-K are a summary and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Mortgage Loan, Mezzanine Loan, the Security Documents and the Guarantees, respectively. A copy of the Mortgage Loan, the Mezzanine Loan, the Security Documents and the Guarantees are attached respectively as Exhibits 10.1-10.10 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 5, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the financing of 1440 Broadway. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such press release shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)     Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1   Loan Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2015, between ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, as Borrower, and H/2 Financial Funding I LLC, as Lender.
10.2   Mezzanine Loan Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2015, between ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, as Borrower, and Paramount Group Fund VIII 1440 Broadway Mezz LP, as Lender.
10.3   Amended, Restated and Consolidated Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Collateral Assignment of Property Agreements, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing.
10.4   Pledge and Security Agreement, made as of September 30, 2015, by ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC in favor of Paramount Group Fund VIII 1440 Broadway Mezz LP.
10.5   Guaranty (Unfunded Obligations), dated as of September 30, 2015, by New York REIT, Inc. and New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P. for the benefit of the Mortgage Lender.
10.6   Guaranty (Unfunded Obligations), dated as of September 30, 2015, by New York REIT, Inc. and New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P. for the benefit of the Mezzanine Lender.
10.7   Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2015, by New York REIT, Inc., New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., and ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC for the benefit of the Mortgage Lender.
10.8   Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2015, by New York REIT, Inc., New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., and ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC for the benefit of the Mezzanine Lender.
10.9  

Guaranty, dated as of September 30, 2015, by New York REIT, Inc. and New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P. for the benefit of the Mortgage Lender.

10.10  

Guaranty, dated as of September 30, 2015, by New York REIT, Inc. and New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P. for the benefit of the Mezzanine Lender.

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 5, 2015.

 

     

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NEW YORK REIT, INC.
     
Date: October 5, 2015 By: /s/ Michael A. Happel
    Name: Michael A. Happel
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and
President

 

     

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of September 30, 2015

 

between

 

ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC,

 

as Borrower,

 

and

 

H/2 FINANCIAL FUNDING I LLC,

 

as Lender

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE I GENERAL TERMS 1
     
Section 1.1. The Loan; Term 1
     
Section 1.2. Interest and Principal 35
     
Section 1.3. Method and Place of Payment 37
     
Section 1.4. Taxes; Regulatory Change 37
     
Section 1.5. Interest Rate Cap Agreements 38
     
Section 1.6. Release 39
     
ARTICLE II VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT AND ASSUMPTION 43
     
Section 2.1. Voluntary Prepayment 43
     
Section 2.2. Transfers of Equity Interests in Borrower 44
     
Section 2.3. Retail Unit Release 45
     
ARTICLE III ACCOUNTS 49
     
Section 3.1. Cash Management Account 49
     
Section 3.2. Distributions from Cash Management Account 50
     
Section 3.3. Loss Proceeds Account 51
     
Section 3.4. Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account 51
     
Section 3.5. Intentionally Omitted 52
     
Section 3.6. Capital Expenditure Reserve Account 53
     
Section 3.7. [Reserved] 53
     
Section 3.8. Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account 53
     
Section 3.9. Unfunded Obligations Account 54
     
Section 3.10. Intentionally Omitted 56
     
Section 3.11. Account Collateral 56
     
Section 3.12. Bankruptcy 57
     
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS 57
     
Section 4.1. Organization 57
     
Section 4.2. Authorization 58
     
Section 4.3. No Conflicts 58
     
Section 4.4. Consents 58
     
Section 4.5. Enforceable Obligations 58

 

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Section 4.6. No Default 58
     
Section 4.7. Payment of Taxes 58
     
Section 4.8. Compliance with Law 59
     
Section 4.9. ERISA 59
     
Section 4.10. Investment Company Act 59
     
Section 4.11. No Bankruptcy Filing 59
     
Section 4.12. Other Debt 59
     
Section 4.13. Litigation 60
     
Section 4.14. Leases; Material Agreements 60
     
Section 4.15. Full and Accurate Disclosure 61
     
Section 4.16. Financial Condition 61
     
Section 4.17. Single-Purpose Requirements 61
     
Section 4.18. Use of Loan Proceeds 62
     
Section 4.19. Not Foreign Person 62
     
Section 4.20. Labor Matters 62
     
Section 4.21. Title 62
     
Section 4.22. No Encroachments 63
     
Section 4.23. Physical Condition 63
     
Section 4.24. Fraudulent Conveyance 63
     
Section 4.25. Management 63
     
Section 4.26. Condemnation 63
     
Section 4.27. Utilities and Public Access 64
     
Section 4.28. Environmental Matters 64
     
Section 4.29. Assessments 64
     
Section 4.30. No Joint Assessment 65
     
Section 4.31. Separate Lots 65
     
Section 4.32. Permits; Certificate of Occupancy 65
     
Section 4.33. Flood Zone 65
     
Section 4.34. Security Deposits 65
     
Section 4.35. Intentionally Omitted 65

 

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    Page
     
Section 4.36. Insurance 65
     
Section 4.37. Intentionally Omitted 65
     
Section 4.38. Estoppel Certificates 65
     
Section 4.39. Federal Trade Embargos 66
     
Section 4.40. Survival 66
     
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 66
     
Section 5.1. Existence; Licenses 66
     
Section 5.2. Maintenance of Property 66
     
Section 5.3. Compliance with Legal Requirements 67
     
Section 5.4. Impositions and Other Claims 67
     
Section 5.5. Access to Property 68
     
Section 5.6. Cooperate in Legal Proceedings 68
     
Section 5.7. Leases 68
     
Section 5.8. Plan Assets, etc 70
     
Section 5.9. Further Assurances 70
     
Section 5.10. Management of Collateral 71
     
Section 5.11. Notice of Material Event 72
     
Section 5.12. Annual Financial Statements 72
     
Section 5.13. Quarterly Financial Statements 72
     
Section 5.14. Monthly Financial Statements 73
     
Section 5.15. Insurance 74
     
Section 5.16. Casualty and Condemnation 78
     
Section 5.17. Annual Budget; Approved Future Funding Budget 81
     
Section 5.18. Venture Capital Operating Companies; Nonbinding Consultation 81
     
Section 5.19. Compliance with Encumbrances and Material Agreements 81
     
Section 5.20. Prohibited Persons 82
     
Section 5.21. Condominium 82
     
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS 83
     
Section 6.1. Liens on the Collateral 83
     
Section 6.2. Ownership 83

 

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Section 6.3. Transfer; Prohibited Change of Control 83
     
Section 6.4. Debt 83
     
Section 6.5. Dissolution; Merger or Consolidation 83
     
Section 6.6. Change in Business 84
     
Section 6.7. Debt Cancellation 84
     
Section 6.8. Affiliate Transactions 84
     
Section 6.9. Misapplication of Funds 84
     
Section 6.10. Jurisdiction of Formation; Name 84
     
Section 6.11. Modifications and Waivers 84
     
Section 6.12. ERISA 85
     
Section 6.13. Alterations and Expansions 85
     
Section 6.14. Advances and Investments 86
     
Section 6.15. Single-Purpose Entity 86
     
Section 6.16. Zoning and Uses 86
     
Section 6.17. Waste 87
     
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS 87
     
Section 7.1. Event of Default 87
     
Section 7.2. Remedies 90
     
Section 7.3. Application of Payments after an Event of Default 91
     
ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 91
     
Section 8.1. Conditions Precedent to Closing 91
     
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 94
     
Section 9.1. Successors 94
     
Section 9.2. GOVERNING LAW 94
     
Section 9.3. Modification, Waiver in Writing, Approval of Lender 95
     
Section 9.4. Notices 95
     
Section 9.5. TRIAL BY JURY 96
     
Section 9.6. Headings 97
     
Section 9.7. Assignment; Participation 97
     
Section 9.8. Severability 98

 

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    Page
     
Section 9.9. Preferences; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets 98
     
Section 9.10. Remedies of Borrower 99
     
Section 9.11. Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses 99
     
Section 9.12. No Joint Venture 99
     
Section 9.13. Conflict; Construction of Documents 99
     
Section 9.14. Brokers and Financial Advisors 100
     
Section 9.15. Counterparts 100
     
Section 9.16. Estoppel Certificates 100
     
Section 9.17. General Indemnity; Payment of Expenses 101
     
Section 9.18. No Third-Party Beneficiaries 104
     
Section 9.19. Recourse 104
     
Section 9.20. Right of Set-Off 106
     
Section 9.21. Exculpation of Lender 107
     
Section 9.22. Servicer 107
     
Section 9.23. No Fiduciary Duty 107
     
Section 9.24. Borrower Information 109
     
Section 9.25. PATRIOT Act Records 111
     
Section 9.26. Prior Agreements 111
     
Section 9.27. Publicity 111
     
Section 9.28. Delay Not a Waiver 111
     
Section 9.29. Schedules and Exhibits Incorporated 112

 

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Exhibits

 

A Organizational Chart
B Form of Tenant Notice
C Form of Tenant Estoppel

 

Schedules

 

A Property
B Exception Report
C [Reserved]
D Unfunded Obligations
E Rent Roll
F Material Agreements
G Form of Draw Request
H Approved Future Funding Budget
I Approved Base Building Work
J Retail Unit
K Deemed Consent Notice Parties
L Approved Servicers

 

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LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This Loan Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated September 30, 2015 and is between H/2 FINANCIAL FUNDING I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as lender (together with its successors and permitted assigns, including any lawful holder of any portion of the Indebtedness directly, as hereinafter defined, “ Lender ”), and ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (together with its permitted successors and assigns, “ Borrower ”).

 

RECITALS

 

Borrower desires to obtain from Lender the Loan (as hereinafter defined) in connection with the financing of the property known as 1440 Broadway, New York County, New York.

 

Lender is willing to make the Loan on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement if Borrower joins in the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents.

 

In consideration of the agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein and in the other Loan Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lender and Borrower agree as follows:

 

DEFINITIONS

 

(a)          When used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Acceptable Counterparty ” means any counterparty to an Interest Rate Cap Agreement that (1) initially has (a) either (i) a long-term unsecured debt rating or counterparty rating of A+ or higher from S&P or (ii) a short-term unsecured debt rating of A-1 or higher from S&P, and (b) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A1 or higher from Moody’s and (2) thereafter maintains (a) a long-term unsecured debt rating or counterparty rating of A- or higher from S&P and (b) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A3 or higher from Moody’s.

 

Account Collateral ” means, collectively, the Collateral Accounts and all sums at any time held, deposited or invested therein, together with any interest and other earnings thereon, and all securities and investment property credited thereto and all proceeds thereof (including proceeds of sales and other dispositions), whether accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper, deposit accounts, instruments, documents or securities.

 

Additional Mezzanine Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a) .

 

Additional Mezzanine Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a) .

 

Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in Control of, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person.

 

 

 

 

Agen t” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

Agreement ” means this Loan Agreement, as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

ALTA ” means the American Land Title Association, or any successor thereto.

 

Alteration ” means any demolition, alteration, installation, improvement or expansion of or to the Property or any portion thereof.

 

Annual Budget ” means a capital and operating expenditure budget for the Property prepared by Borrower that specifies amounts sufficient to maintain the Property at a standard at least equal to that maintained on the Closing Date.

 

Appraisal ” means an as-is appraisal of the Property that is prepared by a member of the Appraisal Institute selected by Lender and reasonably approved by Borrower, meets the minimum appraisal standards for national banks promulgated by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended (FIRREA) and complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

 

Approved Annual Budget ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17 .

 

Approved Base Building Work ” means those capital expenditures identified on Schedule I .

 

Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures ” means those capital expenditures for renovation work at the Property pursuant to the Approved Future Funding Budget.

 

Approved Costs ” means Approved Leasing Costs and Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures.

 

Approved Costs Reconciliation Report ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a)(iv) .

 

Approved Future Funding Budget ” means the budget for Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures and Approved Leasing Costs attached as Schedule H , which has been approved by Lender.

 

Approved Leasing Costs ” means those leasing costs for new Leases executed in accordance with Section 5.7 , pursuant to the Approved Future Funding Budget.

 

Approved Management Agreement ” means that certain Management Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2013, between Borrower and the initial Approved Property Manager, and any other management agreement that is reasonably approved by Lender, in each case as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

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Approved Property Manager ” means CBRE, Inc. or any other management company reasonably approved by Lender, in each case unless and until Lender requests the termination of that management company pursuant to Section 5.10(d) .

 

Approved Servicer ” shall mean the parties set forth on Schedule L .

 

Approved Work ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(c) .

 

Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement ” means each collateral assignment of an interest rate cap agreement executed by Borrower and an Acceptable Counterparty in accordance herewith, each of which must be in the form executed by Borrower and the initial Acceptable Counterparty on the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Available Funds ” means, as of any date of determination, remaining Revenues from the Property after payment of all Operating Expenses, debt service on the Loan and Mezzanine Loan and other amounts then due and payable or required to be reserved under the Loan Documents.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d) .

 

Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a) .

 

Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Borrower Tax ” means any U.S. Tax and any present or future tax, assessment or other charge or levy imposed by, or on behalf of, any jurisdiction through which or from which payments due hereunder are made (or any taxing authority thereof).

 

Borrower’s Pro Rata Share ” means 30%.

 

Budgeted Operating Expenses ” means, with respect to any calendar month, (i) an amount equal to the Operating Expenses (excluding non-cash items) budgeted for such calendar month as set forth in the then-applicable Approved Annual Budget, or (ii) such greater amount as shall equal Borrower’s actual Operating Expenses for such month, except that during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period such greater amount shall in no event exceed 110% of the amount specified in clause (i) of this definition without the prior written consent of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, provided that no such consent shall be required in connection with expenditures for non-discretionary items and expenditures required to be made by reason of the occurrence of any emergency ( i.e. , an unexpected event that threatens imminent harm to persons or property at the Property) and with respect to which it would be impracticable, under the circumstances, to obtain Lender’s prior consent thereto.

 

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Business Day ” means any day other than (i) a Saturday and a Sunday and (ii) a day on which federally insured depository institutions in the State of New York or the state in which the offices of Lender, its trustee, its Servicer or its Servicer’s collection account are located are authorized or obligated by law, governmental decree or executive order to be closed. When used with respect to an Interest Determination Date, “Business Day” shall mean a day on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in London.

 

Capital Expenditure ” means hard and soft costs incurred by Borrower with respect to replacements and capital repairs made to the Property (including repairs to, and replacements of, structural components, roofs, building systems, parking garages and parking lots), in each case to the extent capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Expenditure Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a) .

 

Cash Flow Sweep Period ” means (i) from the Payment Date in October 2017 until the Payment Date in October 2018, any period from (A) the conclusion of any Test Period during which the Debt Yield is less than 6.0%, to (B) the conclusion of any month thereafter during which the Debt Yield is equal to or greater than 7.0%, (ii) from the Payment Date in October 2018 until the Maturity Date, any period from (A) the conclusion of any Test Period during which the Debt Yield is less than 7.0%, to (B) the conclusion of any month thereafter during which the Debt Yield is equal to or greater than 8.0%, and (iii) any period during the continuance of a Mezzanine Loan Event of Default (and if those financial reports required under Sections 5.12 and 5.13 that are required to calculate Debt Yield are not delivered to Lender within five (5) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice of Borrower's failure to timely deliver such reports, a Cash Flow Sweep Period due to a Debt Yield test failure shall be deemed to have commenced and be ongoing, unless and until such reports are delivered and they indicate that, in fact, no Cash Flow Sweep Period due to a Debt Yield test failure is ongoing).

 

Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(a) .

 

Cash Management Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) .

 

Cash Management Agreement ” means that certain cash management agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Borrower, Lender and the Cash Management Bank that maintains the Cash Management Account as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Cash Management Bank ” means, individually and collectively, the Eligible Institution(s) at which the Collateral Accounts (other than the Clearing Account and Operating Account) are maintained.

 

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Casualty ” means a fire, explosion, flood, collapse, earthquake or other casualty affecting all or any portion of the Property.

 

Cause ” means, with respect to an Independent Director, (i) acts or omissions by such Independent Director that constitute systematic and persistent or willful disregard of such Independent Director’s duties, (ii) such Independent Director has been indicted or convicted for any crime or crimes of moral turpitude or dishonesty or for any violation of any Legal Requirements, (iii) such Independent Director no longer satisfies the requirements set forth in the definition of “Independent Director”, (iv) the fees charged for the services of such Independent Director are materially in excess of the fees charged by the other providers of Independent Directors listed in the definition of “Independent Director” or (v) any other reason for which the prior written consent of Lender shall have been obtained.

 

Certificates ” means, collectively, any senior and/or subordinate notes, debentures or pass-through certificates, or other evidence of indebtedness, or debt or equity securities, or any combination of the foregoing, representing a direct or beneficial interest, in whole or in part, in the Loan.

 

Clearing Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Clearing Account Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Clearing Account Bank ” means an Eligible Institution chosen by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Closing Date ” means the date of this Agreement.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as it may be further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.

 

Collateral ” means all assets owned from time to time by Borrower including the Property, the Revenues and all other tangible and intangible property in respect of which Lender is granted a Lien under the Loan Documents, and all proceeds thereof.

 

Collateral Account ” means each of the accounts and sub-accounts established pursuant to Article III hereof.

 

Component Spread ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(c) .

 

Condemnation ” means a taking or voluntary conveyance of all or part of the Property or any interest therein or right accruing thereto or use thereof, as the result of, or in settlement of, any condemnation or other eminent domain proceeding by any Governmental Authority.

 

Condominium shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(iv) .

 

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Condominium Act ” means, collectively, all Legal Requirements applicable to the Condominium.

 

Condominium Conversion Amendments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(vii) .

 

Condominium Conversion Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(i) .

 

Condominium Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(v) .

 

Condominium Units shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(iv) .

 

Contingent Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person in any manner and any contingent obligation to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any other Person or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss.

 

Control ” of any Person means the ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least 51% of the equity interests in, and the right to at least 51% of the distributions from, such entity, together with the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“ Controlled ” and “ Controlling ” each have the meanings correlative thereto).

 

Damages ” to a Person means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, demands, damages, penalties, assessments, actions, causes of action, judgments, proceedings, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs of defense and/or enforcement whether or not suit is brought), fines, charges, fees, settlement costs and disbursements imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such party, whether based on any federal or state laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise; provided, however, that “Damages” shall not include special, consequential or punitive damages, except to the extent imposed upon Lender by one or more third parties.

 

DBRS ” means DBRS, Inc. or its applicable affiliate.

 

Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(i)          all indebtedness of such Person to any other party (regardless of whether such indebtedness is evidenced by a written instrument such as a note, bond or debenture), including indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services;

 

(ii)         all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and all unreimbursed amounts drawn thereunder;

 

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(iii)        all indebtedness secured by a Lien on any property owned by such Person (whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed) except obligations for impositions that are not yet due and payable;

 

(iv)        all Contingent Obligations of such Person;

 

(v)         all payment obligations of such Person under any interest rate protection agreement (including any interest rate swaps, floors, collars or similar agreements) and similar agreements;

 

(vi)        any material actual or contingent liability to any Person or Governmental Authority with respect to any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

 

Debt Yield ” means, as of any date of determination, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, where (i) the numerator is equal to In-Place NOI for the most recently ended Test Period and (ii) the denominator is equal to the sum of the Principal Indebtedness and the Mezzanine Loan Principal Indebtedness as of such date of determination.

 

Debt Yield Threshold ” means 8.25%.

 

Deemed Consent Notice Parties ” means the parties set forth on Schedule K or such other parties notified by Lender to Borrower in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Default ” means the occurrence of any event that, but for the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate ” means, with respect to any Note or Note Component, the greater of (x) 5% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Note or Note Component hereunder and (y) 1% per annum in excess of the Prime Rate from time to time; provided that, if the foregoing would result in an interest rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, the Default Rate shall be limited to the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

Disclosure Document ” shall mean any registration statement, preliminary or final private placement memorandum or prospectus or other disclosure document or other written marketing materials used in any public or private placement of the Loan (or portion thereof) or the Certificates in a Securitization, participation or assignment (including, in each of the foregoing cases, any amendments or supplements thereto).

 

Draw Request ” means a written request for an advance of the Future Funding Component in form attached hereto as Schedule G or otherwise reasonably acceptable to Lender setting forth the amount of the Future Funding Component desired, the Approved Costs to which such requested advance relates and containing the supporting information contemplated by Section 1.7(b) .

 

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Eligible Account ” means (i) a segregated account maintained with a federal or state-chartered depository institution or trust company that complies with the definition of Eligible Institution, or (ii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal depository institution or state-chartered depository institution that has an investment-grade rating and is subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit under, or similar to, Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 9.10(b) that, in either case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity.

 

Eligible Institution ” means (x) Bank of America, N.A., (y) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or (z) an institution (i) whose commercial paper, short-term debt obligations or other short-term deposits are rated at least “A–1” by S&P, “P–1” by Moody’s and “F–1” by Fitch, and whose long-term senior unsecured debt obligations are rated at least “A-” by S&P, “A” by Fitch, and “A2” by Moody’s and whose deposits are insured by the FDIC or (ii) otherwise reasonably approved by Lender.

 

Embargoed Person ” means any Person subject to trade restrictions under any Federal Trade Embargo.

 

Engineering Report ” means a structural and seismic engineering report or reports (including a “probable maximum loss” calculation, if applicable) with respect to the Property prepared by an independent engineer reasonably approved by Lender and delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan, and any amendments or supplements thereto delivered to Lender.

 

Environmental Claim ” means any written notice, claim, proceeding, notice of proceeding, investigation, demand, abatement order or other order or directive by any Person or Governmental Authority alleging or asserting liability with respect to Borrower or the Property arising out of, based on, in connection with, or resulting from (i) the actual or alleged presence, Use or Release of any Hazardous Substance, (ii) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, or (iii) any actual or alleged injury or threat of injury to property, health or safety, natural resources or to the environment caused by Hazardous Substances.

 

Environmental Indemnity ” means that certain environmental indemnity agreement executed by Borrower and Guarantor as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

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Environmental Laws ” means any and all present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, any judicial or administrative orders, decrees or judgments thereunder, and any permits, approvals, licenses, registrations, filings and authorizations, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, relating to (i) the pollution, protection or cleanup of the environment related to Hazardous Substances, (ii) the impact of Hazardous Substances on property, health or safety, (iii) the Use or Release of Hazardous Substances, (iv) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare related to Hazardous Substances or (v) the liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to health or the environment related to Hazardous Substances. The term “ Environmental Law ” includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successors thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. The term “ Environmental Law ” also includes, but is not limited to, any present and future federal state and local laws, statutes ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, conditioning transfer of property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a Governmental Authority of the environmental condition of a property; or requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental conditions of a property to any Governmental Authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property.

 

Environmental Reports ” means that certain Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by CBRE, Inc., a Delaware corporation, d/b/a IVI Assessment Services and dated as of August 26, 2015 and any other “Phase I Environmental Site Assessments” as referred to in the ASTM Standards on Environmental Site Assessments for Commercial Real Estate, E 1527-13 (and, if necessary, “Phase II Environmental Site Assessments”), prepared by an independent environmental auditor reasonably approved by Lender and delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan and any amendments or supplements thereto delivered to Lender, and shall also include any other environmental reports delivered after the Closing Date to Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate ,” at any time, means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that would, at the time, be treated together with Borrower as a single employer under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 .

 

Exception Report ” means the report prepared by Borrower and attached to this Agreement as Schedule B , setting forth any exceptions to the representations set forth in Article IV .

 

Exculpated Person ” means each Person that is an affiliate, equityholder, beneficiary, trustee, member, officer, director, agent, manager, independent manager, employee or partner of Borrower or Guarantor, directly or indirectly.

 

Extension Term ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d) .

 

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FACTA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, the regulations, including any subsequent amendments, and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder (or which may be promulgated in the future), and any requirements imposed by any applicable jurisdiction pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement relating to such provisions and guidance, which such jurisdiction has entered into with the United States (including any implementing legislation enacted as a result thereof).

 

Federal Trade Embargo ” means any federal law imposing trade restrictions, including (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), (ii) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq. , as amended), (iii) any enabling legislation or executive order relating to the foregoing, (iv) Executive Order 13224, and (v) the PATRIOT Act.

 

Fiscal Quarter ” means each three-month period ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, or such other fiscal quarter of Borrower as Borrower may select from time to time with the prior consent of Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that Borrower shall have a one-time right to change the Fiscal Year without Lender approval as provided in Section 5.12(b) .

 

Fiscal Year ” means the 12-month period ending on December 31 of each year, or such other fiscal year of Borrower as Borrower may select from time to time with the prior consent of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that Borrower shall have a one-time right to change the fiscal year without Lender approval as provided in Section 5.12(b) .

 

Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

 

Force Majeure ” means a delay due to acts of God, governmental restrictions, stays, judgments, orders, decrees, enemy actions, civil commotion, fire, casualty, strikes, work stoppage, shortages of labor or materials or similar causes beyond the reasonable control of Borrower; provided that (1) any period of Force Majeure shall apply only to performance of the obligations necessarily affected by such circumstance and shall continue only so long as Borrower is continuously and diligently using all reasonable efforts to minimize the effect and duration thereof; and (2) Force Majeure shall not include the unavailability or insufficiency of funds.

 

Form W-8BEN ” means Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding) of the Department of Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

 

Form W-8ECI ” means Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim for Exemption from Withholding of Tax on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

 

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Form W-9 ” means Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

 

Future Funding Component ” means a portion of the Loan of up to a maximum amount of $20,000,000 solely to fund the Approved Costs.

 

Future Funding Note (s)” means, collectively, (i) that certain promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, made by Borrower to the order of Lender, designated the “A1-FF Note”, in the maximum principal amount of up to $10,000,000 and (ii) that certain promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, made by Borrower to the order of Lender, designated the “A2-FF Note”, in the maximum principal amount of up to $10,000,000, which notes evidence the Future Funding Component of the Loan, as each such note may be replaced by multiple Notes or divided into multiple Note Components in accordance with Section 1.1(c) and as otherwise assigned (in whole or in part), amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, county, regional, local or municipal government, any bureau, department, agency or political subdivision thereof and any Person with jurisdiction exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any court).

 

Guarantor ” means, collectively, on a joint and several basis, NY REIT and NYROP.

 

Guaranty ” means that certain guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Hazardous Substances ” means any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, pollutants or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or the presence of which on, in or under the Property is prohibited or requires investigation or remediation under Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon, and compounds containing them (including gasoline, diesel fuel, oil and lead-based paint), pesticides and radioactive materials, flammables and explosives and compounds containing them, but excluding those substances commonly used in the operation and maintenance of properties of kind and nature similar to those of the Property that are used at the Property in compliance with all Environmental Laws and in a manner that does not result in contamination of the Property or in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Inapplicable Tax ” means any of the following Taxes applied as to a Lender Party or required to be deducted or withheld from a remittance or payment to a Lender Party: Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, applied by reason of such Lender Party being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction which imposes such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof).

 

Increased Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(d) .

 

Indebtedness ” means the Principal Indebtedness, together with interest and all other obligations and liabilities of Borrower under the Loan Documents, including all transaction costs payable by Borrower, Spread Maintenance Premiums and other amounts due or to become due to Lender pursuant to this Agreement, under the Notes or in accordance with any of the other Loan Documents, and all other amounts, sums and expenses reimbursable by Borrower to Lender hereunder or pursuant to the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(b) .

 

Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17 .

 

Independent Director ” of any corporation or limited liability company means an individual who is provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, Stewart Management Company, Lord Securities Corporation or, if none of those companies is then providing professional independent directors or managers, another nationally-recognized company reasonably approved by Lender, in each case that is not an Affiliate of Borrower and that provides professional independent directors or managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Director be, any of the following:

 

(i)          a member (other than an independent, non-economic “special” member), partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer or employee of such corporation or limited liability company or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than as an independent director or manager such corporation or limited liability company or an Affiliate of such corporation or limited liability company that is not in the direct chain of ownership of such corporation or limited liability company and that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity, provided that such independent director or manager is employed by a company that routinely provides professional independent directors or managers);

 

(ii)         a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to such corporation or limited liability company or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than a nationally recognized company that routinely provides professional independent managers or directors and that also provides lien search and other similar services to such corporation or limited liability company or any of its equityholders or affiliates in the ordinary course of business);

 

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(iii)        a family member of any such member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or

 

(iv)        a Person that Controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of the Persons described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above.

 

A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition other than subparagraph (i) by reason of being the Independent Director of a Single-Purpose Entity affiliated with the corporation or limited liability company in question shall not be disqualified from serving as an Independent Director of such corporation or limited liability company, provided that the fees that such natural person earns from serving as Independent Director of affiliates of such the corporation or limited liability company in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than 5% of such natural person’s annual income for that year. The same natural persons may not serve as Independent Directors of a corporation or limited liability company and, at the same time, serve as Independent Directors of an equityholder or member of such corporation or limited liability company.

 

Initial Advance ” means a portion of the Loan in the principal amount of $265,000,000.

 

Initial Advance Note(s) ” means (i) that certain promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, made by Borrower to the order of Lender, designated the “A1 Note”, in the original principal amount of $82,500,000, (ii) that certain promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, made by Borrower to the order of Lender, designated the “A2 Note”, in the original principal amount of $82,500,000, and (iii) that certain promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, made by Borrower to the order of Lender, designated the “A3 Note”, in the original principal amount of $100,000,000, which notes evidence the Initial Advance of the Loan, as each such note may be replaced by multiple Notes or divided into multiple Note Components in accordance with Section 1.1(c) and as otherwise assigned (in whole or in part), amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

In-Place NOI ” means, with respect to any Test Period, Net Operating Income for such Test Period, subject to the following adjustments:

 

(i) base rents under Qualified Leases shall be adjusted to reflect annualized rents under Qualified Leases in place as of the end of such Test Period;

 

(ii) management fees shall be adjusted to reflect a management fee equal to the greater of the actual management fee and the Maximum Management Fee; and

 

(iii) Taxes shall be adjusted to reflect annualized Taxes based on the most recent assessment as of the end of such Test Period, with a corresponding adjustment to reimbursements of such Taxes under Qualified Leases.

 

In-Place NOI shall be determined by Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion and shall be binding and conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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Insurance Requirements ” means, collectively, (i) all material terms of any insurance policy required pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all material regulations and then-current standards applicable to or affecting the Property or any portion thereof or any use or condition thereof, which may, at any time, be recommended by the board of fire underwriters, if any, having jurisdiction over the Property, or any other body exercising similar functions.

 

Interest Accrual Period ” means, with respect to any specified Payment Date, the period from and including the 6th day of the calendar month preceding such Payment Date to but excluding the 6th day of the calendar month containing such specified Payment Date (or, if either such 6th day is not a Business Day, the Interest Accrual Period shall be based upon the immediately succeeding Business Day). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first Interest Accrual Period shall commence on the Closing Date.

 

Interest Determination Date ” means, in connection with the calculation of interest accrued for any Interest Accrual Period, the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Accrual Period.

 

Interest Rate Cap Agreement ” means an interest rate cap confirmation between an Acceptable Counterparty and Borrower, relating to the initial term of the Loan or the Extension Term, as applicable, pursuant to Section 1.5 , which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender (together with an interest rate cap agreement and schedules relating thereto, which are consistent in form and substance with the terms set forth in such confirmation).

 

Lease ” means any lease, license, letting, concession, occupancy agreement, sublease to which Borrower is a party, or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether now or hereafter in effect) under which Borrower is a lessor, sublessor, licensor or other grantor existing as of the Closing Date or thereafter entered into by Borrower, in each case pursuant to which any Person is granted a possessory interest in, or right to use or occupy all or any portion of any space in the Property, and every modification or amendment thereof, and every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto.

 

Leasing Commissions ” means leasing commissions required to be paid by Borrower in connection with the leasing of space to Tenants at the Property pursuant to Leases entered into by Borrower in accordance herewith and payable in accordance with third-party/arm’s-length written brokerage agreements or in accordance with the Approved Management Agreement, provided that the commissions payable pursuant thereto are commercially reasonable based upon the then current brokerage market for property of a similar type and quality to the Property in the geographic market in which the Property is located (or, in the case of leasing commissions payable pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement, not in excess of the leasing commissions set forth in such Approved Management Agreement as of the Closing Date).

 

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Legal Requirements ” means all governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws and zoning restrictions) affecting Borrower, Guarantor, the Property or any other Collateral or any portion thereof or the construction, ownership, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any portion thereof (whether now or hereafter enacted and in force), and all permits, licenses and authorizations and regulations relating thereto.

 

Lender ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement and in Section 9.7 .

 

Lender 80% Determination ” means a reasonable determination by Lender that, based on a current or updated Appraisal, a broker’s price opinion or other written determination of value using a commercially reasonable valuation method reasonably satisfactory to Lender, the fair market value of the Property securing the Loan at the time of such determination (but excluding any value attributable to property that is not an interest in real property within the meaning of section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code) is at least 80% of the Loan’s adjusted issue price within the meaning of the Code.

 

Lender Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(b) .

 

LIBOR ” means the rate per annum calculated as set forth below:

 

(i)          On each Interest Determination Date, LIBOR for the applicable period will be the rate for deposits in United States dollars for a one-month period which appears as the London interbank offered rate on the display designated as “LIBOR01” on the Reuters Screen (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such page or replacement therefor on any successor service) as the London interbank offered rate as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date.

 

(ii)         With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which no such rate appears as the London interbank offered rate on “LIBOR01” on the Reuters Screen (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such page or replacement therefor on any successor service) as described above, LIBOR for the applicable period will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a one-month period (each a “ Reference Bank Rate ”). Lender shall request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its Reference Bank Rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR for such period will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, reasonably selected by Lender, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks for a one-month period.

 

All percentages resulting from any calculations or determinations referred to in this definition will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 1/1000 of 1% and all U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent or more being rounded upwards).

 

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LIBOR Loan ” means the Loan at such time as interest thereon accrues at a rate of interest based upon LIBOR.

 

Lien ” means any mortgage, lien (statutory or other), pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, or any other encumbrance or charge on or affecting any Collateral or any portion thereof, or any interest therein (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any sale -leaseback, any financing lease or similar transaction having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any other domestic jurisdiction, and mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar liens and encumbrances, as well as any option to purchase, right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right).

 

Loan ” means the loan evidenced by the Notes and this Agreement, including the Initial Advance and any Future Funding Component, in an amount up to the Loan Amount advanced to Borrower by Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Loan Amount ” means the sum of (i) the Initial Advance and (ii) the maximum amount of the Future Funding Component.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Mortgage (and related financing statements), the Environmental Indemnity, the Subordination of Property Management Agreement, the Cash Management Agreement, the Clearing Account Agreement, the Guaranty, each Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement, the Operating Account Agreement, the Unfunded Obligations Guaranty and all other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents reasonably necessary to effectuate the granting to Lender of first-priority Liens on the Collateral or otherwise in reasonable satisfaction of the requirements of this Agreement or the other documents listed above evidencing and/or securing the Loan or hereafter entered into by Lender and Borrower in connection with the Loan, as all of the aforesaid may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance herewith.

 

Loss Proceeds ” means amounts, awards or payments payable to Borrower or Lender in respect of all or any portion of the Property in connection with a Casualty or Condemnation thereof (after the deduction therefrom and payment to Borrower and Lender, respectively, of any and all reasonable expenses incurred respectively by Borrower or Lender in the recovery thereof, including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, the fees of insurance experts and adjusters and the costs incurred in any litigation or arbitration with respect to such Casualty or Condemnation).

 

Loss Proceeds Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a) .

 

Major Lease ” means any Lease that (i) when aggregated with all other Leases at the Property with the same Tenant (or an Affiliate of any such Tenant), and assuming the exercise of all rights to lease additional space contained in such Lease, is expected to cover more than 40,000 rentable square feet, (ii) contains an option or right to purchase all or any portion of the Property, (iii) is with an Affiliate of Borrower as Tenant, (iv) if entered into during the continuance of an Event of Default (but prior to acceleration of the Loan or other exercise of remedies by Lender hereunder), when aggregated with all other Leases at the Property with the same Tenant (or an Affiliate of any such Tenant), and assuming the exercise of all rights to lease additional space contained in such Lease, is expected to cover more than 10,000 rentable square feet or (v) is entered into following acceleration of the Loan or other exercise of remedies by Lender.

 

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Manage r” shall mean New York Recovery Advisors LLC.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect upon (i) Borrower’s title to the Property, (ii) the ability of the Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the Loan, (iii) the ability of Borrower or Guarantor to perform in all material respects any material provision of any Loan Document to which it is a party, (iv) Lender’s ability to enforce and derive the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, or (v) the value, use or enjoyment of the Property or the operation or occupancy thereof.

 

Material Agreements ” means each contract and agreement (other than Leases) relating to the Property, or otherwise imposing obligations on Borrower, under which Borrower would have the obligation to pay more than $250,000 per annum and that cannot be terminated by Borrower without cause upon 60 days’ notice or less without payment of a termination fee, or that is with an Affiliate of Borrower.

 

Material Alteration ” means any Alteration to be performed by or on behalf of Borrower at the Property that (i) is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) is reasonably expected to cost in excess of the Threshold Amount, as reasonably determined by an independent architect reasonably approved by Borrower (except for Alterations in connection with (a) Tenant Improvements under and pursuant to Leases existing as of the Closing Date (pursuant to the terms thereof in existence as of the Closing Date) or Leases or modifications to Leases thereafter entered into in accordance with this Agreement, (b) restoration of the Property following a Casualty or Condemnation in accordance with this Agreement, (c) the Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures and (d) the Approved Base Building Work), or (iii) will permit any Tenant to terminate its Lease or abate rent in either case pursuant to the terms of its Lease.

 

Maturity Date ” means the second to last Business Day in the Interest Accrual Period ending in October 2019, as same may be extended in accordance with Section 1.1(d) , or such earlier date as may result from acceleration of the Loan in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Maximum Management Fee ” means 3.0% of the gross revenues of the Property per annum.

 

Mezzanine Borrower ” means ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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Mezzanine Lender ” means Paramount Group Fund VIII 1440 Broadway Mezz LP, a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor or assign thereof as “Lender” under and as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement identified to Lender in writing.

 

Mezzanine Loan ” means that certain mezzanine loan made on the date hereof by Mezzanine Lender to Mezzanine Borrower.

 

Mezzanine Loan Agreement ” means that certain Mezzanine Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Mezzanine Lender and Mezzanine Borrower, pursuant to which the Mezzanine Loan was made, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Mezzanine Loan Amount ” means $40,000,000.

 

Mezzanine Loan Default ” means a “Default” under and as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Mezzanine Loan Documents ” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Mezzanine Loan Event of Default ” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Mezzanine Loan Principal Indebtedness ” means the “Principal Indebtedness” as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Mezzanine Loan Release Price ” means “Release Price” under and as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Mezzanine Note ” means the “Note” under and as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Monthly Capital Expenditure Amount ” means $12,498.60.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

 

Mortgage ” means that certain amended, restated and consolidated mortgage, assignment of rents and leases, security agreement and fixture filing encumbering the Property executed by Borrower as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Mortgage Loan Percentage ” means the ratio, expressed as a percentage of (a) the then outstanding Principal Indebtedness to (b) the sum of the then outstanding Principal Indebtedness and the Mezzanine Loan Principal Indebtedness.

 

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Net Operating Income ” means, with respect to any Test Period, the excess of (i) Operating Income for such Test Period minus (ii) Operating Expenses for such Test Period.

 

Net Sales Proceeds ” shall mean the gross proceeds from the sale of the Retail Unit, less reasonable and customary out-of-pocket closing costs actually incurred by Borrower, including brokerage commissions, closing costs and transfer taxes in connection with the sale not to exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the gross purchase price of the Retail Unit; provided that such costs are equivalent to what would be paid to a third party on an arm’s-length basis, including any such costs payable to an Affiliate of the Borrower.

 

New Mezzanine Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24(b) .

 

Nonconsolidation Opinion ” means the opinion letter, dated the Closing Date, delivered by Borrower’s counsel to Lender and addressing issues relating to substantive consolidation of Borrower in bankruptcy.

 

Note(s) ” means the Initial Advance Note and the Future Funding Note, as such notes may be replaced by multiple Notes or divided into multiple Note Components in accordance with Section 1.1(c) and as otherwise assigned (in whole or in part), amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Note Component ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(c) .

 

NY REIT ” means New York REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

 

NYROP ” means New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

 

OFAC List ” means the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons subject to financial sanctions that is maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control and any other similar list maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control pursuant to any applicable governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities, including trade embargo, economic sanctions, or other prohibitions imposed by Executive Order of the President of the United States. The OFAC List currently is accessible at http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate delivered to Lender that is signed by an authorized officer of Borrower and certifies the information therein to the best of such officer’s knowledge.

 

Operating Account ” means an Eligible Account maintained by the Approved Property Manager or Borrower at an Eligible Institution, which account (i) shall not contain amounts unrelated to the Property or be otherwise commingled with amounts unrelated to the Property and (ii) is subject to an Operating Account Agreement.

 

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Operating Account Agreement ” means an agreement relating to the Operating Account, dated as of the date hereof, among Lender, Borrower and the Eligible Institution at which such account is maintained, pursuant to which such account is pledged to the Lender and the Approved Property Manager or Borrower is given full access to the funds on deposit therein but provides for the discontinuance of such access upon receipt by such Eligible Institution of written notice from Lender of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, as such agreement may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Operating Expenses ” means, for any period, all operating, renting, administrative, management, legal, bad debt expense, and other ordinary expenses of Borrower and the Property during such period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that such expenses shall not include (i) depreciation, amortization or other non-cash items, (ii) interest, principal or any other sums due and owing with respect to the Loan or the Mezzanine Loan, (iii) income taxes or other taxes in the nature of income taxes, (iv) Capital Expenditures, (v) costs of Tenant Improvements or Leasing Commissions, (vi) Approved Costs and (v) equity distributions.

 

Operating Income ” means, for any period, all operating income and other revenue from the Property for such period, including, without limitation, actual in-place base rents under bona fide Qualified Leases and actual percentage rent and expense reimbursements under Qualified Leases, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP (but without straight-lining of rents or amortization related to market lease intangibles), other than (i) Loss Proceeds (but Operating Income will include rental loss insurance proceeds to the extent allocable to such period), (ii) any revenue attributable to a Lease that is not a Qualified Lease, (iii) any revenue attributable to a Lease to the extent it is paid more than 30 days prior to the due date (provided that such revenue shall be included in the calculation of Operating Income for the period that is within 30 days of the due date), (iv) any interest income from any source, (v) any repayments received from any third party of principal loaned or advanced to such third party by Borrower, (vi) any proceeds resulting from the Transfer of all or any portion of the Collateral, (vii) sales, use and occupancy or other taxes on receipts required to be accounted for by Borrower to any government or governmental agency, (viii) Termination Fees, and (ix) any other extraordinary or non-recurring items.

 

Participation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), as amended from time to time.

 

Payment Date ” means, with respect to each Interest Accrual Period, the first day of the calendar month in which such Interest Accrual Period ends; provided , that in connection with a Securitization, Lender shall have a one-time right to change the Payment Date so long as a corresponding change to the Interest Accrual Period is also made. Whenever a Payment Date is not a Business Day, the entire amount that would have been due and payable on such Payment Date shall instead be due and payable on the immediately preceding Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Maturity Date shall be the second to last Business Day of the Interest Accrual Period in which the Maturity Date falls; provided that, prior to a Securitization, interest shall be payable on the Maturity Date for the period through but excluding the Maturity Date.

 

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Permits ” means all licenses, permits, variances and certificates used in connection with the ownership, operation, use or occupancy of the Property (including certificates of occupancy, business licenses, state health department licenses, licenses to conduct business and all such other permits, licenses, consents, approvals and rights, obtained from any Governmental Authority concerning ownership, operation, use or occupancy of the Property).

 

Permitted Debt ” means:

 

(i)          the Indebtedness;

 

(ii)         Taxes not yet delinquent;

 

(iii)        tenant allowances and Capital Expenditure costs required under Leases or otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Loan Documents that are paid on or prior to the date when due;

 

(iv)        Trade Payables not represented by a note, customarily paid by Borrower within 60 days of incurrence and in fact not more than 60 days outstanding, which are incurred in the ordinary course of Borrower’s ownership and operation of the Property, in amounts not exceeding 2.0% of the maximum Loan Amount in the aggregate;

 

provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the direct incurrence of unsecured debt or the direct issuance of preferred equity by NY REIT or NYROP.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(i)          the Liens created by the Loan Documents;

 

(ii)         all Liens and other matters specifically disclosed on Schedule B-1 or B-2 of the Title Insurance Policy;

 

(iii)        Liens, if any, for Taxes not yet delinquent;

 

(iv)        mechanics’, materialmen’s or similar Liens, if any, and Liens for delinquent taxes or impositions, in each case only if being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, provided that no such Lien is in imminent danger of foreclosure and provided further that either (a) each such Lien is released or discharged of record or fully insured over by the title insurance company issuing the Title Insurance Policy within 30 days of its creation, or (b) Borrower deposits with Lender, by the expiration of such 30-day period, an amount equal to 130% of the dollar amount of such Lien or a bond in the aforementioned amount from such surety, and upon such terms and conditions, as is reasonably satisfactory to Lender, as security for the payment or release of such Lien; and

 

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(v)         rights of existing and future Tenants as tenants only pursuant to written Leases entered into in conformity with the provisions of this Agreement; and

 

(vi)        easements, rights of way, reciprocal easement agreements and instruments of a similar nature that do not materially impair the value, use or operation of the Property.

 

Permitted Investments ” means the following, subject to the qualifications hereinafter set forth:

 

(i)          direct obligations of, or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America and have maturities not in excess of one year;

 

(ii)         federal funds, unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits, banker’s acceptances, and repurchase agreements, each having maturities of not more than 90 days, of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated A-1+ by S&P, F1+ by Fitch and P-1 by Moody’s (and if the term is between one and three months A1 by Moody’s) and, if it has a term in excess of three months, the long-term debt obligations of which are rated AAA (or the equivalent) by each of the Rating Agencies, and that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000;

 

(iii)        deposits that are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC);

 

(iv)        commercial paper rated A–1+ by S&P, F1+ by Fitch and P-1 Moody’s (and if the term is between one and three months A1 by Moody’s) and having a maturity of not more than 90 days;

 

(v)         any money market funds that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (i) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) has a rating of AAAm or AAAm-G from S&P, Aaa by Moody’s and the highest rating obtainable from Fitch; and

 

(vi)        such other investments reasonably approved by Lender.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Permitted Investments” (i) shall exclude any security with the Standard & Poor’s “r” symbol (or any other Rating Agency’s corresponding symbol) attached to the rating (indicating high volatility or dramatic fluctuations in their expected returns because of market risk), as well as any mortgage-backed securities and any security of the type commonly known as “strips”; (ii) shall not have maturities that exceed the time periods set forth above; (iii) shall be limited to those instruments that have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change; and (iv) shall exclude any investment where the right to receive principal and interest derived from the underlying investment provides a yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying investment. Interest on Permitted Investments may either be fixed or variable, and any variable interest must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a single fixed spread (if any), and move proportionately with that index. No Permitted Investments shall require a payment above par for an obligation if the obligation may be prepaid at the option of the issuer thereof prior to its maturity. Except as expressly provided for above, all Permitted Investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holder thereof on or prior to the earlier of (x) three months from the date of their purchase or (y) the Business Day preceding the day before the date such amounts are required to be applied hereunder.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated association or Governmental Authority and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.

 

Plan Assets ” means assets of any (i) employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA, (ii) plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) subject to federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations substantially similar to Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

Policies ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(b) .

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time as the “Prime Rate.” If more than one “Prime Rate” is published in The Wall Street Journal for a day, the average of such “Prime Rates” shall be used, and such average shall be rounded to the nearest 1/1000th of one percent (0.001%). If The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “Prime Rate,” Lender shall select in its reasonable discretion an equivalent publication that publishes such “Prime Rate,” and if such “Prime Rates” are no longer generally published or are limited, regulated or administered by a governmental or quasigovernmental body, then Lender shall reasonably select a comparable interest rate index.

 

Prime Rate Loan ” means the Loan at such time as interest thereon accrues at a rate of interest based upon the Prime Rate.

 

Prime Rate Spread ” means, in connection with any conversion of the Loan to a Prime Rate Loan, the difference (expressed as the number of basis points) between (a) the sum of LIBOR, determined as of the Interest Determination Date for which LIBOR was last available, plus the applicable Spread, minus (b) the Prime Rate on such Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if such difference is a negative number, then the Prime Rate Spread shall be zero.

 

Principal Indebtedness ” means the principal balance of the Loan outstanding from time to time.

 

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Prior Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(c) .

 

Prohibited Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the failure of Borrower to be Controlled by NYROP, (ii) the failure of any other Required SPE to be Controlled by NYROP, (iii) the failure of NYROP to be Controlled by NY REIT or by one or more Qualified Equityholders, (iv) Manager or an Affiliate of Manager shall cease to be the advisor of NY REIT or (v) any Transfer of 50% or more of the direct or indirect equity interests in Manager or any change in Control of Manager (but shall exclude any such Transfer or any such change in Control resulting from the acquisition by AR Global Investments, LLC, of any interests, directly or indirectly, in Manager); provided, however, that any occurrence of the foregoing resulting from the exercise by Mezzanine Lender or any Additional Mezzanine Lender of their respective rights and/or remedies under the Mezzanine Loan Documents or Additional Mezzanine Loan Documents, as applicable, shall not be deemed a Prohibited Change of Control.

 

Prohibited Pledge ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(f) .

 

Prohibited Transferee ” means SL Green, Empire Realty, Starwood Capital, or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

Property ” means the real property described on Schedule A , together with all buildings and other improvements thereon and all personal property appurtenant thereto.

 

Qualified Equityholder ” means (i) NY REIT, (ii) a bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, insurance company, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund or pension advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, government entity or plan, real estate company, investment fund or an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing; provided that, in each case under this clause (ii), such Person (x) has total shareholder’s equity in excess of $1,000,000,000 (exclusive of the Property), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of owning and operating comparable properties in major metropolitan areas or (iii) Mezzanine Lender or any Additional Mezzanine Lender (or their respective designees) upon its acquisition of the equity interest in Borrower through foreclosure or a transfer in lieu of foreclosure.

 

Qualified Guaranty ” means a guaranty, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, provided to Lender by Guarantor or any replacement Guarantor in accordance herewith.

 

Qualified Lease ” means a Lease to a Tenant that is paying rent (or is not paying rent because it is subject to a free rent period pursuant to the terms of the applicable Lease) and in occupancy at the Property, is not in default under its Lease beyond applicable notice and cure periods, and is not the subject of a bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding (unless such Tenant has assumed such Lease in bankruptcy); provided that if a Tenant has provided notice to Borrower that it intends to vacate within three months of the applicable date of determination, the related Lease shall not constitute a Qualified Lease.

 

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Qualified Letter of Credit ” means an irrevocable, unconditional, freely transferable, clean sight draft evergreen letter of credit in favor of Lender, with respect to which Borrower has no reimbursement obligation, entitling Lender to draw thereon in New York, New York, issued by a domestic Eligible Institution or the U.S. agency or branch of a foreign Eligible Institution and accompanied by an instrument reasonably acceptable to Lender whereby the applicant/obligor under such letter of credit shall have waived all rights of subrogation against Borrower thereunder.

 

Rating Agency ” shall mean, prior to the final Securitization of the Loan, each of S&P, Moody’s, DBRS and Fitch, or any other nationally-recognized statistical rating agency that has been engaged by Lender to provide the rating for a Securitization of the Loan and, after the final Securitization of the Loan, shall mean any of the foregoing that have rated and continue to rate any of the Certificates (excluding unsolicited ratings).

 

Rating Condition ” means, with respect to any applicable proposed action after a Securitization, the receipt by Lender of confirmation in writing from each of the Rating Agencies that such action shall not result, in and of itself, in a downgrade, withdrawal, or qualification of any rating then assigned to any outstanding Certificates. No Rating Condition shall be regarded as having been satisfied unless and until any conditions imposed on the effectiveness of any confirmation from any Rating Agency shall have been satisfied. Lender shall have the right in its sole discretion to waive a Rating Condition requirement with respect to any Rating Agency that Lender determines has declined to review the applicable proposal.

 

Reference Banks ” means four major banks in the London interbank market selected by Lender.

 

Regulatory Change ” means any change after the Closing Date in federal, state or foreign laws or regulations or the adoption or the making, after such date, of any interpretations, directives or requests applying to a class of banks or companies controlling banks, including Lender, of or under any federal, state or foreign laws or regulations (whether or not having the force of law) by any court or governmental or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued if enacted, adopted or issued after the date hereof.

 

Release ” with respect to any Hazardous Substance means any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the movement of Hazardous Substances through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata), and “ Released ” has the meaning correlative thereto.

 

Release Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

 

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Release Price ” means, with respect to the Retail Unit, the greater of (i) the Mortgage Loan Percentage of $125,000,000 and (ii) the Mortgage Loan Percentage of the Net Sales Proceeds.

 

REMIC ” means a “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in Section 860D of the Code.

 

Rent Roll ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a) .

 

Retail Unit ” means the suites identified on Exhibit J totaling approximately 52,900 square feet.

 

Required SPE ” means Borrower and any Single-Purpose Equityholder.

 

Revenues ” means all rents (including percentage rent), rent equivalents, moneys payable as damages pursuant to a Lease or in lieu of rent or rent equivalents (including all Termination Fees), royalties (including all oil and gas or other mineral royalties and bonuses), income, receivables, receipts, revenues, deposits (including security, utility and other deposits), accounts, cash, issues, profits, charges for services rendered, and other consideration of whatever form or nature received by or paid to or for the account of or benefit of Borrower from any and all sources including any obligations now existing or hereafter arising or created out of the sale, lease, sublease, license, concession or other grant of the right of the use and occupancy of property or rendering of services by Borrower and proceeds, if any, from business interruption or other loss of income insurance.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

SAS ” means Strategic Asset Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and any of its Affiliates.

 

Securitization ” means a transaction in which all or any portion of the Loan is deposited into one or more trusts or entities that issue Certificates to investors, or a similar transaction; and the term “ Securitize ” and “ Securitized ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Securitization Vehicle ” means the issuer of Certificates in a Securitization of the Loan.

 

Service ” means the Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency thereto.

 

Servicer ” means the entity or entities appointed by Agent from time to time to serve as servicer and/or special servicer of the Loan. If at any time no entity is so appointed, the term “Servicer” shall be deemed to refer to Agent.

 

Severed Loan Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(e) .

 

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Single Member LLC ” means a limited liability company that either (x) has only one member, or (y) has multiple members, none of which is a Single-Purpose Equityholder.

 

Single-Purpose Entity ” means a Person that:

 

(a)         was formed under the laws of the State of Delaware solely for the purpose (i) in the case of Borrower of acquiring, owning, leasing, operating, managing, improving and financing an ownership interest in the Property, or (ii) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder of acquiring and holding an ownership interest in Borrower;

 

(b)         does not engage in any business unrelated to (i) the Property, or (ii) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, its ownership interest in Borrower;

 

(c)         does not own any assets other than those related to (i) its interest in the Property, or (ii) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, its ownership interest in Borrower (and in the case of Borrower, does not and will not own any assets on which Lender does not have a Lien, other than excess cash and other funds that have been released to Borrower pursuant hereto or as otherwise permitted hereunder);

 

(d)         except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Loan Documents, has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation, merger, asset sale (except as expressly permitted by the Loan Documents), transfer of partnership or membership interests or the like, or amendment of its limited partnership agreement, articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of formation or operating agreement (as applicable);

 

(e)         has remained and intends to remain solvent and has maintained and intends to maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations, provided that the foregoing shall not require such Person’s partners, members or shareholders to make any additional capital contributions to such Person;

 

(f)          has not failed and will not fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such entity;

 

(g)         has maintained and will maintain its accounts, books and records, financial statements, stationery, invoices and checks separate and apart from any other Person; provided, however, that the Borrower may consolidate its tax returns with the tax returns of its Affiliates in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such consolidated financial statements do not suggest in any way that such Person’s assets are available to satisfy the claims of its affiliate’s creditors;

 

(h)         has maintained and will maintain its books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records;

 

(i)          has not commingled and will not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other Person;

 

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(j)          has held and will hold its assets in its own name;

 

(k)         has conducted and will conduct its business in its name only, and has not and will not use any trade name;

 

(l)          has paid and will pay its own liabilities, including the salaries of its own employees, out of its own funds and assets, provided that the foregoing shall not require such Person’s partners, members or shareholders to make any additional capital contributions to such Person;

 

(m)        has observed and will observe all partnership, corporate or limited liability company formalities, as applicable;

 

(n)         does not have any Debt other than (i) in the case of Borrower, Permitted Debt, or (ii) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, reasonable and customary administrative expenses and state franchise taxes;

 

(o)         is subject to and complies with all of the limitations on powers and separateness requirements set forth in the organizational documentation of such Person as of the Closing Date;

 

(p)         has not and will not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person except as provided under and contemplated by the Loan Documents;

 

(q)         has not and will not acquire obligations or securities of its partners, members or shareholders;

 

(r)          has allocated and will allocate fairly and reasonably shared expenses, including shared office space, and uses separate stationery and invoices;

 

(s)         except in connection with the Loan and as provided under and contemplated by the Loan Documents, has not pledged and will not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

 

(t)          has held itself out and identified itself and will hold itself out and identify itself as a separate and distinct entity under its own name and not as a division or part of any other Person;

 

(u)         has maintained and will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other Person;

 

(v)         has not made and will not make loans to any Person;

 

(w)        has not identified and will not identify its partners, members or shareholders, or any Affiliate of any of them, as a division or part of it;

 

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(x)          has not entered into or been a party to, and will not enter into or be a party to, any transaction with its partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are intrinsically fair and not materially less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arm's length transaction with an unrelated third party;

 

(y)         has and will have no obligation to indemnify its partners, officers, directors, or members, as the case may be, or has such an obligation that is fully subordinated to the Indebtedness and will not constitute a claim against Borrower if Borrower’s cash flow in excess of the amount required to pay the Indebtedness is insufficient to pay such obligation;

 

(z)         will consider the interests of its creditors in connection with all corporate, partnership or limited liability company actions, as applicable;

 

(aa)       maintains a sufficient number of employees, if any, in light of its contemplated business operations;

 

(bb)      conducts its business so that the assumptions made with respect to it that are contained in the Nonconsolidation Opinion shall at all times be true and correct in all material respects;

 

(cc)       has two Independent Directors on its board of directors or board of managers, or has a Single-Purpose Equityholder with two Independent Directors on such Single-Purpose Equityholder’s board of directors or board of managers, and has organizational documents that (i) provide that the Independent Directors consider only the interests of Borrower, including its creditors, and shall have no fiduciary duties to Borrower’s equityholders (except to the extent of their respective interests in Borrower), and (ii) prohibit the replacement of any Independent Director without Cause and without giving at least two Business Days’ prior written notice to Lender and the Rating Agencies (except in the case of the death, legal incapacity, or voluntary non-collusive resignation of an Independent Director, in which case no prior notice to Lender or the Rating Agencies shall be required in connection with the replacement of such Independent Director with a new Independent Director that is provided by any of the companies listed in the definition of “Independent Director”);

 

(cc)       if such entity is a Single Member LLC, has organizational documents that provide that upon the occurrence of any event (other than a permitted equity transfer) that causes its sole member to cease to be a member while the Loan is outstanding, the Special Member (as defined in the Borrower’s LLC Agreement) shall automatically be admitted as the sole member of the Single Member LLC and shall preserve and continue the existence of the Single Member LLC without dissolution;

 

(dd)       files its own tax returns separate from those of any other Person, except to the extent it is treated as a “disregarded entity” for tax purposes and is not required to file tax returns under applicable law, and pays any taxes required to be paid under applicable law only from its own funds; and

 

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(ee)       has by-laws or an operating agreement, or has a Single-Purpose Equityholder with by-laws or an operating agreement, which provides that, for so long as the Loan is outstanding, such Person shall not take or consent to any of the following actions except to the extent expressly permitted in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents:

 

(i) the engagement by such Person (and, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, the engagement by Borrower) in any business other than the acquisition, development, management, leasing, ownership, maintenance, financing and operation of the Property and activities incidental thereto (and, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, activities incidental to the acquisition and ownership of its interest in Borrower);

 

(ii) the filing, or consent to the filing, of a bankruptcy or insolvency petition, any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or the institution of any other insolvency proceeding, the seeking or consenting to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official in respect of such Person, admitting in writing such Person’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing, in each case, in respect of itself or, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, in respect of Borrower, without the affirmative vote of both of its Independent Directors; and

 

(iii) any amendment or modification of any provision of its (and, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, Borrower’s) organizational documents relating to qualification as a “Single-Purpose Entity”.

 

Single-Purpose Equityholder ” means a Single-Purpose Entity that (x) is a limited liability company or corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, (y) owns at least a 1% direct equity interest in Borrower, and (z) serves as the general partner or managing member of Borrower.

 

Spread ” means:

 

(i)           with respect to any Initial Advance Note, initially 3.180189% (as adjusted on any Future Funding Date such that the weighted average of the Spreads on the Initial Advance Note, the Future Funding Note and the Mezzanine Note, weighted on the balance of the corresponding outstanding principal balances of such Notes as of such Future Funding Date, equals 3.55%) and with respect to any Future Funding Note, 3.55%; and

 

(ii)         following the bifurcation of any Note into multiple Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , the weighted average of the Component Spreads of such Note Components at the time of determination, weighted on the basis of the corresponding outstanding principal balances of such Note Components at the time of determination, which weighted average shall be the same as the Spread on the applicable Note prior to such bifurcation.

 

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Spread Maintenance Premium ” means the sum of (i) with respect to any prepayment of the Loan evidenced by the Initial Advance Note, including in connection with the release of the Retail Unit in accordance with Section 2.3 prior to the end of the Spread Maintenance Period, an amount equal to the product of (a) the principal amount so prepaid, times (b) the applicable Spread, times (c) 1/360, times (d) the number of days from (but excluding) (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the conclusion of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made, in each case through and including the last day of the Spread Maintenance Period plus (ii) with respect to any prepayment of the Loan evidenced by the Future Funding Note, including in connection with the release of the Retail Unit in accordance with Section 2.3 prior to the end of the Spread Maintenance Period, an amount equal to the product of (a) the principal amount so prepaid, times (b) the applicable Spread, times (c) 1/360, times (d) the number of days from (but excluding) (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the conclusion of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made, in each case through and including the last day of the Spread Maintenance Period.

 

Spread Maintenance Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to March 30, 2017.

 

Strike Rate ” 4.0%.

 

Subordination of Property Management Agreement ” means that certain consent and agreement of manager and subordination of management agreement executed by Borrower and the Approved Property Manager as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Survey ” means current land title survey of the Property, certified to Borrower, the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policy and Lender and their respective successors and assigns, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Taxes ” means all real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, fees, taxes on rents or rentals, water rates or sewer rents, facilities and other governmental, municipal and utility district charges or other similar taxes or assessments now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the Property or Borrower with respect to the Property or rents therefrom or that may become Liens upon the Property, without deduction for any amounts reimbursable to Borrower by third parties.

 

Tenant ” means any Person liable by contract or otherwise to pay monies (including a percentage of gross income, revenue or profits) pursuant to a Lease.

 

Tenant Improvements ” means, collectively, (i) tenant improvements to be undertaken for any Tenant that are required to be completed by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to the terms of such Tenant’s Lease, and (ii) tenant improvements paid or reimbursed through allowances to a Tenant pursuant to such Tenant’s Lease.

 

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Tenant Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Termination Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(g) .

 

Test Period ” means each 12-month period ending on the last day of any calendar month.

 

Threshold Amount ” means an amount equal to 10.0% of the sum of the Loan Amount and Mezzanine Loan Amount.

 

Title Insurance Policy ” means an American Land Title Association lender’s title insurance policy or a comparable form of lender’s title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Trade Payables ” means unsecured amounts payable by or on behalf of Borrower for or in respect of the operation of the Property in the ordinary course and that would under GAAP be regarded as ordinary expenses, including amounts payable to suppliers, vendors, contractors, mechanics, materialmen or other Persons providing property or services to the Property or Borrower and the capitalized amount of any ordinary-course financing leases.

 

Transfer ” means the sale or other whole or partial conveyance of all or any portion of the Collateral or any direct or indirect interest therein to a third party, including granting of any purchase options, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer or similar rights in respect of any portion of the Collateral or the subjecting of any portion of the Collateral to restrictions on transfer; except that the conveyance of a space lease at the Property in accordance herewith shall not constitute a Transfer.

 

Unfunded Obligations ” means the items described in Schedule D .

 

Unfunded Obligations Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a) .

 

Unfunded Obligations Amount ” means $5,309,628.

 

Unfunded Obligations Guaranty ” means that certain unfunded obligations guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Use ” means, with respect to any Hazardous Substance, the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, handling, possession, use, discharge, placement, treatment, disposal, disposition, removal, abatement, recycling or storage of such Hazardous Substance or transportation of such Hazardous Substance.

 

U.S. Person ” means a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

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U.S. Tax ” means any present or future tax, assessment or other charge or levy imposed by or on behalf of the United States of America or any taxing authority thereof.

 

Waste ” means any intentional material abuse or intentional destructive use (whether by action or inaction) of the Property.

 

(b)           Rules of Construction . Unless otherwise specified, (i) all references to sections, schedules and exhibits are to sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this Agreement, (ii) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Agreement shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (iii) “including” means “including, but not limited to”, (iv) “mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument, as applicable, and “mortgagee” means the secured party under a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument, (v) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Agreement, (vi) unless otherwise indicated, all references to “this Section” shall refer to the Section of this Agreement in which such reference appears in its entirety and not to any particular clause or subsection or such Section, (vii) the use of the phrases “an Event of Default exists”, “during the continuance of an Event of Default” or similar phrases in the Loan Documents shall not be deemed to grant Borrower any right to cure an Event of Default except as expressly provided herein, and (viii) terms used herein and defined by cross-reference to another agreement or document shall have the meaning set forth in such other agreement or document as of the Closing Date, notwithstanding any subsequent amendment or restatement of or modification to such other agreement or document. Except as otherwise indicated, all accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as the same may be modified in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, including the references to any Mezzanine Loan or Mezzanine Loan Documents, nothing in this Agreement creates an obligation of Borrower with respect to any Mezzanine Loan Documents, and Borrower has no obligation to comply with, and shall not otherwise be liable under, any Mezzanine Loan Document.

 

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ARTICLE I

 

GENERAL TERMS

 

Section 1.1.           The Loan; Term .   The Loan shall be advanced in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.7 hereof and the Initial Advance shall be evidenced by the Initial Advance Notes and the Future Funding Component shall be evidenced by the Future Funding Notes that shall each bear interest as described in this Agreement at a per annum rate as provided in Section 1.2(a) . Each of the Notes shall be pari passu and of equal rank without priority or preference of one over the other. Interest payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period.

 

(b)         The Loan shall be secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)         Upon written notice from Lender to Borrower, any Note will be deemed to have been subdivided into multiple components (“ Note Components ”). Each Note Component shall have such notional balance as Lender shall specify in such notice and an interest rate equal to the sum of LIBOR plus such amount as Lender shall specify in such notice (“ Component Spread ”); provided that the sum of the principal balances of all Note Components shall at all times (i.e., no “rate creep”) equal the then-current Principal Indebtedness, and the weighted average of the Component Spreads, weighted on the basis of their respective principal balances, shall equal the percentage set forth in clause (i) of the definition of “Spread” (except following repayments of principal during the continuance of an Event of Default). Borrower shall be treated as the obligor with respect to each of the Note Components, and Borrower acknowledges that each Note Component may be individually beneficially owned by a separate Person subject to the terms hereof regarding the Assignment of the Loan. The Note Components need not be represented by separate physical Notes, but if requested by Lender, each Note Component shall be represented by a separate physical Note, in which case Borrower shall execute and return to Lender each such Note promptly following Borrower’s receipt of an execution copy thereof.

 

(d)         Borrower shall have one option to extend the scheduled Maturity Date of the Loan to the Payment Date in the month containing the one-year anniversary of the scheduled Maturity Date (the period of the extension, an “ Extension Term ”), provided that, as a condition to such Extension Term (i) Borrower shall deliver to Lender written notice of such extension at least 30 and not more than 90 days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date; (ii) no Event of Default shall be continuing on either the date of such notice or the Maturity Date as theretofore in effect; (iii) the Debt Yield for the Property for the Test Period ending immediately prior to the Maturity Date as theretofore in effect shall be no less than the Debt Yield Threshold; provided that if the Debt Yield is less than the Debt Yield Threshold, Borrower shall be permitted to prepay the Loan in the amount required to cause the Debt Yield to equal the applicable Debt Yield Threshold, which prepayment shall be made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.1 but without the notice required thereunder, (iv) Borrower shall have obtained an Interest Rate Cap Agreement for the applicable Extension Term and collaterally assigned such Interest Rate Cap Agreement to Lender pursuant to an Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement; (v) Borrower shall have paid a fee in an amount equal to 0.75% of the Principal Indebtedness; and (vi) Borrower shall have reimbursed Lender for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender in connection with such extension. If Borrower fails to exercise any extension option in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, such extension option, and any subsequent extension option hereunder, will automatically cease and terminate.

 

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Section 1.2.           Interest and Principal .

 

(a)         On each Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender (to be applied to each Note on a pro rata, pari passu basis) interest on the Principal Indebtedness for the applicable Interest Accrual Period at a rate per annum equal to (i) at any time the Loan is a LIBOR Loan, the sum of LIBOR, determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding such Interest Accrual Period, plus the applicable Spread and (ii) at any time the Loan is a Prime Rate Loan, the sum of the Prime Rate, determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding such Interest Accrual Period, plus the applicable Prime Rate Spread (except that in each case, interest shall be payable on the Indebtedness, including due but unpaid interest, at the Default Rate with respect to any portion of such Interest Accrual Period falling during the continuance of an Event of Default). As of the Closing Date, the Loan is a LIBOR Loan, and except as provided in Section 1.2(e) , the Loan shall at all times be a LIBOR Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay interest from and including the Closing Date through the end of the first Interest Accrual Period, in lieu of making such payment on the first Payment Date following the Closing Date (unless the Closing Date falls on a Payment Date, in which case, no interest will be collected on the Closing Date, and Borrower shall make the payment required pursuant to this Section commencing on the first Payment Date following the Closing Date) and the next payment of interest shall be due and payable on the next subsequent Payment Date.

 

(b)         No prepayments of the Loan shall be permitted except for (i) prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.1 , Section 2.3 and Section 5.4 and (ii) prepayments resulting from Casualty or Condemnation as described in Section 5.16 . The entire outstanding Principal Indebtedness, together with all interest thereon through (x) prior to a Securitization, the Maturity Date and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which the Maturity Date falls (calculated as if such Principal Indebtedness were outstanding for the entire Interest Accrual Period) and in each case all other amounts then due under the Loan Documents shall be due and payable by Borrower to Lender on the Maturity Date.

 

(c)         If all or any portion of the Principal Indebtedness is paid to Lender during the Spread Maintenance Period following acceleration of the Loan (except as a result of a Casualty or Condemnation), Borrower shall pay to Lender an amount equal to the applicable Spread Maintenance Premium. Amounts received in respect of the Indebtedness during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be applied toward interest, principal and other components of the Indebtedness (in such order as Lender shall determine) before any such amounts are applied toward payment of any Spread Maintenance Premium that is due and payable, with the result that any Spread Maintenance Premium that is due and payable shall accrue as the Principal Indebtedness is repaid but no amount received from Borrower shall constitute payment of a Spread Maintenance Premium until the remainder of the Indebtedness shall have been paid in full. Borrower acknowledges that (i) a prepayment during the Spread Maintenance Period will cause damage to Lender; (ii) the Spread Maintenance Premium is intended to compensate Lender for the loss of its investment and the expense incurred and time and effort associated with making the Loan, which will not be fully repaid if the Loan is prepaid; (iii) it will be extremely difficult and impractical to ascertain the extent of Lender’s damages caused by a prepayment after an acceleration or any other prepayment during the Spread Maintenance Period; and (iv) the Spread Maintenance Premium represents Lender’s and Borrower’s reasonable estimate of Lender’s damages from the prepayment and is not a penalty.

 

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(d)         Any payments of interest and/or principal not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest at the applicable Default Rate from and after the expiration of applicable notice and cure periods and, in the case of all payments due hereunder other than the repayment of the Principal Indebtedness on the Maturity Date if not paid when due, when paid shall be accompanied by a late fee in an amount equal to the lesser of 5% of such unpaid sum and the maximum amount permitted by applicable law, in order to defray a portion of the expense incurred by Lender in handling and processing such delinquent payment and to compensate Lender for the loss of the use of such delinquent payment.

 

(e)         In the event that Lender shall determine in its reasonable discretion that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR in accordance with the definition thereof, then the Loan shall be converted to a Prime Rate Loan effective as of the commencement of the Interest Accrual Period following the date of such determination, and Lender shall give notice thereof to Borrower by telephone at least one day prior to the applicable Interest Determination Date (which notice shall thereafter be promptly confirmed by Lender in writing). If, pursuant to this Section, any portion of the Loan has been converted to a Prime Rate Loan and Lender thereafter determines in its reasonable discretion that the events or circumstances that resulted in such conversion are no longer applicable, the Loan shall be converted to a LIBOR Loan effective as of the commencement of the Interest Accrual Period following the date of such determination, and Lender shall give notice thereof to Borrower by telephone at least one day prior to the applicable Interest Determination Date (which notice shall thereafter be promptly confirmed by Lender in writing). Borrower shall pay to Lender, promptly following demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this Section. In the event any Note has been divided into multiple Notes or Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , upon any conversion of the Loan pursuant to this Section the interest rate applicable to such Notes or Note Components shall be proportionately adjusted to reflect such conversion. Except as provided in this Section, the Loan shall at all times be a LIBOR Loan. In no event shall Borrower have the right to convert a LIBOR Loan to a Prime Rate Loan.

 

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Section 1.3.           Method and Place of Payment . Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all payments and prepayments under this Agreement and the Notes shall be made to Lender not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due and shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer in federal or other immediately available funds to the account specified from time to time by Lender. Any funds received by Lender after such time shall be deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any changes in the account to which payments are to be made. If the amount received from Borrower (or from the Cash Management Account pursuant to Section 3.2(b) ) is less than the sum of all amounts then due and payable hereunder and as a result an Event of Default has occurred, such amount shall be applied, at Lender’s sole discretion, either toward the components of the Indebtedness ( e.g. , interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder) and the Notes and Note Components, in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, or toward the payment of Property expenses. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

Section 1.4.           Taxes; Regulatory Change .

 

(a)          Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any present or future stamp, documentary or other similar or related taxes or other similar or related charges now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority by reason of the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and any consents, waivers, amendments and enforcement of rights under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)          Reasonably promptly following Borrower’s request, the Lender at the time the Initial Advance is made and any Person to whom there has been an Assignment shall complete and deliver to Borrower a duly executed Form W-9 certifying that it is not subject to backup withholding or an appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable. If Borrower is required by law to withhold or deduct any amount from any payment hereunder in respect of any Borrower Tax, Borrower shall withhold or deduct the appropriate amount, remit such amount to the appropriate Governmental Authority and pay to the Lender and each Person to whom there has been an Assignment or Participation of the Loan (Lender and all such Persons, collectively, “ Lender Parties ” and each individually, a “ Lender Party ”) such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment of any amount due hereunder, after deduction for or withholding in respect of any Borrower Tax imposed with respect to such payment, will not be less than the amount stated in this Agreement to be then due and payable; except that the foregoing obligation to pay such additional amounts shall not apply to (i) Inapplicable Taxes; (ii) any amount of U.S. Tax in effect and applicable to payments to Lender on the date of this Agreement, provided that Borrower requests from Lender, if necessary to prevent the imposition of such U.S. Tax, a Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable, reasonably in advance of when withholding in respect of such U.S. Tax would be required absent the receipt of such form; (iii) with respect to payments made under this Agreement to any Lender Party to whom there has been an Assignment or Participation, any amount of U.S. Tax imposed, to the extent that the receipt of additional amounts in respect of such U.S. Tax would entitle the Lender Party to receive greater payment than the assignor would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights assigned, unless such assignment shall have been made at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater payment did not exist; (iv) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA; or (v) any amount of Borrower Taxes imposed solely by reason of the failure by an assignee to comply with Section 9.7(c ). If Borrower shall fail to pay any Borrower Taxes or other amounts that Borrower is required to pay pursuant to this Section, and Lender or any Person to whom there has been an Assignment or Participation of a Loan pays the same, Borrower shall reimburse Lender or such Person promptly following demand therefore in the currency in which such taxes or other amounts are paid, whether or not such taxes were correctly or legally asserted, together with interest thereon from and including the date of payment to but excluding the date of reimbursement at a rate per annum equal to the rate required to be paid under Section 1.2(a) for the first five (5) Business Days from and including the date of payment and demand to Borrower and the Default Rate thereafter.

 

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(c)          Within 30 days after paying any amount from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within 30 days after it is required by law to remit such deduction or withholding to any relevant taxing or other authority, Borrower shall deliver to Lender reasonably satisfactory evidence of such deduction, withholding or payment (as the case may be).

 

(d)          If, as a result of any Regulatory Change, any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with, Lender or any holder of all or a portion of the Loan is imposed, modified or deemed applicable and the result is to increase the cost to such Lender or such holder of making or holding the Loan, or to reduce the amount receivable by Lender or such holder hereunder in respect of any portion of the Loan by an amount deemed by Lender or such holder in its reasonable discretion to be material (such increases in cost and reductions in amounts receivable, “ Increased Costs ”), then Borrower agrees that it will pay to Lender or such holder upon Lender’s or such holder’s request such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender and/or such holder for such Increased Costs to the extent that such Increased Costs are reasonably allocable to the Loan and are also being paid by borrowers under similar loans held by Lender or such holder. Lender will notify Borrower in writing of any event occurring after the Closing Date that will entitle Lender or any holder of the Loan to compensation pursuant to this Section as promptly as practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such compensation and will designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. If such Lender shall fail to notify Borrower of any such event within six (6) months following the end of the month during which such event occurred, then Borrower’s liability for any amounts described in this Section incurred by such Lender as a result of such event shall be limited to those attributable to the period occurring subsequent to the date that is six (6) months prior to the date upon which such Lender actually notified Borrower of the occurrence of such event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Borrower be required to compensate Lender or any holder of the Loan for any portion of the income or franchise taxes of Lender or such holder, whether or not attributable to payments made by Borrower. If a Lender requests compensation under this Section, Borrower may, by notice to Lender, require that such Lender furnish to Borrower a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof.

 

Section 1.5.           Interest Rate Cap Agreements .

 

(a)          On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall obtain, and thereafter maintain in effect, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement, which shall be coterminous with the initial term of the Loan and have a notional amount equal to the Initial Advance. Any initial Interest Rate Cap Agreement shall have a strike rate equal to or less than the Strike Rate.

 

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(b)          If Borrower exercises any of its options to extend the term of the Loan pursuant to Section 1.1(d) , on or prior to the commencement of the applicable Extension Term, Borrower shall obtain, and thereafter maintain in effect, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement having (x) a term coterminous with such Extension Term, (y) a notional amount at least equal to the Principal Indebtedness as of the first day of such Extension Term, and (z) a strike rate equal to or less than the Strike Rate.

 

(c)          Borrower shall collaterally assign to Lender pursuant to an Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement all of its right, title and interest in any and all payments under each Interest Rate Cap Agreement and shall deliver to Lender an executed counterpart of such Interest Rate Cap Agreement and obtain the consent of the Acceptable Counterparty to such collateral assignment (as evidenced by the Acceptable Counterparty’s execution of such Collateral Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement).

 

(d)          Borrower shall comply with all of its material obligations under the terms and provisions of each Interest Rate Cap Agreement. All amounts paid under an Interest Rate Cap Agreement shall be deposited directly into the Clearing Account. Borrower shall take all actions reasonably requested by Lender to enforce Lender’s rights under the Interest Rate Cap Agreement in the event of a default by the counterparty thereunder and shall not waive, amend or otherwise modify any of its rights thereunder without the approval of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

(e)          If, at any time during the term of the Loan, the counterparty to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement then in effect ceases to be an Acceptable Counterparty and thereafter fails to abide by the requirements set forth in such Interest Rate Cap Agreement with respect to ratings downgrades, then Borrower shall promptly obtain a replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement satisfying the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) above, as applicable, with a counterparty that is an Acceptable Counterparty.

 

(f)          In connection with closing of the Loan and at any time that Borrower obtains a replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement pursuant to this Section, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a legal opinion or opinions from counsel to the applicable Acceptable Counterparty (which counsel may be internal counsel) with respect to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Section 1.6.           Release . Upon payment of the Indebtedness in full when permitted or required hereunder, Lender shall execute instruments prepared by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Lender, which, at Borrower’s election and at Borrower’s sole cost and expense either (a) release and discharge all Liens on all Collateral securing payment of the Indebtedness (subject to Borrower’s obligation to pay any associated fees and expenses), including all balances in the Collateral Accounts; or (b) assign such Liens (and the Loan Documents) to a new lender designated by Borrower. Any release or assignment provided by Lender pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind other than that the Loan is not subject to any Lien.

 

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Section 1.7.           Advances .

 

(a)          On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender shall advance the Initial Advance to Borrower.

 

(b)          Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the Future Funding Component will be available to Borrower solely to fund the Approved Costs. If Borrower desires that funds from the Future Funding Component be advanced, Borrower shall submit a Draw Request to Lender specifying a date (each, a “ Future Funding Date ”) not less than 10 nor more than 20 Business Days after Lender’s receipt of such Draw Request on which Borrower would like such advance to be made, which Draw Request shall be in the form attached hereto as Schedule G , provided that Borrower shall not be entitled to more than one advance of the Future Funding Component during any calendar month. Lender shall advance the requested portion of the Future Funding Component on each applicable Future Funding Date to the Operating Account, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the applicable Future Funding Date:

 

(i)          no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(ii)         Borrower shall deliver to Lender invoices evidencing that the costs for which such advance is requested are due and payable, and Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Officer’s Certificate confirming that all such costs have been previously paid by Borrower or will be paid from the proceeds of the requested advance and that all conditions precedent to such advance required under this Section 1.7(b) ;

 

(iii)        no mechanics or materialmen’s lien or encumbrance shall have been filed and remain in effect against any Property with respect to work done by or on behalf of Borrower (unless bonded as required under applicable law or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Lender);

 

(iv)        Borrower shall have provided to Lender (A) reasonable evidence establishing that Borrower has applied any amounts previously received by it in accordance with this Section 1.7 for the expenses to which specific draws made hereunder relate; (B) releases or waivers of mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens (conditioned only on payment to the extent that such payments are costs for which such advance is requested) from all Persons furnishing work or materials with respect to Approved Costs being funded hereunder; and (C) with respect to disbursements for Approved Costs relating to any single capital improvement costing in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate (whether disbursed in a lump sum or multiple installments), if requested by Lender, a reasonably satisfactory site inspection;

 

(v)         the Title Policy shall have been endorsed and down-dated in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Lender to increase the coverage by the amount of each advance of the Future Funding Component through the date of each such advance with no additional title change or exception not approved by Lender in its reasonable discretion;

 

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(vi)        if Lender shall have determined that based on the most recent Approved Costs Reconciliation Report that the actual costs incurred by Borrower for Approved Costs exceed the amounts provided in the Approved Future Funding Budget for the applicable Approved Costs (provided that Borrower shall be permitted to reallocate cost savings from completed line items or up to five percent (5%) between line items without Lender approval), Borrower shall deposit in the Operating Account the amount of such shortfall or Borrower shall have otherwise provided Lender with reasonably satisfactory evidence of Borrower’s prior payment of such shortfall costs or the ability of Borrower to make such payments;

 

(vii)       (A) Borrower shall have delivered to Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that Borrower has contributed or will simultaneously contribute cash equity for deposit in the Operating Account of Borrower’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of the costs which are the subject of such Draw Request (or Borrower has otherwise paid such costs) or (B) Borrower has Excess Cash Flow in the Operating Account in an amount equal to at least the Borrower’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of the costs which are the subject of such Draw Request or (C) Borrower shall provide reasonably satisfactory evidence that Borrower has paid Borrower’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of the costs which are subject to the related Draw Request (it being agreed with respect to all of this clause (vii) that Lender shall not be obligated to fund more than 70% of the amount of the costs which are the subject of the related Draw Request);

 

(viii)      in connection with each advance of the Future Funding Component that results in Lender having advanced $10,000,000 in the aggregate since the last update to the notional amount of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement (a) the notional amount of the initial Interest Rate Cap Agreement shall have been increased to an amount at least equal to the Principal Indebtedness after the advance resulting in the aggregate advances of the Future Funding Component of $10,000,000 and $20,000,000, respectively or (b) Borrower shall deliver to Lender a separate Interest Rate Cap Agreement with a notional amount equal to the cumulative advances since the last update to the notional amount of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement and otherwise satisfying the requirements of Section 1.5 ; and

 

(ix)         Borrower shall have delivered to Lender such other information and documents as may be reasonably required by Lender supporting the costs shown in such Draw Request or the other requirements of this Section 1.7(b) .

 

(c)          Promptly upon completion of any work funded by a Draw Request (the “ Approved Work ”), if requested by Lender, Borrower shall deliver evidence to Lender of the issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy or the equivalent thereof, if required by law, for the Approved Work and evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender demonstrating compliance with all Legal Requirements pertaining to the construction of such Approved Work; provided , that with respect to any Approved Work for which such a temporary certificate of occupancy shall have been issued, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver evidence to Lender of the issuance of an unconditional, permanent certificate of occupancy to the extent available under applicable law.

 

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(d)          Regardless of whether or not the Borrower shall have given Lender any direction as to the party to whom any advance shall be disbursed, during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may make any requested advance or portion thereof directly to any person or entity due payment in connection with a Draw Request, and the execution of this Agreement by Borrower constitutes an irrevocable direction and authorization to so advance during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the election of Lender. No further direction or authorization from Borrower shall be necessary to make such direct advances to each such other Person, and all such direct advances shall satisfy the obligations of Lender under this Agreement and shall be and become a part of the Principal Indebtedness as fully as if made directly to Borrower, regardless of the disposition thereof by such Person.

 

(e)          No advance shall constitute an approval or acceptance by Lender of any construction work, a waiver of any condition precedent to any further advance, or preclude Lender from thereafter requiring the Borrower to satisfy such condition precedent which was not waived in accordance with the terms hereof. No waiver by Lender of any condition precedent or obligation shall preclude Lender from requiring such condition or obligation to be met prior to making any other advance or from thereafter declaring the failure to satisfy such condition or obligation to be a Default or an Event of Default.

 

(f)            If the event that there is more than one Future Funding Note, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in this Section 1.7 , the holders of such Future Funding Notes shall fund any requested advance of the Future Funding Component sequentially in accordance with the numerical designation of the applicable Future Funding Note, until each Future Funding Note is fully funded.

 

(g)          All advances of the Future Funding Component shall be evidenced by the Future Funding Notes in accordance with Section 1.1(a) hereof. Any obligations and rights relating to the Future Funding Component pursuant to Section 1.7(b)-(f) hereof shall be the sole obligations and rights of the holders of the Future Funding Notes and any reference to Lender in Sections 1.7(b)-(e) hereof shall be deemed to mean solely the holders of the Future Funding Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the holders of the Initial Advance Notes shall have no obligation hereunder to make any advance of the Future Funding Component, it being acknowledged that the obligation to make any advance of the Future Funding Component shall solely be the obligation of the holders of the Future Funding Notes. No claim may be made by Borrower against any holder of the Initial Advance Notes or the directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents of any holder of the Initial Advance Notes for any damages of any nature whatsoever in respect of any claim whatsoever for breach of the obligations of the holders of the Future Funding Notes to make an advance of the Future Funding Component in accordance with the terms of Section 1.7(b) hereof, and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue any holder of the Initial Advance Notes upon any claim for any such damages.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

Section 2.1.           Voluntary Prepayment .

 

(a)          Borrower shall have the right, at its option, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to Lender, to prepay the Loan in whole or in part at any time, provided that Borrower shall make a simultaneous and pro-rata prepayment of the Mezzanine Loan, with the result that the ratio of the Principal Indebtedness to the Mezzanine Loan Principal Indebtedness remains unchanged. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by (i) the amount of interest that would have been earned on the Loan during the Interest Accrual Period relating to the applicable Payment Date (if prepaid on a Payment Date) or the succeeding Payment Date (if prepaid on any date other than a Payment Date) had the prepayment not occurred and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Spread Maintenance Premium if such prepayment occurs during the Spread Maintenance Period. Following any such prepayment, Borrower may release or transfer, free and clear of the Lien of the Loan Documents, a portion of the notional amount of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement equal to the amount of such prepayment. Borrower’s notice of prepayment shall create an obligation of Borrower to prepay the Loan as set forth therein, but may be rescinded with five (5) Business Days’ written notice to Lender (of the original or extended date, but subject to payment of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses resulting from such rescission) or extended by up to thirty (30) days by written notice to Lender delivered no less five (5) Business Days prior to the intended prepayment.

 

(b)          If any Note has been bifurcated into multiple Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , so long as no Event of Default is then continuing, all prepayments of the Loan shall be applied to the Note Components pro rata. During the continuance of an Event of Default, any prepayment of the Loan shall be applied in such order as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

(c)          If the Debt Yield is less than the applicable Debt Yield Threshold as of the Test Period immediately prior to the Extension Term, Borrower shall be permitted to (but not obligated to) prepay a portion of the Loan (and Mezzanine Borrower shall make a simultaneous pro rata prepayment of the Mezzanine Loan) in the aggregate amount required to cause the Debt Yield to equal or exceed the Debt Yield Threshold, which prepayment shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount so prepaid through the (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made; provided, however, that none of the Future Funding Components shall be used to prepay the Loan.

 

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(d)          Borrower shall be permitted to (but not obligated to) prepay a portion of the Loan (and Mezzanine Borrower shall make a simultaneous pro rata prepayment of the Mezzanine Loan) in the aggregate amount necessary to increase the Debt Yield to avoid the commencement of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or, if there is an ongoing Cash Flow Sweep Period, to cause the termination of such Cash Flow Sweep Period, which prepayment shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount so prepaid through (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made; provided, however, that none of the Future Funding Component shall be used to prepay the Loan. So long no Event of Default is then continuing, Borrower shall have the right (but not the obligation) to direct Lender to use funds in the Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account, if any, to prepay the Loan and make a simultaneous pro rata prepayment of the Mezzanine Loan in the aggregate amount necessary to increase the Debt Yield to avoid the commencement of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or, if there is an ongoing Cash Flow Sweep Period, to cause the termination of such Cash Flow Sweep Period.

 

Section 2.2.           Transfers of Equity Interests in Borrower .

 

(a)           No direct or indirect equity interests in Borrower shall be conveyed or otherwise transferred to any Person without Lender’s approval (in its sole discretion), except in connection with a foreclosure by Mezzanine Lender under the Mezzanine Loan or any Additional Mezzanine Lender under the Additional Mezzanine Loan Documents, or unless the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(i)          no Event of Default shall be continuing at the time of such conveyance or transfer;

 

(ii)         no Prohibited Change of Control or Prohibited Pledge shall occur as a result thereof;

 

(iii)        if such conveyance or transfer results in any Person acquiring more than 49% of the direct or indirect equity interest in any Required SPE (even if not constituting a Prohibited Change of Control), Borrower shall have delivered to Lender with respect to such Person a new non-consolidation opinion or modification to the Nonconsolidation Opinion in substantially the form of the Nonconsolidation Opinion or otherwise approved by Lender, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned;

 

(iv)        Borrower shall have paid the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (if any) of the Rating Agencies and reimbursed Lender for its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such conveyance or transfer, provided that no fee shall be payable to Lender or Servicer or Rating Agencies with respect to such transfer; and

 

(v)         Lender shall have received 10 days advance written notice of such conveyance or transfer; and

 

(vi)        if, as a result of such conveyance or transfer, there is a new guarantor, such guarantor (a) is a Qualified Equityholder and (b) shall execute and deliver a new recourse guaranty and environmental indemnity in form and substance substantially similar to that delivered to Lender at closing of the Loan.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall be permitted without Lender’s consent or the payment of any fees or (except as noted below) satisfaction of any other condition:

 

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(i)          the offer, sale, listing, transfer or issuance by NY REIT of (i) securities that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or another nationally recognized stock exchange or (ii) securities that are sold in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with all applicable legal requirements to investors in a manner consistent with previous offerings and sales conducted by NY REIT or its Affiliates to date; or

 

(ii)         subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Sections 2.2(a)(iii) , 2.2(a)(iv) and 2.2(a)(vi) , the merger or acquisition of all, or substantially all, of the direct or indirect interests in NYROP by any Person provided that at all times NYROP is Controlled by NY REIT or by one or more Qualified Equityholders.

 

Section 2.3.           Retail Unit Release .

 

(a)          From and after a Condominium Conversion in accordance with Section 2.3(d) , provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall have the right to obtain a release of the lien of the Mortgage (and related Loan Documents) on the Retail Unit upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as reasonably determined by Lender:

 

(i)          not less than 30 days, nor more than 90 days, prior to the date on which the Borrower proposes a release to occur (the “ Release Date ”), Borrower shall provide to Lender a notice specifying the proposed Release Date, which notice shall be revocable without penalty by Borrower up to two Business Days prior to the Release Date (subject to payment by Borrower of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the release), provided that Borrower shall have the right to adjourn the Release Date for a period of up to 30 days by delivering notice of such adjournment to Lender prior to the then-scheduled Release Date;

 

(ii)         such release shall be in connection with a bona fide sale of the Retail Unit to a third party that is not an Affiliate of either Borrower or Guarantor pursuant to an arms-length transaction;

 

(iii)        Borrower shall make a principal payment to be applied against the principal balance of the Loan in accordance with Section 2.1 in an aggregate amount equal to the Release Price, together with the amount of interest theretofore accrued but unpaid in respect of the principal amount so prepaid, plus the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount so prepaid had it remained outstanding through (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made and, in each case if applicable, the Spread Maintenance Premium;

 

(iv)        Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Mezzanine Borrower shall have satisfied all of the conditions to the proposed release set forth in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, including a principal payment against the Mezzanine Loan equal to the Mezzanine Loan Release Price;

 

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(v)         Borrower shall have complied in all material respects with all requirements of and obtained all approvals, if any, required under any Leases and/or Material Agreements (including, without limitation, those documents related to the creation or operation of a condominium association or similar regime) applicable to the release of the Retail Unit, and the release shall not violate in any material respect any of the provisions of any of the foregoing (except to the extent such provisions have been waived or otherwise amended in such a manner that Borrower is no longer in violation thereof);

 

(vi)        after giving effect to such release, the Debt Yield for the remaining Property is at least equal to the greater of (x) the Debt Yield for the Property (including the Retail Unit) immediately prior to giving effect to such release and (y) 8.0%;

 

(vii)       after giving effect to such release, the Lender 80% Determination shall have been satisfied;

 

(viii)      Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the requirements set forth in this Section 2.4 have been satisfied; and

 

(ix)         Borrower shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lender actually incurred in connection with the release of the Retail Unit, including without limitation Lender’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

(b)          In connection with a release of the Retail Unit in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3(a) , Borrower shall submit to Lender, not less than five Business Days prior to the Release Date, a release of Lien and related Loan Documents or applicable documents severing a portion of the Mortgage securing the Release Price paid and assigning the same (and related Loan Documents) for execution by the Lender with respect to the Retail Unit. Such release shall be in a form appropriate in the jurisdiction in which the Retail Unit is located and shall contain standard provisions protecting the rights of a releasing lender. In addition, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly deliver to Lender such other documentation as Lender may reasonably request (if the same is customary for such release) in connection with such release to evidence such release.

 

(c)          In connection with a release of the Retail Unit in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3(a) , at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, Lender shall reasonably cooperate with Borrower to structure such release in a manner requested by Borrower (including interim transfers to a newly formed single-purpose entity) provided the same does not impair Lender’s remaining Collateral, the continued validity of any of the Loan Documents or result in a waiver of any of the requirements of Section 2.3(a) or any of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

 

(d)          In connection with the release of the Retail Unit, Borrower shall have the right to convert the entire Property to a commercial condominium form of ownership (a “ Condominium Conversion ”), subject to the terms and full satisfaction of all of the conditions precedent set forth below:

 

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(i)          Lender shall have received at least sixty (60) days prior notice of the date of the proposed Condominium Conversion (the “ Condominium Conversion Notice ”), which notice may be revoked or postponed upon three (3) Business Days notice to Lender; provided that Borrower reimburses Lender for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements, actually incurred by Lender in connection with the proposed Condominium Conversion;

 

(iii)        no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date Lender receives the Condominium Conversion Notice or on the date of the consummation of the Condominium Conversion;

 

(iv)        the resulting condominium regime provided for thereunder (the “ Condominium ”) shall consist of commercial condominium units (each, a “ Condominium Unit ” and, collectively, the “ Condominium Units ”) and related common area with a cost-sharing program between the Condominium Units and Lender shall have approved the Condominium Units, common area, the portions of the Property to be included therein, and the cost-sharing program in Lender’s reasonable discretion;

 

(v)          Lender shall have received and approved in its reasonable discretion all documents, conveyances, instruments and agreements to be entered into in connection with the Condominium Conversion, including, without limitation, the applicable condominium declaration and bylaws (such documents, instruments and agreements, collectively, the “ Condominium Documents ”);

 

(vi)        the implementation of the Condominium Conversion will not result in the violation of any Legal Requirements or the terms of any Permitted Encumbrances, Leases or Material Agreements in any material respect, or give rise to any termination, cancellation or abatement right under any Lease, Permitted Encumbrance or other Material Agreement affecting or relating to the use and/or operation of the Property and Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to the foregoing;

 

(vii)       Lender shall have received such usual and customary documents, instruments, financing statements and other agreements and assurances as may be reasonably required by Lender to reflect the Condominium Conversion in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, an amendment to the Mortgage and amendments and reaffirmations to the terms and conditions hereof and of the other Loan Documents reasonably required by Lender in connection with the Condominium Conversion, the Condominium Documents and/or the other terms and provisions of this Section (but otherwise not imposing any other material changes to the Loan Documents and not increasing Borrower’s obligations or Lender’s rights or reducing Borrower’s rights or Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents) (such amendments, collectively, the “ Condominium Conversion Amendments ”);

 

(viii)      Borrower shall have delivered to Lender evidence such that Lender may reasonably conclude that (A) after giving effect to the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(d) , each Condominium Unit shall be a separate tax lot, and (B) Borrower has obtained all necessary approvals, consents or permits and made all necessary filings under all applicable Legal Requirements with respect to the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(d) (whether from applicable Governmental Authorities, parties to Permitted Encumbrances affecting the Property or otherwise);

 

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(ix)         In connection with the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(d) , Borrower shall have delivered to Lender such other information reflecting such Condominium Conversion and implementation, including condominium board estoppels, approvals or other documents or instruments as may be reasonably requested by Lender;

 

(x)          Borrower shall pay all of Lender’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions of this Section 2.3(d) ;

 

(xi)          Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Mezzanine Borrower shall have satisfied all of the conditions to the Condominium Conversion set forth in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement ;

 

(xii)        Borrower shall have delivered and paid for in full such endorsements, supplements and amendments to the Title Insurance Policy as may be reasonably required by Lender to reflect the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions of this Section 2.3(d) , including a so-called condominium endorsement to the Title Insurance Policy insuring the creation of the Condominium, confirming no change in the priority of the Mortgage (provided the Mortgage will be subject to the Condominium Documents as provided in Section 2.3(d)(xiii) below) or in the amount of the insurance or the coverage under the Title Insurance Policy and insuring the rights and benefits under any reciprocal easement or similar agreement created in connection with the Condominium Conversion ; and

 

(xiii)       Borrower shall submit to Lender, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such Condominium Conversion, a subordination of lien (and related Loan Documents) to the Condominium Documents for execution by Lender, which such subordination shall only be executed and effective upon the consummation of the Condominium Conversion in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof. Such subordination shall be in a form appropriate in the jurisdiction in which the Property is located and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory to Lender; in addition, Borrower shall provide an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such subordination documentation (A) is in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, (B) will effect such subordination in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (C) will not otherwise impair or otherwise adversely affect the liens, security interests and other rights of Lender under the Loan Documents (subject to the subordination documentation).

 

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ARTICLE III

ACCOUNTS

 

Section 3.1.           Cash Management Account .

 

(a)          On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall establish and thereafter maintain with the Clearing Account Bank a lockbox account into which all Revenues from the Property will be deposited (the “ Clearing Account ”). As a condition precedent to the closing of the Loan, Borrower shall cause the Clearing Account Bank to execute and deliver an agreement (as modified or replaced in accordance herewith, a “ Clearing Account Agreement ”) which provides, inter alia , that Borrower shall have no access to funds in the Clearing Account and that at the end of each Business Day the Clearing Account Bank will remit all amounts contained therein directly into the Operating Account; provided that during the continuance of an Event of Default or Cash Flow Sweep Period the Lender shall terminate such remittances to the Operating Account and shall direct that all funds in the Clearing Account be remitted directly into the Cash Management Account. Within five Business Days following the Closing Date, Borrower shall deliver to each Tenant at the Property a written notice (a “ Tenant Notice ”) in the form of Exhibit B instructing that (i) all payments under the Leases shall thereafter be remitted by them directly to, and deposited directly into, the Clearing Account, and (ii) such instruction may not be rescinded unless and until such Tenant receives from Borrower or Lender a copy of Lender’s written consent to such rescission. Borrower shall send a copy of each such written notice to Lender and shall redeliver such notices to each Tenant until such time as such Tenant complies therewith. Borrower shall cause all cash Revenues relating to the Property and all other money received by Borrower or the Approved Property Manager with respect to the Property (other than tenant security deposits required to be held in escrow accounts) to be deposited in the Clearing Account by the end of the first Business Day following Borrower’s or the Approved Property Manager’s receipt thereof.

 

(b)          On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall establish and thereafter maintain with the Cash Management Bank an account (the “ Cash Management Account ”) pursuant to the Cash Management Agreement. During the continuance of an Event of Default or if the Clearing Account Bank fails to comply with the Clearing Account Agreement or ceases to be an Eligible Institution, Lender shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to Borrower, to replace the Clearing Account Bank with any Eligible Institution at which Eligible Accounts may be maintained (provided that unless there is a continuing Event of Default, the choice of new Clearing Account Bank shall be subject to the reasonable approval of Borrower) that will promptly execute and deliver to Lender a Clearing Account Agreement reasonably satisfactory to Lender and, so long as no Event of Default is continuing, Borrower.

 

(c)          Borrower shall maintain at all times an Operating Account into which amounts may be deposited from time to time pursuant to ‎ Sections 3.1(a) and ‎ 3.2(b) . Borrower shall not permit any amounts unrelated to the Property to be commingled with amounts on deposit in the Operating Account and shall cause all amounts payable with respect to Operating Expenses and Capital Expenditures for the Property to be paid from the Operating Account or the Cash Management Account and subaccounts thereof (to the extent required or permitted hereunder) and no other account. Borrower shall deliver to Lender each month the monthly bank statement related to such Operating Account. So long as no Event of Default is continuing, Borrower shall have full access to and shall be permitted to withdraw amounts from the Operating Account for the purpose of paying bona fide Property expenses incurred in accordance with this Agreement, to make equity distributions from the Operating Account, and to otherwise use in any manner and for any purpose that Borrower so determines ; provided, however, that during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period, Borrower shall only be permitted to make one equity distribution during such Cash Flow Sweep Period in an amount no greater than the balance of the Operating Account on the date prior to the commencement of such Cash Flow Sweep Period (excluding any amounts in the Operating Account required to pay Property expenses that are due and payable as of such date). During the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts contained in the Operating Account shall be remitted to the Cash Management Account.

 

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Section 3.2.           Distributions from Cash Management Account .

 

(a)          Intentionally omitted.

 

(b)          On each Payment Date during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period, provided no Event of Default is continuing (and, if and to the extent Lender so elects in its sole discretion, during the continuance of an Event of Default until the Loan has been accelerated), Lender shall transfer amounts from the Cash Management Account, to the extent available therein, to make such payments in the following order of priority:

 

(i)          to the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account, the amounts then required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.4 ;

 

(ii)         to Lender, the amount of all scheduled or delinquent interest and principal on the Loan and all other amounts then due and payable under the Loan Documents (with any amounts in respect of principal paid last);

 

(iii)        to the Operating Account, an amount equal to the Budgeted Operating Expenses for the month in which such Payment Date occurs; provided that the amounts disbursed to such account pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be used by Borrower solely to pay Budgeted Operating Expenses for such month (Borrower agreeing that, in the event that such Budgeted Operating Expenses exceed the actual operating expenses for such month, such excess amounts shall be remitted by Borrower to the Cash Management Account prior to the next succeeding Payment Date) and provided further that no amounts will be disbursed to Borrower in respect of the fees of the Approved Property Manager to the extent such fees exceed the Maximum Management Fee;

 

(iv)        to the Capital Expenditure Reserve Account, the amount required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.6 ;

 

(v)         until Lender shall have received notice from Mezzanine Lender that the Mezzanine Loan has been repaid in full and provided that no Event of Default is then continuing, to Mezzanine Lender, all scheduled interest then due and payable or past due and payable to Mezzanine Lender under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, as specified by Mezzanine Lender pursuant to Mezzanine Lender’s written instructions to Lender; and

 

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(vi)        all remaining amounts to the Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account, including if an Event of Default is continuing and Lender makes the election described in Section 3.2(b) above.

 

(c)          If on any Payment Date the amount in the Cash Management Account is insufficient to make all of the transfers described above (other than the payment to Mezzanine Lender under clause (v) above and the remittances of excess cash to the Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account or the Operating Account), then Borrower shall remit to the Cash Management Account on such Payment Date the amount of such deficiency. If Borrower fails to remit such amount to the Cash Management Account or otherwise to provide to Lender evidence that the obligations for which such remittances are to be paid or have been paid on any Payment Date, the same shall constitute an immediate Event of Default and, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for under the Loan Documents, Lender may disburse and apply the amounts in the Collateral Accounts in accordance with Section 3.11(c) .

 

(d)          All transfers of Borrower’s funds from the Cash Management Account or other sources to or for the benefit of Mezzanine Lender or Mezzanine Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, the Cash Management Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, are intended by Borrower and Mezzanine Borrower to constitute, and shall constitute, distributions from Borrower to Mezzanine Borrower in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

 

(e)          Lender may conclusively rely upon any notice received from Mezzanine Lender with respect to the amount then payable under the applicable Mezzanine Loan Agreement and with respect to the occurrence, continuance or termination of any Mezzanine Loan Event of Default. Lender shall be under no duty to inquire into or investigate the validity, accuracy or content of any such notice.

 

Section 3.3.           Loss Proceeds Account .

 

(a)          Upon the occurrence of a Casualty or Condemnation, Lender will establish and maintain an Eligible Account (which may be a subaccount of the Cash Management Account) for the purpose of depositing any Loss Proceeds (the “ Loss Proceeds Account ”).

 

(b)          Provided no Event of Default is continuing, funds in the Loss Proceeds account shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.16 .

 

Section 3.4.           Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account .

 

(a)          Lender will establish and maintain an Eligible Account (which may be a subaccount of the Cash Management Account) for the purpose of reserving amounts payable by Borrower in respect of Taxes and insurance premiums (the “ Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account ”).

 

(b)          On the Closing Date, the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account shall be funded in an amount equal to the sum of (i) an amount sufficient to pay all Taxes by the 30 th day prior to the date they come due, assuming subsequent monthly fundings on Payment Dates of 1/12 of projected annual Taxes, plus (ii) an amount sufficient to pay all insurance premiums by the 30 th day prior to the date they come due, assuming subsequent monthly fundings on Payment Dates of 1/12 of projected annual insurance premiums.

 

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(c)          On each subsequent Payment Date, Borrower shall deposit or cause to be deposited therein (unless deposited pursuant to Section 3.2(b) ) an amount equal to the sum of:

 

(A)         1/12 of the Taxes that Lender reasonably estimates, based on information provided by Borrower, will be payable during the next ensuing 12 months, plus

 

(B)         1/12 of the insurance premiums that Lender reasonably estimates, based on information provided by Borrower, will be payable during the next ensuing 12 months;

 

provided , however , that if at any time Lender reasonably determines that the amount in the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account will not be sufficient to accumulate (upon payment of subsequent monthly amounts in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement) the full amount of all installments of Taxes and insurance premiums by the date on which such amounts come due, then Lender shall notify Borrower of such determination and Borrower shall increase its monthly payments to the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account by the amount that Lender reasonably estimates is sufficient to achieve such accumulation.

 

(d)          Borrower shall provide Lender with copies of all tax and insurance bills relating to the Property promptly after Borrower’s receipt thereof. Lender will apply amounts in the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account toward the purposes for which such amounts are deposited therein. In connection with the making of any payment from the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account, Lender may cause such payment to be made according to any bill, statement or estimate provided by Borrower or procured from the appropriate public office or insurance carrier, without inquiry into the accuracy of such bill, statement or estimate or into the validity of any Tax, assessment, sale, forfeiture, Tax lien or title or claim thereof unless given written advance notice by Borrower of such inaccuracy, invalidity or other contest.

 

(e)          Intentionally Omitted.

 

(f)          Notwithstanding the terms and provisions of this Section 3.4 , Borrower shall not be required to reserve any amounts for payment of insurance premiums as otherwise required by this Section 3.4 for so long as (A) Borrower shall have provided Lender with evidence that insurance satisfying the requirements set forth in Section 5.15 of this Agreement has been obtained under a blanket policy of insurance and thereafter provides Lender with evidence of the payment of premiums in respect thereof at least 10 days prior to the date on which such payment would become delinquent, and (B) no Event of Default is continuing. During the continuance of an Event of Default or at any time that Borrower shall have failed to deliver to Lender the evidence required by the immediately preceding sentence, amounts in respect of insurance premiums shall be reserved in accordance with this Section 3.4 .

 

Section 3.5.           Intentionally Omitted .

 

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Section 3.6.           Capital Expenditure Reserve Account .

 

(a)          Lender will establish and maintain an Eligible Account (which may be a subaccount of the Cash Management Account) for the purpose of reserving amounts in respect of Capital Expenditures (the “ Capital Expenditure Reserve Account ”).

 

(b)          Beginning on the Payment Date in October 2019 and on each Payment Date thereafter, Borrower shall deposit or cause to be deposited (unless deposited pursuant to Section 3.2(b) ) into the Capital Expenditure Reserve Account an amount equal to the Monthly Capital Expenditure Amount.

 

(c)          Upon the request of Borrower at any time that no Event of Default is continuing (but not more often than once per calendar month), no more than twenty (20) days after delivery to Lender of the items required or requested by Lender under Section 3.6(c)(i) through (iii) below, Lender shall cause disbursements to Borrower from the Capital Expenditure Reserve Account to reimburse Borrower for (i) Capital Expenditures that are consistent with the Annual Budget or, as applicable, the Approved Annual Budget, (ii) unbudgeted extraordinary Capital Expenditures approved by Lender in its reasonable discretion or (iii) Approved Base Building Work, in Lender’s reasonable discretion; provided that:

 

(i)          Borrower shall deliver to Lender invoices evidencing that the costs for which such disbursements are requested are due and payable;

 

(ii)         Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Officer’s Certificate confirming that all such costs have been previously paid by Borrower or will be paid from the proceeds of the requested disbursement and that all conditions precedent to such disbursement required by this Section 3.6 have been satisfied; and

 

(iii)        Lender may condition the making of a requested disbursement on (1) reasonable evidence establishing that Borrower has applied any amounts previously received by it in accordance with this Section for the expenses to which specific draws made hereunder relate and (2) with respect to disbursements for Capital Expenditures relating to any single capital improvement costing in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate (whether disbursed in a lump sum or multiple installments), (x) a reasonably satisfactory site inspection, and (y) receipt of lien releases and waivers from any contractors, subcontractors and others with respect to such amounts (which may be conditioned on payment).

 

Section 3.7.           [Reserved] .

 

Section 3.8.           Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account .

 

(a)          Lender will establish and maintain an Eligible Account (which may be a subaccount of the Cash Management Account) for the deposit of amounts required to be deposited therein in accordance with Section 3.2(b) (the “ Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account ”).

 

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(b)          Provided that no Event of Default is then continuing, Lender shall release (i) to Lender and Mezzanine Lender, amounts required to make the prepayment permitted under Section 2.1(d) if and as directed by Borrower, (ii) to the Operating Account all amounts then contained in the Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account within three (3) Business Days after the date that such Event of Default or Cash Flow Sweep Period is no longer continuing, as applicable, if Borrower delivers to Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender establishing that no Cash Flow Sweep Period is then continuing and (iii) subject to Lender’s approval in its sole discretion, to the Operating Account any amounts permitted to be funded in accordance with Section 3.6(c) to the extent the Capital Expenditure Account does not contain sufficient funds to fund such amounts. Such a release shall not preclude the subsequent commencement of a Cash Flow Sweep Period and the deposit of amounts into the Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account as set forth in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Section 3.9.           Unfunded Obligations Account .

 

(a)          If the Unfunded Obligations Amount is greater than zero, Lender shall establish and maintain an Eligible Account (which may be a subaccount of the Cash Management Account) for the purpose of reserving for Unfunded Obligations required to be funded by Borrower (the “ Unfunded Obligations Account ”).

 

(b)          On the Closing Date, Borrower shall deposit into the Unfunded Obligations Account an amount equal to the Unfunded Obligations Amount. Borrower and Lender acknowledge that Borrower has provided the Unfunded Obligations Guaranty in accordance with Section 3.9(f) in lieu of reserving the Unfunded Obligations Amount.

 

(c)          Borrower shall perform its obligations in respect of the Unfunded Obligations when and as due under the respective Leases or other applicable agreements in a good and workmanlike manner and free of all Liens upon completion.

 

(d)          After funding the Unfunded Obligations Account, upon the request of Borrower at any time that no Event of Default is continuing (but not more often than once per calendar month) no more than twenty (20) days after delivery to Lender of the items required or requested by Lender under Section 3.9(d)(i) through (iii) below, Lender shall cause disbursements to Borrower from the Unfunded Obligations Account to reimburse Borrower for the costs and expenses incurred in the performance of Unfunded Obligations, provided that

 

(i)          Borrower shall deliver to Lender invoices evidencing that the costs for which such disbursements are requested are due and payable;

 

(ii)         Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Officer’s Certificate confirming that all such costs have been previously paid by Borrower or will be paid from the proceeds of the requested disbursement and that all conditions precedent to such disbursement required by this Section 3.9 have been satisfied; and

 

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(iii)        Lender may condition the making of a requested disbursement on (1) reasonable evidence establishing that Borrower has applied any amounts previously received by it in accordance with this Section for the expenses to which specific draws made hereunder relate and (2) with respect to disbursements for any single Unfunded Obligation costing in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate (whether disbursed in a lump sum or multiple installments), (x) reasonably satisfactory site inspections, if applicable, and (y) if applicable, receipt of lien releases and waivers from any contractors, subcontractors and others with respect to such amounts (which may be conditioned on payment).

 

(e)          Upon payment or performance, as applicable, of the Unfunded Obligations identified on any line on Schedule D , and provided no Event of Default is then continuing, the remainder of the portion of the Unfunded Obligations Account held for such line item (as shown adjacent to such line item on Schedule D ) shall promptly be remitted to Borrower, except that any amounts in respect of free rent shall be remitted to the Cash Management Account if there is a Cash Flow Sweep Period in effect. Upon the payment or performance in full of all Unfunded Obligations, provided no Event of Default or Cash Flow Sweep Period is then continuing, any amounts then remaining in the Unfunded Obligations Account shall promptly be remitted to the Operating Account and the Unfunded Obligations Account will no longer be maintained.

 

(f)          Borrower, at its election, may replace the amounts required to be deposited into the Unfunded Obligations Account by delivering to Lender either (i) one or more Qualified Letters of Credit in amount(s) equal to the amounts being so replaced or (ii) a Qualified Guaranty for the amount equal to the amounts being so replaced (and provided no Event of Default is continuing, upon delivery of any such Qualified Letter of Credit or Qualified Guaranty, as applicable, any of the amounts so replaced shall be promptly remitted to Borrower). Lender shall be entitled to draw on any such Qualified Letter of Credit, and hold the proceeds of such draws as additional Collateral, immediately and without further notice, (a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, (b) if Borrower shall not have delivered to Lender, no less than 30 days prior to the termination of any Qualified Letter of Credit, a replacement Qualified Letter of Credit reasonably satisfactory to Lender, or (c) if Borrower shall not have delivered to Lender, within 10 days after Lender has delivered written notice to Borrower that the issuer of such Qualified Letter of Credit ceases to be an Eligible Institution, a replacement Qualified Letter of Credit reasonably satisfactory to Lender. Lender shall be entitled to enforce any such Qualified Guaranty, and hold the proceeds of such enforcement as additional Collateral, immediately and without further notice, (a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default or (b) if the Guarantor is replaced pursuant to Section 2.2 and Borrower shall not have delivered to Lender a replacement Qualified Guaranty reasonably satisfactory to Lender from such new guarantor. Provided no Event of Default is continuing, if so requested by Borrower in writing, Borrower shall have the right to replace any Qualified Letter of Credit or Qualified Guaranty delivered to Lender pursuant to this Section by remitting to the Unfunded Obligations Account the amount that would have been contained therein as of such date had Borrower not delivered such Qualified Letter of Credit or Qualified Guaranty and the deposits required pursuant to this Agreement had been made into the Unfunded Obligations Account (reduced by any subsequent payment by Borrower of any Unfunded Obligations as set forth on Schedule D ), and upon depositing such amount into the Unfunded Obligations Account, (i) Lender shall return to Borrower the applicable Qualified Letter of Credit and Borrower shall be permitted to cancel the same, or, as applicable (ii) the Qualified Guaranty shall terminate and have no further force and effect. Upon the earlier of (x) payment of all Unfunded Obligations and (y) repayment of the Indebtedness in full, (i) any Qualified Letter of Credit held by Lender pursuant to this Section shall be promptly returned to Borrower, and Borrower shall be permitted to cancel the same and (ii) any Qualified Guaranty held by Lender pursuant to this Section shall terminate and have no further force and effect.

 

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(g)          Whenever a Lease is terminated, whether by buy-out, cancellation, default or otherwise, and Borrower receives any payment, fee or penalty in respect of such termination (a “ Termination Fee ”), Borrower shall promptly cause such Termination Fee to be deposited into the Unfunded Obligations Account. Provided no Event of Default is continuing, (i) Lender shall disburse such Termination Fee or portion thereof to Borrower no later than ten (10) days after written request of Borrower in respect of Leasing Commissions and Tenant Improvement costs incurred by Borrower in connection with a replacement Lease entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in respect of the space covered by such terminated Lease and (ii) unless a Cash Flow Sweep Period is continuing, the remainder of such Termination Fee or portion thereof, if any, shall be remitted to the Operating Account after the space covered by such terminated Lease has been relet, the replacement Tenant is in occupancy and has commenced paying rent under the replacement Lease and all Leasing Commissions and Tenant Improvement costs relating to such space have been paid.

 

(h)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, Borrower shall not be required to reserve any amounts in the Unfunded Obligations Account to the extent such Unfunded Obligations are included in the Approved Costs nor shall the Unfunded Obligations Guaranty cover such amounts.

 

Section 3.10.          Intentionally Omitted

 

Section 3.11.          Account Collateral .

 

(a)          Borrower hereby pledges the Account Collateral to Lender as security for the Indebtedness, together with all rights of a secured party with respect thereto, it being the intention of the parties that such pledge shall be a perfected first-priority security interest. Each Collateral Account shall be an Eligible Account under the sole dominion and control of Lender subject to the terms hereof. Subject to the terms hereof, Borrower shall have no right to make withdrawals from any of the Collateral Accounts other than the Operating Account. Funds in the Collateral Accounts shall not be commingled with any other monies at any time. Borrower shall execute any additional documents that Lender in its reasonable discretion may require and shall provide all other evidence reasonably requested by Lender to evidence or perfect its first-priority security interest in the Account Collateral. Funds in the Collateral Accounts shall be invested only in Permitted Investments, which Permitted Investments shall be credited to the related Collateral Account. All income and gains from the investment of funds in the Collateral Accounts other than the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account shall be retained in the Collateral Accounts from which they were derived. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, all income and gains from the investment of funds in the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account shall be for the account of Lender in consideration of its administration of such Collateral Account, and Lender shall have the right at any time to withdraw such amounts from the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account. All reasonable fees of the Cash Management Bank and the Clearing Account Bank shall be paid by Borrower pursuant to the Clearing Account Agreement and Cash Management Agreement, respectively. After the Loan and all other Indebtedness have been paid in full, the Collateral Accounts shall be closed and the balances therein, if any, shall be paid to Borrower.

 

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(b)          The insufficiency of amounts contained in the Collateral Accounts shall not relieve Borrower from its obligation to fulfill all covenants contained in the Loan Documents.

 

(c)          During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may, in its sole discretion, apply funds in the Collateral Accounts, and funds resulting from the liquidation of Permitted Investments contained in the Collateral Accounts, either toward the components of the Indebtedness ( e.g. , interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder), the Loan, the Note Components and the Notes in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, and/or toward the payment of Property expenses.

 

Section 3.12.          Bankruptcy . Borrower and Lender acknowledge and agree that upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code, the Account Collateral and the Revenues (whether then already in the Collateral Accounts, or then due or becoming due thereafter) shall be deemed not to be property of Borrower’s bankruptcy estate within the meaning of Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code. If, however, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that, notwithstanding the foregoing characterization of the Account Collateral and the Revenues by Borrower and Lender, the Account Collateral and/or the Revenues do constitute property of Borrower’s bankruptcy estate, then Borrower and Lender further acknowledge and agree that all such Revenues, whether due and payable before or after the filing of the petition, are and shall be cash collateral of Lender. Borrower acknowledges that Lender does not consent to Borrower’s use of such cash collateral and that, in the event Lender elects (in its sole discretion) to give such consent, such consent shall only be effective if given in writing signed by Lender. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, Borrower shall not have the right to use or apply or require the use or application of such cash collateral (i) unless Borrower shall have received a court order authorizing the use of the same, and (ii) Borrower shall have provided such adequate protection to Lender as shall be required by the bankruptcy court in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS

 

Borrower represents to Lender that, as of the Closing Date, except as set forth in the Exception Report:

 

Section 4.1.           Organization .

 

(a)          Each Required SPE is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where ownership of its properties or the conduct of its business requires it to be so, and each Required SPE has all power and authority under such laws and its organizational documents and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted.

 

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(b)          The organizational chart contained in Exhibit A is true and correct as of the date hereof.

 

Section 4.2.           Authorization . Borrower has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and has by proper action duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents.

 

Section 4.3.           No Conflicts . Neither the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, nor performance of and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will (i) violate or conflict with any provision of its formation and governance documents, (ii) violate any Legal Requirement, regulation (including Regulation U, Regulation X or Regulation T), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or permit applicable to it, (iii) violate or conflict with contractual provisions of, or cause an event of default under, any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, contract or other Material Agreement to which Borrower, Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect equityholders is a party or may be bound, or (iv) result in or require the creation of any Lien or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to the Collateral in favor of any Person other than Lender.

 

Section 4.4.           Consents . No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court or Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Borrower of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for any of the foregoing that have already been obtained.

 

Section 4.5.           Enforceable Obligations . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and constitute Borrower’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Loan Documents are not subject to any right of rescission, offset, abatement, counterclaim or defense by Borrower or Guarantor, including the defense of usury or fraud.

 

Section 4.6.           No Default . No Default or Event of Default will exist immediately following the making of the Loan.

 

Section 4.7.           Payment of Taxes . Borrower has filed, or caused to be filed, all tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed and paid all amounts of taxes due (including interest and penalties) except for taxes that are not yet delinquent and has paid all other taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges (including mortgage recording taxes, documentary stamp taxes and intangible taxes) owing by it necessary to preserve the Liens in favor of Lender.

 

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Section 4.8.           Compliance with Law .   Borrower, the Property and the use thereof comply in all material respects with all applicable Insurance Requirements and Legal Requirements, including building and zoning ordinances and codes, except as specified in the zoning report delivered to or obtained by Lender in connection with closing. The Property conforms to current zoning requirements (including requirements relating to parking) and is neither an illegal nor a legal nonconforming use except as specified in the zoning report delivered to or obtained by Lender in connection with the origination of the Loan. Borrower is not in default or violation of any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority the violation of which could materially adversely affect the Property or the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Borrower. There has not been committed by or on behalf of Borrower or, to Borrower’s knowledge, any other person in occupancy of or involved with the operation or use of the Property, any act or omission affording any federal Governmental Authority or any state or local Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against the Property or any portion thereof or any monies paid in performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents. Neither Borrower nor Guarantor has purchased any portion of the Property with proceeds of any illegal activity.

 

Section 4.9.           ERISA . Neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower has incurred any liability, whether actual or contingent, under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or maintains or contributes to, or is or has been required to maintain or contribute to, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, as of the date hereof or within the six (6) year period ending on the date hereof. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or substantially similar provisions under federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations; provided that Borrower shall not be deemed to have breached its representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.9 by reason of the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction resulting from Lender’s use of Plan Assets to fund, acquire or hold an interest in the Loan (or any portion thereof).

 

Section 4.10.         Investment Company Act . Borrower is not an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 4.11.         No Bankruptcy Filing . Borrower is not contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of its assets or property. Borrower does not have knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it. During the ten year period preceding the Closing Date, no petition in bankruptcy has been filed by or against any Required SPE, Guarantor, any of their respective affiliates or any Person that owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the beneficial ownership interests in Borrower or Guarantor and no such Persons have been convicted of a felony. Borrower has not received notice of and is not otherwise aware of any Tenant under a Major Lease contemplating or having filed any of the foregoing actions.

 

Section 4.12.         Other Debt . Borrower does not have any outstanding Debt other than Permitted Debt.

 

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Section 4.13.         Litigation . There are no actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations by or before any Governmental Authority or other court or agency now filed or otherwise pending, and to Borrower’s knowledge there are no such actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations threatened, against or affecting Borrower, Guarantor or the Collateral, in each case, and none of the matters listed in the Exception Report contrary to the representation in this Section 4.13 , even if determined against Borrower or the Collateral, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

Section 4.14.       Leases; Material Agreements .

 

(a)          Borrower has delivered to Lender true and complete copies of all Leases, including all modifications and amendments thereto. No person has any possessory interest in the Property or right to occupy the same except under and pursuant to the provisions of the Leases. The rent roll attached to this Agreement as Schedule E (the “ Rent Roll ”) is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date. The security deposits being held by Borrower (including bonds or letters of credit being held in lieu of cash security deposits) are set forth on the Rent Roll, and except as indicated on the Rent Roll or Exception Report, no Tenant has any termination options (except in connection with a Casualty or Condemnation), no Tenant has any extension or renewal rights (except as set forth in its Lease), no Tenant or other party has any option, right of first refusal or similar preferential right to purchase all or any portion of the Property, no fixed rent has been paid more than 30 days in advance of its due date (other than prepayment of first month’s rent as provided in the applicable Leases) and no payments of rent are more than 30 days delinquent. Each of the following is true and correct with respect to each Lease:

 

(i)          such Lease is valid and enforceable and is in full force and effect;

 

(ii)         Borrower is the sole owner of the entire lessor’s interest in such Lease;

 

(iii)        such Lease is an arm’s-length agreement with bona fide, independent third parties;

 

(iv)        none of the Revenues reserved in such Lease have been assigned or otherwise pledged or hypothecated by Borrower (except such pledge or hypothecation that will be fully terminated and released in connection with the filing and recordation of the Mortgage and except for the Liens contemplated pursuant to the Loan Documents);

 

(v)         neither Borrower nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, any other party under such Lease is in default thereunder in any material respect;

 

(vi)        to Borrower’s knowledge, there exist no offsets or defenses by any tenant under any Lease to the payment of any portion of the rents thereunder.

 

(vii)       no brokerage commissions or finders fees are due and payable regarding any Lease; and

 

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(viii)      (A) except for the Unfunded Obligations, all work to be performed by the landlord under such Lease as of the Closing Date has been substantially performed, all Tenants have accepted possession of their respective premises under such Lease, all contributions to be made by the landlord to the Tenants thereunder as of the Closing Date have been made and all other conditions to each Tenant’s obligations thereunder as of the Closing Date have been satisfied and (B) to Borrower’s knowledge, no Tenant has the right to require Borrower to perform or finance material Tenant Improvements or Material Alterations and no material Leasing Commissions are owed or would be owed by Borrower upon the exercise of any Tenant’s existing renewal or expansion options under such Lease.

 

(b)          There are no Material Agreements except as described in Schedule F . Borrower has made available to Lender true and complete copies of all Material Agreements. Each Material Agreement has been entered into at arm’s length in the ordinary course of business by or on behalf of Borrower. The Material Agreements are in full force and effect and, there are no defaults thereunder by Borrower or, to Borrower’s knowledge, any other party thereto. Borrower is not in default in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Permitted Encumbrance or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or the Property is bound.

 

Section 4.15.         Full and Accurate Disclosure . No statement of fact heretofore delivered by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in writing in respect of the Guarantor, Property or Borrower knowingly contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained therein not misleading unless subsequently corrected (except that the foregoing representation, as it relates to any Environmental Report, Engineering Report, Title Policy and zoning report delivered to Lender in connection with the closing of the Loan, shall be limited to Borrower’s knowledge). There is no fact, event or circumstance presently known to Borrower that has not been disclosed to Lender that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.16.         Financial Condition . Borrower has heretofore delivered to Lender financial statements and operating statements with respect to the Property for the past three calendar years, and trailing twelve-month operating statements. Such statements are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present in accordance with GAAP the financial position of Borrower in all material respects as of their respective dates and do not knowingly omit to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained therein not misleading. Since the delivery of such data, except as otherwise disclosed in writing to Lender, there have occurred no changes or circumstances that have had or are reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.17.       Single-Purpose Requirements .

 

(a)          Each Required SPE is now, and has always been since its formation, a Single-Purpose Entity and has conducted its business in substantial compliance with the provisions of its organizational documents. Borrower has never (i) owned any property other than the Property and related personal property, (ii) engaged in any business, except the ownership, leasing and operation of the Property or (iii) had any material contingent or actual obligations or liabilities unrelated to the Property.

 

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(b)          Borrower has provided Lender with true, correct and complete copies of (i) Borrower’s current financial statements, and (ii) Borrower’s current operating agreement or partnership agreement, as applicable, together with all amendments and modifications thereto.

 

(c)          On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall have been fully released from any loan (other than the Loan) secured by the Property or any of the Collateral (a “ Prior Loan ”), and Borrower shall not have any continuing liability, actual or contingent, for any Prior Loan, and no recourse whatsoever against any portion of the Property shall be available to satisfy any Prior Loan under any circumstances.

 

Section 4.18.         Use of Loan Proceeds . No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or for any other purpose that would be inconsistent with such Regulations T, U or X or any other Regulations of such Board of Governors, or for any purpose prohibited by Legal Requirements or by the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. The Loan is solely for the business purpose of Borrower or for distribution to Borrower’s equityholders in accordance with Legal Requirements and no portion thereof shall be used for personal, consumer, household or similar purposes.

 

Section 4.19.         Not Foreign Person . Borrower is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code.

 

Section 4.20.         Labor Matters . Borrower has no employees and is not a party to any collective bargaining agreements.

 

Section 4.21.         Title . Borrower owns insurable fee simple title to the Property and title to the related personal property owned by Borrower, to the Collateral Accounts and to any other Collateral, in each case free and clear of all Liens whatsoever except the Permitted Encumbrances. The Permitted Encumbrances do not and will not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect or interfere with the value, or current or contemplated use or operation, of the Property, or the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage, the ability of the Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the Loan or Borrower’s ability to pay its obligations as and when they come due, including its ability to repay the Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. Except as insured over by a Title Insurance Policy, Borrower has not received written notice of (and otherwise has no actual knowledge of) any claims for payment for work, labor or materials affecting the Property that are or may become a Lien prior to, or of equal priority with, the Liens created by the Loan Documents. No creditor of Borrower other than Lender has in its possession any goods that constitute or evidence the Collateral.

 

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Section 4.22.         No Encroachments . Except as shown on the Survey, to Borrower’s knowledge, all of the improvements on the Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Property, and no improvements on adjoining property encroach upon the Property, and no easements or other encumbrances upon the Property encroach upon any of the improvements, so as, in either case, to materially adversely affect the value, use or marketability of the Property, except those that are insured against by a Title Insurance Policy.

 

Section 4.23.         Physical Condition .

 

(a)          Except for matters set forth in the Engineering Reports, to Borrower’s knowledge, the Property and all building systems (including sidewalks, parking lots, storm drainage system, roof, plumbing system, HVAC system, fire protection system, electrical system, equipment, elevators, exterior sidings and doors, irrigation system and all structural components) are free of all material damage and are in good condition, order and repair in all respects material to the Property’s use, operation and value.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in the Engineering Report, Borrower is not aware of any material structural or other material defect or damages in the Property, whether latent or otherwise.

 

(c)          Borrower has not received and is not aware of any other Person’s receipt of notice from any insurance company or bonding company of any defects or inadequacies in the Property that would, alone or in the aggregate, adversely affect in any material respect the insurability of the same or cause the imposition of extraordinary premiums or charges thereon or of any termination or threatened termination of any policy of insurance or bond.

 

Section 4.24.         Fraudulent Conveyance . Borrower has not entered into any of the Loan Documents with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. Borrower has received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for its obligations under the Loan Documents. On the Closing Date, the fair salable value of Borrower’s aggregate assets is and will, immediately following the making of the Loan and the use and disbursement of the proceeds thereof, be greater than Borrower’s probable aggregate liabilities (including subordinated, unliquidated, disputed and Contingent Obligations). Borrower’s aggregate assets do not and, immediately following the making of the Loan and the use and disbursement of the proceeds thereof will not, constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out its business as conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Borrower does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts and liabilities (including Contingent Obligations and other commitments) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of Borrower).

 

Section 4.25.         Management . Except for any Approved Management Agreement, no property management agreements are in effect with respect to the Property. The Approved Management Agreement is in full force and effect and, to Borrower’s knowledge, there is no event of default thereunder by any party thereto and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the passage of time and/or the giving of notice would constitute a default thereunder.

 

Section 4.26.         Condemnation . Borrower has not received written notice that a Condemnation has been commenced or is contemplated or threatened with respect to all or any portion of the Property or for the relocation of roadways providing access to the Property.

 

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Section 4.27.         Utilities and Public Access . The Property has adequate rights of access to dedicated public ways (and makes no material use of any means of access or egress that is not pursuant to such dedicated public ways or recorded, irrevocable rights-of-way or easements) and is adequately served by all public utilities, including water and sewer (or well and septic), necessary to the continued use and enjoyment of the Property as presently used and enjoyed.

 

Section 4.28.         Environmental Matters . Except as disclosed in the Environmental Reports:

 

(i)          To Borrower’s knowledge, no Hazardous Substances are located at, on, in or under the Property or have been handled, manufactured, generated, stored, processed, or disposed of at, on, in or under, or have been Released from, the Property. Without limiting the foregoing, to Borrower’s knowledge, there is not present at, on, in or under the Property, any PCB-containing equipment, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, underground storage tanks or surface impoundments for any Hazardous Substance, lead in drinking water (except in concentrations that comply with all Environmental Laws), or lead-based paint. To Borrower’s knowledge, there is no threat of any Release of any Hazardous Substance migrating to the Property.

 

(ii)         To Borrower’s knowledge, the Property is in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to the Property (which compliance includes, but is not limited to, the possession of, and compliance with, all environmental, health and safety permits, approvals, licenses, registrations and other governmental authorizations required in connection with the ownership and operation of the Property under all Environmental Laws). Borrower has not received written notice that an Environmental Claim is pending with respect to the Property, nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, is any threatened, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to Borrower or the Property.

 

(iii)        No Liens are presently recorded with the appropriate land records under or pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to the Property and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no Governmental Authority has been taking any action to subject the Property to Liens under any Environmental Law.

 

(iv)        There have been no material environmental investigations, studies, audits, reviews or other analyses conducted by or that are in the possession of Borrower in relation to the Property that have not been made available to Lender.

 

Section 4.29.         Assessments . Borrower has not received written notice of any pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, proposed special or other assessments for public improvements or otherwise affecting the Property, nor are there any contemplated improvements to the Property that may result in such special or other assessments. No extension of time for assessment or payment by Borrower of any federal, state or local tax has been requested in writing by Borrower.

 

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Section 4.30.         No Joint Assessment . Borrower has not suffered, permitted or initiated the joint assessment of the Property (i) with any other real property constituting a separate tax lot, or (ii) with any personal property, or any other procedure whereby the Lien of any Taxes that may be levied against such other real property or personal property shall be assessed or levied or charged to the Property as a single Lien.

 

Section 4.31.         Separate Lots . No portion of the Property is part of a tax lot that also includes any real property that is not Collateral.

 

Section 4.32.         Permits; Certificate of Occupancy . Borrower has obtained all material Permits necessary for the present and contemplated use and operation of the Property. The uses being made of the Property are in conformity in all material respects with the certificate of occupancy and/or material Permits for the Property and any other material restrictions or covenants affecting the Property, if any.

 

Section 4.33.         Flood Zone . None of the improvements on the Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Federal Insurance Administration as a “100 year flood plain” or as having special flood hazards (including Zones A and V), or, to the extent that any portion of the Property is located in such an area, the Property is covered by flood insurance meeting the requirements set forth in Section 5.15(a)(ii) .

 

Section 4.34.         Security Deposits . Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all Legal Requirements relating to security deposits.

 

Section 4.35.         Intentionally Omitted .

 

Section 4.36.         Insurance . Borrower has obtained insurance policies reflecting the insurance coverages, amounts and other requirements set forth in this Agreement. All premiums on such insurance policies required to be paid as of the Closing Date have been paid for the current policy period. To Borrower’s knowledge as to Persons other than Borrower, no Person, including Borrower, has done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of any such policy.

 

Section 4.37.         Intentionally Omitted . .

 

Section 4.38.         Estoppel Certificates . Borrower has requested estoppel certificates from each Tenant on the form heretofore agreed by Lender and has delivered to Lender true and complete copies of each estoppel certificate received back from any Tenant prior to the Closing Date.

 

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Section 4.39.         Federal Trade Embargos . Guarantor and each Required SPE is in compliance with all Federal Trade Embargos in all material respects. To Borrower’s knowledge, no Embargoed Person owns any direct or indirect equity interest in any Required SPE. To Borrower’s knowledge, no Tenant at the Property is identified on the OFAC List. Borrower has implemented procedures, and will consistently apply those procedures throughout the term of the Loan, to ensure that the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects during the term of the Loan. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section are made only to Borrower’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

Section 4.40.         Survival . All of the representations of Borrower set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall survive for so long as any portion of the Indebtedness is outstanding. All representations, covenants and agreements made by Borrower in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lender notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by Lender or on its behalf. On the date of any Securitization, on not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a certification (x) confirming that all of the representations contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such Securitization, or (y) otherwise specifying any changes in or qualifications to such representations as of such date as may be necessary to make such representations consistent with the facts as they exist on such date.

 

ARTICLE V

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:

 

Section 5.1.           Existence; Licenses . Each Required SPE shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to remain in existence. Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect all rights, licenses, Permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, approvals and other agreements reasonably necessary for the continued use and operation of the Property. Each Required SPE shall deliver to Lender a copy of each amendment or other modification to any of its organizational documents promptly after the execution thereof. Each Required SPE shall at all times elect to be treated for tax purposes as a “disregarded entity” that is not taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes.

 

Section 5.2.           Maintenance of Property .

 

(a)          Borrower shall cause the Property to be maintained in good and safe working order and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and in keeping with the condition and repair of properties of a similar use, value, age, nature and construction. Borrower shall not use, maintain or operate the Property in any manner that constitutes a public or private nuisance or that makes void, voidable, or cancelable the premium of, any insurance then in force with respect thereto. Subject to Section 6.13 , no improvements or equipment located at or on the Property shall be removed, demolished or materially altered without the prior written consent of Lender (except for replacement of equipment in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business with items of the same utility and of equal or greater value and sales of obsolete equipment no longer needed for the operation of the Property) which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and Borrower shall from time to time make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary and desirable repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements to the Property. Borrower shall not make any change in the use of the Property that would materially increase the risk of fire or other hazard arising out of the operation of the Property, or do or permit to be done thereon anything that may in any way impair the value of the Property in any material respect or the Lien of the Mortgage or otherwise cause or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall not install or permit to be installed on the Property any underground storage tank. Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, permit any drilling or exploration for or extraction, removal, or production of any minerals from the surface or the subsurface of the Property, regardless of the depth thereof or the method of mining or extraction thereof.

 

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(b)          Borrower shall perform to completion all Approved Base Building Work in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with Schedule I and the Approved Annual Budget (if applicable).

 

Section 5.3.           Compliance with Legal Requirements . Borrower shall comply with, in all material respects, and shall cause the Property to comply with and be operated, maintained, repaired and improved in compliance with, all Legal Requirements, Insurance Requirements and all material contractual obligations by which Borrower is legally bound.

 

Section 5.4.           Impositions and Other Claims . Subject to Lender’s obligations set forth in Section 3.4(d) so long as no Event of Default is continuing, Borrower shall pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied upon it, its income and its assets as and when such taxes, assessments and charges are due and payable, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise, subject to any rights to contest contained in the definition of Permitted Encumbrances. Borrower shall file all federal, state and local tax returns and other reports that it is required by law to file. If any law or regulation applicable to Lender, any Note, any of the Collateral or the Mortgage is enacted that deducts from the value of property for the purpose of taxation any Lien thereon, or imposes upon Lender the payment of the whole or any portion of the taxes or assessments or charges or Liens required by this Agreement to be paid by Borrower, or changes in any way the laws or regulations relating to the taxation of mortgages or security agreements or debts secured by mortgages or security agreements or the interest of the mortgagee or secured party in the property covered thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, so as to affect the Mortgage, the Indebtedness or Lender, then Borrower, upon demand by Lender, shall pay such taxes, assessments, charges or Liens, or reimburse Lender for any amounts paid by Lender. Following any such demand, Borrower shall have the right, upon 30 days advance written notice to Lender, to repay the Indebtedness in full (but not in part) without the payment of any Spread Maintenance Premium, prepayment premium or prepayment fee. In addition, if in the reasonable opinion of Lender’s counsel it would be unlawful to require Borrower to make such payment or the making of such payment might result in the imposition of interest beyond the maximum amount permitted by applicable law, Lender may elect to declare all of the Indebtedness to be due and payable 90 days from the giving of written notice by Lender to Borrower without the payment of any Spread Maintenance Premium. prepayment premium, or prepayment fee.

 

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Section 5.5.           Access to Property . Subject to the rights of Tenants pursuant to their Leases, Borrower shall permit agents, representatives and employees of Lender and the Servicer to enter and inspect the Property or any portion thereof, and/or inspect, examine, audit and copy the books and records of Borrower (including all recorded data of any kind or nature, regardless of the medium of recording), at such reasonable times as may be requested by Lender upon reasonable advance notice. If Lender shall determine in its reasonable discretion that an Event of Default exists, the reasonable, out-of-pocket cost of such inspections, examinations, copying or audits shall be borne by Borrower, including the cost of all follow up or additional investigations, audits or inquiries deemed reasonably necessary by Lender. The cost of such inspections, examinations, audits and copying, if not paid for by Borrower following demand, may be added to the Indebtedness and shall bear interest thereafter until paid at the Default Rate.

 

Section 5.6.           Cooperate in Legal Proceedings . Except with respect to any claim by Borrower against Lender, Borrower shall cooperate fully with Lender with respect to any proceedings before any Governmental Authority that may in any material way affect the rights of Lender hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents and, in connection therewith, Lender may, at its election, participate or designate a representative to participate in any such proceedings.

 

Section 5.7.           Leases .

 

(a)          Borrower shall furnish Lender with executed copies of all Leases. All new Leases and renewals or amendments of Leases must (i) be entered into on an arms-length basis with Tenants that are not Affiliates of Borrower and whose identity and creditworthiness is appropriate for tenancy in property of comparable quality, (ii) provide for rental rates and other economic terms that, taken as a whole, are at least equivalent to then-existing market rates, based on the applicable market, and otherwise contain terms and conditions that are commercially reasonable, (iii) have an initial term of not more than 10 years, (iv) not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (v) be subject and subordinate to the Mortgage and contain provisions for the agreement by the Tenant thereunder to attorn to Lender and any purchaser at a foreclosure sale subject to Lender’s agreement not to disturb such Tenant’s use of the applicable demised premises absent an event of default by such Tenant under its applicable Lease, such attornment to be self-executing and effective upon acquisition of title to the Property by any purchaser at a foreclosure sale. Lender, at the request of Borrower (and at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), shall enter into a subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement on Lender’s then standard form (with such modifications thereto as may be reasonably acceptable to Lender) or on such other form reasonably satisfactory to Lender and Borrower, with respect to any Major Lease entered into after the Closing Date that expressly requires the delivery of a subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement.

 

(b)          Any Lease that does not conform to the standards set forth in Section 5.7(a) shall be subject to the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. In addition, all new Leases that are Major Leases, and all terminations, renewals and amendments of Major Leases, and any surrender of rights under any Major Lease (except in accordance with the terms of such Major Lease), shall be subject to the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. With respect to every consent or approval or waiver of the Lender required or requested under this Section 5.7(b) , such consent shall be deemed given if the following conditions are met:

 

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(i)          no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (either at the date of any notices specified below or as of the effective date of any deemed approval);

 

(ii)         Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Initial Notice ”), which such Initial Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by any and all required information and documentation relating thereto as may be reasonably required in order to approve or disapprove such matter (the “ Approval Information ”) and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Initial Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”;

 

(iii)        Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Initial Notice within the aforesaid time-frame;

 

(iv)        Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable the terms and conditions hereof (the “ Second Notice ”), which such Second Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by the Approval Information and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Second Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”; and

 

(v)         Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Second Notice within the aforesaid time-frame.

 

(c)          Borrower shall (i) observe and punctually perform all the material obligations imposed upon the lessor under the Leases, including satisfaction of all Unfunded Obligations; (ii) enforce all of the material terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Leases on the part of the lessee thereunder to be observed or performed, short of termination thereof, except that Borrower may terminate any Lease following a material default thereunder by the respective Tenant; (iii) not collect any of the rents thereunder more than one month in advance; (iv) not execute any assignment of lessor’s interest in the Leases or associated rents other than the assignment of rents and leases under the Mortgage; (v) not cancel or terminate any guarantee of any of the Major Leases without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; and (vi) not permit any subletting of any space covered by a Lease or an assignment of the Tenant’s rights under a Lease, except in strict accordance with the terms of such Lease. Borrower shall deliver to each new Tenant a Tenant Notice upon execution of such Tenant’s Lease, and promptly thereafter deliver to Lender a copy thereof and evidence of such Tenant’s receipt thereof.

 

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(d)          Security deposits of Tenants under all Leases shall be held in compliance with Legal Requirements and any provisions in Leases relating thereto. Borrower shall maintain books and records of sufficient detail to identify all security deposits of Tenants separate and apart from any other payments received from Tenants. Subject to Legal Requirements, any bond or other instrument held by Borrower in lieu of cash security shall name Lender as payee or mortgagee thereunder or be fully assignable to Lender. Borrower hereby pledges to Lender each such bond or other instrument as security for the Indebtedness. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall, upon Lender’s request, deposit with Lender in an Eligible Account pledged to Lender an amount equal to the aggregate security deposit of the Tenants (and any interest theretofore earned on such security deposits and actually received by Borrower), and any such bonds, that Borrower had not returned to the applicable Tenants or applied in accordance with the terms of the applicable Lease (and failure to do so shall constitute a misappropriation of funds pursuant to Section 9.19(b) ).

 

(e)          Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a copy of each written notice from a Tenant under any Major Lease claiming that Borrower is in default in the performance or observance of any of the material terms, covenants or conditions thereof to be performed or observed by Borrower. Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide in each Major Lease executed after the Closing Date to which Borrower is a party that any Tenant delivering any such notice shall send a copy of such notice directly to Lender.

 

Section 5.8.           Plan Assets, etc . Borrower will do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to ensure that it will not be deemed to hold Plan Assets at any time; provided, however, that Borrower shall not fail to satisfy this requirement by reason of any use of Plan Assets by Lender to fund, acquire or hold an interest in the Loan (or any portion thereof).

 

Section 5.9.           Further Assurances . Borrower shall, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, from time to time as reasonably requested by Lender, execute, acknowledge, record, register, file and/or deliver to Lender such other instruments, agreements, certificates and documents (including amended or replacement mortgages), and Borrower hereby consents to the filing by Lender of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case as may reasonably be required to confirm, perfect and maintain the Liens securing or intended to secure the obligations of Borrower and the rights of Lender under the Loan Documents and do and execute all such further lawful and reasonable acts, conveyances and assurances for the better and more effective carrying out of the intents and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be reasonably required to perfect and maintain the Liens. Upon foreclosure, the appointment of a receiver or any other relevant action, Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, cooperate fully and completely to effect the assignment or transfer of any license, permit, agreement or any other right necessary or useful to the operation of the Collateral. Upon receipt of an affidavit of Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note and the indemnification by Lender of Borrower in connection therewith, Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in the same principal amount thereof and in the form thereof.

 

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Section 5.10.          Management of Collateral .

 

(a)          The Property shall be managed at all times by an Approved Property Manager pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement. Pursuant to the Subordination of Property Management Agreement, the Approved Property Manager shall agree that its Approved Management Agreement and all fees thereunder (including any incentive fees) are subject and subordinate to the Indebtedness. Borrower may from time to time appoint an Approved Property Manager to manage the Property pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement, provided that (i) no Event of Default is then continuing, (ii) Lender receives at least 30 days’ prior written notice of same, (iii) such successor manager shall execute and deliver to Lender for Lender’s benefit a Subordination of Property Management Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, and (iv) if such Approved Property Manager is an Affiliate of Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a new nonconsolidation opinion reasonably acceptable to Lender or a modification to the Nonconsolidation Opinion, in either case with respect to such Approved Property Manager and new management agreement. The per annum fees of the Approved Property Manager (including any incentive fees) shall not, at any time, exceed the Maximum Management Fee.

 

(b)          Borrower shall cause each Approved Property Manager (including any successor Approved Property Manager) to maintain at all times worker’s compensation insurance as required by Governmental Authorities.

 

(c)          Borrower shall notify Lender in writing of any default of Borrower or the Approved Property Manager under the Approved Management Agreement, after the expiration of any applicable cure periods, of which Borrower has actual knowledge. Lender shall have the right, after reasonable notice to Borrower and in accordance with the Subordination of Management Agreement, to cure defaults of Borrower under the Approved Management Agreement. Any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender to cure any such default shall constitute a part of the Indebtedness and shall be due from Borrower upon demand by Lender.

 

(d)          In the event that (i) an Event of Default shall be continuing, (ii) any foreclosure, conveyance in lieu of foreclosure or other similar transaction following an Event of Default shall have occurred, (iii) a material default by the Approved Property Manager under the Approved Management Agreement (after the expiration of any applicable notice and/or cure periods) shall be continuing, (iv) the Approved Property Manager files or is the subject of a petition in bankruptcy, (v) a trustee or receiver is appointed for the Approved Property Manager’s assets or the Approved Property Manager makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) the Approved Property Manager is adjudicated insolvent, then, in any such case, Lender may, in its sole discretion, require Borrower to terminate the Approved Management Agreement and require Borrower to engage an Approved Property Manager reasonably approved by Lender to serve as replacement Approved Property Manager pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement.

 

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Section 5.11.          Notice of Material Event . Borrower shall give Lender prompt notice (containing reasonable detail) of (i) any material change in the financial or physical condition of the Property, as reasonably determined by Borrower, including the termination or cancellation of any Major Lease and the termination or cancellation of terrorism or other insurance required by this Agreement, (ii) any notice from the Approved Property Manager, to the extent such notice relates to a matter that could reasonably be expected in Borrower’s reasonable opinion to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) any litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened in writing against Borrower or the Property that is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of any Required SPE or Guarantor or, to the knowledge of Borrower, an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, (v) any Mezzanine Loan Default or Mezzanine Loan Event of Default of which it is aware and (vi) any other circumstance or event that could reasonably be expected in Borrower’s reasonable opinion to result in a Material Adverse Effect of which it is aware.

 

Section 5.12.          Annual Financial Statements .

 

(a)          As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year, Borrower shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, annual unaudited financial statements of Borrower, including a balance sheet and operating statement of Borrower as of the end of such year, together with related statements of operations, which statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. Together with Borrower’s annual financial statements, Borrower shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format:

 

(i)           then current rent roll, Tenant sales reports and occupancy reports; and

 

(ii)          such other information as Lender shall reasonably request and to the extent the same is in Borrower’s possession or otherwise regularly prepared by Borrower in the ordinary course.

 

(b)          Borrower shall have a one-time right, without Lender’s consent, to change its Fiscal Year (and corresponding Fiscal Quarters) upon not less than 60 days prior written notice to Lender; provided that the Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year shall in all cases be 3 months and 12 months, respectively; provided, further, that notwithstanding such change, Borrower shall deliver the interim financial statements and other information required by Section 5.13 for the Fiscal Quarters theretofore in effect at the time of such change in Borrower’s Fiscal Year.

 

Section 5.13.          Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (including year-end), Borrower shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, quarterly and year-to-date unaudited financial statements, prepared for such fiscal quarter with respect to Borrower, including a balance sheet and operating statement of Borrower as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, together with related statements of operations, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year, which statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments. Each such quarterly report shall be accompanied by the following, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format:

 

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(i)          a statement in reasonable detail that calculates In-Place NOI for each of the Fiscal Quarters in the Test Period ending in such Fiscal Quarter, in the case of each such Fiscal Quarter, ending at the end thereof;

 

(ii)         copies of each of the Leases signed during such quarter;

 

(iii)        then current rent roll, Tenant sales reports and occupancy reports;

 

(iv)        a reconciliation report of the actual costs with respect to Approved Costs paid in the prior calendar quarter against such costs included in the Approved Future Funding Budget (each such report, an “ Approved Costs Reconciliation Report ”), which report shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such report is true, complete and correct in all material respects; and

 

(v)         such other information as Lender shall reasonably request and to the extent the same is in Borrower’s possession or otherwise regularly prepared by Borrower in the ordinary course.

 

Section 5.14.          Monthly Financial Statements .

 

(a)          During the continuance of an Event of Default or Cash Flow Sweep Period, Borrower shall furnish within 45 days after the end of each calendar month (other than the calendar month immediately following the final calendar month of any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter), in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, monthly and year-to-date unaudited financial statements prepared for the applicable month with respect to Borrower, including a balance sheet and operating statement as of the end of such month, together with related statements of income, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year and for those set forth in the Annual Budget, which statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments. Each such monthly report shall be accompanied by the following:

 

(i)          then current rent roll, occupancy and leasing status reports; and

 

(ii)         An Approved Costs Reconciliation Report for the prior calendar month, which report shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such report is true, complete and correct in all material respects; and

 

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(iii)        such other information as Lender shall reasonably request and to the extent the same is in Borrower’s possession or otherwise regularly prepared by Borrower in the ordinary course.

 

(b)          If Borrower fails to provide to Lender those financial statements and other information specified in Sections 5.12 , 5.13 and this Section 5.14 that are required to calculate Debt Yield (i) within five (5) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice of Borrower's failure to deliver such reports, then a Cash Flow Sweep Period with respect to a Debt Yield test failure shall be deemed to have commenced for all purposes hereunder and shall continue until such failure is remedied and the financial statements delivered to Lender evidence that no Cash Flow Sweep Period due to a Debt Yield test failure is in effect or (ii) within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice of Borrower's failure to timely deliver such reports, then such failure shall, at Lender’s election, constitute an Event of Default.

 

Section 5.15.          Insurance .

 

(a)          Borrower shall obtain and maintain with respect to the Property, for the mutual benefit of Borrower and Lender at all times, the following policies of insurance:

 

(i)          insurance against loss or damage by standard perils included within the classification “All Risks” or “Special Form” Causes of Loss, including coverage for damage caused by windstorm (including named storm) and hail. Such insurance shall (A) be in an amount equal to the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the Property and, if applicable, all related furniture, furnishings, equipment and fixtures (without deduction for physical depreciation); (B) have deductibles acceptable to Lender (but in any event not in excess of $50,000, except in the case of windstorm and earthquake coverage, which shall have deductibles not in excess of 5% of the total insurable value of the Property); (C) be paid in full when due and payable; (D) be written on a “Replacement Cost” basis, waiving depreciation, (E) be written on a no coinsurance form or contain an “Agreed Amount” endorsement, waiving all coinsurance provisions; (F) include ordinance or law coverage on a replacement cost basis, with no co-insurance provisions, containing Coverage A: “Loss Due to Operation of Law” (with a limit equal to replacement cost), Coverage B: “Demolition Cost” and Coverage C: “Increased Cost of Construction” coverages each with limits of no less than 10% of replacement cost or such lesser amounts as Lender may require in its sole discretion; (G) permit that the improvements and other property covered by such insurance be rebuilt at another location in the event that such improvements and other property cannot be rebuilt at the location on which they are situated as of the date hereof. If such insurance excludes mold, then Borrower shall implement a mold prevention program reasonably satisfactory to Lender;

 

(ii)         if any material portion of the Property is located in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, flood insurance in an amount equal to the maximum limit of coverage available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess limits as shall be requested by Lender, with a deductible not in excess of $50,000;

 

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(iii)        commercial general liability insurance, including broad form coverage of property damage, contractual liability for insured contracts and personal injury (including bodily injury and death), to be on the so-called “occurrence” form containing minimum limits per occurrence of not less than $1,000,000 with not less than a $2,000,000 general aggregate for any policy year (with a per location aggregate if the Property is on a blanket policy), with a deductible not in excess of $50,000. In addition, at least $100,000,000 excess and/or umbrella liability insurance shall be obtained and maintained for any and all claims, including all legal liability imposed upon Borrower and all related court costs and attorneys’ fees and disbursements;

 

(iv)        rental loss and/or business interruption insurance covering actual loss sustained during restoration from all risks required to be covered by the insurance provided for herein, including clauses ( i ), ( ii ), ( v ), ( vii ), ( viii ) and ( ix) of this Section, and covering the 18 month period from the date of any Casualty and containing an extended period of indemnity endorsement covering the 12 month period commencing on the date on which the Property has been restored, as reasonably determined by the applicable insurer (even if the policy will expire prior to the end of such period). The amount of such insurance shall be increased from time to time as and when the gross revenues from the Property increase;

 

(v)         insurance for steam boilers, air conditioning equipment, high pressure piping, machinery and equipment, pressure vessels or similar apparatus now or hereafter installed in any of the improvements (without exclusion for explosions) and insurance against loss of occupancy or use arising from any breakdown, in such amounts as are generally available and are generally required by institutional lenders for properties comparable to the Property, in each case, with a deductible not in excess of $50,000;

 

(vi)        worker’s compensation insurance with respect to all employees of Borrower as and to the extent required by any Governmental Authority or Legal Requirement and employer’s liability coverage of at least $1,000,000 (if applicable);

 

(vii)       during any period of repair or restoration, and only if the property and liability coverage forms do not otherwise apply, commercial general liability and umbrella liability insurance covering claims related to the repairs or restoration at the Property that are not covered by or under the terms or provisions of the insurance provided for in Section 5.15(a)(iii) (and the insurance provided for in Section 5.15(a)(i) shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in such Section, (1) be written in a so-called builder’s risk completed value form or equivalent coverage, including coverage for 100% of the total costs of construction on a non-reporting basis and against all risks insured against pursuant to clauses ( i ), ( ii ), ( iv ), (v ), ( viii) and (ix) of Section 5.15(a) and (2) include permission to occupy the Property);

 

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(viii)      if the Property is located in seismic zone 3 or 4 and the PML/SEL is greater than 20%, as required by Lender, earthquake insurance (A) with minimum coverage equivalent to the greater of 1.0x SUL (scenario upper loss) and 1.5x SEL (scenario expected loss) multiplied by the full replacement cost of the building plus business income, (B) having a deductible not in excess of 5% of the total insurable value of the Property, and (C) if the Property is legally nonconforming under applicable zoning ordinances and codes, containing ordinance of law coverage in amounts as required by Lender;

 

(ix)         so long as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (“ TRIPRA ”) or a similar or subsequent statute is in effect, terrorism insurance for foreign and domestic acts (as such terms are defined in TRIPRA or similar or subsequent statute) in an amount equal to the full replacement cost of the Property (plus twelve months of business interruption coverage). If TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, Borrower shall be required to carry terrorism insurance throughout the term of the Loan as required by the preceding sentence, but in such event Borrower shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable at such time in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required hereunder on a stand alone-basis (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance), and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, Borrower shall purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount. In either such case, such insurance shall not have a deductible in excess of $50,000;

 

(x)          auto liability coverage for all owned and non-owned vehicles, including rented and leased vehicles containing minimum limits per occurrence of $1,000,000 (if applicable); and

 

(xi)         such other insurance as may from time to time be reasonably requested by Lender and commonly required or carried for similar structures similar in value, occupancy and geographical location to the Property.

 

(b)          All policies of insurance (the “ Policies ”) required pursuant to this Section shall be issued by one or more insurers having a rating of at least “A” by S&P and “A2” by Moody’s, if Moody’s rates such insurer and is rating the Certificates, or by a syndicate of insurers through which at least 75% of the coverage (if there are 4 or fewer members of the syndicate) or at least 60% of the coverage (if there are 5 or more members of the syndicate) is with insurers having such ratings (provided that the first layers of coverage are from insurers rated at least “A” by S&P and “A2” by Moody’s, if Moody’s rates such insurer and is rating the Certificates, and all such insurers shall have ratings of not less than “BBB+” by S&P and “Baa1” by Moody’s, if Moody’s rates such insurer and is rating the Certificates).

 

(c)          All Policies required pursuant to this Section:

 

(i)          shall contain deductibles that, in addition to complying with any other requirements expressly set forth in Section 5.15(a) , are approved by Lender (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, but subject to the requirements of each Rating Agency) and are no larger than is customary for similar policies covering similar properties in the geographic market in which the Property is located;

 

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(ii)         shall be maintained throughout the term of the Loan without cost to Lender and shall name Borrower as the named insured;

 

(iii)        with respect to casualty and rental or business interruption insurance policies, shall contain a standard noncontributory mortgagee clause naming Lender and its successors and assigns as their interests may appear as first mortgagee and loss payee;

 

(iv)        with respect to liability policies, except for workers compensation, employers liability and auto liability, shall name Lender and its successors and assigns as their interests may appear as additional insureds;

 

(v)         with respect to casualty and rental or business interruption insurance policies, shall either be written on a no coinsurance form or contain an endorsement providing that neither Borrower nor Lender nor any other party shall be a co-insurer under such Policies;

 

(vi)        with respect to casualty and rental or business interruption insurance policies, shall contain an endorsement or other provision providing that Lender shall receive at least 30 days’ prior written notice of cancellation thereof(or, in the case of cancellation due to non-payment of premium, 10 days’ prior written notice);

 

(vii)       with respect to casualty and rental or business interruption insurance policies, shall contain an endorsement providing that no act or negligence of Borrower or any foreclosure or other proceeding or notice of sale relating to the Property shall affect the validity or enforceability of the insurance insofar as a mortgagee is concerned;

 

(viii)      shall not contain provisions that would make Lender liable for any insurance premiums thereon or subject to any assessments thereunder;

 

(ix)         shall contain a waiver of subrogation against Lender, as applicable;

 

(x)          may be in the form of a blanket policy, provided that Borrower shall provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that the insurance premiums for the Property are separately allocated to the Property, and such blanket policy shall provide the same protection as would a separate Policy as reasonably determined by Lender, subject to review and reasonable approval by Lender based on the schedule of locations and values, if requested by Lender. In any event, the limits of such blanket policy must be sufficient to maintain coverage on a total insured value basis for all locations, including the Property, in the aggregate within a 1,000 foot radius (the “Radius”) of the Property; and

 

(xi)         shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender and shall contain such other provisions as Lender deems reasonably necessary or desirable to protect its interests.

 

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(d)          Borrower shall pay the premiums for all Policies as the same become due and payable. Complete copies of such Policies shall be delivered to Lender promptly upon request. Not later than 30 days prior to the expiration date of each Policy, Borrower shall deliver to Lender evidence, reasonably satisfactory to Lender, of its renewal. Borrower shall promptly forward to Lender a copy of each written notice received by Borrower of any modification, reduction or cancellation of any of the Policies or of any of the coverages afforded under any of the Policies. Within 30 days after request by Lender, Borrower shall obtain such increases in the amounts of coverage required hereunder as may be reasonably requested by Lender, taking into consideration changes in the value of money over time, changes in liability laws, changes in prudent customs and practices, and the like.

 

(e)          If at any time Lender is not in receipt of written evidence that all Policies are in full force and effect when and as required hereunder, Lender shall have the right, after notice to Borrower, to take such action as Lender deems necessary to protect its interest in the Property, including the obtaining of such insurance coverage as Lender in its sole discretion deems appropriate (but limited to the coverages and amounts required hereunder). All premiums, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in connection with such action or in obtaining such insurance and keeping it in effect shall be paid by Borrower to Lender upon demand and, until paid, and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

(f)          In the event of foreclosure of the Mortgage or other transfer of title to the Property in extinguishment in whole or in part of the Indebtedness, all right, title and interest of Borrower in and to the Policies then in force with respect to the Property and all proceeds payable thereunder shall thereupon vest in the purchaser at such foreclosure or in Lender or other transferee in the event of such other transfer of title.

 

Section 5.16.          Casualty and Condemnation .

 

(a)          Borrower shall give prompt notice to Lender of any Casualty or Condemnation or of the actual or threatened commencement of proceedings that would result in a Condemnation.

 

(b)          Lender may participate in any proceedings for any taking by any public or quasi-public authority accomplished through a Condemnation or any transfer made in lieu of or in anticipation of a Condemnation, to the extent permitted by law. Upon Lender’s request, Borrower shall deliver to Lender all instruments reasonably requested by it to permit such participation. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, diligently prosecute any such proceedings, and shall consult with Lender, its attorneys and experts, and cooperate with them in the carrying on or defense of any such proceedings. Borrower shall not consent or agree to a Condemnation or action in lieu thereof without the prior written consent of Lender in each instance, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned in the case of a taking of an immaterial portion of the Property.

 

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(c)          Lender may (x) jointly with Borrower settle and adjust any claims, (y) during the continuance of an Event of Default, settle and adjust any claims without the consent or cooperation of Borrower, or (z) allow Borrower to settle and adjust any claims; except that if no Event of Default is continuing, Borrower may settle and adjust claims aggregating not in excess of the Threshold Amount if such settlement or adjustment is carried out in a competent and timely manner, but Lender shall be entitled to collect and receive any and all Loss Proceeds to the extent provided herein. The reasonable expenses incurred by Lender in the adjustment and collection of Loss Proceeds shall become part of the Indebtedness and shall be reimbursed by Borrower to Lender upon demand therefor.

 

(d)          All Loss Proceeds from any Casualty or Condemnation shall be immediately deposited into the Loss Proceeds Account (monthly rental loss/business interruption proceeds to be initially deposited into the Loss Proceeds Account and subsequently deposited into the Clearing Account in installments as and when the lost rental income covered by such proceeds would have been payable). Following the occurrence of a Casualty, Borrower, subject to receipt of the Loss Proceeds, shall in a reasonably prompt manner proceed to restore, repair, replace or rebuild the Property to be of at least equal value and of substantially the same character as prior to the Casualty, all in accordance with the terms hereof applicable to Alterations; provided that Borrower’s obligations under this Section 5.16(d) shall not be limited by the sufficiency of Loss Proceeds for the cost of such restoration. If any Condemnation or Casualty occurs as to which, in the reasonable judgment of Lender:

 

(i)          in the case of a Casualty, the cost of restoration would not exceed 25% of the Loan Amount and the Casualty does not render untenantable, or result in the cancellation of Leases covering, more than 25% of the gross rentable area of the Property;

 

(ii)         in the case of a Condemnation, the Condemnation does not render untenantable, or result in the cancellation of Leases covering, more than 25% of the gross rentable area of the Property;

 

(iii)        restoration of the Property is reasonably expected to be completed prior to the expiration of rental interruption insurance and at least six months prior to the Maturity Date;

 

(iv)        after such restoration, the fair market value of the Property is reasonably expected to equal at least the fair market value of the Property immediately prior to such Casualty (assuming the affected portion of the Property is relet); and

 

(v)         all necessary approvals and consents from Governmental Authorities will be obtained to allow the rebuilding and re-occupancy of the Property;

 

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or if Lender otherwise elects to allow Borrower to restore the Property, then, provided no Event of Default is continuing, the Loss Proceeds after receipt thereof by Lender and reimbursement of any reasonable expenses incurred by Lender in connection therewith shall be applied to the cost of restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding the Property or part thereof subject to the Casualty or Condemnation, in the manner set forth below (and Borrower shall commence, as promptly and diligently as practicable, to prosecute such restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding of the Property in a workmanlike fashion and in accordance with applicable law to a status at least equivalent to the quality and character of the Property immediately prior to the Condemnation or Casualty). Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be then continuing, Lender shall disburse such Loss Proceeds to Borrower upon Lender’s being furnished with (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the estimated cost of completion of the restoration, (ii) if the cost of completion of the restoration plus payment of debt service on the Loan during the period of restoration exceeds the amount then contained in the Loss Proceeds Account, funds in an amount equal to such excess, which funds shall be remitted into the Loss Proceeds Account as additional Collateral for the Loan, and (iii) such architect’s certificates, waivers of lien, contractor’s sworn statements, title insurance endorsements, bonds, plats of survey and such other evidences of cost, payment and performance as Lender may reasonably request; and Lender may, in any event, require that all plans and specifications for restoration reasonably estimated by Lender to exceed the Threshold Amount be submitted to and approved by Lender prior to commencement of work (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). If Lender reasonably estimates that the cost to restore will exceed the Threshold Amount, Lender may retain a local construction consultant reasonably approved by Borrower to inspect such work and review Borrower’s request for payments and Borrower shall, within thirty (30) days after demand therefor by Lender, reimburse Lender for the reasonable fees and expenses of such consultant (which fees and expenses shall constitute Indebtedness). No payment shall exceed 90% of the value of the work performed from time to time until such time as 50% of the restoration (calculated based on the anticipated aggregate cost of the work) has been completed, and amounts retained prior to completion of 50% of the restoration shall not be paid prior to the final completion of the restoration. Funds other than Loss Proceeds shall be disbursed prior to disbursement of such Loss Proceeds, and at all times the undisbursed balance of such proceeds remaining in the Loss Proceeds Account, together with any additional funds irrevocably and unconditionally deposited therein or irrevocably and unconditionally committed for that purpose, shall be at least sufficient in the reasonable judgment of Lender to pay for the cost of completion of the restoration free and clear of all Liens or claims for Lien.

 

(e)          Borrower shall cooperate with Lender in obtaining for Lender the benefits of any Loss Proceeds lawfully or equitably payable to Lender in connection with the Property. Lender shall be reimbursed for any expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, and, if reasonably necessary to collect such proceeds, the expense of an Appraisal on behalf of Lender) out of such Loss Proceeds or, if insufficient for such purpose, by Borrower.

 

(f)          If Borrower is not entitled to apply Loss Proceeds toward the restoration of the Property pursuant to Section 5.16(d) and Lender elects not to permit such Loss Proceeds to be so applied, such Loss Proceeds shall be applied on the first Payment Date following such election to the prepayment of the Principal Indebtedness and shall be accompanied by interest through the end of the applicable Interest Accrual Period (calculated as if the amount prepaid were outstanding for the entire Interest Accrual Period) without payment of the Spread Maintenance Premium or any other penalty or fee. If any Note has been bifurcated into multiple Notes or Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , all prepayments of the Loan made by Borrower in accordance with this Section shall be applied to the Notes or Note Components pro rata.

 

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(g)          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if the Loan is included in a REMIC and immediately following a release of any portion of the applicable Property from the Lien of the Loan Documents in connection with a Casualty or Condemnation the Loan would fail to satisfy a Lender 80% Determination (taking into account the planned restoration of the Property), then Borrower shall prepay the Principal Indebtedness in accordance with Section 5.16(f) in an amount equal to either (i) so much of the Loss Proceeds as are necessary to cause the Lender 80% Determination to be satisfied, or if the aggregate Loss Proceeds are insufficient for such purpose, then 100% of such Loss Proceeds, or (ii) a lesser amount, provided that Borrower delivers to Lender an opinion of counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender and delivered by counsel reasonably satisfactory to Lender, opining that such release of Property from the Lien does not cause any portion of the Loan to cease to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of section 860G(a)(3) of the Code.

 

Section 5.17.          Annual Budget; Approved Future Funding Budget .

 

(a)          Within 30 days of the commencement of each Fiscal Year during the term of the Loan, and within 30 days after the commencement of any Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Annual Budget for the Property for the ensuing Fiscal Year and, promptly after preparation thereof, any subsequent revisions to the Annual Budget, which delivery shall be for informational purposes only so long as no Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default is continuing. During the continuance of any Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, such Annual Budget and any revisions thereto shall be subject to Lender’s reasonable approval (the Annual Budget, as so approved, the “ Approved Annual Budget ”). Borrower shall not amend any Approved Annual Budget more than once in any 30-day period. For so long as Lender shall have not yet approved (if required) any Annual Budget or any revisions thereto, the Annual Budget in effect prior to any such request for approval shall remain in effect.

 

(b)          The initial Approved Future Funding Budget for the Property is attached hereto as Schedule H . Any revisions thereto shall be subject to Lender’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as no Event of Default is continuing. Borrower shall not seek Lender’s consent for any amendments to the Approved Future Funding Budget more than once in any 30-day period.

 

Section 5.18.          Venture Capital Operating Companies; Nonbinding Consultation . Solely to the extent that Lender or any direct or indirect holder of an interest in the Loan must qualify as a “venture capital operating company” (as defined in Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101), Lender shall have the right to consult with and advise Borrower regarding significant business activities and business and financial developments of Borrower, provided that any such advice or consultation or the result thereof shall be completely nonbinding on Borrower.

 

Section 5.19.          Compliance with Encumbrances and Material Agreements . Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:

 

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(i)          Borrower shall comply in all material respects with all material terms, conditions and covenants of each Material Agreement and each material Permitted Encumbrance, including any reciprocal easement agreement, ground lease, declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, and any condominium arrangements.

 

(ii)         Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a true and complete copy of each and every notice of default received by Borrower with respect to any material obligation of Borrower under the provisions of any Material Agreement and/or Permitted Encumbrance.

 

(iii)        Borrower shall deliver to Lender copies of any written notices of default or event of default relating to any Material Agreement and/or Permitted Encumbrance served by Borrower.

 

(iv)        Without the prior written consent of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, Borrower shall not grant or withhold any material consent, approval or waiver under any Material Agreement or Permitted Encumbrance unless no Event of Default is continuing and the same would not be reasonably likely in Borrower’s reasonable opinion to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v)         Borrower shall deliver to each other party to any Permitted Encumbrance and any Material Agreement notice of the identity of Lender and each assignee of Lender of which Borrower is aware if such notice is provided for thereunder.

 

(vi)        Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, short of termination thereof, the performance and observance of each and every material term, covenant and provision of each Material Agreement and Permitted Encumbrance to be performed or observed, if any.

 

Section 5.20.          Prohibited Persons . No Required SPE or any of their direct or indirect equityholders shall (i) knowingly conduct any business, or engage in any transaction or dealing, with any Embargoed Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services, to or for the benefit of a Embargoed Person, or (ii) knowingly engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any Federal Trade Embargo. Borrower shall cause the representation set forth in Section 4.39 to remain true and correct at all times. The covenants set forth in this Section 5.20 shall not apply to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

Section 5.21.          Condominium . From and after the consummation of a Condominium Conversion, Borrower shall comply with each of the following:

 

(a)          Borrower shall pay all common charges and other assessments as required by the Condominium Documents in respect of the remaining Property and shall promptly, following demand, exhibit to Lender receipts for all such payments;

 

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(b)          Borrower shall not, unless directed otherwise in writing by Lender, without first obtaining Lender’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, (i) vote for, consent to or permit to occur any modification of, or amendment to, any material provision of the Condominium Documents; provided , however , Lender’s approval shall not be required for amendments to the Condominium Documents containing disclosures or other provisions required to be made by Legal Requirements; (ii) in the event of damage to or destruction of the Property, vote in opposition to a motion to repair, restore or rebuild, unless the Indebtedness will be repaid in full pursuant to Section 5.16 or Borrower is obligated to apply Loss Proceeds toward the repayment of the Loan pursuant to Section 5.16(d) ; (iii) partition or subdivide any Condominium Units, or combine any Condominium Unit with another Condominium Unit; (iv) consent to the termination of the Condominium; or (v) vote in favor of the imposition of special assessments for capital improvements pursuant to the Condominium Documents unless such capital improvements are otherwise permissible or approved hereunder.

 

(c)          Borrower shall fully and faithfully observe, keep and perform, in all material respects, each and every material requirement, condition, covenant, agreement and provisions under the Condominium Act and the Condominium Documents on the part of Borrower to be observed, kept and performed. Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a copy of any notice of default received by Borrower with respect to any obligation of Borrower under the provisions of the Condominium Documents or the Condominium Act.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Section 6.1.           Liens on the Collateral . No Required SPE shall permit or suffer the existence of any Lien on any of its assets, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

Section 6.2.           Ownership . Borrower shall not own any assets other than the Property and related personal property and fixtures located therein or used in connection therewith.

 

Section 6.3.           Transfer; Prohibited Change of Control . Borrower shall not Transfer any Collateral other than in compliance with Section 2.3 and other than the replacement or other disposition of personal property and fixtures in the ordinary course of business, and Borrower shall not hereafter file a declaration of condominium with respect to the Property (except in connection with the release of the Retail Unit in accordance with Section 2.3(d) ). No Transfer or pledge of any direct or indirect equity interest in Borrower that would constitute a Prohibited Change of Control or Prohibited Pledge shall occur.

 

Section 6.4.           Debt . Borrower shall not have any Debt, other than Permitted Debt.

 

Section 6.5.           Dissolution; Merger or Consolidation . No Required SPE shall dissolve, terminate, liquidate, merge with or consolidate into another Person.

 

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Section 6.6.           Change in Business . Borrower shall not make any material change in the scope or nature of its business objectives, purposes or operations or undertake or participate in activities other than the continuance of its present business.

 

Section 6.7.           Debt Cancellation . Borrower shall not cancel or otherwise forgive or release any material claim or Debt owed to it by any Person, except for adequate consideration or in the ordinary course of its business.

 

Section 6.8.           Affiliate Transactions . Borrower shall not enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with any Affiliate of Borrower, except on terms that are intrinsically fair, commercially reasonable and substantially similar to those that Borrower would have obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party.

 

Section 6.9.           Misapplication of Funds . Borrower shall not (a) distribute any Revenue or Loss Proceeds in violation of the provisions of this Agreement (and shall promptly cause the reversal of any such distributions made in error of which Borrower becomes aware), (b) fail to remit amounts to the Clearing Account as required by Section 3.1 , (c) make any distributions to equityholders during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default unless expressly permitted hereunder, or (d) misappropriate any security deposit or portion thereof.

 

Section 6.10.          Jurisdiction of Formation; Name . Borrower shall not change its jurisdiction of formation, its jurisdiction of fiscal residence or name without receiving Lender’s prior written consent not to be unreasonably withheld and promptly providing Lender such information and replacement Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and legal opinions as Lender may reasonably request in connection therewith.

 

Section 6.11.          Modifications and Waivers . Unless otherwise consented to in writing by Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)          Borrower shall not amend, modify, terminate, renew, or surrender any material rights or remedies under any Lease, or enter into any Lease, except in compliance with Section 5.7 ;

 

(ii)         No Required SPE shall terminate, amend or modify its organizational documents (including any operating agreement, limited partnership agreement, by-laws, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of incorporation) in any material manner;

 

(iii)        Borrower shall not terminate, amend or modify the Approved Management Agreement in any material manner; and

 

(iv)        Borrower shall not (x) enter into any Material Agreement, or amend, modify, surrender or waive any material rights or remedies under any Material Agreement, except, in each case, on arms-length commercially reasonable terms, (y) terminate any Material Agreement, except for terminations in connection with a material default thereunder, or (y) default in its obligations under any Material Agreement.

 

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Section 6.12.          ERISA .

 

(a)          Borrower shall not maintain or contribute to, or agree to maintain or contribute to, or permit any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower to maintain or contribute to or agree to maintain or contribute to, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

 

(b)          Borrower shall not engage in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or substantially similar provisions under federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations or in any transaction that would cause any obligation or action taken or to be taken hereunder (or the exercise by Lender of any of its rights under the Notes, this Agreement, the Mortgage or any other Loan Document) to be a non-exempt prohibited transaction under such provisions; provided that Borrower shall not be deemed to have breached the covenants set forth in this Section 6.12(b) by reason of the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction resulting from Lender’s use of Plan Assets to fund, acquire or hold an interest in the Loan (or any portion thereof).

 

Section 6.13.          Alterations and Expansions . During the continuance of any Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Borrower shall not incur or contract to incur any capital improvements requiring Capital Expenditures that are not consistent with the Approved Annual Budget, Schedule I , or the Approved Future Funding Budget or as otherwise may be required pursuant to any Lease entered into in accordance with this Agreement. Borrower shall not perform, undertake, contract to perform or consent to any Material Alteration without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent (in the absence of an Event of Default) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, but may be conditioned on the delivery of additional collateral in the form of cash or cash equivalents acceptable to Lender in respect of the amount by which any such Material Alteration exceeds the Threshold Amount. If Lender’s consent is requested hereunder with respect to a Material Alteration, Lender may retain a construction consultant to review such request and, if such request is granted, Lender may retain a construction consultant to inspect the work from time to time. Borrower shall, on demand by Lender, reimburse Lender for the reasonable fees and disbursements of such consultant. With respect to every consent or approval or waiver of the Lender required or requested under this Section 6.13 , such consent shall be deemed given if the following conditions are met:

 

(i)          no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (either at the date of any notices specified below or as of the effective date of any deemed approval);

 

(ii)         Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Initial Notice ”), which such Initial Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by any and all required information and documentation relating thereto as may be reasonably required in order to approve or disapprove such matter (the “ Approval Information ”) and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Initial Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”;

 

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(iii)        Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Initial Notice within the aforesaid time-frame;

 

(iv)        Borrower shall have submitted a second request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Second Notice ”), which such Second Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by the Approval Information and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Second Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”; and

 

(v)         Lender shall have failed to failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Second Notice within the aforesaid time-frame.

 

Section 6.14.          Advances and Investments . Borrower shall not lend money or make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any Person, except for Permitted Investments.

 

Section 6.15.          Single-Purpose Entity . No Required SPE shall cease to be a Single-Purpose Entity. No Required SPE shall remove or replace any Independent Director without Cause and without providing at least two Business Days’ advance written notice thereof to Lender and the Rating Agencies.

 

Section 6.16.          Zoning and Uses . Borrower shall not do any of the following without the prior written consent of Lender:

 

(i)          initiate or support any limiting change in the permitted uses of the Property (or to the extent applicable, zoning reclassification of the Property) or any portion thereof, seek any variance under existing land use restrictions, laws, rules or regulations (or, to the extent applicable, zoning ordinances) applicable to the Property, or use or permit the use of the Property in a manner that would result in the use of the Property becoming a nonconforming use under applicable land-use restrictions or zoning ordinances or that would violate the terms of any Lease, Material Agreement or Legal Requirement (and if under applicable zoning ordinances the use of all or any portion of the Property is a nonconforming use, Borrower shall not cause or permit such nonconforming use to be discontinued or abandoned);

 

(ii)         impose or consent to the imposition of any restrictive covenants, easements or encumbrances upon the Property in any manner that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, Borrower shall be permitted to impose a condominium regime on the Property in accordance with Section 2.3(d) in connection with the release of the Retail Unit;

 

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(iii)        execute or file any subdivision plat affecting the Property, or institute, or permit the institution of, proceedings to alter any tax lot comprising the Property; or

 

(iv)        permit or consent to the Property’s being used by the public or any Person in such manner as might make possible a claim of adverse usage or possession or of any implied dedication or easement.

 

Section 6.17.          Waste . Borrower shall not commit or permit any Waste on the Property, nor take any actions that might invalidate any insurance carried on the Property (and Borrower shall promptly correct any such actions of which Borrower becomes aware).

 

ARTICLE VII

DEFAULTS

 

Section 7.1.           Event of Default . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall be, and shall constitute the commencement of, an “ Event of Default ” hereunder (any Event of Default that has occurred shall continue unless and until waived by Lender in writing in its sole discretion):

 

(a)           Payment .

 

(i)          Borrower shall default in the payment when due of any principal or interest owing hereunder or under the Notes (including any mandatory prepayment required hereunder); or

 

(ii)         Borrower shall default, and such default shall continue for at least five (five) Business Days after notice to Borrower that such amounts are owing, in the payment when due of fees, expenses or other amounts owing hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan Documents (other than principal and interest owing hereunder or under the Notes).

 

(b)           Representations . Any representation made by Borrower in any of the Loan Documents, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument, agreement or document furnished to Lender shall have been false or misleading in any material respect (or, with respect to any representation that itself contains a materiality qualifier, in any respect) as of the date such representation was made; provided , however , that if (A) such misrepresentation was not intentional and is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (B) the condition causing the representation or warranty to be false is susceptible of being cured, the same shall be an Event of Default hereunder only if the same is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice to Borrower from Lender;

 

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(c)           Other Loan Documents . Any Loan Document shall fail to be in full force and effect or to convey the material Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby (except to the extent caused by Lender) and Borrower shall fail to promptly comply with Section 5.9 to remedy such failure within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; or a default by Borrower under any of the other Loan Documents or Material Agreements that continues beyond applicable notice and cure periods set forth in such Loan Documents or Material Agreements, or a default by Borrower shall occur under the Approved Management Agreement, in each case, beyond the expiration of any applicable cure period.

 

(d)           Bankruptcy, etc .

 

(i)          Any Required SPE or Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code (as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced, from time to time, the “Bankruptcy Code”);

 

(ii)         any Required SPE or Guarantor shall commence any other voluntary proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of creditors, dissolution, insolvency or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to such Required SPE, or shall dissolve or otherwise cease to exist;

 

(iii)        there is commenced against any Required SPE or Guarantor an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any such other involuntary proceeding or other insolvency or similar laws, which remains undismissed for a period of 90 days after commencement;

 

(iv)        any Required SPE or Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt;

 

(v)         any Required SPE or Guarantor suffers appointment of any custodian or the like for it or for any substantial portion of its property and such appointment continues unchanged or unstayed for a period of 90 days after commencement of such appointment;

 

(vi)        any Required SPE or Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(vii)       any Required SPE or Guarantor takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

(e)           Prohibited Change of Control . A Prohibited Change of Control shall occur.

 

(f)           Equity Pledge; Preferred Equity . Any direct or indirect equity interest in or right to distributions from Borrower shall be subject to a pledge in favor of any Person, or Borrower or any holder of a direct or indirect interest in Borrower shall issue preferred equity (or debt granting the holder thereof rights substantially similar to those generally associated with preferred equity), except that the following shall be permitted:

 

(i)          any pledge of direct or indirect equity interests in and rights to distributions from NY REIT or NYROP;

 

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(ii)         the pledge of equity interests in Borrower securing the Mezzanine Loan; and

 

(iii)        the issuance of direct or indirect preferred equity interests in NY REIT or NYROP (or debt granting the holder thereof rights substantially similar to those generally associated with preferred equity).

 

Any of the foregoing events in this subsection (f) shall be referred to in this Agreement as a “ Prohibited Pledge ”.

 

(g)           Insurance . Borrower shall fail to maintain in full force and effect all Policies required hereunder .

 

(h)           ERISA; Negative Covenants . A default beyond applicable notice and grace periods shall occur in the due performance or observance by Borrower of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.8 or in Article VI ; provided that such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it shall remain uncured for 10 Business Days after Borrower receives written notice thereof.

 

(i)           Legal Requirements . Borrower shall fail to cure properly any material violations of Legal Requirements affecting all or any portion of the Property within 30 days after Borrower first receives written notice of any such violations; provided , however , if any such violation is reasonably susceptible of cure, but not within such 30 day period, then Borrower shall be permitted up to an additional 30 days to cure such violation provided that Borrower commences a cure within such initial 30 day period and thereafter diligently and continuously pursues such cure.

 

(j)           Other Covenants . A default shall occur in the due performance or observance by Borrower of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in any other subsection of this Section) contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, except that in the case of a default that can be cured by the payment of money, such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it shall remain uncured for 10 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; and in the case of a default that cannot be cured by the payment of money but is susceptible of being cured within 30 days, such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it remains uncured for 30 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof, provided that promptly following its receipt of such written notice, Borrower delivers written notice to Lender of its intention and ability to effect such cure within such 30 day period; and if such non-monetary default is not cured within such 30 day period despite Borrower’s diligent efforts but is susceptible of being cured within 90 additional days, then Borrower shall have such additional time as is reasonably necessary to effect such cure, but in no event in excess of 120 days from Borrower’s receipt of Lender’s original notice, provided that Borrower promptly delivers written notice to Lender of its intention and ability to effect such cure prior to the expiration of such 120 day period.

 

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Section 7.2.           Remedies .

 

(a)          During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may by written notice to Borrower, in addition to any other rights or remedies available pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, at law or in equity, declare by written notice to Borrower all or any portion of the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, whereupon all or such portion of the Indebtedness shall so become due and payable, and Lender may enforce or avail itself of any or all rights or remedies provided in the Loan Documents against Borrower and the Collateral (including all rights or remedies available at law or in equity); provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(d) shall occur, then (except as specified in Section 7.2(f)) the Indebtedness shall immediately become due and payable without the giving of any notice or other action by Lender. Any actions taken by Lender shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued independently, singly, successively, together or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Lender may determine in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of Lender permitted by law, equity or contract or as set forth in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents.

 

(b)          If Lender forecloses on any Collateral, Lender shall apply all net proceeds of such foreclosure to repay the Indebtedness, the Indebtedness shall be reduced to the extent of such net proceeds and the remaining portion of the Indebtedness shall remain outstanding and secured by the remaining Collateral. At the election of Lender, the Notes shall be deemed to have been accelerated only to the extent of the net proceeds actually received by Lender with respect to the Property and applied in reduction of the Indebtedness.

 

(c)          During the continuance of any Event of Default (including an Event of Default resulting from a failure to satisfy the insurance requirements specified herein), Lender may, but without any obligation to do so and without notice to or demand on Borrower and without releasing Borrower from any obligation hereunder, take any action to cure such Event of Default. Lender may enter upon any or all of the Property upon reasonable notice to Borrower for such purposes or appear in, defend, or bring any action or proceeding to protect its interest in the Collateral or to foreclose the Mortgage or collect the Indebtedness. The costs and expenses incurred by Lender in exercising rights under this Section (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), with interest at the Default Rate for the period after notice from Lender that such costs or expenses were incurred to the date of payment to Lender, shall constitute a portion of the Indebtedness, shall be secured by the Mortgage and other Loan Documents and shall be due and payable to Lender upon demand therefor.

 

(d)          Interest shall accrue on any judgment obtained by Lender in connection with its enforcement of the Loan at a rate of interest equal to the Default Rate.

 

(e)          Notwithstanding the availability of legal remedies, Lender will be entitled to obtain specific performance, mandatory or prohibitory injunctive relief, or other equitable relief requiring Borrower to cure or refrain from repeating any Default.

 

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(f)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an event specified in Section 7.1(d) occurs solely in respect of Guarantor and not any Required SPE, then such event shall not constitute an Event of Default or result in an acceleration of the Loan unless, in each case, Lender so determines in its sole discretion by written notice to Borrower; and unless and until Lender sends such notice, a Cash Flow Sweep Period shall be deemed to have commenced for all purposes hereunder, which Cash Flow Sweep Period shall continue until the Loan is repaid in full.

 

Section 7.3.           Application of Payments after an Event of Default . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts received by Lender in respect of the Loan shall be applied at Lender’s sole discretion either toward the components of the Indebtedness ( e.g. , Lender’s expenses in enforcing the Loan, interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder) and the Notes or Note Components in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, or toward the payment of Property expenses.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

Section 8.1.           Conditions Precedent to Closing . This Agreement shall become effective on the date that all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived by Lender which satisfaction or waiver shall be evidenced by Lender’s funding of the Initial Advance to Borrower (unless such conditions are addressed in a post-closing agreement mutually agreed between and reasonably acceptable to Lender and Borrower):

 

(a)           Loan Documents . Lender shall have received a duly executed copy of each Loan Document. Each Loan Document that is to be recorded in the public records shall be in form suitable for recording.

 

(b)           Collateral Accounts . Each of the Collateral Accounts shall have been established and funded to the extent required under Article III .

 

(c)           Opinions of Counsel . Lender shall have received, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, (i) a New York legal opinion, (ii) a legal opinion with respect to the laws of the state in which the Property is located, (iii) a bankruptcy nonconsolidation opinion with respect to each Person owning more than a 49% direct or indirect equity interest in any Required SPE, and any Affiliated property manager, and (iv) a Delaware legal opinion regarding matters related to Single Member LLC’s.

 

(d)           Organizational Documents . Lender shall have received all documents reasonably requested by Lender relating to the existence of Borrower, the validity of the Loan Documents and other matters relating thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, including:

 

(i)           Authorizing Resolutions . To the extent the required authorizations are not contained directly in the organizational documents of any Required SPE and Guarantor, certified copies of the resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by Guarantor and Borrower.

 

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(ii)          Organizational Documents . Certified copies of the organizational documents of Guarantor and each Required SPE (including any certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of incorporation, operating agreement, limited partnership agreement or by-laws), in each case together with all amendments thereto.

 

(iii)         Certificates of Good Standing or Existence . Certificates of good standing or existence for Guarantor and each Required SPE issued as of a recent date by its state of organization and by the state in which the Property is located.

 

(iv)         Intentionally Omitted .

 

(e)          Lease; Material Agreements . Lender shall have received true, correct and complete copies of all Leases and all Material Agreements.

 

(f)           Lien Search Reports . Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory reports of Uniform Commercial Code, tax lien, bankruptcy and judgment searches conducted by a search firm acceptable to Lender with respect to the Property, Guarantor, each Required SPE and Borrower’s immediate predecessor, if any, such searches to be conducted in such locations as Lender shall have requested.

 

(g)          No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date immediately after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(h)          No Injunction . No Legal Requirement shall exist, and no litigation shall be pending or threatened, which in the good faith judgment of Lender would enjoin, prohibit or restrain, or impose or result in the imposition of any material adverse condition upon, the making or repayment of the Loan.

 

(i)           Representations . The representations in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on such date.

 

(j)           Estoppel Letters . Borrower shall have received and delivered to Lender estoppel certificates from such parties and in such form and substance as shall be reasonably satisfactory to Lender, each of which shall specify that Lender and its successors and assigns may rely thereon.

 

(k)          No Material Adverse Effect . No event or series of events shall have occurred that Lender reasonably believes has had or is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)           Transaction Costs . Borrower shall have paid all transaction costs (or provided for the direct payment of such transaction costs by Lender from the proceeds of the Loan).

 

(m)          Insurance . Lender shall have received certificates of insurance on ACORD Form 25 for liability insurance and ACORD Form 28 for casualty insurance demonstrating insurance coverage in respect of the Property of types, in amounts, with insurers and otherwise in compliance with the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Such certificates shall indicate that Lender and its successors and assigns are named as additional insured on each liability policy, and that each casualty policy and rental interruption policy contains a loss payee and mortgagee endorsement in favor of Lender, its successors and assigns.

 

(n)          Title . Lender shall have received a marked, signed commitment to issue, or a signed pro-forma version of, a Title Insurance Policy in respect of the Property, listing only such exceptions as are reasonably satisfactory to Lender. If the Title Policy is to be issued by, or if disbursement of the proceeds of the Loan are to be made through, an agent of the actual insurer under the Title Policy (as opposed to the insurer itself), the actual insurer shall have issued to Lender for Lender’s benefit a so-called “Insured Closing Letter.”

 

(o)          Zoning . Lender shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that the Property is in compliance with all applicable zoning requirements (including a zoning report, a zoning endorsement if obtainable and a letter from the applicable municipality if obtainable).

 

(p)          Permits; Certificate of Occupancy . Lender shall have received a copy of all Permits necessary for the use and operation of the Property and the certificate(s) of occupancy, if required, for the Property, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(q)          Engineering Report . Lender shall have received a current Engineering Report with respect to the Property, which report shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(r)           Environmental Report . Lender shall have received an Environmental Report (not more than six months old) with respect to the Property that discloses no material environmental contingencies with respect to the Property.

 

(s)          Survey . Lender shall have received a Survey with respect to the Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(t)           Appraisal . Lender shall have obtained an Appraisal of the Property satisfactory to Lender.

 

(u)          Consents, Licenses, Approvals, etc . Lender shall have received copies of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower, and the validity and enforceability, of the Loan Documents, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect.

 

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(v)          Financial Information . Lender shall have received financial information relating to Guarantor, Borrower and the Property that is reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(w)         Annual Budget . Lender shall have received the Annual Budget for the current calendar year (and, if the Closing Date occurs in December, the Annual Budget for the next calendar year).

 

(x)           Know Your Customer Rules . At least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, the Lender shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

 

(y)          Additional Matters . Lender shall have received such other certificates, opinions, documents and instruments relating to the Loan as may have been reasonably requested by Lender. All corporate and other proceedings, all other documents (including all documents referred to in this Agreement and not appearing as exhibits to this Agreement) and all legal matters in connection with the Loan shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.1.           Successors . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever in this Agreement any of the parties to this Agreement is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. All covenants, promises and agreements in this Agreement contained, by or on behalf of Borrower, shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 9.2.           GOVERNING LAW .

 

(A)        THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(B)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 9.4 (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

 

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Section 9.3.           Modification, Waiver in Writing, Approval of Lender . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document may be amended, changed, waived, discharged or terminated, nor shall any consent or approval of Lender be granted hereunder, unless such amendment, change, waiver, discharge, termination, consent or approval is in writing signed by Lender. After a Securitization (if any), wherever Lender’s approval is required hereunder, whether subject to Lender’s sole or reasonable discretion, such approval may be conditioned upon satisfaction of the Rating Condition; provided that where Lender’s reasonable discretion is required, such Rating Condition may only be required if obtaining a Rating Condition in such situation is then customary under the circumstances in the CMBS market with respect to commercial mortgage loans similar to the Loan and the applicable Rating Agency(ies) in fact so require such Rating Condition to be satisfied.

 

Section 9.4.           Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail address to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement in the manner provided for in this Section 9.4 . A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

If to Lender:

 

c/o H/2 Capital Partners

375 Park Avenue

Twentieth Floor

New York, New York 10152

Attention: Daniel Ottensoser

E-mail: dottensoser@h2cp.com

 

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with copies to:

 

c/o H/2 Capital Partners

375 Park Avenue

Twentieth Floor

New York, New York 10152

Attention: William Stefko, Esq.

E-mail: wstefko@h2sas.com

 

and

 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Kimberly Blacklow, Esq.

E-mail: kblacklow@cgsh.com

 

If to Borrower:

 

c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC

405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attn: Legal Department

E-Mail: MEad@nyrt.com

 

With a copy to

 

c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC

405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attn: Michael Happel

E-Mail: Mhappel@nyrt.com

 

 

with a copy to:

 

Arnold & Porter LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attn: John Busillo, Esq.

E-Mail: John.Busillo@aporter.com

 

Section 9.5.           TRIAL BY JURY . LENDER AND BORROWER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY LENDER AND BORROWER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER AND BORROWER ARE EACH HEREBY INDIVIDUALLY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION 9.5 IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER.

 

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Section 9.6.           Headings . The Article and Section headings in this Agreement are included in this Agreement for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

 

Section 9.7.           Assignment; Participation .

 

(a)          Except as expressly set forth in Article II , Borrower may not sell, assign or otherwise transfer any rights, obligations or other interest of Borrower in or under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)          Lender and each assignee of all or a portion of the Loan, at their sole cost and expense, shall have the right from time to time in its discretion and without the consent of Borrower to sell, assign, syndicate, Securitize, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise transfer one or more of the Notes or any interest therein (in each case, an “ Assignment ”) and/or sell a participation interest in one or more of the Notes (a “ Participation ”) to any Person other than, so long as no Event of Default is continuing, a Prohibited Transferee. Borrower shall and shall cause Guarantor to reasonably cooperate with Lender, at Lender’s request and sole cost and expense, in order to effectuate any such Assignment, including, without limitation: (i) making changes to the Loan Documents, provided such changes do not result in any increase in the obligations or liabilities of Borrower or decrease in the rights or remedies of Borrower or increase in the rights and remedies of Lender or decrease in the obligations or liabilities of Lender; (ii) bifurcating the Loan pursuant to Section 9.24(b) ; (iii) promptly delivering updated information, legal opinions and documents in substantially the form delivered on the Closing Date relating to each Required SPE, Guarantor, the Property, the Approved Property Manager and any Tenants as Lender may reasonably request and reasonably be available to Borrower in connection with such Assignment; (iv) participating (including senior management of Borrower or Guarantor) in a bank or investor meeting if requested by Lender; and (v) cooperating with Lender in connection with the preparation of marketing materials related to the Loan. In the case of an Assignment, (i) each assignee shall have, to the extent of such Assignment, the rights, benefits and obligations of the assigning Lender as a “Lender” hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to an Assignment, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement arising from and after the date of such Assignment, and (iii) SAS shall serve as agent (“ Agent ”) for all Lenders and shall be the sole party to whom notices, requests and other communications shall be addressed and the sole party authorized to grant or withhold consents hereunder on behalf of the Lenders (subject, in each case, to appointment of a Servicer, pursuant to Section 9.22 , to receive such notices, requests and other communications and/or to grant or withhold consents, as the case may be). Agent shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, as non-fiduciary agent for Borrower, a register on which it shall enter the name or names of the registered owner or owners from time to time of the Notes. Upon effectiveness of any Assignment of any Note in part, Borrower will promptly provide to the assignor and the assignee separate Notes in the amount of their respective interests (but, if applicable, with a notation thereon that it is given in substitution for and replacement of an original Note or any replacement thereof), and otherwise in the form of such Note, upon return of the Note then being replaced provided in no event shall such Notes exceed the then outstanding principal amount of the Loan. Each potential or actual assignee, participant or investor in a Securitization, and each Rating Agency, shall be entitled to receive from Lender all information received by Lender under this Agreement; provided that Lender shall not provide to any such parties any information relating to the Guarantor or any properties owned by Guarantor (other than the Property) that Borrower has identified as confidential unless (i) it obtains a customary confidentiality undertaking (or deemed undertaking) from the recipient thereof and reasonably acceptable to Borrower and (ii) the applicable information or materials are not otherwise available in the public domain. After the effectiveness of any Assignment, the party conveying the Assignment shall provide notice to Borrower and each Lender of the identity and address of the assignee. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, after an Assignment, the assigning Lender (in addition to the assignee) shall continue to have the benefits of any indemnifications contained in this Agreement that such assigning Lender had prior to such assignment with respect to matters occurring prior to the date of such assignment.

 

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(c)          If, pursuant to this Section, any interest in this Agreement or any Note is transferred to any transferee, such transferee shall, promptly upon receipt of written request from Borrower, furnish to Borrower Form W-9, Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, as applicable.

 

Section 9.8.           Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

Section 9.9.           Preferences; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets . Lender shall have no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the obligations of Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents. Lender shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply or reverse and reapply only during continuance of an Event of Default any and all payments by Borrower to any portion of the obligations of Borrower hereunder and under the Loan Documents. If any payment to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then the obligations hereunder or portion thereof intended to be satisfied by such payment shall be revived and continue in full force and effect, as if such payment had not been made. Borrower hereby waives any legal right otherwise available to Borrower that would require the sale of any Collateral either separate or apart from other Collateral, or require Lender to exhaust its remedies against any Collateral before proceeding against any other Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Borrower hereby waives and shall not assert any rights in respect of a marshalling of Collateral, a sale in the inverse order of alienation, any homestead exemption, the administration of estates of decedents, or any other matters whatsoever to defeat, reduce or affect the right of Lender under the Loan Documents to a sale of the Collateral or any portion thereof in any sequence and any combination as determined by Lender in its sole discretion.

 

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Section 9.10.          Remedies of Borrower . If a claim is made that Lender or its agents have unreasonably delayed acting or acted unreasonably in any case where by law or under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents any of such Persons has an obligation to act promptly or reasonably, Borrower agrees that no such Person shall be liable for any monetary damages, and Borrower’s sole remedy shall be limited to commencing an action seeking specific performance, injunctive relief and/or declaratory judgment; provided , however, that the forgoing shall not prevent Borrower from obtaining a monetary judgment against Lender if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that Lender acted with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against Lender and/or its affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable Legal Requirement) arising out of, as a result of, or in any way related to, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

 

Section 9.11.          Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses . All payments made by Borrower hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall be made irrespective of, and without any deduction for, any offsets, counterclaims or defenses. Borrower waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender arising out of or in any way connected with the Notes, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Indebtedness. Any assignee of Lender’s interest in the Loan shall take the same free and clear of all offsets, counterclaims or defenses against the assigning Lender.

 

Section 9.12.          No Joint Venture . Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create a joint venture, partnership, tenancy-in-common or joint tenancy relationship between Borrower and Lender, nor to grant Lender any interest in the Property other than that of mortgagee or lender.

 

Section 9.13.          Conflict; Construction of Documents . In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. The parties acknowledge that they were each represented by competent counsel in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the Loan Documents and that the Loan Documents shall not be subject to the principle of construing their meaning against the party that drafted same.

 

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Section 9.14.          Brokers and Financial Advisors . Borrower represents that neither it nor Guarantor has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Lender represents that it has not dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Borrower and Lender agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower or Lender, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

 

Section 9.15.          Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.16.          Estoppel Certificates .

 

(a)          Borrower shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Lender, within ten (10) days after receipt of Lender’s written request therefor at any time from time to time, a statement in writing setting forth (A) the Principal Indebtedness, (B) the date on which installments of interest and/or principal were last paid, (C) to Borrower’s knowledge any offsets or defenses to the payment of the Indebtedness, (D) that the Notes, this Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents are valid, legal and binding obligations and have not been modified or if modified, giving particulars of such modification, (E) that neither Borrower nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, Lender, is in default under the Loan Documents (or specifying any such default), (F) that all Leases are in full force and effect and have not been modified (except in accordance with the Loan Documents) or identifying which Leases have been terminated or modified, (G) to Borrower’s knowledge, whether or not any of the Tenants under the Leases or any counterparties under the Material Agreements are in material default under the Leases or the Material Agreements, as applicable (setting forth the specific nature of any such material defaults) and (H) such other matters as Lender may reasonably request. Any prospective purchaser of any interest in the Loan shall be permitted to rely on such certificate.

 

(b)          Upon Lender’s written request, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from each Tenant and thereafter promptly deliver to Lender duly executed estoppel certificates substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit C from any one or more Tenants specified by Lender, attesting to such facts regarding the Leases as Lender may reasonably require, including attestations that each Lease covered thereby is in full force and effect with no material defaults thereunder on the part of any party (or identifying any material defaults thereunder), that rent has not been paid more than one month in advance, except as security, and that the Tenant claims no defense or offset against the full and timely performance of its obligations under the Lease or otherwise in the form accepted by Lender from applicable Tenants at the closing of the Loan. Borrower shall not be required to deliver such certificates more frequently than one time in any 12-month period, other than the 12-month period during which a Securitization occurs or is attempted.

 

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Section 9.17.          General Indemnity; Payment of Expenses .

 

(a)          Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, shall protect, indemnify, reimburse, defend and hold harmless Lender and its officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, advisors, employees, agents, Affiliates, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) for, from and against any and all Damages of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties, in any way relating to or arising out of Lender’s interest in the Loan; provided , however , that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder to the extent that such Damages (i) have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, (ii) arise from any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Guarantor) from and after a Transfer approved by Lender in accordance with the terms hereof of the entire Property or a transfer of all of the direct and indirect equity interests of Borrower to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Guarantor, (iii) arise from any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Guarantor) from and after an Indemnified Party obtains title to the Property, whether by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with any exercise of Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any actions taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with Guarantor) on or after the date on which a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or conservator is appointed, at Lender’s request, to take control of the Property, or (iv) arise from any action taken (a) by Mezzanine Lender or, to the extent there is any other mezzanine lender (“ Additional Mezzanine Lender ”) with respect to any additional mezzanine loan (“ Additional Mezzanine Loan ”) under Section 9.24(b) , during any period in which either Mezzanine Lender or Additional Mezzanine Lender exercises Control of any Required SPE, Borrower, Mezzanine Borrower and/or the Property under the Mezzanine Loan Documents or the loan documents evidencing the Additional Mezzanine Loan, as applicable, or (b) by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Guarantor) from and after a mezzanine foreclosure or assignment-in-lieu thereof. Further, to the extent that any Damage arises out of or is based upon any Disclosure Document, the foregoing indemnity shall be limited to Damages arising to the extent of any untrue statement or omission of a material fact made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the preparation of the Disclosure Document and provided, further, that Borrower shall have no liability therefor if Borrower is not provided a reasonable opportunity to review such Disclosure Document or to the extent that any Indemnified Party or any other Person failed to accurately transcribe information provided by Borrower to Lender or its agent or employee or to include any portions of the information provided by Borrower.

 

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(b)          If for any reason (including violation of law or public policy) the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section are unenforceable in whole or in part or are otherwise unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold it harmless, then Borrower shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of any Damages the maximum amount Borrower is permitted to pay under Legal Requirements. The obligations of Borrower under this Section will be in addition to any liability that Borrower may otherwise have hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)          To the extent any Indemnified Party has notice of a claim for which it intends to seek indemnification hereunder, such Indemnified Party shall give prompt written notice thereof to Borrower, provided that failure by Lender to so notify Borrower will not relieve Borrower of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent that Borrower suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. In connection with any claim for which indemnification is sought hereunder, Borrower shall have the right to defend the applicable Indemnified Party (if requested by the applicable Indemnified Party, in the name of such Indemnified Party) from such claim by attorneys and other professionals reasonably approved by the applicable Indemnified Party. Upon assumption by Borrower of any defense pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Borrower shall have the right to control such defense, provided that the Applicable Indemnified Party shall have the right to reasonably participate in such defense and Borrower shall not consent to the terms of any compromise or settlement of any action defended by Borrower in accordance with the foregoing without the prior consent of the applicable Indemnified Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such compromise or settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of the applicable Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the applicable Indemnified Party. The applicable Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel if (i) Borrower shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Indemnified Party in a timely manner, or (ii) the applicable Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there are actual or potential material conflicts of interest between Borrower and the applicable Indemnified Party, including situations in which there are one or more legal defenses available to the applicable Indemnified Party that are different from or additional to those available to Borrower. So long as Borrower is conducting the defense of any action defended by Borrower in accordance with the foregoing in a prudent and commercially reasonable manner, Lender and the applicable Indemnified Party shall not compromise or settle such action defended without Borrower's consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 9.17(c) , upon demand, Borrower shall pay or, in the sole discretion of the applicable Indemnified Party, reimburse the applicable Indemnified Party for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals retained by the Applicable Indemnified Party in accordance with this Section in connection with defending any claim subject to indemnification hereunder. In no event shall Borrower have any obligation to pay for more than one attorney to represent, collectively, any and all Indemnified Parties.

 

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(d)          Any amounts payable to Lender by reason of the application of this Section shall be secured by the Mortgage and shall become immediately due and payable and shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate required to be paid under Section 1.2(a) for the first five (5) Business Days from the date Damages are sustained by the Indemnified Parties and Borrower has received written demand for payment and the Default Rate thereafter until paid.

 

(e)          The provisions of and undertakings and indemnification set forth in this Section shall survive the satisfaction and payment in full of the Indebtedness and termination of this Agreement.

 

(f)          Borrower shall reimburse Lender upon receipt of written notice from Lender for (i) all reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with the origination of the Loan, including reasonable legal fees and disbursements, accounting fees, and the costs of the Appraisal, the Engineering Report, the Title Insurance Policy, the Survey, the Environmental Report and any other third-party diligence materials; (ii) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with (A) third-party fees for monitoring Borrower’s ongoing performance of and compliance with Borrower’s material agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on its part to be performed or complied with after the Closing Date, including confirming compliance with environmental and insurance requirements (but in no event shall Borrower be responsible for regular servicing fees), (B) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents or matters relating hereto (including Leases, Material Agreements, and Permitted Encumbrances) to the extent such modifications or reviews are requested by Borrower or required under the Loan Documents (unless as to the items required under the Loan Documents, Lender is required to pay for the same pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents), (D) filing, registration and recording fees and expenses and other similar expenses incurred in creating and perfecting the Liens in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including the filing, registration or recording of any instrument of further assurance) and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, federal, state, county and municipal, taxes (including, if applicable, intangible taxes), search fees, title insurance premiums, duties, imposts, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, any mortgage supplemental thereto, any security instrument with respect to the Collateral or any instrument of further assurance, (E) enforcing or preserving any rights, in response to third party claims or the prosecuting or defending of any action or proceeding or other litigation, in each case against, under or affecting Borrower, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Collateral, and (F) the satisfaction of any Rating Condition in respect of any matter required or requested by Borrower hereunder; and (iii) all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and, if the Loan has been Securitized, special servicing fees) incurred by Lender (or any of its Affiliates) in connection with the enforcement of any obligations of Borrower, or an Event of Default or a reasonably imminent Event of Default by Borrower, under the Loan Documents, including any actual or attempted foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, refinancing, restructuring, settlement or workout and any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings (including any applicable transfer taxes). Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower shall pay all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and fees of Lender and its Servicer, operating advisor and securitization trustee resulting from an Event of Default or a reasonably imminent Event of Default or requests by Borrower (including enforcement expenses and any liquidation fees, workout fees, special servicing fees, operating advisor consulting fees or any other similar fees and interest payable on advances made by the Servicer or the securitization trustee with respect to delinquent debt service payments or expenses of curing Borrower’s defaults under the Loan Documents, and any expenses paid by Servicer or a trustee in respect of the protection and preservation of the Property, such as payment of taxes and insurance premiums); and the costs of all property inspections and/or Appraisals (or any updates to any existing inspection or Appraisal) that Servicer may be required to obtain due to a request by Borrower or the occurrence of an Event of Default or a reasonably imminent Event of Default.

 

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Section 9.18.          No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are solely for the benefit of Lender and Borrower, and nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to confer upon anyone other than Lender, Borrower and Indemnified Parties any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of the obligations contained herein or therein. All conditions to the obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of Lender, and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that Lender will refuse to make the Loan in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof, and no other Person shall under any circumstances be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any or all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by Lender if, in Lender’s sole discretion, Lender deems it advisable or desirable to do so.

 

Section 9.19.          Recourse .

 

(a)          Subject to the qualifications in Sections 9.19(b) and 9.19(c) below, Lender shall not enforce Borrower’s obligation to pay the Indebtedness by any action or proceeding wherein a deficiency judgment or other judgment establishing personal liability shall be sought against Borrower or any of its affiliates, or any Exculpated Person, except for foreclosure actions or any other appropriate actions or proceedings with respect to the Collateral in order to fully exercise Lender’s remedies in respect of, and to realize upon, the Collateral, and except for any actions to enforce any obligations expressly assumed or guaranteed by Guarantor under the Guaranty, Unfunded Obligations Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity and Borrower under the Environmental Indemnity or any guarantor, indemnitor or similar party that becomes a party to any of the foregoing agreements or enters into any replacement guaranties or indemnities (whether or not such party is an Exculpated Person) under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)          Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all Damages to Lender (including reasonable legal and other expenses of enforcing the obligations of Borrower under this Section) resulting from or arising out of any of the following (the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”):

 

(i)          fraud or intentional misrepresentation by Borrower, Guarantor or any Affiliated agent of the foregoing;

 

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(ii)         intentional misapplication or misappropriation of insurance proceeds, Loss Proceeds, Revenues or security deposits in violation of the Loan Documents;

 

(iii)        wrongful removal, destruction or material physical Waste of any material portion of the Collateral;

 

(iv)        failure to apply Available Funds, if any, and if reserved by Lender for such purpose, made available to Borrower, toward payment of any Taxes or charges (including charges for labor and materials) that create Liens on the Property, unless (i) contested in good faith and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or (ii) resulting from Lender’s failure to make required disbursements from reserves maintained for such purpose under the Loan Documents;

 

(v)         failure to apply Available Funds, if any, and if reserved by Lender for such purpose, made available to Borrower, toward payment of insurance premiums and insurance deductibles unless resulting from Lender’s failure to make required disbursements from reserves maintained for such purpose under the Loan Documents;

 

(vi)        Intentionally omitted.

 

(vii)       willful misconduct by Borrower, Guarantor or any Affiliated agent of any of the foregoing (including any wrongful contest not pursued in good faith to the validity of the Loan Documents or wrongful acts not conducted in good faith to interfere, hinder, delay or obstruct Lender’s pursuit of its remedies under the Loan Documents);

 

(viii)      the failure of any Required SPE to be, and to at all times have been, in all material respects, a Single-Purpose Entity, regardless of whether such failure to have been a Single-Purpose Entity prior to the date hereof has been disclosed to Lender, and including Damages due to such failure, arising from or related to (x) the actions, conduct and/or operating history of Borrower (or any Person merged into Borrower) prior to the Closing Date and (y) Borrower’s ownership (or the ownership of any Person merged into Borrower) of assets prior to the Closing Date that do not constitute a portion of the Collateral but excluding any breach resulting solely from a failure of the Property to generate sufficient cash flow or a failure of Guarantor to contribute additional capital, provided that Borrower shall not have any liability under this Section 9.19(b)(viii) if Borrower cures any such failure within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; and

 

(ix)         Borrower’s obtaining additional Debt to the extent prohibited by this Agreement.

 

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(c)          In addition to the foregoing, the Loan shall be fully recourse to Borrower, if (i) Borrower Transfers the Property or any other Collateral, voluntarily grants a mortgage or similar Lien on the Collateral, or there is a Prohibited Change of Control or Prohibited Pledge, in each case, in violation of the Loan Documents, (ii) any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law is filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, any Required SPE, (iii) any Required SPE or any of their respective Affiliates (including Guarantor) shall have colluded with other creditors to cause an involuntary filing under the Bankruptcy Code or similar federal or state law with respect to any Required SPE, or any Required SPE shall have terminated one or more of the Independent Directors for the purpose of facilitating a bankruptcy filing, or (iv) any Required SPE fails to be, and to at all times have been, a Single-Purpose Entity, which failure results in a substantive consolidation of Borrower with any Affiliate in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding (or the filing of a motion by Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates for substantive consolidation in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding citing any such breach).

 

(d)          The foregoing limitations on personal liability shall in no way impair or constitute a waiver of the validity of the Notes, the Indebtedness secured by the Collateral, or the Liens on the Collateral, or the right of Lender, as mortgagee or secured party, to foreclose and/or enforce its rights with respect to the Collateral after an Event of Default. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any right which Lender may have under the Bankruptcy Code to file a claim for the full amount of the debt owing to Lender by Borrower or to require that all Collateral shall continue to secure all of the Indebtedness owing to Lender in accordance with the Loan Documents. Lender may seek a judgment on the Notes (and, if necessary, name Borrower in such suit) as part of judicial proceedings to foreclose on any Collateral or as a prerequisite to any such foreclosure or to confirm any foreclosure or sale pursuant to power of sale thereunder, and in the event any suit is brought on the Notes, or with respect to any Indebtedness or any judgment rendered in such judicial proceedings, such judgment shall constitute a Lien on and may be enforced on and against the Collateral and the rents, profits, issues, products and proceeds thereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of Lender to accelerate the maturity of the Notes upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, nor shall anything in this Agreement impair or be construed to impair the right of Lender to seek personal judgments, and to enforce all rights and remedies under applicable law, jointly and severally against Guarantor under the Guaranty, Unfunded Obligations Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity and Borrower under the Environmental Indemnity or any guarantor, indemnitor or similar party that becomes a party to any of the foregoing agreements or enters into any replacement guaranties or indemnities to the extent allowed by any applicable Loan Documents. The provisions set forth in this Section are not intended as a release or discharge of the obligations due under the Notes or under any Loan Documents, but are intended as a limitation, to the extent provided in this Section, on Lender’s right to sue for a deficiency or seek a personal judgment except as required in order to realize on the Collateral.

 

Section 9.20.          Right of Set-Off . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind (all of such rights being hereby expressly waived), set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by Lender (including branches of Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against the obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Lender hereunder, under the Notes, the other Loan Documents or otherwise, irrespective of whether Lender shall have made any demand hereunder and although such obligations, liabilities or claims, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured, and any such set-off shall be deemed to have been made immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default even though such charge is made or entered on the books of Lender subsequent thereto.

 

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Section 9.21.          Exculpation of Lender . Lender neither undertakes nor assumes any responsibility or duty to Borrower or any other party to select, review, inspect, examine, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform Borrower or any third party of (a) the existence, quality, adequacy or suitability of Appraisals of the Property or other Collateral, (b) any environmental report, or (c) any other matters or items, including engineering, soils and seismic reports that are contemplated in the Loan Documents. Any such selection, review, inspection, examination and the like, and any other due diligence conducted by Lender, is solely for the purpose of protecting Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents, and shall not render Lender liable to Borrower or any third party for the existence, sufficiency, accuracy, completeness or legality thereof.

 

Section 9.22.          Agent; Servicer . Lender shall delegate any and all rights and obligations of Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to the Agent upon notice by Lender to Borrower, whereupon any notice or consent from the Agent to Borrower, and any action by Agent on Lender’s behalf, shall have the same force and effect as if Agent were Lender. Lender hereby advises Borrower that as of the date hereof, SAS is designated by Lender as Agent. Until Lender notifies Borrower in writing that the Agent has been terminated as Agent for cause, the Agent shall serve as the primary point of contact for Borrower with respect to the Loan and shall process all of Borrower’s requests for approval hereunder (including, without limitation, approval of Draw Requests and approval of any Major Lease). Borrower shall have the right to rely on instructions and other communications received from the Agent to the same extent as if such instructions or other communications were received directly from Lender. Agent shall be permitted to delegate certain administrative duties hereunder to a Servicer upon written notice to Borrower, but shall retain all other obligations as the primary point of contact with Borrower hereunder. In addition, in connection with any Securitization of the Loan, master servicer, primary servicer and special servicer shall each be SAS or an Approved Servicer, subject to dismissal for cause. So long as no Event of Default is continuing, the appointment or replacement of any Agent or Servicer shall be subject to Borrower’s reasonable consent, except that Borrower’s consent shall not be required for the appointment of an Approved Servicer as Agent or Servicer hereunder. So long as no Event of Default and Mezzanine Loan Event of Default is continuing, the Loan and the Mezzanine Loan shall have the same Agent, subject to removal for cause.

 

Section 9.23.          No Fiduciary Duty .

 

(a)          Borrower acknowledges that, in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender has relied upon and assumed the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax and other information provided to, discussed with or reviewed by Lender for such purposes, and Lender does not assume any liability therefor or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or independent verification thereof. Lender, its Affiliates and their respective equityholders and employees (for purposes of this Section, the “ Lending Parties ”) have no obligation to conduct any independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance sheet assets and liabilities) of Guarantor, Borrower or any other Person or any of their respective affiliates or to advise or opine on any related solvency or viability issues.

 

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(b)          It is understood and agreed that (i) the Lending Parties shall act under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as an independent contractor, (ii) the transaction described herein is an arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lending Parties, on the one hand, and Borrower, on the other, (iii) each Lending Party is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of Borrower, Guarantor or their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors or any other Person and (iv) nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to create (A) a fiduciary duty (or other implied duty) on the party of any Lending Party to Guarantor, Borrower, any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors, or any other Person or (B) a fiduciary or agency relationship between Guarantor, Borrower or any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors, on the one hand, and the Lending Parties, on the other. Borrower agrees that neither it nor Guarantor nor any of their respective Affiliates shall make, and hereby waives, any claim against the Lending Parties based on an assertion that any Lending Party has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to Borrower, Guarantor of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors. Nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is intended to confer upon any other Person (including Affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors of Borrower and Guarantor) any rights or remedies by reason of any fiduciary or similar duty.

 

(c)          Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised that the Lending Parties are a financial services and asset management firm that provides certain financial and asset management services. In the ordinary course of these activities, the Lending Parties may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and/or financial instruments (including loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short positions in such securities and/or instruments. Such investment and other activities may involve securities and instruments of Affiliates of Borrower, including Guarantor, as well as of other Persons that may (i) be involved in transactions arising from or relating to the Loan, (ii) be customers or competitors of Borrower, Guarantor and/or their respective Affiliates, or (iii) have other relationships with Borrower, Guarantor and/or their respective Affiliates. In addition, the Lending Parties may provide financial advisory services to such other Persons. The Lending Parties may also co-invest with, make direct investments in, and invest or co-invest client monies in or with funds or other investment vehicles managed by other parties, and such funds or other investment vehicles may trade or make investments in securities of Affiliates of Borrower, including Guarantor, or such other Persons. The Transaction may have a direct or indirect impact on the investments, securities or instruments referred to in this Section 9.23(c) . Although the Lending Parties in the course of such other activities and relationships may acquire information about the Loan, the Lending Parties shall have no obligation to disclose such information, or the fact that the Lending Parties are in possession of such information, to Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates or to use such information on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates

 

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(d)          Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Borrower has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the process leading thereto.

 

Section 9.24.          Borrower Information .

 

(a)          Borrower shall make available to Lender all information concerning its business and operations that Lender may reasonably request. Lender shall have the right to disclose any and all information provided to Lender by Borrower or Guarantor regarding Borrower, Guarantor, the Loan and the Property (i) to Affiliates of Lender and to Lender’s agents and advisors, (ii) to any actual or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated Assignment or Securitization of all or any portion of the Loan or any participations therein, and to any investors or prospective investors in the Certificates, and their respective advisors and agents, including the operating advisor, or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, or to any Person that is a party to a repurchase agreement with respect to the Loan, (iii) to any Rating Agency in connection with a Securitization or as otherwise required in connection with a disposition of the Loan, (iv) to any Person necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document following and during the continuance of an Event of Default and (v) to any governmental agency, including the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the FDIC, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority that may exercise authority over Lender or any investor in the Certificates (including the Servicer, the Securitization trustee and their respective agents and employees) or any representative thereof, and to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, in each case if requested by such governmental agency or otherwise required to comply with the applicable rules and regulations of such governmental agency or if required pursuant to legal or judicial process, and (vi) in any Disclosure Document, provided Borrower’s liability with respect to the Disclosure Document shall be limited as provided in the last sentence of Section 9.17(a) . In addition, Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to service providers to Lender in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedure (CUSIP). Each party hereto (and each of their respective Affiliates, employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Loan and all materials of any kind (including opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to any such party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For the purpose of this Section, “tax structure” means any facts relevant to the federal income tax treatment of the Loan but does not include information relating to the identity of any of the parties hereto or any of their respective Affiliates. Notwithstanding the above, Lender shall not provide or incorporate any information or materials relating to Guarantor or any properties owned by the Guarantor (other than the Property) that Borrower has identified as confidential, unless (x) Lender obtains a customary confidentiality undertaking (or deemed undertaking) from the recipient or (y) the information or materials is otherwise available in the public domain.

 

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(b)          In connection with any Assignment, Borrower and Guarantor agree that they shall reasonably cooperate (including the formation of additional borrower entities) at Lender’s request and at Lender’s sole cost and expense to replace the initial Note with two or more replacement Notes (which may include component notes and/or senior and junior notes) and, if requested by Lender, deliver to Lender, together with such replacement Notes, an opinion of counsel with respect to the due authorization and enforceability of such replacement Notes; and/or recast the Loan into a mortgage loan and one or more levels of mezzanine loans to bankruptcy remote equityholders of Borrower, secured by pledges of certificated equity interests in the customary manner (each, a “ New Mezzanine Loan ”), which New Mezzanine Loan shall be evidenced by a complete set of loan documents that are based on the Loan Documents, with customary conforming changes to reflect structural differences between mortgage and mezzanine debt (and the existing Loan Documents shall likewise be amended to reflect the existence of such New Mezzanine Loan in a customary manner); or if a mezzanine loan was originated in connection with the closing of the Loan, reallocate the respective principal amounts and/or interest rates of the Loan and such mezzanine loan and/or create new layers of mezzanine debt; provided with respect to each of the foregoing that (i) the aggregate principal balance and weighted average interest rates of the Notes and mezzanine notes immediately following the consummation of any such transaction shall be the same as immediately prior thereto and shall continue to be the same (i.e., no “rate creep”) throughout the term (except in the case of application of principal following and during the continuance of an Event of Default) and (ii) the foregoing shall not result in any changes to the material terms of the Loan or result in an increase in Borrower’s obligations or liabilities or a decrease in Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Loan Documents or increase in Lender’s rights and remedies or decrease in Lender’s obligations or liabilities. In connection with any New Mezzanine Loan, Borrower shall obtain and deliver to Lender at Lender’s sole cost and expense (1) UCC title insurance coverage, (2) a mezzanine endorsement to its owner’s policy of title insurance, and (3) such legal opinions and other deliverables as are customarily delivered in connection with the closing of mezzanine loans; and Borrower shall cause the Approved Property Manager and any other applicable third parties to enter into agreements with the holder of the New Mezzanine Loan that are substantially identical as those entered into with the initial holder of the Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein requiring that cooperation with Lender not result in any adverse effect on Borrower or Guarantor the parties agree that prepayments shall be applied among the components of the Loan, including any mezzanine loan, on a pro-rata basis, unless an Event of Default is continuing, in which case Lender shall be permitted to require that such amounts be applied sequentially, starting with the most senior tranche, which may have the effect of increasing the weighted average interest rate of the Loan and the New Mezzanine Loan.

 

(c)          If requested by Lender, Borrower shall review factual information regarding Borrower, Guarantor or the Property before it is included in any Disclosure Document provided to Borrower by Lender and shall, within 10 days of Borrower’s receipt thereof, advise Lender in writing of any misstatement of a material fact or omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that if Borrower shall fail to respond within such 10-day period, Borrower shall be deemed to have confirmed the accuracy of such information. Borrower’s liability hereunder shall be limited as provided in the last sentence of Section 9.17(a) . The foregoing shall be at Lender’s sole cost and expense.

 

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Section 9.25.          PATRIOT Act Records . Lender hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower and Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of Borrower and Guarantor and other information that will allow Lender to identify Borrower or Guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 9.26.          Prior Agreements . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONTAIN THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT THAT ANY ORIGINATION FEE SPECIFIED IN ANY TERM SHEET, COMMITMENT LETTER OR FEE LETTER SHALL BE AN OBLIGATION OF BORROWER AND SHALL BE PAID AT CLOSING, AND ANY INDEMNIFICATIONS, AND THE LIKE PROVIDED FOR THEREIN SHALL SURVIVE THE CLOSING, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN).

 

Section 9.27.          Publicity . If the Loan is made, Lender may issue press releases, advertisements and other promotional materials describing in general terms or in detail Lender's participation in such transaction, and may utilize photographs of the Property in such promotional materials subject to the reasonable approval of Borrower in writing prior to the issuance thereof. Borrower shall not make any references to Lender in any press release, advertisement or promotional material issued by Borrower or Guarantor, unless Lender shall have reasonably approved of the same in writing prior to the issuance of such press release, advertisement or promotional material. Nothing in the foregoing shall require Lender’s prior consent for any release of information with respect to this Loan, the Loan Documents or Lender required to be made by Borrower or its Affiliates by applicable Governmental Authority or applicable Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, any filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission); provided that Lender shall have at least one Business Day to review and comment on any public filing made by Borrower or any of its Affiliates that refers to Lender or any of its Affiliates by name.

 

Section 9.28.          Delay Not a Waiver . Neither any failure nor any delay on the part of Lender in insisting upon strict performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement, or exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under any other instrument given as security therefor, shall operate as or constitute a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount.

 

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Section 9.29.          Schedules and Exhibits Incorporated . The Schedules and Exhibits annexed hereto are hereby incorporated herein as a part of this Agreement with the same effect as if set forth in the body hereof.

 

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Lender and Borrower are executing this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  LENDER :
   
  H/2 FINANCIAL FUNDING I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/ Ben Doramus
    Name: Ben Doramus
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ William C. Stefko
    Name: William C. Stefko
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  BORROWER :
   
  ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited
  liability company
   
  By: ARC NY1440BWY1 Mezz, LLC,
  its sole member
   
  By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
   
  By: New York REIT, Inc.,
  its general partner
   
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
  Name: Michael Ead
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Organizational Chart

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Tenant Notice

 

[BORROWER’S LETTERHEAD]

 

___________, 20__

 

Re: Lease dated [________], 20__ between [________], as Landlord, and [_____], as Tenant, concerning premises known as [________] (the “Building”).

 

Dear Tenant:

 

The undersigned hereby directs and authorizes you to make all rental payments and other amounts payable by you pursuant to your lease as follows:

 

(x)          If the payment is made by wire transfer, you shall transfer the applicable funds to the following account::

 

Bank:

Account Name

Account No.:

ABA No.:

Contact:

 

If the payment is made by check, you shall deliver your payment to the following address: [LOCKBOX ADDRESS].

 

The instructions set forth herein are irrevocable and are not subject to modification by us in any manner. Only [name of then-current Lender], or its successors and assigns, may by written notice to you rescind or modify the instructions contained herein.

 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and if you have any questions, please call _________ at (___) ___-_________.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Tenant Estoppel

 

TENANT ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE

1440 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

 

By LEASE AGREEMENT dated ________________ (“ Lease ”), the undersigned (“ Tenant ”) has leased from ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord ”) the leased premises located at 1440 Broadway, New York, New York, 10018, which are more particularly described in the Lease (as defined below). Landlord, as owner of the property (“ Property ”) of which the leased premises are a part, is has entered into an agreement to refinance the Property with [_____________] and its affiliates and one or more mezzanine lenders (together with their respective successors and/or assigns, collectively, “ Lender ”) who, as a condition to the refinance of the Property, has required this Tenant Estoppel Letter.

 

The undersigned (" Tenant ") hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.           Schedule A contains a true, correct and complete description of the documents evidencing the lease and all amendments and modifications thereto (collectively, the " Lease ");

 

2.          Tenant is the tenant under the Lease;

 

3.          The terms of the Lease contained in Schedule A are true and correct;

 

4.          Tenant is not entitled to any offsets, abatements, deductions or otherwise against the rent payable under the Lease from and after the date hereof, including free rent periods, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

5.          The Lease is in full force and effect and, except as may be indicated on Schedule A , has not been assigned, modified, supplemented or amended in any way and Tenant has no notice of any assignment, pledge or hypothecation by the landlord (" Landlord ") under the Lease or of the rentals thereunder;

 

6.          The Lease represents the entire agreement between Tenant and Landlord with respect to the Premises;

 

7.           All construction and other obligations of a material nature to be performed by Landlord have been satisfied, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

8.          Any payments by Landlord to Tenant for tenant improvements which are required under the Lease have been made, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

 

 

 

9.          On this date, there are no existing defenses or offsets which Tenant has against the enforcement of the Lease by Landlord and Tenant has no knowledge of any event which with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both would constitute a default by Tenant, or to the best of Tenant's knowledge, a default by Landlord, under the Lease.

 

10.        No rental (including expense reimbursements), other than for the current month, has been paid in advance, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

12.        Tenant has not filed on its behalf, nor to Tenant's knowledge, has any party initiated against Tenant, proceedings for relief under bankruptcy, insolvency, or other proceedings;

 

13.         Except as set forth on Schedule A , Tenant has no purchase, renewal, expansion, rights of first offer, rights of first refusal, exclusives, right to lease other premises, or rights to have Landlord perform Tenant's obligations under leases of other premises..

 

14.        Tenant has no right to terminate the Lease except as set forth in Schedule A .

 

The truth and accuracy of the certifications contained herein may be relied upon by (i) Landlord, (ii) any purchaser of the Property (" Purchaser "), (iii) any and each lender (" Lender ") of Landlord or Purchaser (or any of their respective direct or indirect owners), and its successors, participants, assigns and transferees, (iv) any rating agency or trustee involved in a securitization of one or more loans made by a Lender, and (v) any servicer of any such loan (collectively, the " Reliance Parties "), and said certifications shall be binding upon Tenant and its successors and assigns, and inure to the benefit of the Reliance Parties.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ______________________________________,
  a ____________________________
   
  By:    
     
  Name:    
  Title:    
     
  Date:    

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

(1) Name of Tenant:  _____________________________
   
(2) Lease Date:  _____________________________
   
(3) List of Lease Documents (including any amendments and modifications):
   
(4) Lease Commencement Date: _______________________________
   
(5) Current Lease Expiration Date:  _____________________________
   
(6) Leased Premises (Suite/Floor):  _____________________________
   
(7) Current Monthly Base Rent:                   $__________;                  paid through: __________
   
  Tenant has the following abatement(s) remaining: ____
   
(8) Base Year for Tax and Expense Reimbursement (if applicable): _______
   
(9) Security Deposit:  $__________
   
(10) Percentage Rent (if applicable): _____
   
(11) Assignees/Subtenants: ____
   
(12) Lease Guarantor(s): __________
   
(13) Outstanding Tenant Allowance: __________

 

(14) Purchase, Renewal, Expansion, etc. Rights: ________________
   
(15) Termination Option(s): ________________________________________

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Property

 

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

 

BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 40TH STREET DISTANT 279 FEET 6 INCHES WESTERLY FROM THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS (FORMERLY SIXTH AVENUE) AND 40TH STREET;

 

RUNNING THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 40TH STREET, 203 FEET 10 ½ INCHES TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SIDE OF BROADWAY WITH THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 40TH STREET;

 

THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE EASTERLY SIDE OF BROADWAY, 128 FEET 1 ½ INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 191 ON "MAP OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SITUATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIR", DECEMBER 1844 BY DANIEL EWEN, C.S., FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 92 FEET 8 ½ INCHES TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 189 ON SAID MAP;

 

THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS AND ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 189, 24 FEET 8 ¼ INCHES TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SAME, 59 FEET 11 ½ INCHES TO THE EASTERLY SIDE OF THE PREMISES ON WHICH THE HOTEL VENDOME STANDS OR FORMERLY STOOD;

 

THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE SAME, 98 FEET 9 INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 41ST STREET AT A POINT 173 FEET 2 ½ INCHES EAST OF BROADWAY AS MEASURED ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 41ST STREET;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 41ST STREET, 65 FEET 1 ½ INCHES TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 184 ON SAID MAP;

 

THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE SAME, 98 FEET 9 INCHES TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK, 20 FEET 6 INCHES;

 

THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 98 FEET 9 INCHES TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

 

Exception Report

 

Sec. 4.14(a)(vii)  2 nd Half of CVS leasing commission is outstanding ($875,000)

 

Sec. 4.14(a) Innerworkings has a Termination Option

 

Sec. 4.14(a)(viii) Unfunded Obligations

- CVS 2 nd Half Leasing Commission - $875,000
- CVS tenant allowance (“Tenant Fund”) for installation of Vertical Transportation System - $750,000
- Landlord Work for the 1 st and 2 nd floor as detailed in Exhibit 6.2 of the CVS Lease (To be priced)
- The Gap tenant allowance (“Tenant Fund”) related to tenant’s Initial Alterations- $1,079,505
- 40 th Street Lobby Renovation Soft Costs – $42,300
- 14 th & 15 th Floor Prebuild Soft Costs - $107,050
- 2 nd Floor Pre-Build Construction – $455,773
- As described in the following chart, leasing commissions could become due if any of the tenants listed in the chart below exercise a renewal option in its lease.

 

Tenant   LCs if
Tenant
Exercises
Renewal?
  Conditions   Renewal
Option
Mizuho   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option and there is no other broker representing them.   Yes, w/ Notice by 3/3/2025
             
Broadway Office Suites   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option and there is no other broker representing them.   Yes, w/ Notice by 5/31/2021
             
Innerworkings   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option.   Yes, w/ Notice by 11/30/2017
             
Macys   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option and there is no other broker representing them.   Yes, w/ Notice by 7/31/2022

 

Sec. 4.17  Borrower had been a borrower and/or guarantor pursuant to that Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2014, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2015, and as may be further amended, restated modified, consolidated, or supplemented from time to time, between New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., Capital One, National Association, as administrative agent, New York REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and certain lenders party thereto.

 

 

 

 

Sec. 4.38 Estoppel Certificates - Sent to the following tenants:

Advance Magazine

Aquantive

Broadway Office Suites

Citi Bank

Cogent

CVS

Dell

FedEx

Innerworkings

Liz Claiborne (Kate Spade)

Macy's

Mexicue

Mizuho Capital Markets Corp.

MT News

Oren's Daily Roast

RentPath (Primedia)

Republic Clothing

StubHub

Subway

TASC

The Gap

Western Union

 

 

 

 

Schedule C

 

[Reserved]

 

 

 

 

Schedule D

 

Unfunded Obligations

 

 

 

 

Schedule E

 

Rent Roll

 

 

 

 

Schedule F

 

Material Agreements

 

That certain Service Contract between ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC and WH CHRISTIAN & SONS INC dated as of July 18, 2014.

 

 

 

 

Schedule G

 

Form of Draw Request

 

This certificate (the “ Draw Request ”) is delivered in connection with that certain Loan Agreement dated as of September [__], 2015 (the “ Loan Agreement ”), by and between H/2 FINANCIAL FUNDING LLC, (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Lender ”) and ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC (the “ Borrower ”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this certificate shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.

 

[________________], in [his/her] capacity as [_______________________] of the Borrower hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. Borrower requests a disbursement from the Future Funding Component on [________], 20[__] (the “ Funding Date ”) in the amount of $[________] to the Operating Account.

 

2. The requested advance of the Future Funding Component shall be applied solely to fund the Approved Costs.

 

3. Borrower has obtained partial or complete lien releases and waivers from any contractors, subcontractors, materialmen for all Approved Costs completed as of the date hereof (which may be conditioned on payment) and for which any prior Future Funding Advance have been previously disbursed pursuant to the Loan Agreement and, as of the date hereof, there are no mechanics, materialmen or other Liens on the Property relating to the Approved Costs (unless bonded as required under applicable law or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Lender).

 

4. Borrower has satisfied or will satisfy prior to the Funding Date all conditions precedent set forth in Section 1.7(b) of the Loan Agreement with respect to the Future Funding Advance.

 

5. Schedule A accurately sets forth the costs of the Approved Costs with respect to which the Future Funding Advance is requested.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate on the date first written above.

 

  ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC
   
  By: ARC NY1440BWY1 Mezz, LLC, its sole member
     
    By:  New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
       
      By:  New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
         
        By:  
          Name:
          Title:

 

 

 

 

Schedule H

 

Approved Future Funding Budget

 

[See attached]

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

Approved Base Building Work

 

[see attached]

 

 

 

 

Schedule J

 

Retail Unit

 

Current Tenant   Suite   SF  
 Western Union Financial Services   Retail 0101/Mezz     6,004  
 Oren's Time Square LLC   Retail 0103     1,149  
 CVS   Retail 0104/105     22,185  
 Vacant   Retail 0104B     911  
 M T News Inc.   Retail 0106     808  
 Mexicue 1440, LLC   Retail 0107     1,142  
 Federal Express   Retail 0109     2,509  
 Subway Real Estate Corp   Retail 0110     1,760  
 Vacant   Retail 0111     780  
 Vacant   BSMT     15,652  
Total         52,900  

 

 

 

 

Schedule K

 

Deemed Consent Notice Parties

 

To:   H2Operations@h2cp.com

cc: dottensoser@h2cp.com , etam@h2cp.com , bgross@h2sas.com , creichle@h2sas.com , wstefko@h2cp.com

 

 

 

 

Schedule L

 

Approved Servicers

 

Bank of America, N.A.

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage

C-III Asset Management

Midland Loan Services

Pacific Life Insurance Company

Principal Global Investors

Prudential Asset Resources

Situs

Strategic Asset Services LLC

TriMont Real Estate

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION

 

MEZZANINE LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of September 30, 2015

 

between

 

ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC,

 

as Borrower,

 

and

 

PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP

as Lender

  

 

 

  

Table of Contents

 

    Page
     
Article I GENERAL TERMS 28
     
Section 1.1. The Loan; Term 28
     
Section 1.2. Interest and Principal 29
     
Section 1.3. Method and Place of Payment 31
     
Section 1.4. Taxes; Regulatory Change 31
     
Section 1.5. Interest Rate Cap Agreements 33
     
Section 1.6. Release 34
     
Article II VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT AND ASSUMPTION 34
     
Section 2.1. Voluntary Prepayment 34
     
Section 2.2. Transfers of Equity Interests in Borrower 35
     
Section 2.3. Retail Unit Release 37
     
Article III ACCOUNTs 40
     
Section 3.1. Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account 40
     
Section 3.2. Distributions from the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account 40
     
Section 3.3. Mortgage Loan Covenants; Replacement of Mortgage Loan Collateral Accounts 40
     
Section 3.4. Account Collateral 41
     
Section 3.5. Bankruptcy 42
     
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS 42
     
Section 4.1. Mortgage Loan Representations 42
     
Section 4.2. Organization 42
     
Section 4.3. Authorization 43
     
Section 4.4. No Conflicts 43
     
Section 4.5. Consents 43
     
Section 4.6. Enforceable Obligations 43
     
Section 4.7. No Default 43
     
Section 4.8. Payment of Taxes 43
     
 Section 4.9. Compliance with Law 44
     
Section 4.10 ERISA 44
     
Section 4.11. Investment Company Act 44

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

    Page
     
Section 4.12. No Bankruptcy Filing 44
     
Section 4.13. Other Debt 44
     
Section 4.14. Litigation 44
     
Section 4.15. Full and Accurate Disclosure 45
     
Section 4.16. Financial Condition 45
     
Section 4.17. Single-Purpose Requirements 45
     
Section 4.18. Use of Loan Proceeds 45
     
Section 4.19. Not Foreign Person 46
     
Section 4.20. Labor Matters 46
     
Section 4.21. Title 46
     
Section 4.22. Fraudulent Conveyance 46
     
Estoppel Certificates 46
     
Federal Trade Embargos 46
     
Section 4.25. Survival 47
     
Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 47
     
Section 5.1. Existence; Licenses 47
     
Section 5.2. Maintenance of Property 47
     
Section 5.3. Compliance with Legal Requirements 48
     
Section 5.4. Impositions and Other Claims 48
     
Section 5.5. Access to Property 48
     
Section 5.6. Cooperate in Legal Proceedings 48
     
Section 5.7. Leases 49
     
Section 5.8. Plan Assets, etc 51
     
Section 5.9. Further Assurances 51
     
Section 5.10. Management of Collateral 51
     
Section 5.11. Notice of Material Event 52
     
Section 5.12. Annual Financial Statements 53
     
Section 5.13. Quarterly Financial Statements 53
     
Section 5.14. Monthly Financial Statements 54
     
Section 5.15. Insurance 54

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

    Page
     
Section 5.16. Casualty and Condemnation 55
     
Section 5.17. Annual Budget 56
     
Section 5.18. Venture Capital Operating Companies; Nonbinding Consultation 56
     
Section 5.19. Compliance with Encumbrances and Material Agreements 56
     
Section 5.20. Prohibited Persons 57
     
Section 5.21. Condominium 57
     
Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS 58
     
Section 6.1. Liens on the Collateral 58
     
Section 6.2. Ownership 58
     
Section 6.3. Transfer; Prohibited Change of Control 58
     
Section 6.4. Debt 58
     
Section 6.5. Dissolution; Merger or Consolidation 58
     
Section 6.6. Change in Business 58
     
Section 6.7. Debt Cancellation 58
     
Section 6.8. Affiliate Transactions 58
     
Section 6.9. Misapplication of Funds 59
     
Section 6.10. Jurisdiction of Formation; Name 59
     
Section 6.11. Modifications and Waivers 59
     
Section 6.12. ERISA 59
     
Section 6.13. Alterations and Expansions 60
     
Section 6.14. Advances and Investments 61
     
Section 6.15. Single-Purpose Entity 61
     
Section 6.16. Zoning and Uses 61
     
Section 6.17. Waste 62
     
Article VII DEFAULTS 62
     
Section 7.1. Event of Default 62
     
Section 7.2. Remedies 65
     
Section 7.3. Application of Payments after an Event of Default 66
     
Article VIII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 66
     
Section 8.1. Conditions Precedent to Closing 66

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

    Page
     
Article IX MISCELLANEOUS 69
     
Section 9.1. Successors 69
     
Section 9.2. GOVERNING LAW 69
     
Section 9.3. Modification, Waiver in Writing, Approval of Lender 70
     
Section 9.4. Notices 70
     
Section 9.5. TRIAL BY JURY 72
     
Section 9.6. Headings 72
     
Section 9.7. Assignment; Participation 72
     
Section 9.8. Severability 73
     
Section 9.9. Preferences; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets 73
     
Section 9.10. Remedies of Borrower 74
     
Section 9.11. Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses 74
     
Section 9.12. No Joint Venture 74
     
Section 9.13. Conflict; Construction of Documents 75
     
Section 9.14. Brokers and Financial Advisors 75
     
Section 9.15. Counterparts 75
     
Section 9.16. Estoppel Certificates 75
     
Section 9.17. General Indemnity; Payment of Expenses 76
     
Section 9.18. No Third-Party Beneficiaries 79
     
Section 9.19. Recourse 80
     
Section 9.20. Right of Set-Off 82
     
Section 9.21. Exculpation of Lender 82
     
Section 9.22. Agent; Servicer 82
     
Section 9.23. No Fiduciary Duty 83
     
Section 9.24. Borrower Information 84
     
Section 9.25. PATRIOT Act Records 86
     
Section 9.26. Prior Agreements 86
     
Section 9.27. Publicity 86
     
Section 9.28. Delay Not a Waiver 86
     
Section 9.29. Schedules and Exhibits Incorporated 87
     
Section 9.30. Senior Loan 87

  

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Exhibits

 

A Organizational Chart

 

Schedules

 

A Property
B Exception Report
C Retail Unit
D Deemed Consent Notice Parties
E Approved Servicers

 

Annexes

 

I Mortgage Loan Agreement

 

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MEZZANINE LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This Loan Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated September 30, 2015 and is between PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as lender (together with its successors and permitted assigns, including any lawful holder of any portion of the Indebtedness directly, as hereinafter defined, “ Lender ”), and ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (together with its permitted successors and assigns, “ Borrower ”).

 

RECITALS

 

Borrower desires to obtain from Lender the Loan (as hereinafter defined) in connection with the financing of the property known as 1440 Broadway, New York County, New York.

 

Lender is willing to make the Loan on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement if Borrower joins in the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents.

 

In consideration of the agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein and in the other Loan Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lender and Borrower agree as follows:

 

DEFINITIONS

 

(a)          When used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Acceptable Counterparty ” means any counterparty to an Interest Rate Cap Agreement that (1) initially has (a) either (i) a long-term unsecured debt rating or counterparty rating of A+ or higher from S&P or (ii) a short-term unsecured debt rating of A-1 or higher from S&P, and (b) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A1 or higher from Moody’s and (2) thereafter maintains (a) a long-term unsecured debt rating or counterparty rating of A- or higher from S&P and (b) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A3 or higher from Moody’s.

 

Account Collateral ” means, collectively, the Collateral Accounts and all sums at any time held, deposited or invested therein, together with any interest and other earnings thereon, and all securities and investment property credited thereto and all proceeds thereof (including proceeds of sales and other dispositions), whether accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper, deposit accounts, instruments, documents or securities.

 

Additional Mezzanine Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a) .

 

Additional Mezzanine Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a) .

 

Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in Control of, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person.

 

 

 

  

Agen t” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

Agreement ” means this Mezzanine Loan Agreement, as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Alteration ” means any demolition, alteration, installation, improvement or expansion of or to the Property or any portion thereof.

 

Annual Budget ” means a capital and operating expenditure budget for the Property prepared by Mortgage Borrower that specifies amounts sufficient to maintain the Property at a standard at least equal to that maintained on the Closing Date.

 

Appraisal ” means an as-is appraisal of the Property that is prepared by a member of the Appraisal Institute selected by Mortgage Lender and reasonably approved by Mortgage Borrower, meets the minimum appraisal standards for national banks promulgated by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended (FIRREA) and complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

 

Approved Annual Budget ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17 .

 

Approved Base Building Work ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Approved Costs Reconciliation Report ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Approved Management Agreement ” means that certain Management Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2013, between Mortgage Borrower and the initial Approved Property Manager, and any other management agreement that is reasonably approved by Lender, in each case as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Approved Property Manager ” means CBRE, Inc. or any other management company reasonably approved by Lender, in each case unless and until Lender requests the termination of that management company pursuant to Section 5.10(d) .

 

Approved Servicer ” shall mean the parties set forth on Schedule E .

 

Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

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Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement ” means each collateral assignment of an interest rate cap agreement executed by Borrower and an Acceptable Counterparty in accordance herewith, each of which must be in the form executed by Borrower and the initial Acceptable Counterparty on the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Available Funds ” means, as of any date of determination, remaining Revenues from the Property after payment of all Operating Expenses, debt service on the Loan and Mortgage Loan and other amounts then due and payable or required to be reserved under the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d) .

 

Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a) .

 

Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Borrower Tax ” means any U.S. Tax and any present or future tax, assessment or other charge or levy imposed by, or on behalf of, any jurisdiction through which or from which payments due hereunder are made (or any taxing authority thereof).

 

Business Day ” means any day other than (i) a Saturday and a Sunday and (ii) a day on which federally insured depository institutions in the State of New York or the state in which the offices of Lender, its trustee, its Servicer or its Servicer’s collection account are located are authorized or obligated by law, governmental decree or executive order to be closed. When used with respect to an Interest Determination Date, “Business Day” shall mean a day on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in London.

 

Capital Expenditure ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Cash Flow Sweep Period ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Casualty ” means a fire, explosion, flood, collapse, earthquake or other casualty affecting all or any portion of the Property.

 

Cause ” means, with respect to an Independent Director, (i) acts or omissions by such Independent Director that constitute systematic and persistent or willful disregard of such Independent Director’s duties, (ii) such Independent Director has been indicted or convicted for any crime or crimes of moral turpitude or dishonesty or for any violation of any Legal Requirements, (iii) such Independent Director no longer satisfies the requirements set forth in the definition of “Independent Director”, (iv) the fees charged for the services of such Independent Director are materially in excess of the fees charged by the other providers of Independent Directors listed in the definition of “Independent Director” or (v) any other reason for which the prior written consent of Lender shall have been obtained.

 

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Certificates ” means, collectively, any senior and/or subordinate notes, debentures or pass-through certificates, or other evidence of indebtedness, or debt or equity securities, or any combination of the foregoing, representing a direct or beneficial interest, in whole or in part, in the Loan or the Mortgage Loan, as the case may be.

 

Closing Date ” means the date of this Agreement.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as it may be further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.

 

Collateral ” means the “Collateral” as defined in the Pledge Agreement.

 

Collateral Account ” means each of the accounts and sub-accounts established pursuant to Section 3.3(b ) hereof.

 

Component Spread ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(c) .

 

Condemnation ” means a taking or voluntary conveyance of all or part of the Property or any interest therein or right accruing thereto or use thereof, as the result of, or in settlement of, any condemnation or other eminent domain proceeding by any Governmental Authority.

 

Condominium shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(iv) .

 

Condominium Act ” means, collectively, all Legal Requirements applicable to the Condominium.

 

Condominium Conversion Amendments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(vii) .

 

Condominium Conversion Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(i) .

 

Condominium Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(v) .

 

Condominium Units shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(iv) .

 

Contingent Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person in any manner and any contingent obligation to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any other Person or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss.

 

Control ” of any Person means the ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least 51% of the equity interests in, and the right to at least 51% of the distributions from, such entity, together with the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (“ Controlled ” and “ Controlling ” each have the meanings correlative thereto).

 

  4  

 

  

Damages ” to a Person means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, demands, damages, penalties, assessments, actions, causes of action, judgments, proceedings, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs of defense and/or enforcement whether or not suit is brought), fines, charges, fees, settlement costs and disbursements imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such party, whether based on any federal or state laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise; provided, however, that “Damages” shall not include special, consequential or punitive damages, except to the extent imposed upon Lender by one or more third parties.

 

DBRS ” means DBRS, Inc. or its applicable affiliate.

 

Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(i)          all indebtedness of such Person to any other party (regardless of whether such indebtedness is evidenced by a written instrument such as a note, bond or debenture), including indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services;

 

(ii)         all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and all unreimbursed amounts drawn thereunder;

 

(iii)        all indebtedness secured by a Lien on any property owned by such Person (whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed) except obligations for impositions that are not yet due and payable;

 

(iv)        all Contingent Obligations of such Person;

 

(v)         all payment obligations of such Person under any interest rate protection agreement (including any interest rate swaps, floors, collars or similar agreements) and similar agreements;

 

(vi)        any material actual or contingent liability to any Person or Governmental Authority with respect to any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

 

Debt Yield ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Debt Yield Threshold ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

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Deemed Consent Notice Parties ” means the parties set forth on Schedule D or such other parties notified by Lender to Borrower in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Default ” means the occurrence of any event that, but for the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate ” means, with respect to any Note or Note Component, the greater of (x) 5% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Note or Note Component hereunder and (y) 1% per annum in excess of the Prime Rate from time to time; provided that, if the foregoing would result in an interest rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, the Default Rate shall be limited to the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

Disclosure Document ” shall mean any registration statement, preliminary or final private placement memorandum or prospectus or other disclosure document or other written marketing materials used in any public or private placement of the Loan (or portion thereof) or the Certificates in a Securitization, participation or assignment (including, in each of the foregoing cases, any amendments or supplements thereto).

 

Eligible Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Eligible Institution ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Embargoed Person ” means any Person subject to trade restrictions under any Federal Trade Embargo.

 

Engineering Report ” means a structural and seismic engineering report or reports (including a “probable maximum loss” calculation, if applicable) with respect to the Property prepared by an independent engineer reasonably approved by Lender and delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan, and any amendments or supplements thereto delivered to Lender.

 

Environmental Indemnity ” means that certain environmental indemnity agreement executed by Borrower and Guarantor as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

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Environmental Laws ” means any and all present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, any judicial or administrative orders, decrees or judgments thereunder, and any permits, approvals, licenses, registrations, filings and authorizations, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, relating to (i) the pollution, protection or cleanup of the environment related to Hazardous Substances, (ii) the impact of Hazardous Substances on property, health or safety, (iii) the Use or Release of Hazardous Substances, (iv) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare related to Hazardous Substances or (v) the liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to health or the environment related to Hazardous Substances. The term “ Environmental Law ” includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successors thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. The term “ Environmental Law ” also includes, but is not limited to, any present and future federal state and local laws, statutes ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, conditioning transfer of property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a Governmental Authority of the environmental condition of a property; or requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental conditions of a property to any Governmental Authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property.

 

Environmental Reports ” means that certain Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by CBRE, Inc., a Delaware corporation, d/b/a IVI Assessment Services and dated as of August 26, 2015 and any other “Phase I Environmental Site Assessments” as referred to in the ASTM Standards on Environmental Site Assessments for Commercial Real Estate, E 1527-13 (and, if necessary, “Phase II Environmental Site Assessments”), prepared by an independent environmental auditor reasonably approved by Lender and delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan and any amendments or supplements thereto delivered to Lender, and shall also include any other environmental reports delivered after the Closing Date to Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate ,” at any time, means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that would, at the time, be treated together with Borrower or Mortgage Borrower as a single employer under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 .

 

Exception Report ” means the report prepared by Borrower and attached to this Agreement as Schedule B , setting forth any exceptions to the representations set forth in Article IV .

 

Exculpated Person ” means each Person that is an affiliate, equityholder, beneficiary, trustee, member, officer, director, agent, manager, independent manager, employee or partner of Borrower or Guarantor, directly or indirectly.

 

Extension Term ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d) .

 

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FACTA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, the regulations, including any subsequent amendments, and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder (or which may be promulgated in the future), and any requirements imposed by any applicable jurisdiction pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement relating to such provisions and guidance, which such jurisdiction has entered into with the United States (including any implementing legislation enacted as a result thereof).

 

Federal Trade Embargo ” means any federal law imposing trade restrictions, including (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), (ii) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq. , as amended), (iii) any enabling legislation or executive order relating to the foregoing, (iv) Executive Order 13224, and (v) the PATRIOT Act.

 

Fiscal Quarter ” means each three-month period ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, or such other fiscal quarter of Borrower as Borrower may select from time to time with the prior consent of Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that Borrower shall have a one-time right to change the Fiscal Year without Lender approval as provided in Section 5.12(b) .

 

Fiscal Year ” means the 12-month period ending on December 31 of each year, or such other fiscal year of Borrower as Borrower may select from time to time with the prior consent of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that Borrower shall have a one-time right to change the fiscal year without Lender approval as provided in Section 5.12(b) .

 

Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

 

Force Majeure ” means a delay due to acts of God, governmental restrictions, stays, judgments, orders, decrees, enemy actions, civil commotion, fire, casualty, strikes, work stoppage, shortages of labor or materials or similar causes beyond the reasonable control of Borrower; provided that (1) any period of Force Majeure shall apply only to performance of the obligations necessarily affected by such circumstance and shall continue only so long as Borrower is continuously and diligently using all reasonable efforts to minimize the effect and duration thereof; and (2) Force Majeure shall not include the unavailability or insufficiency of funds.

 

Form W-8BEN ” means Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding) of the Department of Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

 

Form W-8ECI ” means Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim for Exemption from Withholding of Tax on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

 

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Form W-9 ” means Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and any successor form.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, county, regional, local or municipal government, any bureau, department, agency or political subdivision thereof and any Person with jurisdiction exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any court).

 

Guarantor ” means, collectively, on a joint and several basis, NY REIT and NYROP.

 

Guaranty ” means that certain guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Hazardous Substances ” means any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, pollutants or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or the presence of which on, in or under the Property is prohibited or requires investigation or remediation under Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon, and compounds containing them (including gasoline, diesel fuel, oil and lead-based paint), pesticides and radioactive materials, flammables and explosives and compounds containing them, but excluding those substances commonly used in the operation and maintenance of properties of kind and nature similar to those of the Property that are used at the Property in compliance with all Environmental Laws and in a manner that does not result in contamination of the Property or in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Inapplicable Tax ” means any of the following Taxes applied as to a Lender Party or required to be deducted or withheld from a remittance or payment to a Lender Party: Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, applied by reason of such Lender Party being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction which imposes such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof).

 

Increased Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(d) .

 

Indebtedness ” means the Principal Indebtedness, together with interest and all other obligations and liabilities of Borrower under the Loan Documents, including all transaction costs payable by Borrower, Spread Maintenance Premiums and other amounts due or to become due to Lender pursuant to this Agreement, under the Notes or in accordance with any of the other Loan Documents, and all other amounts, sums and expenses reimbursable by Borrower to Lender hereunder or pursuant to the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

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Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(b) .

 

Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17 .

 

Independent Director ” of any corporation or limited liability company means an individual who is provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, Stewart Management Company, Lord Securities Corporation or, if none of those companies is then providing professional independent directors or managers, another nationally-recognized company reasonably approved by Lender, in each case that is not an Affiliate of Borrower and that provides professional independent directors or managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Director be, any of the following:

 

(i)          a member (other than an independent, non-economic “special” member), partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer or employee of such corporation or limited liability company or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than as an independent director or manager such corporation or limited liability company or an Affiliate of such corporation or limited liability company that is not in the direct chain of ownership of such corporation or limited liability company and that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity, provided that such independent director or manager is employed by a company that routinely provides professional independent directors or managers);

 

(ii)         a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to such corporation or limited liability company or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than a nationally recognized company that routinely provides professional independent managers or directors and that also provides lien search and other similar services to such corporation or limited liability company or any of its equityholders or affiliates in the ordinary course of business);

 

(iii)        a family member of any such member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or

 

(iv)        a Person that Controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of the Persons described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above.

 

A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition other than subparagraph (i) by reason of being the Independent Director of a Single-Purpose Entity affiliated with the corporation or limited liability company in question shall not be disqualified from serving as an Independent Director of such corporation or limited liability company, provided that the fees that such natural person earns from serving as Independent Director of affiliates of such the corporation or limited liability company in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than 5% of such natural person’s annual income for that year. The same natural persons may not serve as Independent Directors of a corporation or limited liability company and, at the same time, serve as Independent Directors of an equityholder or member of such corporation or limited liability company.

 

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In-Place NOI ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Insurance Requirements ” means, collectively, (i) all material terms of any insurance policy required pursuant to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Agreement and (ii) all material regulations and then-current standards applicable to or affecting the Property or any portion thereof or any use or condition thereof, which may, at any time, be recommended by the board of fire underwriters, if any, having jurisdiction over the Property, or any other body exercising similar functions.

 

Interest Accrual Period ” means, with respect to any specified Payment Date, the period from and including the 6th day of the calendar month preceding such Payment Date to but excluding the 6th day of the calendar month containing such specified Payment Date (or, if either such 6th day is not a Business Day, the Interest Accrual Period shall be based upon the immediately succeeding Business Day). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first Interest Accrual Period shall commence on the Closing Date.

 

Interest Determination Date ” means, in connection with the calculation of interest accrued for any Interest Accrual Period, the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Accrual Period.

 

Interest Rate Cap Agreement ” means an interest rate cap confirmation between an Acceptable Counterparty and Borrower, relating to the initial term of the Loan or the Extension Term, as applicable, pursuant to Section 1.5 , which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender (together with an interest rate cap agreement and schedules relating thereto, which are consistent in form and substance with the terms set forth in such confirmation).

 

Lease ” means any lease, license, letting, concession, occupancy agreement, sublease to which Mortgage Borrower is a party, or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether now or hereafter in effect) under which Mortgage Borrower is a lessor, sublessor, licensor or other grantor existing as of the Closing Date or thereafter entered into by Mortgage Borrower, in each case pursuant to which any Person is granted a possessory interest in, or right to use or occupy all or any portion of any space in the Property, and every modification or amendment thereof, and every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto.

 

Legal Requirements ” means all governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws and zoning restrictions) affecting Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Guarantor, the Property or any other Collateral or any portion thereof or the construction, ownership, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any portion thereof (whether now or hereafter enacted and in force), and all permits, licenses and authorizations and regulations relating thereto.

 

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Lender ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement and in Section 9.7 .

 

Lender Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(b) .

 

LIBOR ” means the rate per annum calculated as set forth below:

 

(i)          On each Interest Determination Date, LIBOR for the applicable period will be the rate for deposits in United States dollars for a one-month period which appears as the London interbank offered rate on the display designated as “LIBOR01” on the Reuters Screen (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such page or replacement therefor on any successor service) as the London interbank offered rate as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date.

 

(ii)         With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which no such rate appears as the London interbank offered rate on “LIBOR01” on the Reuters Screen (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such page or replacement therefor on any successor service) as described above, LIBOR for the applicable period will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a one-month period (each a “ Reference Bank Rate ”). Lender shall request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its Reference Bank Rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR for such period will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, reasonably selected by Lender, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks for a one-month period.

 

All percentages resulting from any calculations or determinations referred to in this definition will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 1/1000 of 1% and all U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent or more being rounded upwards).

 

LIBOR Loan ” means the Loan at such time as interest thereon accrues at a rate of interest based upon LIBOR.

 

Lien ” means any mortgage, lien (statutory or other), pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, or any other encumbrance or charge on or affecting any Mortgage Loan Collateral or Collateral or any portion thereof, or any interest therein (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any sale-leaseback, any financing lease or similar transaction having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement or similar instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any other domestic jurisdiction, and mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar liens and encumbrances, as well as any option to purchase, right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right).

 

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Loan ” means the loan evidenced by the Note and this Agreement in an amount equal to the Loan Amount advanced to Borrower by Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Loan Amount ” means $40,000,000.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Pledge Agreement (and related financing statements), the Environmental Indemnity, the Subordination of Property Management Agreement, the Guaranty, each Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement, the Unfunded Obligations Guaranty and all other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents reasonably necessary to effectuate the granting to Lender of first-priority Liens on the Collateral or otherwise in reasonable satisfaction of the requirements of this Agreement or the other documents listed above evidencing and/or securing the Loan or hereafter entered into by Lender and Borrower in connection with the Loan, as all of the aforesaid may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance herewith.

 

Loss Proceeds ” means amounts, awards or payments payable to Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Lender and/or Mortgage Lender in respect of all or any portion of the Property in connection with a Casualty or Condemnation thereof (after the deduction therefrom and payment to Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Lender and/or Mortgage Lender, respectively, of any and all reasonable expenses incurred respectively by such Persons in the recovery thereof, including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, the fees of insurance experts and adjusters and the costs incurred in any litigation or arbitration with respect to such Casualty or Condemnation).

 

Major Lease ” means any Lease that (i) when aggregated with all other Leases at the Property with the same Tenant (or an Affiliate of any such Tenant), and assuming the exercise of all rights to lease additional space contained in such Lease, is expected to cover more than 40,000 rentable square feet, (ii) contains an option or right to purchase all or any portion of the Property, (iii) is with an Affiliate of Mortgage Borrower or Borrower as Tenant, (iv) if entered into during the continuance of an Event of Default (but prior to acceleration of the Loan or other exercise of remedies by Lender hereunder), when aggregated with all other Leases at the Property with the same Tenant (or an Affiliate of any such Tenant), and assuming the exercise of all rights to lease additional space contained in such Lease, is expected to cover more than 10,000 rentable square feet or (v) is entered into following acceleration of the Loan or other exercise of remedies by Lender.

 

Manage r” shall mean New York Recovery Advisors LLC.

 

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Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect upon (i) Mortgage Borrower’s title to the Property and/or Borrower’s title to the Collateral, (ii) the ability of the Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the Loan and the Mortgage Loan, (iii) the ability of Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or Guarantor to perform in all material respects any material provision of any Loan Document or Mortgage Loan Document to which it is a party, (iv) Lender’s ability to enforce and derive the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or (v) the value of the Collateral, or the value, use or enjoyment of the Property or the operation or occupancy thereof.

 

Material Agreements ” means each contract and agreement (other than Leases) relating to the Property, or otherwise imposing obligations on Borrower or Mortgage Borrower, under which Borrower or Mortgage Borrower would have the obligation to pay more than $250,000 per annum and that cannot be terminated by Borrower without cause upon 60 days’ notice or less without payment of a termination fee, or that is with an Affiliate of Borrower or Mortgage Borrower.

 

Material Alteration ” means any Alteration to be performed by or on behalf of Mortgage Borrower at the Property that (i) is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) is reasonably expected to cost in excess of the Threshold Amount, as reasonably determined by an independent architect reasonably approved by Borrower (except for Alterations in connection with (a) Tenant Improvements under and pursuant to Leases existing as of the Closing Date (pursuant to the terms thereof in existence as of the Closing Date) or Leases or modifications to Leases thereafter entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Agreement, (b) restoration of the Property following a Casualty or Condemnation in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Agreement, (c) the Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures and (d) the Approved Base Building Work), or (iii) will permit any Tenant to terminate its Lease or abate rent in either case pursuant to the terms of its Lease.

 

Maturity Date ” means the second to last Business Day in the Interest Accrual Period ending in October 2019, as same may be extended in accordance with Section 1.1(d) , or such earlier date as may result from acceleration of the Loan in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Maximum Management Fee ” means 3.0% of the gross revenues of the Property per annum.

 

Mezzanine Loan Percentage ” means the ratio, expressed as a percentage of (a) the Principal Indebtedness to (b) the sum of the Principal Indebtedness and the then outstanding Mortgage Principal Indebtedness.

 

Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances ” means, collectively, the Liens created by the Loan Documents.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

 

Mortgage ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Borrower ” means ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Mortgage Borrower Single-Purpose Equityholder ” means the “Single-Purpose Equityholder” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

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Mortgage Lender ” means H/2 FINANCIAL FUNDING I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor or permitted assign thereof as “Lender” under and as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement identified to Lender in writing.

 

Mortgage Loan ” means that certain mortgage loan made on the date hereof by Mortgage Lender to Mortgage Borrower.

 

Mortgage Loan Agreement ” means that certain Mortgage Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Mortgage Lender and Mortgage Borrower, pursuant to which the Mortgage Loan was made, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Amount ” means the sum of (i) the Mortgage Loan Initial Advance and (ii) the Mortgage Loan Future Funding Component.

 

Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account ” means the “Cash Management Account” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Cash Management Agreement ” means the “Cash Management and Control Agreement” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Collateral ” means the “Collateral” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Collateral Accounts ” means the “Collateral Accounts” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Default ” means a “Default” under and as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents ” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Event of Default ” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Future Funding Component ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Initial Advance ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrances ” means “Permitted Encumbrances” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Principal Indebtedness ” means the “Principal Indebtedness” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

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Mortgage Loan Release Price ” means “Release Price” under and as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Net Sales Proceeds ” shall mean the gross proceeds from the sale of the Retail Unit, less reasonable and customary out-of-pocket closing costs actually incurred by Borrower, including brokerage commissions, closing costs and transfer taxes in connection with the sale not to exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the gross purchase price of the Retail Unit; provided that such costs are equivalent to what would be paid to a third party on an arm’s-length basis, including any such costs payable to an Affiliate of the Borrower or Mortgage Borrower.

 

New Mezzanine Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24(b) .

 

Nonconsolidation Opinion ” means the opinion letter, dated the Closing Date, delivered by Borrower’s counsel to Lender and addressing issues relating to substantive consolidation of Borrower in bankruptcy.

 

Note(s) ” means that certain mezzanine promissory note, dated as of the Closing Date, made by Borrower to the order of Lender, in the original principal amount of $40,000,000, as such note may be replaced by multiple Notes or divided into multiple Note Components in accordance with Section 1.1(c) and as otherwise assigned (in whole or in part), amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Note Component ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(c) .

 

NY REIT ” means New York REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

 

NYROP ” means New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

 

OFAC List ” means the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons subject to financial sanctions that is maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control and any other similar list maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control pursuant to any applicable governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities, including trade embargo, economic sanctions, or other prohibitions imposed by Executive Order of the President of the United States. The OFAC List currently is accessible at http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate delivered to Lender that is signed by an authorized officer of Borrower and certifies the information therein to the best of such officer’s knowledge.

 

Operating Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Participation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

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PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), as amended from time to time.

 

Payment Date ” means, with respect to each Interest Accrual Period, the first day of the calendar month in which such Interest Accrual Period ends; provided , that in connection with a Securitization, Lender shall have a one-time right to change the Payment Date so long as a corresponding change to the Interest Accrual Period is also made. Whenever a Payment Date is not a Business Day, the entire amount that would have been due and payable on such Payment Date shall instead be due and payable on the immediately preceding Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Maturity Date shall be the second to last Business Day of the Interest Accrual Period in which the Maturity Date falls; provided that, prior to a Securitization, interest shall be payable on the Maturity Date for the period through but excluding the Maturity Date.

 

Permits ” means all licenses, permits, variances and certificates used in connection with the ownership, operation, use or occupancy of the Property (including certificates of occupancy, business licenses, state health department licenses, licenses to conduct business and all such other permits, licenses, consents, approvals and rights, obtained from any Governmental Authority concerning ownership, operation, use or occupancy of the Property).

 

Permitted Debt ” means:

 

(a)          with respect to Mortgage Borrower, the “Permitted Debt” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof; and

 

(b)          with respect to Borrower, the Indebtedness and reasonable and customary administrative expenses and state franchise taxes;

 

provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the direct incurrence of unsecured debt or the direct issuance of preferred equity by NY REIT or NYROP.

 

Permitted Investments ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement (except that any consent of Mortgage Lender required thereunder shall for purposes hereof also require the consent of Lender).

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated association or Governmental Authority and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.

 

Plan Assets ” means assets of any (i) employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA, (ii) plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) subject to federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations substantially similar to Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

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Pledge Agreement ” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by Borrower in favor of Lender, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Policies ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time as the “Prime Rate.” If more than one “Prime Rate” is published in The Wall Street Journal for a day, the average of such “Prime Rates” shall be used, and such average shall be rounded to the nearest 1/1000th of one percent (0.001%). If The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “Prime Rate,” Lender shall select in its reasonable discretion an equivalent publication that publishes such “Prime Rate,” and if such “Prime Rates” are no longer generally published or are limited, regulated or administered by a governmental or quasigovernmental body, then Lender shall reasonably select a comparable interest rate index.

 

Prime Rate Loan ” means the Loan at such time as interest thereon accrues at a rate of interest based upon the Prime Rate.

 

Prime Rate Spread ” means, in connection with any conversion of the Loan to a Prime Rate Loan, the difference (expressed as the number of basis points) between (a) the sum of LIBOR, determined as of the Interest Determination Date for which LIBOR was last available, plus the applicable Spread, minus (b) the Prime Rate on such Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if such difference is a negative number, then the Prime Rate Spread shall be zero.

 

Principal Indebtedness ” means the principal balance of the Loan outstanding from time to time.

 

Prior Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(c) .

 

Prohibited Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the failure of Borrower to be Controlled by NYROP, (ii) the failure of any other Required SPE to be Controlled by NYROP, (iii) the failure of NYROP to be Controlled by NY REIT or by one or more Qualified Equityholders, (iv) Manager or an Affiliate of Manager shall cease to be the advisor of NY REIT or (v) any Transfer of 50% or more of the direct or indirect equity interests in Manager or any change in Control of Manager (but shall exclude any such Transfer or any such change in Control resulting from the acquisition by AR Global Investments, LLC, of any interests, directly or indirectly, in Manager); provided, however, that any occurrence of the foregoing resulting from the exercise by Mezzanine Lender or any Additional Mezzanine Lender of their respective rights and/or remedies under the Mezzanine Loan Documents or Additional Mezzanine Loan Documents, as applicable, shall not be deemed a Prohibited Change of Control.

 

Prohibited Pledge ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(f) .

 

Prohibited Transferee ” means SL Green, Empire Realty, Starwood Capital, or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

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Property ” means the real property described on Schedule A , together with all buildings and other improvements thereon and all personal property appurtenant thereto.

 

Qualified Equityholder ” means (i) NY REIT or (ii) a bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, insurance company, trust company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund or pension advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment trust, government entity or plan, real estate company, investment fund or an institution substantially similar to any of the foregoing; provided that, in each case under this clause (ii), such Person (x) has total shareholder’s equity in excess of $1,000,000,000 (exclusive of the Property), and (y) is regularly engaged in the business of owning and operating comparable properties in major metropolitan areas or (iii) any Additional Mezzanine Lender (or its designee) upon its acquisition of the equity interest in Borrower through foreclosure or a transfer in lieu of foreclosure.

 

Qualified Guaranty ” means a guaranty, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, provided to Lender by Guarantor or any replacement Guarantor in accordance herewith.

 

Qualified Lease ” means a Lease to a Tenant that is paying rent (or is not paying rent because it is subject to a free rent period pursuant to the terms of the applicable Lease) and in occupancy at the Property, is not in default under its Lease beyond applicable notice and cure periods, and is not the subject of a bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding (unless such Tenant has assumed such Lease in bankruptcy); provided that if a Tenant has provided notice to Mortgage Borrower that it intends to vacate within three months of the applicable date of determination, the related Lease shall not constitute a Qualified Lease.

 

Rating Agency ” shall mean, prior to the final Securitization of the Loan, each of S&P, Moody’s, DBRS and Fitch, or any other nationally-recognized statistical rating agency that has been engaged by Lender to provide the rating for a Securitization of the Loan and, after the final Securitization of the Loan, shall mean any of the foregoing that have rated and continue to rate any of the Certificates (excluding unsolicited ratings).

 

Rating Condition ” means, with respect to any applicable proposed action after a Securitization, the receipt by Lender of confirmation in writing from each of the Rating Agencies that such action shall not result, in and of itself, in a downgrade, withdrawal, or qualification of any rating then assigned to any outstanding Certificates. No Rating Condition shall be regarded as having been satisfied unless and until any conditions imposed on the effectiveness of any confirmation from any Rating Agency shall have been satisfied. Lender shall have the right in its sole discretion to waive a Rating Condition requirement with respect to any Rating Agency that Lender determines has declined to review the applicable proposal.

 

Reference Banks ” means four major banks in the London interbank market selected by Lender.

 

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Regulatory Change ” means any change after the Closing Date in federal, state or foreign laws or regulations or the adoption or the making, after such date, of any interpretations, directives or requests applying to a class of banks or companies controlling banks, including Lender, of or under any federal, state or foreign laws or regulations (whether or not having the force of law) by any court or governmental or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued if enacted, adopted or issued after the date hereof.

 

Release ” with respect to any Hazardous Substance means any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the movement of Hazardous Substances through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata), and “ Released ” has the meaning correlative thereto.

 

Release Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

 

Release Price ” means, with respect to the Retail Unit, the greater of (i) the Mezzanine Loan Percentage of $125,000,000 and (ii) the Mezzanine Loan Percentage of the Net Sales Proceeds.

 

Rent Roll ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a) .

 

Retail Unit ” means the suites identified on Exhibit C totaling approximately 52,900 square feet.

 

Required SPE ” means Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, any Mortgage Borrower Single-Purpose Equityholder and any Single-Purpose Equityholder.

 

Revenues ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

SAS ” means Strategic Asset Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and any of its Affiliates.

 

Securitization ” means a transaction in which, in the case of the Loan, all or any portion of the Loan is deposited into one or more trusts or entities that issue Certificates to investors, or a similar transaction, and, in the case of the Mortgage Loan, all or any portion of the Mortgage Loan is deposited into one or more trusts or entities that issue Certificates to investors, or a similar transaction; and the term “ Securitize ” and “ Securitized ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

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Securitization Vehicle ” means the issuer of Certificates in a Securitization of the Loan.

 

Service ” means the Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency thereto.

 

Servicer ” means the entity or entities appointed by Agent from time to time to serve as servicer and/or special servicer of the Loan. If at any time no entity is so appointed, the term “Servicer” shall be deemed to refer to Agent.

 

Severed Loan Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(e) .

 

Single Member LLC ” means a limited liability company that either (x) has only one member, or (y) has multiple members, none of which is a Single-Purpose Equityholder.

 

Single-Purpose Entity ” means:

 

(1)         with respect to Mortgage Borrower or any Mortgage Borrower Single-Purpose Equityholder, a “Single-Purpose Entity” as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement;

 

(2)          with respect to Borrower, a Person that:

 

(a)          was formed under the laws of the State of Delaware solely for the purpose of acquiring and holding an ownership interest in Mortgage Borrower or in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, an ownership interest in Borrower;

 

(b)          does not engage in any business unrelated to its ownership interest in Mortgage Borrower or in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, its ownership interest in Borrower;

 

(c)          does not own any assets other than those related to (i) its interest in the Mortgage Borrower, or (ii) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, its ownership interest in Borrower (and in the case of Borrower, does not and will not own any assets on which Lender does not have a Lien, other than excess cash and other funds that have been released to Borrower pursuant hereto or as otherwise permitted hereunder);

 

(d)          except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Loan Documents, has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation, merger, asset sale (except as expressly permitted by the Loan Documents), transfer of partnership or membership interests or the like, or amendment of its limited partnership agreement, articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of formation or operating agreement (as applicable);

 

(e)          has remained and intends to remain solvent and has maintained and intends to maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations, provided that the foregoing shall not require such Person’s partners, members or shareholders to make any additional capital contributions to such Person;

 

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(f)          has not failed and will not fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such entity;

 

(g)          has maintained and will maintain its accounts, books and records, financial statements, stationery, invoices and checks separate and apart from any other Person; provided, however, that the Borrower may consolidate its tax returns with the tax returns of its Affiliates in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such consolidated financial statements do not suggest in any way that such Person’s assets are available to satisfy the claims of its affiliate’s creditors;

 

(h)          has maintained and will maintain its books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records;

 

(i)          has not commingled and will not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other Person;

 

(j)          has held and will hold its assets in its own name;

 

(k)          has conducted and will conduct its business in its name only, and has not and will not use any trade name;

 

(l)          has paid and will pay its own liabilities, including the salaries of its own employees, out of its own funds and assets, provided that the foregoing shall not require such Person’s partners, members or shareholders to make any additional capital contributions to such Person;

 

(m)          has observed and will observe all partnership, corporate or limited liability company formalities, as applicable;

 

(n)          does not have any Debt other than (i) in the case of Borrower, Permitted Debt, or (ii) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, reasonable and customary administrative expenses and state franchise taxes;

 

(o)          is subject to and complies with all of the limitations on powers and separateness requirements set forth in the organizational documentation of such Person as of the Closing Date;

 

(p)          has not and will not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person except as provided under and contemplated by the Loan Documents;

 

(q)          has not and will not acquire obligations or securities of its partners, members or shareholders;

 

(r)          has allocated and will allocate fairly and reasonably shared expenses, including shared office space, and uses separate stationery and invoices;

 

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(s)         except in connection with the Loan and as provided under and contemplated by the Loan Documents, has not pledged and will not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

 

(t)          has held itself out and identified itself and will hold itself out and identify itself as a separate and distinct entity under its own name and not as a division or part of any other Person;

 

(u)          has maintained and will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other Person;

 

(v)         has not made and will not make loans to any Person;

 

(w)        has not identified and will not identify its partners, members or shareholders, or any Affiliate of any of them, as a division or part of it;

 

(x)          has not entered into or been a party to, and will not enter into or be a party to, any transaction with its partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are intrinsically fair and not materially less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arm's length transaction with an unrelated third party;

 

(y)         has and will have no obligation to indemnify its partners, officers, directors, or members, as the case may be, or has such an obligation that is fully subordinated to the Indebtedness and will not constitute a claim against Borrower if Borrower’s cash flow in excess of the amount required to pay the Indebtedness is insufficient to pay such obligation;

 

(z)          will consider the interests of its creditors in connection with all corporate, partnership or limited liability company actions, as applicable;

 

(aa)      maintains a sufficient number of employees, if any, in light of its contemplated business operations;

 

(bb)      conducts its business so that the assumptions made with respect to it that are contained in the Nonconsolidation Opinion shall at all times be true and correct in all material respects;

 

(cc)        has two Independent Directors on its board of directors or board of managers, or has a Single-Purpose Equityholder with two Independent Directors on such Single-Purpose Equityholder’s board of directors or board of managers, and has organizational documents that (i) provide that the Independent Directors consider only the interests of Borrower, including its creditors, and shall have no fiduciary duties to Borrower’s equityholders (except to the extent of their respective interests in Borrower), and (ii) prohibit the replacement of any Independent Director without Cause and without giving at least two Business Days’ prior written notice to Lender and the Rating Agencies (except in the case of the death, legal incapacity, or voluntary non-collusive resignation of an Independent Director, in which case no prior notice to Lender or the Rating Agencies shall be required in connection with the replacement of such Independent Director with a new Independent Director that is provided by any of the companies listed in the definition of “Independent Director”);

 

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(cc)         if such entity is a Single Member LLC, has organizational documents that provide that upon the occurrence of any event (other than a permitted equity transfer) that causes its sole member to cease to be a member while the Loan is outstanding, the Special Member (as defined in the Borrower’s LLC Agreement) shall automatically be admitted as the sole member of the Single Member LLC and shall preserve and continue the existence of the Single Member LLC without dissolution;

 

(dd)         files its own tax returns separate from those of any other Person, except to the extent it is treated as a “disregarded entity” for tax purposes and is not required to file tax returns under applicable law, and pays any taxes required to be paid under applicable law only from its own funds; and

 

(ee)         has by-laws or an operating agreement, or has a Single-Purpose Equityholder with by-laws or an operating agreement, which provides that, for so long as the Loan is outstanding, such Person shall not take or consent to any of the following actions except to the extent expressly permitted in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents:

 

(i) the engagement by such Person (and, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, the engagement by Borrower) in any business other than (x) in the case of Borrower, activities incidental to the acquisition and ownership of its interest in Mortgage Borrower and/or a Mortgage Borrower Single-Purpose Equityholder and (y) in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, activities incidental to the acquisition and ownership of its interest in Borrower;

 

(ii) the filing, or consent to the filing, of a bankruptcy or insolvency petition, any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or the institution of any other insolvency proceeding, the seeking or consenting to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official in respect of such Person, admitting in writing such Person’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing, in each case, in respect of itself or, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, in respect of Borrower, without the affirmative vote of both of its Independent Directors; and

 

(iii) any amendment or modification of any provision of its (and, in the case of a Single-Purpose Equityholder, Borrower’s) organizational documents relating to qualification as a “Single-Purpose Entity”.

 

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Single-Purpose Equityholder ” means a Single-Purpose Entity that (x) is a limited liability company or corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, (y) owns at least a 1% direct equity interest in Borrower, and (z) serves as the general partner or managing member of Borrower.

 

Spread ” means:

 

(i)           6.00%; and

 

(ii)         following the bifurcation of the Note into multiple Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , the weighted average of the Component Spreads of such Note Components at the time of determination, weighted on the basis of the corresponding outstanding principal balances of such Note Components at the time of determination, which weighted average shall be the same as the Spread on the applicable Note prior to such bifurcation.

 

Spread Maintenance Premium ” means with respect to any prepayment of the Loan, including in connection with the release of the Retail Unit in accordance with Section 2.3 prior to the end of the Spread Maintenance Period, an amount equal to the product of (a) the principal amount so prepaid, times (b) the applicable Spread, times (c) 1/360, times (d) (x) prior to a Securitization, the number of days from the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization the number of days from (but excluding) the conclusion of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made, in each case, through and including the last day of the Spread Maintenance Period.

 

Spread Maintenance Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to March 30, 2017.

 

Strike Rate ” 4.0%.

 

Subordination of Property Management Agreement ” means that certain consent and agreement of manager and subordination of management agreement executed by Borrower and the Approved Property Manager as of the Closing Date, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith.

 

Survey ” means current land title survey of the Property, certified to Mortgage Borrower, the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policy and Lender and their respective successors and assigns, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Taxes ” means all real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, fees, taxes on rents or rentals, water rates or sewer rents, facilities and other governmental, municipal and utility district charges or other similar taxes or assessments now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the Property or Mortgage Borrower with respect to the Property or rents therefrom or that may become Liens upon the Property, without deduction for any amounts reimbursable to Mortgage Borrower by third parties.

 

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Tenant ” means any Person liable by contract or otherwise to pay monies (including a percentage of gross income, revenue or profits) pursuant to a Lease.

 

Test Period ” means each 12-month period ending on the last day of any calendar month.

 

Threshold Amount ” means an amount equal to 10.0% of the sum of the Loan Amount and Mortgage Loan Amount.

 

Title Insurance Policy ” means, as the context may require, (i) the Title Insurance Policy, as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement, (ii) a UCC insurance policy insuring Lender’s first-priority perfected security interest in 100% of the limited liability company interests in Mortgage Borrower pledged by Borrower to Lender pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, and (iii) an owner’s title insurance policy in favor of Mortgage Borrower with a “Mezzanine Lender’s Financing Endorsement”, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Transfer ” means (i) the sale or other whole or partial conveyance of all or any portion of the Mortgage Loan Collateral or any direct or indirect interest therein to a third party, including granting of any purchase options, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer or similar rights in respect of any portion of the Mortgage Loan Collateral or the subjecting of any portion of the Mortgage Loan Collateral to restrictions on transfer; except that the conveyance of a space lease at the Property in accordance herewith shall not constitute a Transfer or (ii) the sale or other whole or partial conveyance of all or any portion of the Collateral or any direct or indirect interest therein to a third party, including granting of any purchase options, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer or similar rights in respect of any portion of the Collateral or the subjecting of any portion of the Collateral to restrictions on transfer.

 

Unfunded Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Unfunded Obligations Guaranty ” means that certain unfunded obligations guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance herewith

 

Use ” means, with respect to any Hazardous Substance, the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, handling, possession, use, discharge, placement, treatment, disposal, disposition, removal, abatement, recycling or storage of such Hazardous Substance or transportation of such Hazardous Substance.

 

U.S. Person ” means a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Tax ” means any present or future tax, assessment or other charge or levy imposed by or on behalf of the United States of America or any taxing authority thereof.

 

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Waste ” means any intentional material abuse or intentional destructive use (whether by action or inaction) of the Property.

 

(b)           Rules of Construction . Unless otherwise specified, (i) all references to sections, schedules and exhibits are to sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this Agreement, (ii) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Agreement shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (iii) “including” means “including, but not limited to”, (iv) “mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument, as applicable, and “mortgagee” means the secured party under a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument, (v) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Agreement, (vi) unless otherwise indicated, all references to “this Section” shall refer to the Section of this Agreement in which such reference appears in its entirety and not to any particular clause or subsection or such Section, (vii) the use of the phrases “an Event of Default exists”, “during the continuance of an Event of Default” or similar phrases in the Loan Documents shall not be deemed to grant Borrower any right to cure an Event of Default except as expressly provided herein, and (viii) terms used herein and defined by cross-reference to another agreement or document shall have the meaning set forth in such other agreement or document as of the Closing Date, notwithstanding any subsequent amendment or restatement of or modification to such other agreement or document, except that if the definition set forth in such other agreement or document contains any requirement that a matter be approved or consented to by Mortgage Lender then for purposes hereof the consent of Lender shall also be required, and (ix) any capitalized term used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Mortgage Loan Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated, all accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as the same may be modified in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any provisions in this Agreement cross-referencing provisions of the Mortgage Loan Documents shall (x) mean the Mortgage Loan Documents in effect as of the date hereof, unless otherwise specified, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented in accordance herewith, provided, however, Lender shall not be bound by any amendments, restatements, modifications, supplements or waivers of any Mortgage Loan Document other than those amendments or modifications that are not material amendments or modifications or amendments or modifications that are required under the Mortgage Loan Documents or are for the purpose of correcting manifest error unless Lender has consented thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned so long as no Event of Default is then continuing, and (y) to the extent the context requires, be effective notwithstanding the termination of the Mortgage Loan Agreement by payment in full of the Mortgage Loan or otherwise. Whenever in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, it is provided (i) that Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to take or refrain from taking any actions, such statements shall also mean that Borrower shall cause any applicable Mortgage Borrower Single-Purpose Equityholder to cause Mortgage Borrower to take or refrain from taking any actions and (ii) that Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to take or refrain from taking any actions, such statements shall also mean that Borrower shall not permit any applicable Mortgage Borrower Single-Purpose Equityholder to permit Mortgage Borrower to, take or refrain from taking any actions, as the case may be. Any provision contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents to the effect that Borrower shall cause, permit or allow Mortgage Borrower to act or to refrain from acting in any manner, or to the effect that Borrower shall itself act or refrain from acting in any manner with respect to the Property, or Borrower represents or warrants on behalf or, or covenants on behalf of, Mortgage Borrower, or with respect to the Property, shall be construed as meaning that Borrower shall do so in Borrower’s capacity as the owner of the equity interests in Mortgage Borrower in accordance with Legal Requirements and applicable organizational documents and not directly with respect to the Mortgage Borrower or the Property in any other matter that would violate the covenants contained in Section 4.17 of this Agreement, any other similar covenants contained in the Borrower’s or Mortgage Borrower’s organizational documents, or any other similar covenants contained in the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

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Article I

  

GENERAL TERMS

 

Section 1.1.    The Loan; Term .

 

(a)          On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender shall make a loan to Borrower (the “ Loan ”) in an amount equal to the Loan Amount. The Loan shall initially be represented by a single Note that shall bear interest as described in this Agreement at a per annum rate as provided in Section 1.2(a) . If the Note is subdivided pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , each of the Notes shall be pari passu and of equal rank without priority or preference of one over the other (except following repayments of principal during the continuance of an Event of Default). Interest payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period.

 

(b)          The Loan shall be secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)          Upon written notice from Lender to Borrower, the Note will be deemed to have been subdivided into multiple components (“ Note Components ”). Each Note Component shall have such notional balance as Lender shall specify in such notice and an interest rate equal to the sum of LIBOR plus such amount as Lender shall specify in such notice (“ Component Spread ”); provided that the sum of the principal balances of all Note Components shall at all times (i.e., no “rate creep”) equal the then-current Principal Indebtedness, and the weighted average of the Component Spreads, weighted on the basis of their respective principal balances, shall equal the percentage set forth in clause (i) of the definition of “Spread” (except following repayments of principal during the continuance of an Event of Default). Borrower shall be treated as the obligor with respect to each of the Note Components, and Borrower acknowledges that each Note Component may be individually beneficially owned by a separate Person subject to the terms hereof regarding the Assignment of the Loan. The Note Components need not be represented by separate physical Notes, but if requested by Lender, each Note Component shall be represented by a separate physical Note, in which case Borrower shall execute and return to Lender each such Note promptly following Borrower’s receipt of an execution copy thereof.

 

(d)          Borrower shall have one option to extend the scheduled Maturity Date of the Loan to the Payment Date in the month containing the one-year anniversary of the scheduled Maturity Date (the period of the extension, an “ Extension Term ”), provided that, as a condition to such Extension Term (i) Borrower shall deliver to Lender written notice of such extension at least 30 and not more than 90 days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date; (ii) no Event of Default shall be continuing on either the date of such notice or the Maturity Date as theretofore in effect; (iii) the Debt Yield for the Property for the Test Period ending immediately prior to the Maturity Date as theretofore in effect shall be no less than the Debt Yield Threshold; provided that if the Debt Yield is less than the Debt Yield Threshold, Borrower shall be permitted to prepay the Loan in the amount required to cause the Debt Yield to equal the applicable Debt Yield Threshold, which prepayment shall be made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.1 but without the notice required thereunder, (iv) Borrower shall have obtained an Interest Rate Cap Agreement for the applicable Extension Term and collaterally assigned such Interest Rate Cap Agreement to Lender pursuant to an Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement; (v) Borrower shall have paid a fee in an amount equal to 0.75% of the Principal Indebtedness; and (vi) Borrower shall have reimbursed Lender for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender in connection with such extension. If Borrower fails to exercise any extension option in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, such extension option, and any subsequent extension option hereunder, will automatically cease and terminate.

 

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Section 1.2.     Interest and Principal .

 

(a)          On each Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender (to be applied to each Note on a pro rata, pari passu basis, if applicable) interest on the Principal Indebtedness for the applicable Interest Accrual Period at a rate per annum equal to (i) at any time the Loan is a LIBOR Loan, the sum of LIBOR, determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding such Interest Accrual Period, plus the applicable Spread and (ii) at any time the Loan is a Prime Rate Loan, the sum of the Prime Rate, determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding such Interest Accrual Period, plus the applicable Prime Rate Spread (except that in each case, interest shall be payable on the Indebtedness, including due but unpaid interest, at the Default Rate with respect to any portion of such Interest Accrual Period falling during the continuance of an Event of Default). As of the Closing Date, the Loan is a LIBOR Loan, and except as provided in Section 1.2(e) , the Loan shall at all times be a LIBOR Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay interest from and including the Closing Date through the end of the first Interest Accrual Period, in lieu of making such payment on the first Payment Date following the Closing Date (unless the Closing Date falls on a Payment Date, in which case, no interest will be collected on the Closing Date, and Borrower shall make the payment required pursuant to this Section commencing on the first Payment Date following the Closing Date) and the next payment of interest shall be due and payable on the next subsequent Payment Date.

 

(b)          No prepayments of the Loan shall be permitted except for (i) prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.1 , Section 2.3 and Section 5.4 and (ii) prepayments resulting from Casualty or Condemnation as described in Section 5.16 . The entire outstanding Principal Indebtedness, together with all interest thereon through (x) prior to a Securitization, the Maturity Date and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which the Maturity Date falls (calculated only after a Securitization as if such Principal Indebtedness were outstanding for the entire Interest Accrual Period) and, in each case, all other amounts then due under the Loan Documents shall be due and payable by Borrower to Lender on the Maturity Date.

 

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(c)          If all or any portion of the Principal Indebtedness is paid to Lender during the Spread Maintenance Period following acceleration of the Loan (except as a result of a Casualty or Condemnation), Borrower shall pay to Lender an amount equal to the applicable Spread Maintenance Premium. Amounts received in respect of the Indebtedness during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be applied toward interest, principal and other components of the Indebtedness (in such order as Lender shall determine) before any such amounts are applied toward payment of any Spread Maintenance Premium that is due and payable, with the result that any Spread Maintenance Premium that is due and payable shall accrue as the Principal Indebtedness is repaid but no amount received from Borrower shall constitute payment of a Spread Maintenance Premium until the remainder of the Indebtedness shall have been paid in full. Borrower acknowledges that (i) a prepayment during the Spread Maintenance Period will cause damage to Lender; (ii) the Spread Maintenance Premium is intended to compensate Lender for the loss of its investment and the expense incurred and time and effort associated with making the Loan, which will not be fully repaid if the Loan is prepaid; (iii) it will be extremely difficult and impractical to ascertain the extent of Lender’s damages caused by a prepayment after an acceleration or any other prepayment during the Spread Maintenance Period; and (iv) the Spread Maintenance Premium represents Lender’s and Borrower’s reasonable estimate of Lender’s damages from the prepayment and is not a penalty.

 

(d)          Any payments of interest and/or principal not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest at the applicable Default Rate from and after the expiration of applicable notice and cure periods and, in the case of all payments due hereunder other than the repayment of the Principal Indebtedness on the Maturity Date if not paid when due, when paid shall be accompanied by a late fee in an amount equal to the lesser of 5% of such unpaid sum and the maximum amount permitted by applicable law, in order to defray a portion of the expense incurred by Lender in handling and processing such delinquent payment and to compensate Lender for the loss of the use of such delinquent payment.

 

(e)          In the event that Lender shall determine in its reasonable discretion that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR in accordance with the definition thereof, then the Loan shall be converted to a Prime Rate Loan effective as of the commencement of the Interest Accrual Period following the date of such determination, and Lender shall give notice thereof to Borrower by telephone at least one day prior to the applicable Interest Determination Date (which notice shall thereafter be promptly confirmed by Lender in writing). If, pursuant to this Section, any portion of the Loan has been converted to a Prime Rate Loan and Lender thereafter determines in its reasonable discretion that the events or circumstances that resulted in such conversion are no longer applicable, the Loan shall be converted to a LIBOR Loan effective as of the commencement of the Interest Accrual Period following the date of such determination, and Lender shall give notice thereof to Borrower by telephone at least one day prior to the applicable Interest Determination Date (which notice shall thereafter be promptly confirmed by Lender in writing). Borrower shall pay to Lender, promptly following demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this Section. In the event any Note has been divided into multiple Notes or Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , upon any conversion of the Loan pursuant to this Section the interest rate applicable to such Notes or Note Components shall be proportionately adjusted to reflect such conversion. Except as provided in this Section, the Loan shall at all times be a LIBOR Loan. In no event shall Borrower have the right to convert a LIBOR Loan to a Prime Rate Loan.

 

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(f)          In the event of a sale (including a foreclosure sale), refinancing, Transfer, or other disposition or liquidation of any or all of the Mortgage Loan Collateral, in each case, during the continuance of, or resulting in, an Event of Default, except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder or under the Mortgage Loan Documents, Borrower shall cause to be paid to Lender as a mandatory prepayment of the Loan, all amounts paid to and actually received by or on behalf of Mortgage Borrower, Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates in connection therewith (and to the extent such amounts are not deposited with Mortgage Lender), less any amounts required or permitted to be held by or for the benefit of or delivered to Mortgage Lender pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

(g)          In the event that (i) proceeds are realized by Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates under Mortgage Borrower’s policy of title insurance with respect to a claim made thereunder, and (ii) such proceeds are not required or permitted to be held by or for the benefit of or delivered to Mortgage Lender, then Borrower shall cause to be remitted to Lender the amount of such proceeds, less any amount required to cure the applicable title defect and Borrower’s or Mortgage Borrower’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with effectuating such claim and curing such title defect, and such amount shall be held by Lender in an Eligible Account as additional Collateral for the Loan or if there has been a cure of the foregoing title defect and no Event of Default is then continuing, such funds shall be returned to Borrower.

 

Section 1.3.           Method and Place of Payment . Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all payments and prepayments under this Agreement and the Notes shall be made to Lender not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due and shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer in federal or other immediately available funds to the account specified from time to time by Lender. Any funds received by Lender after such time shall be deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any changes in the account to which payments are to be made. If the amount received from Borrower (or from the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account pursuant to Section 3.2(b) of the Mortgage Loan Agreement) is less than the sum of all amounts then due and payable hereunder and as a result an Event of Default has occurred, such amount shall be applied, at Lender’s sole discretion, either toward the components of the Indebtedness ( e.g. , interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder) and the Note and Note Components, in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, or toward the payment of Property expenses. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

Section 1.4.    Taxes; Regulatory Change .

 

(a)          Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any present or future stamp, documentary or other similar or related taxes or other similar or related charges now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority by reason of the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and any consents, waivers, amendments and enforcement of rights under the Loan Documents.

 

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(b)          Reasonably promptly following Borrower’s request, the Lender at the time the Loan is made and any Person to whom there has been an Assignment shall complete and deliver to Borrower a duly executed Form W-9 certifying that it is not subject to backup withholding or an appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable. If Borrower is required by law to withhold or deduct any amount from any payment hereunder in respect of any Borrower Tax, Borrower shall withhold or deduct the appropriate amount, remit such amount to the appropriate Governmental Authority and pay to the Lender and each Person to whom there has been an Assignment or Participation of the Loan (Lender and all such Persons, collectively, “ Lender Parties ” and each individually, a “ Lender Party ”) such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment of any amount due hereunder, after deduction for or withholding in respect of any Borrower Tax imposed with respect to such payment, will not be less than the amount stated in this Agreement to be then due and payable; except that the foregoing obligation to pay such additional amounts shall not apply to (i) Inapplicable Taxes; (ii) any amount of U.S. Tax in effect and applicable to payments to Lender on the date of this Agreement, provided that Borrower requests from Lender, if necessary to prevent the imposition of such U.S. Tax, a Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable, reasonably in advance of when withholding in respect of such U.S. Tax would be required absent the receipt of such form; (iii) with respect to payments made under this Agreement to any Lender Party to whom there has been an Assignment or Participation, any amount of U.S. Tax imposed, to the extent that the receipt of additional amounts in respect of such U.S. Tax would entitle the Lender Party to receive greater payment than the assignor would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights assigned, unless such assignment shall have been made at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater payment did not exist; (iv) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA; or (v) any amount of Borrower Taxes imposed solely by reason of the failure by an assignee to comply with Section 9.7(c ). If Borrower shall fail to pay any Borrower Taxes or other amounts that Borrower is required to pay pursuant to this Section, and Lender or any Person to whom there has been an Assignment or Participation of a Loan pays the same, Borrower shall reimburse Lender or such Person promptly following demand therefore in the currency in which such taxes or other amounts are paid, whether or not such taxes were correctly or legally asserted, together with interest thereon from and including the date of payment to but excluding the date of reimbursement at a rate per annum equal to the rate required to be paid under Section 1.2(a) for the first five (5) Business Days from and including the date of payment and demand to Borrower and the Default Rate thereafter.

 

(c)          Within 30 days after paying any amount from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within 30 days after it is required by law to remit such deduction or withholding to any relevant taxing or other authority, Borrower shall deliver to Lender reasonably satisfactory evidence of such deduction, withholding or payment (as the case may be).

 

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(d)          If, as a result of any Regulatory Change, any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with, Lender or any holder of all or a portion of the Loan is imposed, modified or deemed applicable and the result is to increase the cost to such Lender or such holder of making or holding the Loan, or to reduce the amount receivable by Lender or such holder hereunder in respect of any portion of the Loan by an amount deemed by Lender or such holder in its reasonable discretion to be material (such increases in cost and reductions in amounts receivable, “ Increased Costs ”), then Borrower agrees that it will pay to Lender or such holder upon Lender’s or such holder’s request such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender and/or such holder for such Increased Costs to the extent that such Increased Costs are reasonably allocable to the Loan and are also being paid by borrowers under similar loans held by Lender or such holder. Lender will notify Borrower in writing of any event occurring after the Closing Date that will entitle Lender or any holder of the Loan to compensation pursuant to this Section as promptly as practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such compensation and will designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. If such Lender shall fail to notify Borrower of any such event within six (6) months following the end of the month during which such event occurred, then Borrower’s liability for any amounts described in this Section incurred by such Lender as a result of such event shall be limited to those attributable to the period occurring subsequent to the date that is six (6) months prior to the date upon which such Lender actually notified Borrower of the occurrence of such event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Borrower be required to compensate Lender or any holder of the Loan for any portion of the income or franchise taxes of Lender or such holder, whether or not attributable to payments made by Borrower. If a Lender requests compensation under this Section, Borrower may, by notice to Lender, require that such Lender furnish to Borrower a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof.

 

Section 1.5.    Interest Rate Cap Agreements .

 

(a)          On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall obtain, and thereafter maintain in effect, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement, which shall be coterminous with the initial term of the Loan and have a notional amount equal to the Loan Amount. Any initial Interest Rate Cap Agreement shall have a strike rate equal to or less than the Strike Rate.

 

(b)          If Borrower exercises any of its options to extend the term of the Loan pursuant to Section 1.1(d) , on or prior to the commencement of the applicable Extension Term, Borrower shall obtain, and thereafter maintain in effect, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement having (x) a term coterminous with such Extension Term, (y) a notional amount at least equal to the Principal Indebtedness as of the first day of such Extension Term, and (z) a strike rate equal to or less than the Strike Rate.

 

(c)          Borrower shall collaterally assign to Lender pursuant to an Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement all of its right, title and interest in any and all payments under each Interest Rate Cap Agreement and shall deliver to Lender an executed counterpart of such Interest Rate Cap Agreement and obtain the consent of the Acceptable Counterparty to such collateral assignment (as evidenced by the Acceptable Counterparty’s execution of such Collateral Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement).

 

(d)          Borrower shall comply with all of its material obligations under the terms and provisions of each Interest Rate Cap Agreement. All amounts paid under an Interest Rate Cap Agreement shall be deposited directly into the Clearing Account. Borrower shall take all actions reasonably requested by Lender to enforce Lender’s rights under the Interest Rate Cap Agreement in the event of a default by the counterparty thereunder and shall not waive, amend or otherwise modify any of its rights thereunder without the approval of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

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(e)          If, at any time during the term of the Loan, the counterparty to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement then in effect ceases to be an Acceptable Counterparty and thereafter fails to abide by the requirements set forth in such Interest Rate Cap Agreement with respect to ratings downgrades, then Borrower shall promptly obtain a replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement satisfying the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) above, as applicable, with a counterparty that is an Acceptable Counterparty.

 

(f)          In connection with closing of the Loan and at any time that Borrower obtains a replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement pursuant to this Section, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a legal opinion or opinions from counsel to the applicable Acceptable Counterparty (which counsel may be internal counsel) with respect to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

Section 1.6.     Release . Upon payment of the Indebtedness in full when permitted or required hereunder, Lender shall execute instruments prepared by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Lender, which, at Borrower’s election and at Borrower’s sole cost and expense either (a) release and discharge all Liens on all Collateral securing payment of the Indebtedness (subject to Borrower’s obligation to pay any associated fees and expenses), including all balances in the Collateral Accounts (if Collateral Accounts are being maintained hereunder rather than under the Mortgage Loan Agreement); or (b) assign such Liens (and the Loan Documents) to a new lender designated by Borrower. Any release or assignment provided by Lender pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind other than that the Loan is not subject to any Lien.

 

Article II

VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

Section 2.1.    Voluntary Prepayment .

 

(a)          Borrower shall have the right, at its option, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to Lender, to prepay the Loan in whole or in part at any time, provided that Mortgage Borrower shall make a simultaneous and pro-rata prepayment of the Mortgage Loan, with the result that the ratio of the Principal Indebtedness to the Mortgage Loan Principal Indebtedness remains unchanged. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by (i) the amount of interest that would have been earned on the Loan during the Interest Accrual Period relating to the applicable Payment Date (if prepaid on a Payment Date) or the succeeding Payment Date (if prepaid on any date other than a Payment Date) had the prepayment not occurred and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Spread Maintenance Premium if such prepayment occurs during the Spread Maintenance Period. Following any such prepayment, Borrower may release or transfer, free and clear of the Lien of the Loan Documents, a portion of the notional amount of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement equal to the amount of such prepayment. Borrower’s notice of prepayment shall create an obligation of Borrower to prepay the Loan as set forth therein, but may be rescinded with five (5) Business Days’ written notice to Lender (of the original or extended date, but subject to payment of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses resulting from such rescission) or extended by up to thirty (30) days by written notice to Lender delivered no less five (5) Business Days prior to the intended prepayment.

 

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(b)          If the Note has been bifurcated into multiple Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , so long as no Event of Default is then continuing, all prepayments of the Loan shall be applied to the Note Components pro rata. During the continuance of an Event of Default, any prepayment of the Loan shall be applied in such order as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

(c)          If the Debt Yield is less than the applicable Debt Yield Threshold as of the Test Period immediately prior to the Extension Term, Borrower shall be permitted to (but not obligated to) prepay a portion of the Loan (and Mortgage Borrower shall make a simultaneous pro rata prepayment of the Mortgage Loan) in the aggregate amount required to cause the Debt Yield to equal or exceed the Debt Yield Threshold, which prepayment shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount so prepaid through (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made; provided, however, that none of the Mortgage Loan Future Funding Component shall be used to prepay the Mortgage Loan or Mezzanine Loan.

 

(d)          Borrower shall be permitted to (but not obligated to) prepay a portion of the Loan (and Mortgage Borrower shall make a simultaneous pro rata prepayment of the Mortgage Loan) in the aggregate amount necessary to increase the Debt Yield to avoid the commencement of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or, if there is an ongoing Cash Flow Sweep Period, to cause the termination of such Cash Flow Sweep Period, which prepayment shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount so prepaid through (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made; provided, however, that none of the Mortgage Loan Future Funding Component shall be used to prepay the Mortgage Loan or Mezzanine Loan. So long no Event of Default is then continuing, Borrower shall have the right (but not the obligation) to direct Lender to use funds in the Cash Flow Sweep Reserve Account, if any, to prepay the Loan and make a simultaneous pro rata prepayment of the Mortgage Loan in the aggregate amount necessary to increase the Debt Yield to avoid the commencement of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or, if there is an ongoing Cash Flow Sweep Period, to cause the termination of such Cash Flow Sweep Period.

 

Section 2.2.    Transfers of Equity Interests in Borrower .

 

(a) No direct equity interests in Mortgage Borrower shall be conveyed or otherwise transferred to any Person under any circumstances. No direct or indirect equity interests in Borrower shall be conveyed or otherwise transferred to any Person without Lender’s approval (in its sole discretion), except in connection with a foreclosure by any Additional Mezzanine Lender under the Additional Mezzanine Loan Documents, or unless the following conditions are satisfied:

 

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(i)          no Event of Default shall be continuing at the time of such conveyance or transfer;

 

(ii)         no Prohibited Change of Control or Prohibited Pledge shall occur as a result thereof;

 

(iii)        if such conveyance or transfer results in any Person acquiring more than 49% of the direct or indirect equity interest in any Required SPE (even if not constituting a Prohibited Change of Control), Borrower shall have delivered to Lender with respect to such Person a new non-consolidation opinion or modification to the Nonconsolidation Opinion in substantially the form of the Nonconsolidation Opinion or otherwise approved by Lender, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned;

 

(iv)        Borrower shall have paid the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (if any) of the Rating Agencies and reimbursed Lender for its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such conveyance or transfer, provided that no fee shall be payable to Lender or Servicer or Rating Agencies with respect to such transfer; and

 

(v)         Lender shall have received 10 days advance written notice of such conveyance or transfer; and

 

(vi)        if, as a result of such conveyance or transfer, there is a new guarantor, such guarantor (a) is a Qualified Equityholder and (b) shall execute and deliver a new recourse guaranty and environmental indemnity in form and substance substantially similar to that delivered to Lender at closing of the Loan.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall be permitted without Lender’s consent or the payment of any fees or (except as noted below) satisfaction of any other condition:

 

(i)          the offer, sale, listing, transfer or issuance by NY REIT of (i) securities that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or another nationally recognized stock exchange or (ii) securities that are sold in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with all applicable legal requirements to investors in a manner consistent with previous offerings and sales conducted by NY REIT or its Affiliates to date; or

 

(ii)         subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Sections 2.2(a)(iii) , 2.2(a)(iv) and 2.2(a)(vi) , the merger or acquisition of all, or substantially all, of the direct or indirect interests in NYROP by any Person provided that at all times NYROP is Controlled by NY REIT or by one or more Qualified Equityholders.

 

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Section 2.3.    Retail Unit Release .

 

(a)          From and after a Condominium Conversion in accordance with Section 2.3(d) , provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall have the right to permit the Mortgage Borrower to transfer title to the Retail Unit and obtain a release of the lien of the Mortgage (and related Loan Documents) on the Mortgage Borrower’s interest in the Retail Unit upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as reasonably determined by Lender:

 

(i)          not less than 30 days, nor more than 90 days, prior to the date on which the Borrower proposes a release to occur (the “ Release Date ”), Borrower shall provide to Lender a notice specifying the proposed Release Date, which notice shall be revocable without penalty by Borrower up to two Business Days prior to the Release Date (subject to payment by Borrower of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the release), provided that Borrower shall have the right to adjourn the Release Date for a period of up to 30 days by delivering notice of such adjournment to Lender prior to the then-scheduled Release Date;

 

(ii)         such release shall be in connection with a bona fide sale of the Retail Unit by the Mortgage Borrower to a third party that is not an Affiliate of either Borrower or Guarantor pursuant to an arms-length transaction;

 

(iii)        Borrower shall make a principal payment to be applied against the principal balance of the Loan in accordance with Section 2.1 in an aggregate amount equal to the Release Price, together with the amount of interest theretofore accrued but unpaid in respect of the principal amount so prepaid, plus the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount so prepaid had it remained outstanding through (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment is made and, in each case if applicable, the Spread Maintenance Premium;

 

(iv)        Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Mortgage Borrower shall have satisfied all of the conditions to the proposed release set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement, including a principal payment against the Mortgage Loan equal to the Mortgage Loan Release Price;

 

(v)         Borrower shall have complied or shall have caused Mortgage Borrower to comply in all material respects with all requirements of and obtained all approvals, if any, required under any Leases and/or Material Agreements (including, without limitation, those documents related to the creation or operation of a condominium association or similar regime) applicable to the release of the Retail Unit, and the release shall not violate in any material respect any of the provisions of any of the foregoing (except to the extent such provisions have been waived or otherwise amended in such a manner that Borrower or Mortgage Borrower is no longer in violation thereof);

 

(vi)        after giving effect to such release, the Debt Yield for the remaining Property is at least equal to the greater of (x) the Debt Yield for the Property (including the Retail Unit) immediately prior to giving effect to such release and (y) 8.0%;

 

(vii)       Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the requirements set forth in this Section 2.4 have been satisfied; and

 

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(viii)      Borrower shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lender actually incurred in connection with the release of the Retail Unit, including without limitation Lender’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

(c)          In connection with a release of the Retail Unit in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3(a) , at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, Lender shall reasonably cooperate with Borrower to allow Mortgage Borrower to structure such release in a manner requested by Borrower (including interim transfers to a newly formed single-purpose entity) provided the same does not impair Lender’s remaining Collateral, the continued validity of any of the Loan Documents or result in a waiver of any of the requirements of Section 2.3(a) or any of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents.

 

(d)         In connection with the release of the Retail Unit, Borrower shall have the right to cause Mortgage Borrower to convert the entire Property to a commercial condominium form of ownership (a “ Condominium Conversion ”), subject to the terms and full satisfaction of all of the conditions precedent set forth below:

 

(i)          Lender shall have received at least sixty (60) days prior notice of the date of the proposed Condominium Conversion (the “ Condominium Conversion Notice ”), which notice may be revoked or postponed upon three (3) Business Days notice to Lender; provided that Borrower reimburses Lender for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements, actually incurred by Lender in connection with the proposed Condominium Conversion;

 

(iii)        no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date Lender receives the Condominium Conversion Notice or on the date of the consummation of the Condominium Conversion;

 

(iv)        the resulting condominium regime provided for thereunder (the “ Condominium ”) shall consist of commercial condominium units (each, a “ Condominium Unit ” and, collectively, the “ Condominium Units ”) and related common area with a cost-sharing program between the Condominium Units and Lender shall have approved the Condominium Units, common area, the portions of the Property to be included therein, and the cost-sharing program in Lender’s reasonable discretion;

 

(v)         Lender shall have received and approved in its reasonable discretion all documents, conveyances, instruments and agreements to be entered into in connection with the Condominium Conversion, including, without limitation, the applicable condominium declaration and bylaws (such documents, instruments and agreements, collectively, the “ Condominium Documents ”);

 

(vi)       the implementation of the Condominium Conversion will not result in the violation of any Legal Requirements or the terms of any Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrances, Leases or Material Agreements in any material respect, or give rise to any termination, cancellation or abatement right under any Lease, Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrance or other Material Agreement affecting or relating to the use and/or operation of the Property and Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to the foregoing;

 

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(vii)       Lender shall have received such usual and customary documents, instruments, financing statements and other agreements and assurances as may be reasonably required by Lender to reflect the Condominium Conversion in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, amendments and reaffirmations to the terms and conditions hereof and of the other Loan Documents reasonably required by Lender in connection with the Condominium Conversion, the Condominium Documents and/or the other terms and provisions of this Section (but otherwise not imposing any other material changes to the Loan Documents and not increasing Borrower’s obligations or Lender’s rights or reducing Borrower’s rights or Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents) (such amendments, collectively, the “ Condominium Conversion Amendments ”);

 

(viii)       Borrower shall have delivered to Lender evidence such that Lender may reasonably conclude that (A) after giving effect to the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(d) , each Condominium Unit shall be a separate tax lot, and (B) Mortgage Borrower has obtained all necessary approvals, consents or permits and made all necessary filings under all applicable Legal Requirements with respect to the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(d) (whether from applicable Governmental Authorities, parties to Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrances affecting the Property or otherwise);

 

(ix)       In connection with the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.3(d) , Borrower shall have delivered to Lender such other information reflecting such Condominium Conversion and implementation, including condominium board estoppels, approvals or other documents or instruments as may be reasonably requested by Lender ;

 

(x)       Borrower shall pay all of Lender’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions of this Section 2.3(d) ;

 

(xi)        Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Mortgage Borrower shall have satisfied all of the conditions to the Condominium Conversion set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement ; and

 

(xii)       Borrower shall have delivered and paid for in full such endorsements, supplements and amendments to the owner’s title insurance policy (and Mezzanine Lender’s Financing Endorsement thereof) as may be reasonably required by Lender to reflect the Condominium Conversion and the implementation of the terms and conditions of this Section 2.3(d) , including a so-called condominium endorsement to the owner’s title insurance policy insuring the creation of the Condominium, confirming no change in the amount of the insurance or the coverage under the owner’s title insurance policy as of the Closing Date and insuring the rights and benefits under any reciprocal easement or similar agreement created in connection with the Condominium Conversion .

 

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Article III
ACCOUNTs

 

Section 3.1.     Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account . On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall cause the Mortgage Borrower to cause the Clearing Account, the Operating Account, the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account and each of the other Mortgage Loan Collateral Accounts to be established and thereafter maintained, each in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

Section 3.2.    Distributions from the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account . Borrower and Lender acknowledge that, subject to, and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Agreement, during the continuance of a Mortgage Loan Event of Default, Mortgage Lender may elect to remit no amount to Lender, but the same shall not excuse Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents.

 

Section 3.3.    Mortgage Loan Covenants; Replacement of Mortgage Loan Collateral Accounts .

 

(a)          Borrower hereby covenants that it shall cause Mortgage Borrower to fully comply with each of the covenants of Mortgage Borrower set forth in Article III of the Mortgage Loan Agreement, as in effect as of the date hereof, notwithstanding any waiver or future amendment of such covenants (unless Lender shall have given its prior written consent to any such waiver or amendment which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed so long as no Event of Default is then continuing). Borrower shall not accept any remittance from the “Capital Expenditure Reserve Account” or “Unfunded Obligations Account” (as such term are defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement) unless and until Lender has received copies of all materials required to be delivered to Mortgage Lender under Sections 3.7 and 3.11 of the Mortgage Loan Agreement in respect thereof. During the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period, Borrower shall not accept any remittance from the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Account in respect of Property expenditures that are not Budgeted Operating Expenses unless approved by Lender in writing.

 

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(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the Mortgage Loan is repaid, if and as required from time to time by the Mortgage Loan Documents had they still been in effect, but in all cases other than the Unfunded Obligations Account to the extent the Borrower has provided an Unfunded Obligations Guaranty, (i) Borrower shall immediately establish and maintain, with an Eligible Institution selected by Lender and reasonably approved by Borrower and pursuant to the terms of the cash management agreement entered into by and among Borrower, Mortgage Lender and Cash Management Bank (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement) on the substantially same terms as the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Agreement, reserves in Eligible Accounts in replacement and substitution of such Mortgage Loan Collateral Accounts for the benefit of Lender, which substitute reserves and accounts shall be subject to all of the same terms and conditions applicable under the Mortgage Loan Documents with respect to the Mortgage Loan Collateral Account(s) being replaced mutatis mutandis , it being the intent of Lender and Borrower that such substitute reserves and accounts replicate in purpose and function the Mortgage Loan Collateral Account(s) no longer held by the Mortgage Lender; and (ii) Borrower shall remit, or cause Mortgage Borrower to remit, to such Eligible Accounts for the benefit of Lender any funds from the Mortgage Loan Collateral Accounts that were remaining in such reserves at the time of the termination of such reserves for the purpose of funding the equivalent substitute reserves and Borrower or Lender, as applicable, shall cause such accounts to be funded and Lender shall cause disbursements to be made therefrom, all in accordance with the terms of Article III of the Mortgage Loan Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Cash Management Agreement. All accounts established pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall constitute Collateral Accounts.

 

(c)          Borrower shall, and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to, execute any and all documents reasonably necessary for the implementation or furtherance of the actions contemplated in this Section 3.3 , including an amendment to this Agreement incorporating into this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, the cash management provisions in the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Section 3.4.    Account Collateral .

 

(a)          Borrower hereby pledges the Account Collateral to Lender as security for the Indebtedness, together with all rights of a secured party with respect thereto, it being the intention of the parties that such pledge shall be a perfected first-priority security interest. Each Collateral Account shall be an Eligible Account under the sole dominion and control of Lender subject to the terms hereof. Subject to the terms hereof, Borrower shall have no right to make withdrawals from any of the Collateral Accounts other than the Operating Account. Funds in the Collateral Accounts shall not be commingled with any other monies at any time. Borrower shall execute any additional documents that Lender in its reasonable discretion may require and shall provide all other evidence reasonably requested by Lender to evidence or perfect its first-priority security interest in the Account Collateral. Funds in the Collateral Accounts shall be invested only in Permitted Investments, which Permitted Investments shall be credited to the related Collateral Account. All income and gains from the investment of funds in the Collateral Accounts other than the Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account shall be retained in the Collateral Accounts from which they were derived. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, all income and gains from the investment of funds in any Collateral Account established pursuant to Section 3.3 in substitution of the “Basic Carrying Costs Escrow Account” (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement) shall be for the account of Lender in consideration of its administration of such Collateral Account, and Lender shall have the right at any time to withdraw such amounts from such Collateral Account. All reasonable fees of the any Eligible Institution at which any Collateral Account shall be established pursuant to the terms hereof shall be paid by Borrower pursuant to the agreement with such Eligible Institution governing such Eligible Account. After the Loan and all other Indebtedness have been paid in full, the Collateral Accounts shall be closed and the balances therein, if any, shall be paid to Borrower.

 

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(b)          The insufficiency of amounts contained in the Collateral Accounts shall not relieve Borrower from its obligation to fulfill all covenants contained in the Loan Documents.

 

(c)          During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may, in its sole discretion, apply funds in the Collateral Accounts, and funds resulting from the liquidation of Permitted Investments contained in the Collateral Accounts, either toward the components of the Indebtedness ( e.g. , interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder), the Loan, the Note Components and the Notes in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, and/or toward the payment of Property expenses.

 

Section 3.5.    Bankruptcy . Borrower and Lender acknowledge and agree that upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code and the Account Collateral shall be deemed not to be property of Borrower’s bankruptcy estate within the meaning of Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code. If, however, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that, notwithstanding the foregoing characterization of the Account Collateral by Borrower and Lender, the Account Collateral does constitute property of Borrower’s bankruptcy estate, then Borrower and Lender further acknowledge and agree that all funds deposited therein, are and shall be cash collateral of Lender. Borrower acknowledges that Lender does not consent to Borrower’s use of such cash collateral and that, in the event Lender elects (in its sole discretion) to give such consent, such consent shall only be effective if given in writing signed by Lender. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, Borrower shall not have the right to use or apply or require the use or application of such cash collateral (i) unless Borrower shall have received a court order authorizing the use of the same, and (ii) Borrower shall have provided such adequate protection to Lender as shall be required by the bankruptcy court in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS

 

Borrower represents to Lender that, as of the Closing Date, except as set forth in the Exception Report:

 

Section 4.1.    Mortgage Loan Representations . Each and every representation and warranty made by Mortgage Borrower in the Mortgage Loan Agreement is true, complete and correct as of the date hereof. A true, correct and complete copy of the Mortgage Loan Agreement is attached hereto as Annex I .

 

Section 4.2.    Organization .

 

(a)          Each Required SPE is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where ownership of its assets or the conduct of its business requires it to be so, and each Required SPE has all power and authority under such laws and its organizational documents and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted.

 

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(b)          The organizational chart contained in Exhibit A is true and correct as of the date hereof.

 

Section 4.3.    Authorization . Borrower has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and has by proper action duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents.

 

Section 4.4.    No Conflicts . Neither the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, nor performance of and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will (i) violate or conflict with any provision of its formation and governance documents, (ii) violate any Legal Requirement, regulation (including Regulation U, Regulation X or Regulation T), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or permit applicable to it, (iii) violate or conflict with contractual provisions of, or cause an event of default under, any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, contract or other Material Agreement to which Borrower, Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect equityholders is a party or may be bound, or (iv) result in or require the creation of any Lien or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to the Collateral in favor of any Person other than Lender.

 

Section 4.5.    Consents . No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court or Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Borrower of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for any of the foregoing that have already been obtained.

 

Section 4.6.    Enforceable Obligations . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and constitute Borrower’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Loan Documents are not subject to any right of rescission, offset, abatement, counterclaim or defense by Borrower or Guarantor, including the defense of usury or fraud.

 

Section 4.7.    No Default . No Default or Event of Default will exist immediately following the making of the Loan.

 

Section 4.8.    Payment of Taxes . Borrower has filed, or caused to be filed, all tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed and paid all amounts of taxes due (including interest and penalties) except for taxes that are not yet delinquent and has paid all other taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges (including recording taxes, documentary stamp taxes and intangible taxes, if any) owing by it necessary to preserve the Liens in favor of Lender.

 

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Section 4.9.    Compliance with Law . Borrower complies in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements. Borrower is not in default or violation of any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority the violation of which could materially adversely affect the Collateral or the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Borrower. There has not been committed by or on behalf of Borrower, to Borrower’s knowledge, any other person involved with the ownership of the Collateral, any act or omission affording any federal Governmental Authority or any state or local Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against the Collateral or any portion thereof or any monies paid in performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents. Neither Borrower nor Guarantor has purchased any portion of the Collateral with proceeds of any illegal activity.

 

Section 4.10.    ERISA . Neither Borrower, Mortgage Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or Mortgage Borrower has incurred any liability, whether actual or contingent, under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or maintains or contributes to, or is or has been required to maintain or contribute to, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, as of the date hereof or within the six (6) year period ending on the date hereof. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or substantially similar provisions under federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations; provided that Borrower shall not be deemed to have breached its representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.10 by reason of the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction resulting from Lender’s use of Plan Assets to fund, acquire or hold an interest in the Loan (or any portion thereof).

 

Section 4.11.    Investment Company Act . Borrower is not an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 4.12.    No Bankruptcy Filing . Borrower is not contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of its assets or property. Borrower does not have knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it. During the ten year period preceding the Closing Date, no petition in bankruptcy has been filed by or against any Required SPE, Guarantor, any of their respective affiliates or any Person that owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the beneficial ownership interests in Borrower or Guarantor and no such Persons have been convicted of a felony. Borrower has not received notice of and is not otherwise aware of any Tenant under a Major Lease contemplating or having filed any of the foregoing actions.

 

Section 4.13.    Other Debt . Borrower does not have any outstanding Debt other than Permitted Debt.

 

Section 4.14.    Litigation . There are no actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations by or before any Governmental Authority or other court or agency now filed or otherwise pending, and to Borrower’s knowledge there are no such actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations threatened, against or affecting Borrower, Guarantor or the Collateral, in each case, and none of the matters listed in the Exception Report contrary to the representation in this Section 4.14 , even if determined against Borrower or the Collateral, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

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Section 4.15.    Full and Accurate Disclosure . No statement of fact heretofore delivered by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in writing in respect of the Guarantor, Property, the Collateral or Borrower knowingly contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained therein not misleading unless subsequently corrected (except that the foregoing representation, as it relates to any Environmental Report, Engineering Report, Title Policy and zoning report delivered to Lender in connection with the closing of the Loan, shall be limited to Borrower’s knowledge). There is no fact, event or circumstance presently known to Borrower that has not been disclosed to Lender that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.16.    Financial Condition . Borrower has heretofore delivered to Lender financial statements and operating statements with respect to the Property for the past three calendar years, and trailing twelve-month operating statements. Such statements are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present in accordance with GAAP the financial position of Borrower in all material respects as of their respective dates and do not knowingly omit to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained therein not misleading. Since the delivery of such data, except as otherwise disclosed in writing to Lender, there have occurred no changes or circumstances that have had or are reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.17.    Single-Purpose Requirements .

 

(a)          Each Required SPE is now, and has always been since its formation, a Single-Purpose Entity and has conducted its business in substantial compliance with the provisions of its organizational documents. Borrower has never (i) owned any assets other than the Collateral, (ii) engaged in any business, except the ownership of the Collateral or (iii) had any material contingent or actual obligations or liabilities unrelated to the Collateral.

 

(b)          Borrower has provided Lender with true, correct and complete copies of (i) Borrower’s current financial statements, and (ii) Borrower’s current operating agreement or partnership agreement, as applicable, together with all amendments and modifications thereto.

 

(c)          On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall have been fully released from any loan (other than the Loan) secured by the Property or any of the Collateral (a “ Prior Loan ”), and Borrower shall not have any continuing liability, actual or contingent, for any Prior Loan, and no recourse whatsoever against any portion of the Property or the Collateral shall be available to satisfy any Prior Loan under any circumstances.

 

Section 4.18.    Use of Loan Proceeds . No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or for any other purpose that would be inconsistent with such Regulations T, U or X or any other Regulations of such Board of Governors, or for any purpose prohibited by Legal Requirements or by the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. The Loan is solely for the business purpose of Borrower or for distribution to Borrower’s equityholders in accordance with Legal Requirements and no portion thereof shall be used for personal, consumer, household or similar purposes.

 

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Section 4.19.    Not Foreign Person . Borrower is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code.

 

Section 4.20.    Labor Matters . Borrower has no employees and is not a party to any collective bargaining agreements.

 

Section 4.21.    Title .

 

(a)      Borrower has good and indefeasible title to the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens except the Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances. The Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents, upon the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in the appropriate jurisdiction and the delivery to Lender of the membership certificates evidencing the Collateral, create and constitute a valid and perfected first priority Lien on the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens other than the Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(b)      No creditor of Borrower other than Lender has in its possession any certificates or other documents the possession of which would be required to perfect a security interest in the Collateral.

 

Section 4.22.   Fraudulent Conveyance . Borrower has not entered into any of the Loan Documents with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. Borrower has received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for its obligations under the Loan Documents. On the Closing Date, the fair salable value of Borrower’s aggregate assets is and will, immediately following the making of the Loan and the use and disbursement of the proceeds thereof, be greater than Borrower’s probable aggregate liabilities (including subordinated, unliquidated, disputed and Contingent Obligations). Borrower’s aggregate assets do not and, immediately following the making of the Loan and the use and disbursement of the proceeds thereof will not, constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out its business as conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Borrower does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts and liabilities (including Contingent Obligations and other commitments) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of Borrower).

 

Estoppel Certificates . Borrower has caused Mortgage Borrower to request estoppel certificates from each Tenant on the form heretofore agreed by Lender and has delivered to Lender true and complete copies of each estoppel certificate received back from any Tenant prior to the Closing Date.

 

Federal Trade Embargos . Guarantor and each Required SPE is in compliance with all Federal Trade Embargos in all material respects. To Borrower’s knowledge, no Embargoed Person owns any direct or indirect equity interest in any Required SPE. To Borrower’s knowledge, no Tenant at the Property is identified on the OFAC List. Borrower has implemented procedures, and will consistently apply those procedures throughout the term of the Loan, to ensure that the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects during the term of the Loan. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section are made only to Borrower’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

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Section 4.25    Survival . All of the representations of Borrower set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall survive for so long as any portion of the Indebtedness is outstanding. All representations, covenants and agreements made by Borrower in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lender notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by Lender or on its behalf. On the date of any Securitization, on not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a certification (x) confirming that all of the representations contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such Securitization, or (y) otherwise specifying any changes in or qualifications to such representations as of such date as may be necessary to make such representations consistent with the facts as they exist on such date.

 

Article V

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:

 

Section 5.1.    Existence; Licenses . Each Required SPE shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to remain in existence. Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect all rights, licenses, Permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, approvals and other agreements reasonably necessary for the continued use and operation of the Property. Each Required SPE shall deliver to Lender a copy of each amendment or other modification to any of its organizational documents promptly after the execution thereof. Each Required SPE shall at all times elect to be treated for tax purposes as a “disregarded entity” that is not taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes.

 

Section 5.2.    Maintenance of Property .

 

(a)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to cause the Property to be maintained in good and safe working order and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and in keeping with the condition and repair of properties of a similar use, value, age, nature and construction. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, use, maintain or operate the Property in any manner that constitutes a public or private nuisance or that makes void, voidable, or cancelable the premium of, any insurance then in force with respect thereto. Subject to Section 6.13 , no improvements or equipment located at or on the Property shall be removed, demolished or materially altered without the prior written consent of Lender (except for replacement of equipment in the ordinary course of Mortgage Borrower’s business with items of the same utility and of equal or greater value and sales of obsolete equipment no longer needed for the operation of the Property) which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and Borrower shall from time to time cause Mortgage Borrower to make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary and desirable repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements to the Property. Borrower shall not make, or permit Mortgage Borrower to make, any change in the use of the Property that would materially increase the risk of fire or other hazard arising out of the operation of the Property, or do or permit to be done thereon anything that may in any way impair the value of the Property or the Collateral in any material respect or the Lien of the Mortgage or the Pledge Agreement or otherwise cause or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, install or permit to be installed on the Property any underground storage tank. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, without the prior written consent of Lender, permit any drilling or exploration for or extraction, removal, or production of any minerals from the surface or the subsurface of the Property, regardless of the depth thereof or the method of mining or extraction thereof.

 

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(b)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to perform to completion all Approved Base Building Work and work related to Approved Future Funding Capital Expenditures and Unfunded Obligations in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

Section 5.3.    Compliance with Legal Requirements . Borrower shall comply with, shall cause Mortgage Borrower to comply with and shall cause the Property to comply with and be operated, maintained, repaired and improved in compliance with, in each case in all material respects, all Legal Requirements, Insurance Requirements and all material contractual obligations by which Borrower and Mortgage Borrower is legally bound.

 

Section 5.4.    Impositions and Other Claims . Subject to Mortgage Lender’s obligations set forth in Section 3.4(d) of the Mortgage Loan Agreement, so long as no Event of Default is continuing, Borrower shall (only with respect to its own obligations), and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to (only with respect to its own obligations), pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied upon it, its income and its assets as and when such taxes, assessments and charges are due and payable, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise, subject to any rights to contest contained in the Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrances. Borrower shall, and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to, file all federal, state and local tax returns and other reports that it is required by law to file.

 

Section 5.5.    Access to Property . Subject to the rights of Tenants pursuant to their Leases, Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to permit agents, representatives and employees of Lender and the Servicer to enter and inspect the Property or any portion thereof, and/or inspect, examine, audit and copy the books and records of Mortgage Borrower (including all recorded data of any kind or nature, regardless of the medium of recording), at such reasonable times as may be requested by Lender upon reasonable advance notice. If Lender shall determine in its reasonable discretion that an Event of Default exists, the reasonable, out-of-pocket cost of such inspections, examinations, copying or audits shall be borne by Borrower, including the cost of all follow up or additional investigations, audits or inquiries deemed reasonably necessary by Lender. The cost of such inspections, examinations, audits and copying, if not paid for by Borrower following demand, may be added to the Indebtedness and shall bear interest thereafter until paid at the Default Rate.

 

Section 5.6.    Cooperate in Legal Proceedings . Except with respect to any claim by Borrower against Lender, Borrower shall, and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to, cooperate fully with Lender with respect to any proceedings before any Governmental Authority that may in any material way affect the rights of Lender hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents and, in connection therewith, Lender may, at its election, participate or designate a representative to participate in any such proceedings.

 

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Section 5.7.    Leases .

 

(a)       Borrower shall furnish Lender with executed copies of all Leases. All new Leases and renewals or amendments of Leases must (i) be entered into on an arms-length basis with Tenants that are not Affiliates of Borrower and whose identity and creditworthiness is appropriate for tenancy in property of comparable quality, (ii) provide for rental rates and other economic terms that, taken as a whole, are at least equivalent to then-existing market rates, based on the applicable market, and otherwise contain terms and conditions that are commercially reasonable, (iii) have an initial term of not more than 10 years and (iv) not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)       Any Lease that does not conform to the standards set forth in Section 5.7(a) shall be subject to the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. In addition, all new Leases that are Major Leases, and all terminations, renewals and amendments of Major Leases, and any surrender of rights under any Major Lease (except in accordance with the terms of such Major Lease), shall be subject to the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. With respect to every consent or approval or waiver of the Lender required or requested under this Section 5.7(b) , such consent shall be deemed given if the following conditions are met:

 

(i)       no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (either at the date of any notices specified below or as of the effective date of any deemed approval);

 

(ii)       Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Initial Notice ”), which such Initial Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by any and all required information and documentation relating thereto as may be reasonably required in order to approve or disapprove such matter (the “ Approval Information ”) and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Initial Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”;

 

(iii)       Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Initial Notice within the aforesaid time-frame;

 

(iv)       Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Second Notice ”), which such Second Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by the Approval Information and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Second Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”; and

 

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(v)       Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Second Notice within the aforesaid time-frame.

 

(c)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to (i) observe and punctually perform all the material obligations imposed upon the lessor under the Leases, including satisfaction of all Unfunded Obligations; (ii) enforce all of the material terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Leases on the part of the lessee thereunder to be observed or performed, short of termination thereof, except that Borrower may permit Mortgage Borrower terminate any Lease following a material default thereunder by the respective Tenant; (iii) not collect any of the rents thereunder more than one month in advance; (iv) not execute any assignment of lessor’s interest in the Leases or associated rents other than the assignment of rents and leases under the Mortgage; (v) not cancel or terminate any guarantee of any of the Major Leases without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; and (vi) not permit any subletting of any space covered by a Lease or an assignment of the Tenant’s rights under a Lease, except in strict accordance with the terms of such Lease. Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to deliver to each new Tenant a “Tenant Notice” as defined in and to the extent required in the Mortgage Loan Agreement, and promptly thereafter deliver to Lender a copy thereof and evidence of such Tenant’s receipt thereof.

 

(d)       Security deposits of Tenants under all Leases shall be held in compliance with Legal Requirements and any provisions in Leases relating thereto. Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to maintain books and records of sufficient detail to identify all security deposits of Tenants separate and apart from any other payments received from Tenants. Subject to Legal Requirements, any bond or other instrument held by Mortgage Borrower in lieu of cash security shall name Mortgage Lender (or if the Mortgage Loan has been repaid in full, Lender) as payee or mortgagee thereunder or be fully assignable to Lender. Borrower hereby pledges to Lender each such bond or other instrument as security for the Indebtedness. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall, upon Lender’s request, cause Mortgage Borrower to deposit with Mortgage Lender (or if the Mortgage Loan has been repaid in full, Lender) in an Eligible Account pledged to Mortgage Lender (or if the Mortgage Loan has been repaid in full, Lender) an amount equal to the aggregate security deposit of the Tenants (and any interest theretofore earned on such security deposits and actually received by Borrower), and any such bonds, that Borrower had not returned to the applicable Tenants or applied in accordance with the terms of the applicable Lease (and failure to do so shall constitute a misappropriation of funds pursuant to Section 9.19(b) ).

 

(e)       Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a copy of each written notice from a Tenant under any Major Lease claiming that Mortgage Borrower is in default in the performance or observance of any of the material terms, covenants or conditions thereof to be performed or observed by Mortgage Borrower. Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide in each Major Lease executed after the Closing Date to which Mortgage Borrower is a party that any Tenant delivering any such notice shall send a copy of such notice directly to Lender.

 

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Section 5.8.    Plan Assets, etc . Borrower will do, and will cause Mortgage Borrower to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to ensure that it will not be deemed to hold Plan Assets at any time; provided, however, that Borrower shall not fail to satisfy this requirement by reason of any use of Plan Assets by Lender to fund, acquire or hold an interest in the Loan (or any portion thereof).

 

Section 5.9.    Further Assurances . Borrower shall, and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, from time to time as reasonably requested by Lender, execute, acknowledge, record, register, file and/or deliver to Lender such other instruments, agreements, certificates and documents (including any documents reasonably required to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.3(b) hereof), and Borrower hereby authorizes and consents to the filing by Lender of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and authorizes Lender to use the collateral description “all personal property” or “all assets” in any such financing statements, in each case as Lender may reasonably be required to confirm, perfect and maintain the Liens securing or intended to secure the obligations of Borrower and the rights of Lender under the Loan Documents and do and execute all such further lawful and reasonable acts, conveyances and assurances for the better and more effective carrying out of the intents and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be reasonably required to perfect and maintain the Liens. Upon foreclosure, the appointment of a receiver or any other relevant action, Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, cooperate fully and completely to effect the assignment or transfer of any license, permit, agreement or any other right necessary or useful to the operation of the Collateral and/or the Property. Upon receipt of an affidavit of Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note and the indemnification by Lender of Borrower in connection therewith, Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in the same principal amount thereof and in the form thereof.

 

Section 5.10.    Management of Collateral .

 

(a)       The Property shall be managed at all times by an Approved Property Manager pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement. Pursuant to the Subordination of Property Management Agreement, the Approved Property Manager shall agree that its Approved Management Agreement and all fees thereunder (including any incentive fees) are subject and subordinate to the Indebtedness. Borrower may from time to time cause Mortgage Borrower to appoint an Approved Property Manager to manage the Property pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement, provided that (i) no Event of Default is then continuing, (ii) Lender receives at least 30 days’ prior written notice of same, (iii) such successor manager shall execute and deliver to Lender for Lender’s benefit a Subordination of Property Management Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, and (iv) if such Approved Property Manager is an Affiliate of Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a new nonconsolidation opinion reasonably acceptable to Lender or a modification to the Nonconsolidation Opinion, in either case with respect to such Approved Property Manager and new management agreement. The per annum fees of the Approved Property Manager (including any incentive fees) shall not, at any time, exceed the Maximum Management Fee.

 

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(b)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to cause each Approved Property Manager (including any successor Approved Property Manager) to maintain at all times worker’s compensation insurance as required by Governmental Authorities.

 

(c)       Borrower shall notify Lender in writing of any default of Mortgage Borrower or the Approved Property Manager under the Approved Management Agreement, after the expiration of any applicable cure periods, of which Borrower has actual knowledge. Lender shall have the right, after reasonable notice to Borrower and in accordance with the Subordination of Management Agreement, to cure defaults of Mortgage Borrower under the Approved Management Agreement. Any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender to cure any such default shall constitute a part of the Indebtedness and shall be due from Borrower upon demand by Lender.

 

(d)       In the event that (i) an Event of Default shall be continuing, (ii) any foreclosure, conveyance in lieu of foreclosure or other similar transaction following an Event of Default shall have occurred, (iii) a material default by the Approved Property Manager under the Approved Management Agreement (after the expiration of any applicable notice and/or cure periods) shall be continuing, (iv) the Approved Property Manager files or is the subject of a petition in bankruptcy, (v) a trustee or receiver is appointed for the Approved Property Manager’s assets or the Approved Property Manager makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) the Approved Property Manager is adjudicated insolvent, then, in any such case, Lender may, in its sole discretion, require Borrower to cause Mortgage Borrower to terminate the Approved Management Agreement and require Borrower to engage an Approved Property Manager reasonably approved by Lender to serve as replacement Approved Property Manager pursuant to an Approved Management Agreement.

 

Section 5.11.    Notice of Material Event . Borrower shall give Lender prompt notice (containing reasonable detail) of (i) any material change in the financial or physical condition of the Property, as reasonably determined by Borrower, including the termination or cancellation of any Major Lease and the termination or cancellation of terrorism or other insurance required by this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Agreement, (ii) any notice from the Approved Property Manager, to the extent such notice relates to a matter that could reasonably be expected in Borrower’s reasonable opinion to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) any litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened in writing against Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or the Property that is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of any Required SPE or Guarantor or, to the knowledge of Borrower, an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, (v) any Mortgage Loan Default or Mortgage Loan Event of Default of which it is aware and (vi) any other circumstance or event that could reasonably be expected in Borrower’s reasonable opinion to result in a Material Adverse Effect of which it is aware.

 

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Section 5.12.    Annual Financial Statements .

 

(a)       As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year, Borrower shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, annual unaudited financial statements of Borrower and Mortgage Borrower, including a balance sheet and operating statement of Borrower and Mortgage Borrower as of the end of such year, together with related statements of operations, which statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. Together with Borrower’s annual financial statements, Borrower shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format:

 

(i)       then current rent roll, Tenant sales reports and occupancy reports; and

 

(ii)       such other information as Lender shall reasonably request and to the extent the same is in Borrower’s possession or otherwise regularly prepared by Borrower in the ordinary course.

 

(b)       Borrower shall have a one-time right, without Lender’s consent, to change its Fiscal Year (and corresponding Fiscal Quarters) upon not less than 60 days prior written notice to Lender; provided that the Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year shall in all cases be 3 months and 12 months, respectively; provided, further, that notwithstanding such change, Borrower shall deliver the interim financial statements and other information required by Section 5.13 for the Fiscal Quarters theretofore in effect at the time of such change in Borrower’s Fiscal Year.

 

Section 5.13.        Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (including year-end), Borrower shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, quarterly and year-to-date unaudited financial statements, prepared for such fiscal quarter with respect to Borrower and Mortgage Borrower, including a balance sheet and operating statement of Borrower and Mortgage Borrower as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, together with related statements of operations, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year, which statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments. Each such quarterly report shall be accompanied by the following, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format:

 

(i)       a statement in reasonable detail that calculates In-Place NOI for each of the Fiscal Quarters in the Test Period ending in such Fiscal Quarter, in the case of each such Fiscal Quarter, ending at the end thereof;

 

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(ii)       copies of each of the Leases signed during such quarter;

 

(iii)       then current rent roll, Tenant sales reports and occupancy reports;

 

(iv)       a copy of the Approved Costs Reconciliation Report delivered to Mortgage Lender; and

 

(v)       such other information as Lender shall reasonably request and to the extent the same is in Borrower’s possession or otherwise regularly prepared by Borrower in the ordinary course.

 

Section 5.14.    Monthly Financial Statements .

 

(a)       During the continuance of an Event of Default or Cash Flow Sweep Period, Borrower shall furnish within 45 days after the end of each calendar month (other than the calendar month immediately following the final calendar month of any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter), in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at Borrower’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, monthly and year-to-date unaudited financial statements prepared for the applicable month with respect to Borrower and Mortgage Borrower, including a balance sheet and operating statement as of the end of such month, together with related statements of income, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year and for those set forth in the Annual Budget, which statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments. Each such monthly report shall be accompanied by the following:

 

(i)       then current rent roll, occupancy and leasing status reports;

 

(ii)       a copy of the Approved Costs Reconciliation Report delivered to Mortgage Lender; and

 

(iii)       such other information as Lender shall reasonably request and to the extent the same is in Borrower’s possession or otherwise regularly prepared by Borrower in the ordinary course.

 

(b)       If Borrower fails to provide to Lender those financial statements and other information specified in Sections 5.12 , 5.13 and this Section 5.14 that are required to calculate Debt Yield within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice of Borrower's failure to timely deliver such reports, then such failure shall, at Lender’s election, constitute an Event of Default.

 

Section 5.15.    Insurance . Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to obtain and maintain or cause to be obtained and maintained with respect to the Property, the Policies of insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.15 of the Mortgage Loan Agreement. Borrower shall cause (or shall cause Mortgage Borrower to cause) Lender at all times to be named as an additional insured under the Policies and shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Lender evidence, reasonably satisfactory to Lender, of the insurance described in this Section and Section 5.15 of the Mortgage Loan Agreement. No termination of the Mortgage Loan Agreement shall affect the requirements set forth in this Section 5.15. No waiver or amendment of the provisions of Section 5.15 of the Mortgage Loan Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of Lender.

 

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Section 5.16.    Casualty and Condemnation .

 

(a)       Borrower shall give, or cause to be given, prompt notice to Lender of any Casualty or Condemnation. In the event there is a Casualty or Condemnation following which Mortgage Lender applies Loss Proceeds toward the prepayment of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Agreement, all excess Loss Proceeds remaining after the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Loan and shall be accompanied by interest through (x) prior to a Securitization, the date such prepayment is made and (y) after a Securitization, the end of the applicable Interest Accrual Period (calculated as if the amount prepaid were outstanding for the entire Interest Accrual Period during which the prepayment is applied). If the Note has been bifurcated into multiple Notes or Note Components pursuant to Section 1.1(c) , all prepayments of the Loan made by Borrower in accordance with this Section shall be applied to the Notes or Note Components pro rata. Any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 5.16(a) shall not be subject to payment of any Spread Maintenance Premium or other premium or penalty.

 

(b)       Borrower shall provide, or cause Mortgage Borrower to provide, to Lender copies of all insurance claims and settlement notices, and in any case where Loss Proceeds are applied towards restoration of the Property under the Mortgage Loan Agreement, copies of the plans and specifications, architect’s certificates, waivers of lien, contractor’s sworn statements, plans, bonds, plats of survey and such other documents as Lender may reasonably request in connection with a restoration following a Casualty or Condemnation and to the extent Mortgage Lender is entitled to the same under the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

(c)       In the event the Mortgage Loan is paid in full, the provisions of Section 5.16 of the Mortgage Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (subject to any amendments approved in writing by Lender which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned so long as no Event of Default is continuing) shall be deemed to have been incorporated herein, and Borrower and Lender shall each have the same rights and obligations with respect to Loss Proceeds, availability of funds, claims adjustments and the restoration of the Property, as previously existed between Mortgage Borrower and Mortgage Lender.

 

Section 5.17.    Annual Budget .

 

(a)       Within 30 days of the commencement of each Fiscal Year during the term of the Loan, and within 30 days after the commencement of any Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Lender an Annual Budget for the Property for the ensuing Fiscal Year and, promptly after preparation thereof, any subsequent revisions to the Annual Budget, which delivery shall be for informational purposes only so long as no Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default is continuing. During the continuance of any Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, such Annual Budget and any revisions thereto shall be subject to Lender’s reasonable approval (the Annual Budget, as so approved, the “ Approved Annual Budget ”). Borrower shall not amend, or permit Mortgage Borrower to amend, any Approved Annual Budget more than once in any 30-day period. For so long as Lender shall have not yet approved (if required) any Annual Budget or any revisions thereto, the Annual Budget in effect prior to any such request for approval shall remain in effect.

 

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Section 5.18.    Venture Capital Operating Companies; Nonbinding Consultation . Solely to the extent that Lender or any direct or indirect holder of an interest in the Loan must qualify as a “venture capital operating company” (as defined in Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101), Lender shall have the right to consult with and advise Borrower regarding significant business activities and business and financial developments of Borrower, provided that any such advice or consultation or the result thereof shall be completely nonbinding on Borrower.

 

Section 5.19.    Compliance with Encumbrances and Material Agreements . Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(i)       Borrower shall comply, and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to comply, in each case in all material respects with all material terms, conditions and covenants of each Material Agreement and each material Permitted Encumbrance, including any reciprocal easement agreement, ground lease, declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, and any condominium arrangements.

 

(ii)       Borrower shall or shall cause Mortgage Borrower to promptly deliver to Lender a true and complete copy of each and every notice of default received by Borrower or Mortgage Borrower with respect to any material obligation of Borrower or Mortgage Borrower under the provisions of any Material Agreement and/or Permitted Encumbrance.

 

(iii)       Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Lender copies of any written notices of default or event of default relating to any Material Agreement and/or Permitted Encumbrance served by Borrower or Mortgage Borrower.

 

(iv)       Without the prior written consent of Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, grant or withhold any material consent, approval or waiver under any Material Agreement or Permitted Encumbrance unless no Event of Default is continuing and the same would not be reasonably likely in Borrower’s reasonable opinion to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v)       Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each other party to any Permitted Encumbrance and any Material Agreement notice of the identity of Lender and each assignee of Lender of which Borrower is aware if such notice is provided for thereunder.

 

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(vi)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, short of termination thereof, the performance and observance of each and every material term, covenant and provision of each Material Agreement and Permitted Encumbrance to be performed or observed, if any.

 

Section 5.20.    Prohibited Persons . No Required SPE or any of their direct or indirect equityholders shall (i) knowingly conduct any business, or engage in any transaction or dealing, with any Embargoed Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services, to or for the benefit of a Embargoed Person, or (ii) knowingly engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any Federal Trade Embargo. Borrower shall cause the representation set forth in Section 4.39 of the Mortgage Loan Agreement to remain true and correct at all times. The covenants set forth in this Section 5.20 shall not apply to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

Section 5.21.    Condominium . From and after the consummation of a Condominium Conversion, Borrower shall cause the Mortgage Borrower to comply with each of the following:

 

(a)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to pay all common charges and other assessments as required by the Condominium Documents in respect of the remaining Property and shall promptly, following demand, exhibit to Lender receipts for all such payments;

 

(b)       Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, unless directed otherwise in writing by Lender, without first obtaining Lender’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, (i) vote for, consent to or permit to occur any modification of, or amendment to, any material provision of the Condominium Documents; provided , however , Lender’s approval shall not be required for amendments to the Condominium Documents containing disclosures or other provisions required to be made by Legal Requirements; (ii) in the event of damage to or destruction of the Property, vote in opposition to a motion to repair, restore or rebuild, unless the Indebtedness will be repaid in full pursuant to Section 5.16 or Mortgage Borrower is obligated to apply Loss Proceeds toward the repayment of the Loan pursuant to Section 5.16(d) of the Mortgage Loan Agreement; (iii) partition or subdivide any Condominium Units, or combine any Condominium Unit with another Condominium Unit; (iv) consent to the termination of the Condominium; or (v) vote in favor of the imposition of special assessments for capital improvements pursuant to the Condominium Documents unless such capital improvements are otherwise permissible or approved hereunder.

 

(c)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to fully and faithfully observe, keep and perform, in all material respects, each and every material requirement, condition, covenant, agreement and provisions under the Condominium Act and the Condominium Documents on the part of Mortgage Borrower to be observed, kept and performed. Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a copy of any notice of default received by Borrower with respect to any obligation of Borrower under the provisions of the Condominium Documents or the Condominium Act.

 

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Article VI

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Section 6.1.    Liens on the Collateral . No Required SPE shall permit or suffer the existence of any Lien on any of its assets, other than, in the case of Borrower, Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances, and in the case of Mortgage Borrower, Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrances.

 

Section 6.2.    Ownership . Borrower shall not own any assets other than the equity interests in Mortgage Borrower. Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to own any assets other than the Property and related personal property and fixtures located therein or used in connection therewith.

 

Section 6.3.    Transfer; Prohibited Change of Control . Borrower shall not Transfer any Collateral and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to Transfer any Mortgage Loan Collateral other than in compliance with Section 2.3 and Article II of the Mortgage Loan Agreement and other than the replacement or other disposition of personal property and fixtures in the ordinary course of business, and Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to hereafter file a declaration of condominium with respect to the Property (except in connection with the release of the Retail Unit in accordance with Section 2.3(d) ). No Transfer of any direct or indirect equity interest in Borrower that would constitute a Prohibited Change of Control or Prohibited Pledge shall occur.

 

Section 6.4.    Debt . Neither Borrower nor Mortgage Borrower shall have any Debt, other than Permitted Debt.

 

Section 6.5.    Dissolution; Merger or Consolidation . No Required SPE shall dissolve, terminate, liquidate, merge with or consolidate into another Person.

 

Section 6.6.    Change in Business . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, make any material change in the scope or nature of its business objectives, purposes or operations or undertake or participate in activities other than the continuance of its present business.

 

Section 6.7.    Debt Cancellation . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, cancel or otherwise forgive or release any material claim or Debt owed to it by any Person, except for adequate consideration or in the ordinary course of its business.

 

Section 6.8.    Affiliate Transactions . Neither Borrower nor Mortgage Borrower shall enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with any Affiliate of Borrower or Mortgage Borrower, except on terms that are intrinsically fair, commercially reasonable and substantially similar to those that Borrower or Mortgage Borrower, as the case may be, would have obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party.

 

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Section 6.9.    Misapplication of Funds . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, (a) distribute any Revenue or Loss Proceeds in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Agreement (and shall promptly cause the reversal of any such distributions made in error of which Borrower becomes aware), (b) fail to cause the amounts required to be remitted to any Mortgage Loan Collateral Account subject to and in accordance with and subject to the Mortgage Loan Agreement or Collateral Account in accordance with this Agreement to be so remitted, (c) make any distributions to equityholders during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default unless expressly permitted hereunder, or (d) misappropriate any security deposit or portion thereof.

 

Section 6.10.    Jurisdiction of Formation; Name . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, change its jurisdiction of formation, its jurisdiction of fiscal residence or name without receiving Lender’s prior written consent not to be unreasonably withheld and promptly providing Lender such information and replacement Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and legal opinions as Lender may reasonably request in connection therewith.

 

Section 6.11.    Modifications and Waivers . Unless otherwise consented to in writing by Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i)       Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to amend, modify, terminate, renew, or surrender any material rights or remedies under any Lease, or enter into any Lease, except in compliance with Section 5.7 ;

 

(ii)       No Required SPE shall terminate, amend or modify its organizational documents (including any operating agreement, limited partnership agreement, by-laws, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of incorporation) in any material manner;

 

(iii)       Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to terminate, amend or modify the Approved Management Agreement in any material manner; and

 

(iv)       Borrower shall not (x) enter into any Material Agreement, or amend, modify, surrender or waive any material rights or remedies under any Material Agreement, except, in each case, on arms-length commercially reasonable terms, (y) terminate any Material Agreement, except for terminations in connection with a material default thereunder, or (y) default in its obligations under any Material Agreement.

 

Section 6.12.    ERISA .

 

(a)       Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, maintain or contribute to, or agree to maintain or contribute to, or permit any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower to maintain or contribute to or agree to maintain or contribute to, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.

 

(b)       Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, engage in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or substantially similar provisions under federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations or in any transaction that would cause any obligation or action taken or to be taken hereunder (or the exercise by Lender of any of its rights under the Notes, this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document) to be a non-exempt prohibited transaction under such provisions; provided that Borrower shall not be deemed to have breached the covenants set forth in this Section 6.12(b) by reason of the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction resulting from Lender’s use of Plan Assets to fund, acquire or hold an interest in the Loan (or any portion thereof).

 

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Section 6.13.    Alterations and Expansions . During the continuance of any Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Borrower shall not and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to incur or contract to incur any capital improvements requiring Capital Expenditures that are not consistent with the Approved Annual Budget, Schedule I of the Mortgage Loan Agreement, or the Approved Future Funding Budget (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement) or as otherwise may be required pursuant to any Lease entered into in accordance with this Agreement. Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to perform, undertake, contract to perform or consent to any Material Alteration without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent (in the absence of an Event of Default) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, but may be conditioned on the delivery of additional collateral in the form of cash or cash equivalents acceptable to Lender in respect of the amount by which any such Material Alteration exceeds the Threshold Amount (to the extent that (i) Mortgage Lender has not required such additional collateral pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Agreement or (ii) the Mortgage Loan has been repaid in full). If Lender’s consent is requested hereunder with respect to a Material Alteration, Lender may retain a construction consultant to review such request and, if such request is granted, Lender may retain a construction consultant to inspect the work from time to time. Borrower shall, on demand by Lender, reimburse Lender for the reasonable fees and disbursements of such consultant. With respect to every consent or approval or waiver of the Lender required or requested under this Section 6.13 , such consent shall be deemed given if the following conditions are met:

 

(i)       no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (either at the date of any notices specified below or as of the effective date of any deemed approval);

 

(ii)       Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Initial Notice ”), which such Initial Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by any and all required information and documentation relating thereto as may be reasonably required in order to approve or disapprove such matter (the “ Approval Information ”) and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Initial Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”;

 

(iii)       Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Initial Notice within the aforesaid time-frame;

 

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(iv)       Borrower shall have sent Lender an email request for approval with respect to such matter to the Deemed Consent Notice Parties and otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions hereof (the “ Second Notice ”), which such Second Notice shall have been (A) accompanied by the Approval Information and (B) marked in bold lettering with the following language: “LENDER’S RESPONSE IS REQUIRED WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED AND LENDER” and the subject line containing the Second Notice shall have been marked “PRIORITY-DEEMED APPROVAL MAY APPLY”; and

 

(v)       Lender shall have failed to approve or disapprove the request set forth in the Second Notice within the aforesaid time-frame.

 

Section 6.14.    Advances and Investments . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, lend money or make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any Person, except for (i) Permitted Investments and (ii) Borrower’s ownership of the limited liability company membership interests in Mortgage Borrower.

 

Section 6.15.    Single-Purpose Entity . No Required SPE shall cease to be a Single-Purpose Entity. No Required SPE shall remove or replace any Independent Director without Cause and without providing at least two Business Days’ advance written notice thereof to Lender and the Rating Agencies.

 

Section 6.16.    Zoning and Uses . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, do any of the following without the prior written consent of Lender:

 

(i)       initiate or support any limiting change in the permitted uses of the Property (or to the extent applicable, zoning reclassification of the Property) or any portion thereof, seek any variance under existing land use restrictions, laws, rules or regulations (or, to the extent applicable, zoning ordinances) applicable to the Property, or use or permit the use of the Property in a manner that would result in the use of the Property becoming a nonconforming use under applicable land-use restrictions or zoning ordinances or that would violate the terms of any Lease, Material Agreement or Legal Requirement (and if under applicable zoning ordinances the use of all or any portion of the Property is a nonconforming use, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, cause or permit such nonconforming use to be discontinued or abandoned);

 

(ii)       impose or consent to the imposition of any restrictive covenants, easements or encumbrances upon the Property in any manner that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, Borrower shall be permitted to impose a condominium regime on the Property in accordance with Section 2.3(d ) in connection with the release of the Retail Unit;

 

(iii)       execute or file any subdivision plat affecting the Property, or institute, or permit the institution of, proceedings to alter any tax lot comprising the Property; or

 

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(iv)       permit or consent to the Property’s being used by the public or any Person in such manner as might make possible a claim of adverse usage or possession or of any implied dedication or easement.

 

Section 6.17.    Waste . Borrower shall not, and shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, commit or permit any Waste on the Property, nor take any actions that might invalidate any insurance carried on the Property (and Borrower shall, or shall cause Mortgage Borrower to, promptly correct any such actions of which Borrower becomes aware).

 

Article VII

 

DEFAULTS

 

Section 7.1.    Event of Default . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall be, and shall constitute the commencement of, an “ Event of Default ” hereunder (any Event of Default that has occurred shall continue unless and until waived by Lender in writing in its sole discretion):

 

(a)        Payment .

 

(i)       Borrower shall default in the payment when due of any principal or interest owing hereunder or under the Note (including any mandatory prepayment required hereunder); or

 

(ii)       Borrower shall default, and such default shall continue for at least five (five) Business Days after notice to Borrower that such amounts are owing, in the payment when due of fees, expenses or other amounts owing hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan Documents (other than principal and interest owing hereunder or under the Notes).

 

(b)        Representations . Any representation made by Mortgage Borrower in the Mortgage Loan Agreement or Borrower in any of the Loan Documents, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument, agreement or document furnished to Lender shall have been false or misleading in any material respect (or, with respect to any representation that itself contains a materiality qualifier, in any respect) as of the date such representation was made; provided , however , that if (A) such misrepresentation was not intentional and is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (B) the condition causing the representation or warranty to be false is susceptible of being cured, the same shall be an Event of Default hereunder only if the same is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice to Borrower from Lender;

 

(c)        Other Loan Documents . Any Loan Document shall fail to be in full force and effect or to convey the material Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created (except to the extent caused by Lender) thereby and Borrower shall fail to promptly comply with Section 5.9 to remedy such failure within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; or a default by Borrower under any of the other Loan Documents or Material Agreements that continues beyond applicable notice and cure periods set forth in such Loan Documents or Material Agreements, or a default by Mortgage Borrower shall occur under the Approved Management Agreement, in each case, beyond the expiration of any applicable cure period.

 

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(d)        Bankruptcy, etc .

 

(i)       Any Required SPE or Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code (as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced, from time to time, the “Bankruptcy Code”);

 

(ii)       any Required SPE or Guarantor shall commence any other voluntary proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of creditors, dissolution, insolvency or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to such Required SPE, or shall dissolve or otherwise cease to exist;

 

(iii)       there is commenced against any Required SPE or Guarantor an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any such other involuntary proceeding or other insolvency or similar laws, which remains undismissed for a period of 90 days after commencement;

 

(iv)       any Required SPE or Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt;

 

(v)       any Required SPE or Guarantor suffers appointment of any custodian or the like for it or for any substantial portion of its property and such appointment continues unchanged or unstayed for a period of 90 days after commencement of such appointment;

 

(vi)       any Required SPE or Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(vii)       any Required SPE or Guarantor takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

(e)        Prohibited Change of Control . A Prohibited Change of Control shall occur.

 

(f)        Equity Pledge; Preferred Equity . Any direct or indirect equity interest in or right to distributions from Borrower or Mortgage Borrower shall be subject to a pledge in favor of any Person, or Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or any holder of a direct or indirect interest in Borrower or Mortgage Borrower shall issue preferred equity (or debt granting the holder thereof rights substantially similar to those generally associated with preferred equity), except that the following shall be permitted:

 

(i)       any pledge of direct or indirect equity interests in and rights to distributions from NY REIT or NYROP;

 

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(ii)       the pledge of equity interests in Borrower securing the Mezzanine Loan; and

 

(iii)       the issuance of direct or indirect preferred equity interests in NY REIT or NYROP (or debt granting the holder thereof rights substantially similar to those generally associated with preferred equity).

 

Any of the foregoing events in this subsection (f) shall be referred to in this Agreement as a “ Prohibited Pledge ”.

 

(g)        Insurance . Borrower shall fail to cause Mortgage Borrower to maintain in full force and effect all Policies required hereunder .

 

(h)        ERISA; Negative Covenants . A default beyond applicable notice and grace periods shall occur in the due performance or observance by Borrower of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.8 or in Article VI ; provided that such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it shall remain uncured for 10 Business Days after Borrower receives written notice thereof.

 

(i)        Legal Requirements . Borrower shall fail to cause Mortgage Borrower to cure properly any material violations of Legal Requirements affecting all or any portion of the Property within 30 days after Borrower first receives written notice of any such violations; provided , however , if any such violation is reasonably susceptible of cure, but not within such 30 day period, then Borrower shall be permitted up to an additional 30 days to cure such violation provided that Borrower commences a cure within such initial 30 day period and thereafter diligently and continuously pursues such cure.

 

(j)        Certificates of Pledged Collateral . If at any time the equity interests pledged by Borrower pursuant to the Pledge Agreement shall be evidenced by new, replacement or additional certificates and Borrower shall fail to deliver such certificates to Lender, together with an executed stock, membership or partnership power, as applicable, in blank.

 

(k)        Mortgage Loan Event of Default . A Mortgage Loan Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(l)        Other Covenants . A default shall occur in the due performance or observance by Borrower of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in any other subsection of this Section) contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, except that in the case of a default that can be cured by the payment of money, such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it shall remain uncured for 10 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; and in the case of a default that cannot be cured by the payment of money but is susceptible of being cured within 30 days, such default shall not constitute an Event of Default unless and until it remains uncured for 30 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof, provided that promptly following its receipt of such written notice, Borrower delivers written notice to Lender of its intention and ability to effect such cure within such 30 day period; and if such non-monetary default is not cured within such 30 day period despite Borrower’s diligent efforts but is susceptible of being cured within 90 additional days, then Borrower shall have such additional time as is reasonably necessary to effect such cure, but in no event in excess of 120 days from Borrower’s receipt of Lender’s original notice, provided that Borrower promptly delivers written notice to Lender of its intention and ability to effect such cure prior to the expiration of such 120 day period.

 

 

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Section 7.2.    Remedies .

 

(a)       During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may by written notice to Borrower, in addition to any other rights or remedies available pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes, the Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents, at law or in equity, declare by written notice to Borrower all or any portion of the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, whereupon all or such portion of the Indebtedness shall so become due and payable, and Lender may enforce or avail itself of any or all rights or remedies provided in the Loan Documents against Borrower and the Collateral (including all rights or remedies available at law or in equity); provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(d) shall occur, then (except as specified in Section 7.2(f)) the Indebtedness shall immediately become due and payable without the giving of any notice or other action by Lender. Any actions taken by Lender shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued independently, singly, successively, together or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Lender may determine in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of Lender permitted by law, equity or contract or as set forth in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents.

 

(b)       If Lender forecloses on any Collateral, Lender shall apply all net proceeds of such foreclosure to repay the Indebtedness, the Indebtedness shall be reduced to the extent of such net proceeds and the remaining portion of the Indebtedness shall remain outstanding and secured by the remaining Collateral. At the election of Lender, the Notes shall be deemed to have been accelerated only to the extent of the net proceeds actually received by Lender with respect to the Collateral and applied in reduction of the Indebtedness.

 

(c)       During the continuance of any Event of Default (including an Event of Default resulting from a failure to satisfy the insurance requirements specified herein), Lender may, but without any obligation to do so and without notice to or demand on Borrower and without releasing Borrower from any obligation hereunder, take any action to cure such Event of Default. Lender may enter upon any or all of the Property upon reasonable notice to Borrower for such purposes or appear in, defend, or bring any action or proceeding to protect its interest in the Collateral or to foreclose Lender’s security interest under the Pledge Agreement or collect the Indebtedness. The costs and expenses incurred by Lender in exercising rights under this Section (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), with interest at the Default Rate for the period after notice from Lender that such costs or expenses were incurred to the date of payment to Lender, shall constitute a portion of the Indebtedness, shall be secured by the Pledge Agreement and other Loan Documents and shall be due and payable to Lender upon demand therefor.

 

(d)       Interest shall accrue on any judgment obtained by Lender in connection with its enforcement of the Loan at a rate of interest equal to the Default Rate.

 

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(e)       Notwithstanding the availability of legal remedies, Lender will be entitled to obtain specific performance, mandatory or prohibitory injunctive relief, or other equitable relief requiring Borrower to cure or refrain from repeating any Default.

 

(f)       Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an event specified in Section 7.1(d) occurs solely in respect of Guarantor and not any Required SPE, then such event shall not constitute an Event of Default or result in an acceleration of the Loan unless, in each case, Lender so determines in its sole discretion by written notice to Borrower; and unless and until Lender sends such notice, a Cash Flow Sweep Period shall be deemed to have commenced for all purposes hereunder, which Cash Flow Sweep Period shall continue until the Loan is repaid in full.

 

Section 7.3.    Application of Payments after an Event of Default . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts received by Lender in respect of the Loan shall be applied at Lender’s sole discretion either toward the components of the Indebtedness ( e.g. , Lender’s expenses in enforcing the Loan, interest, principal and other amounts payable hereunder) and the Notes or Note Components in such sequence as Lender shall elect in its sole discretion, or toward the payment of Property expenses.

 

Article VIII

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

Section 8.1.    Conditions Precedent to Closing . This Agreement shall become effective on the date that all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived by Lender which satisfaction or waiver shall be evidenced by Lender’s funding of the Loan to Borrower (unless such conditions are addressed in a post-closing agreement mutually agreed between and reasonably acceptable to Lender and Borrower):

 

(a)        Loan Documents . Lender shall have received a duly executed copy of each Loan Document. Each Loan Document that is to be recorded in the public records shall be in form suitable for recording.

 

(b)        Collateral Accounts . Each of the Collateral Accounts shall have been established and funded to the extent required under Article III of the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

 

(c)        Opinions of Counsel . Lender shall have received, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, (i) a New York legal opinion, (ii) a bankruptcy nonconsolidation opinion with respect to each Person owning more than a 49% direct or indirect equity interest in any Required SPE, and any Affiliated property manager, and (iii) a Delaware legal opinion regarding matters related to Single Member LLC’s.

 

(d)        Organizational Documents . Lender shall have received all documents reasonably requested by Lender relating to the existence of Borrower, the validity of the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents and other matters relating thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, including:

 

 

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(i)        Authorizing Resolutions . To the extent the required authorizations are not contained directly in the organizational documents of any Required SPE and Guarantor, certified copies of the resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by Guarantor and Borrower.

 

(ii)        Organizational Documents . Certified copies of the organizational documents of Guarantor and each Required SPE (including any certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of incorporation, operating agreement, limited partnership agreement or by-laws), in each case together with all amendments thereto.

 

(iii)        Certificates of Good Standing or Existence . Certificates of good standing or existence for Guarantor and each Required SPE issued as of a recent date by its state of organization and by the state in which the Property is located.

 

(iv)        Intentionally Omitted .

 

(e)        Lease; Material Agreements . Lender shall have received true, correct and complete copies of all Leases and all Material Agreements.

 

(f)        Lien Search Reports . Lender shall have received reasonably satisfactory reports of Uniform Commercial Code, tax lien, bankruptcy and judgment searches conducted by a search firm acceptable to Lender with respect to the Property, Guarantor, each Required SPE and Borrower’s immediate predecessor, if any, such searches to be conducted in such locations as Lender shall have requested.

 

(g)        No Default or Event of Default . No Default, Event of Default, Mortgage Loan Default or Mortgage Loan Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date immediately after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(h)        No Injunction . No Legal Requirement shall exist, and no litigation shall be pending or threatened, which in the good faith judgment of Lender would enjoin, prohibit or restrain, or impose or result in the imposition of any material adverse condition upon, the making or repayment of the Loan.

 

(i)        Representations . The representations in this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on such date.

 

(j)        Estoppel Letters . Borrower shall have received and delivered to Lender estoppel certificates from such parties and in such form and substance as shall be reasonably satisfactory to Lender, each of which shall specify that Lender and its successors and assigns may rely thereon.

 

(k)        No Material Adverse Effect . No event or series of events shall have occurred that Lender reasonably believes has had or is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)        Transaction Costs . Borrower shall have paid all transaction costs (or provided for the direct payment of such transaction costs by Lender from the proceeds of the Loan).

 

(m)        Insurance . Lender shall have received certificates of insurance on ACORD Form 25 for liability insurance and ACORD Form 28 for casualty insurance demonstrating insurance coverage in respect of the Property of types, in amounts, with insurers and otherwise in compliance with the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Such certificates shall indicate that Lender and its successors and assigns are named as additional insured on each liability policy, and that each casualty policy and rental interruption policy contains a loss payee and mortgagee endorsement in favor of Lender, its successors and assigns.

 

(n)        Title . Lender shall have received a marked, signed commitment to issue, or a signed pro-forma version of (i) a UCC insurance policy insuring Lender’s first-priority perfected security interest in 100% of the limited liability company interests in Mortgage Borrower pledged by Borrower to Lender pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender and (ii) an owner’s title insurance policy in favor of Mortgage Borrower with a “Mezzanine Lender’s Financing Endorsement”, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. If the Title Policy is to be issued by, or if disbursement of the proceeds of the Loan are to be made through, an agent of the actual insurer under the Title Policy (as opposed to the insurer itself), the actual insurer shall have issued to Lender for Lender’s benefit a so-called “Insured Closing Letter.”

 

(o)        Zoning . Lender shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that the Property is in compliance with all applicable zoning requirements (including a zoning report, a zoning endorsement if obtainable and a letter from the applicable municipality if obtainable).

 

(p)        Permits; Certificate of Occupancy . Lender shall have received a copy of all Permits necessary for the use and operation of the Property and the certificate(s) of occupancy, if required, for the Property, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(q)        Engineering Report . Lender shall have received a current Engineering Report with respect to the Property, which report shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(r)        Environmental Report . Lender shall have received an Environmental Report (not more than six months old) with respect to the Property that discloses no material environmental contingencies with respect to the Property.

 

(s)        Survey . Lender shall have received a Survey with respect to the Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(t)        Appraisal . Lender shall have obtained an Appraisal of the Property satisfactory to Lender.

 

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(u)        Consents, Licenses, Approvals, etc . Lender shall have received copies of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower, and the validity and enforceability, of the Loan Documents, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect.

 

(v)        Financial Information . Lender shall have received financial information relating to Guarantor, Borrower, Mortgage Borrower and the Property that is reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(w)        Annual Budget . Lender shall have received the Annual Budget for the current calendar year (and, if the Closing Date occurs in December, the Annual Budget for the next calendar year).

 

(x)        Know Your Customer Rules . At least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, the Lender shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

 

(y)        Additional Matters . Lender shall have received such other certificates, opinions, documents and instruments relating to the Loan as may have been reasonably requested by Lender. All corporate and other proceedings, all other documents (including all documents referred to in this Agreement and not appearing as exhibits to this Agreement) and all legal matters in connection with the Loan shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender.

 

Article IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.1.    Successors . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever in this Agreement any of the parties to this Agreement is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. All covenants, promises and agreements in this Agreement contained, by or on behalf of Borrower, shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 9.2.    GOVERNING LAW .

 

(A)        THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(B)       ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 9.4 (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

 

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Section 9.3.    Modification, Waiver in Writing, Approval of Lender . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document may be amended, changed, waived, discharged or terminated, nor shall any consent or approval of Lender be granted hereunder, unless such amendment, change, waiver, discharge, termination, consent or approval is in writing signed by Lender. After a Securitization (if any), wherever Lender’s approval is required hereunder, whether subject to Lender’s sole or reasonable discretion, such approval may be conditioned upon satisfaction of the Rating Condition; provided that where Lender’s reasonable discretion is required, such Rating Condition may only be required if obtaining a Rating Condition in such situation is then customary under the circumstances in the CMBS market with respect to mezzanine loans similar to the Loan and the applicable Rating Agency(ies) in fact so require such Rating Condition to be satisfied.

 

Section 9.4.    Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail address to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement in the manner provided for in this Section 9.4 . A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

If to Lender:

 

Paramount Group Fund VIII 1440 Broadway Mezz LP

c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII, L.P.

1633 Broadway, Suite 1801,

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Albert Behler, CEO

Email: abehler@paramount-group.com

 

with a copy to:

 

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Paramount Group Fund VIII 1440 Broadway Mezz LP

c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII, L.P.

1633 Broadway, Suite 1801,

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Gage Johnson, General Counsel

Email: gjohnson@‎paramount-group.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Ave

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Thomas J. Henry

Fax: (212)-728-9750

Email: thenry@willkie.com

  

If to Borrower:

 

c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC

405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attn: Legal Department

E-Mail: MEad@nyrt.com

 

With a copy to

 

c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC

405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attn: Michael Happel

E-Mail: Mhappel@nyrt.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Arnold & Porter LLP

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attn: John Busillo, Esq.

E-Mail: John.Busillo@aporter.com

 

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Section 9.5.    TRIAL BY JURY . LENDER AND BORROWER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY LENDER AND BORROWER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER AND BORROWER ARE EACH HEREBY INDIVIDUALLY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION 9.5 IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER.

 

Section 9.6.    Headings . The Article and Section headings in this Agreement are included in this Agreement for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

 

Section 9.7.    Assignment; Participation .

 

(a)       Except as expressly set forth in Article II , Borrower may not sell, assign or otherwise transfer any rights, obligations or other interest of Borrower in or under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)       Lender and each assignee of all or a portion of the Loan, at their sole cost and expense, shall have the right from time to time in its discretion and without the consent of Borrower to sell, assign, syndicate, Securitize, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise transfer one or more of the Notes or any interest therein (in each case, an “ Assignment ”) and/or sell a participation interest in one or more of the Notes (a “ Participation ”) to any Person other than, so long as no Event of Default is continuing, a Prohibited Transferee. Borrower shall and shall cause Guarantor to reasonably cooperate with Lender, at Lender’s request and sole cost and expense, in order to effectuate any such Assignment, including, without limitation: (i) making changes to the Loan Documents, provided such changes do not result in any increase in the obligations or liabilities of Borrower or decrease in the rights or remedies of Borrower or increase in the rights and remedies of Lender or decrease in the obligations or liabilities of Lender; (ii) bifurcating the Loan pursuant to Section 9.24(b) ; (iii) promptly delivering updated information, legal opinions and documents in substantially the form delivered on the Closing Date relating to each Required SPE, Guarantor, the Property, the Approved Property Manager and any Tenants as Lender may reasonably request and reasonably be available to Borrower in connection with such Assignment; (iv) participating (including senior management of Borrower or Guarantor) in a bank or investor meeting if requested by Lender; and (v) cooperating with Lender in connection with the preparation of marketing materials related to the Loan. In the case of an Assignment, (i) each assignee shall have, to the extent of such Assignment, the rights, benefits and obligations of the assigning Lender as a “Lender” hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to an Assignment, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement arising from and after the date of such Assignment, and (iii) SAS shall serve as agent (“ Agent ”) for all Lenders and shall be the sole party to whom notices, requests and other communications shall be addressed and the sole party authorized to grant or withhold consents hereunder on behalf of the Lenders (subject, in each case, to appointment of a Servicer, pursuant to Section 9.22 , to receive such notices, requests and other communications and/or to grant or withhold consents, as the case may be). Agent shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, as non-fiduciary agent for Borrower, a register on which it shall enter the name or names of the registered owner or owners from time to time of the Notes. Upon effectiveness of any Assignment of any Note in part, Borrower will promptly provide to the assignor and the assignee separate Notes in the amount of their respective interests (but, if applicable, with a notation thereon that it is given in substitution for and replacement of an original Note or any replacement thereof), and otherwise in the form of such Note, upon return of the Note then being replaced provided in no event shall such Notes exceed the then outstanding principal amount of the Loan. Each potential or actual assignee, participant or investor in a Securitization, and each Rating Agency, shall be entitled to receive from Lender all information received by Lender under this Agreement; provided that Lender shall not provide to any such parties any information relating to the Guarantor or any properties owned by Guarantor (other than the Property) that Borrower has identified as confidential unless (i) it obtains a customary confidentiality undertaking (or deemed undertaking) from the recipient thereof and reasonably acceptable to Borrower and (ii) the applicable information or materials are not otherwise available in the public domain. After the effectiveness of any Assignment, the party conveying the Assignment shall provide notice to Borrower and each Lender of the identity and address of the assignee. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, after an Assignment, the assigning Lender (in addition to the assignee) shall continue to have the benefits of any indemnifications contained in this Agreement that such assigning Lender had prior to such assignment with respect to matters occurring prior to the date of such assignment.

 

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(c)       If, pursuant to this Section, any interest in this Agreement or any Note is transferred to any transferee, such transferee shall, promptly upon receipt of written request from Borrower, furnish to Borrower Form W-9, Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, as applicable.

 

Section 9.8.    Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

Section 9.9.    Preferences; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets . Lender shall have no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the obligations of Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents. Lender shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply or reverse and reapply only during continuance of an Event of Default any and all payments by Borrower to any portion of the obligations of Borrower hereunder and under the Loan Documents. If any payment to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then the obligations hereunder or portion thereof intended to be satisfied by such payment shall be revived and continue in full force and effect, as if such payment had not been made. Borrower hereby waives any legal right otherwise available to Borrower that would require the sale of any Collateral either separate or apart from other Collateral, or require Lender to exhaust its remedies against any Collateral before proceeding against any other Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Borrower hereby waives and shall not assert any rights in respect of a marshalling of Collateral, a sale in the inverse order of alienation, any homestead exemption, the administration of estates of decedents, or any other matters whatsoever to defeat, reduce or affect the right of Lender under the Loan Documents to a sale of the Collateral or any portion thereof in any sequence and any combination as determined by Lender in its sole discretion.

 

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Section 9.10.    Remedies of Borrower . If a claim is made that Lender or its agents have unreasonably delayed acting or acted unreasonably in any case where by law or under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents any of such Persons has an obligation to act promptly or reasonably, Borrower agrees that no such Person shall be liable for any monetary damages, and Borrower’s sole remedy shall be limited to commencing an action seeking specific performance, injunctive relief and/or declaratory judgment; provided , however, that the forgoing shall not prevent Borrower from obtaining a monetary judgment against Lender if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that Lender acted with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against Lender and/or its affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable Legal Requirement) arising out of, as a result of, or in any way related to, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

 

Section 9.11.    Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses . All payments made by Borrower hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall be made irrespective of, and without any deduction for, any offsets, counterclaims or defenses. Borrower waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender arising out of or in any way connected with the Notes, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Indebtedness. Any assignee of Lender’s interest in the Loan shall take the same free and clear of all offsets, counterclaims or defenses against the assigning Lender.

 

Section 9.12.    No Joint Venture . Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create a joint venture, partnership, tenancy-in-common or joint tenancy relationship between Borrower and Lender, nor to grant Lender any interest in the Collateral other than that of pledgee or lender.

 

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Section 9.13.    Conflict; Construction of Documents . In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. The parties acknowledge that they were each represented by competent counsel in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the Loan Documents and that the Loan Documents shall not be subject to the principle of construing their meaning against the party that drafted same.

 

Section 9.14.    Brokers and Financial Advisors . Borrower represents that neither it nor Guarantor has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Lender represents that it has not dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Borrower and Lender agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower or Lender, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

 

Section 9.15.    Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.16.    Estoppel Certificates .

 

(a)       Borrower shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Lender, within ten (10) days after receipt of Lender’s written request therefor at any time from time to time, a statement in writing setting forth (A) the Principal Indebtedness, (B) the date on which installments of interest and/or principal were last paid, (C) to Borrower’s knowledge any offsets or defenses to the payment of the Indebtedness, (D) that the Notes, this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents are valid, legal and binding obligations and have not been modified or if modified, giving particulars of such modification, (E) that neither Borrower nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, Lender, is in default under the Loan Documents (or specifying any such default), (F) that all Leases are in full force and effect and have not been modified (except in accordance with the Loan Documents) or identifying which Leases have been terminated or modified, (G) to Borrower’s knowledge, whether or not any of the Tenants under the Leases or any counterparties under the Material Agreements are in material default under the Leases or the Material Agreements, as applicable (setting forth the specific nature of any such material defaults) and (H) such other matters as Lender may reasonably request. Any prospective purchaser of any interest in the Loan shall be permitted to rely on such certificate.

 

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(b)       Upon Lender’s written request, Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from each Tenant and thereafter promptly deliver to Lender duly executed estoppel certificates substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit C from any one or more Tenants specified by Lender, attesting to such facts regarding the Leases as Lender may reasonably require, including attestations that each Lease covered thereby is in full force and effect with no material defaults thereunder on the part of any party (or identifying any material defaults thereunder), that rent has not been paid more than one month in advance, except as security, and that the Tenant claims no defense or offset against the full and timely performance of its obligations under the Lease or otherwise in the form accepted by Lender from applicable Tenants at the closing of the Loan. Borrower shall not be required to deliver such certificates more frequently than one time in any 12-month period, other than the 12-month period during which a Securitization occurs or is attempted.

 

Section 9.17.    General Indemnity; Payment of Expenses .

 

(a)       Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, shall protect, indemnify, reimburse, defend and hold harmless Lender and its officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, advisors, employees, agents, Affiliates, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) for, from and against any and all Damages of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties, in any way relating to or arising out of Lender’s interest in the Loan; provided , however , that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder to the extent that such Damages (i) have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, (ii) arise from any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Guarantor) from and after a Transfer approved by Lender in accordance with the terms hereof of the entire Property or all of the direct and indirect equity interests of Borrower in Mortgage Borrower to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Guarantor, (iii) arise from any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Guarantor) from and after an Indemnified Party obtains title to the Property or the Collateral, whether by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with any exercise of Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any actions taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with Guarantor) on or after the date on which a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or conservator is appointed, at Mortgage Lender or Lender’s request, to take control of the Property or the Collateral, or (iv) arise from any action taken (a) by, to the extent there is any other mezzanine lender (“ Additional Mezzanine Lender ”) with respect to any additional mezzanine loan (“ Additional Mezzanine Loan ”) under Section 9.24(b) , during any period in which Additional Mezzanine Lender exercises Control of any Required SPE, Mortgage Borrower, Borrower and/or the Property or the Collateral under the loan documents evidencing the Additional Mezzanine Loan, or (b) by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with Guarantor) from and after a mezzanine foreclosure or assignment-in-lieu thereof with respect to any Additional Mezzanine Loan. Further, to the extent that any Damage arises out of or is based upon any Disclosure Document, the foregoing indemnity shall be limited to Damages arising to the extent of any untrue statement or omission of a material fact made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the preparation of the Disclosure Document and provided, further, that Borrower shall have no liability therefor if Borrower is not provided a reasonable opportunity to review such Disclosure Document or to the extent that any Indemnified Party or any other Person failed to accurately transcribe information provided by Borrower to Lender or its agent or employee or to include any portions of the information provided by Borrower.

 

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(b)       If for any reason (including violation of law or public policy) the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section are unenforceable in whole or in part or are otherwise unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold it harmless, then Borrower shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of any Damages the maximum amount Borrower is permitted to pay under Legal Requirements. The obligations of Borrower under this Section will be in addition to any liability that Borrower may otherwise have hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)       To the extent any Indemnified Party has notice of a claim for which it intends to seek indemnification hereunder, such Indemnified Party shall give prompt written notice thereof to Borrower, provided that failure by Lender to so notify Borrower will not relieve Borrower of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent that Borrower suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. In connection with any claim for which indemnification is sought hereunder, Borrower shall have the right to defend the applicable Indemnified Party (if requested by the applicable Indemnified Party, in the name of such Indemnified Party) from such claim by attorneys and other professionals reasonably approved by the applicable Indemnified Party. Upon assumption by Borrower of any defense pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Borrower shall have the right to control such defense, provided that the Applicable Indemnified Party shall have the right to reasonably participate in such defense and Borrower shall not consent to the terms of any compromise or settlement of any action defended by Borrower in accordance with the foregoing without the prior consent of the applicable Indemnified Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such compromise or settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of the applicable Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the applicable Indemnified Party. The applicable Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel if (i) Borrower shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Indemnified Party in a timely manner, or (ii) the applicable Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there are actual or potential material conflicts of interest between Borrower and the applicable Indemnified Party, including situations in which there are one or more legal defenses available to the applicable Indemnified Party that are different from or additional to those available to Borrower. So long as Borrower is conducting the defense of any action defended by Borrower in accordance with the foregoing in a prudent and commercially reasonable manner, Lender and the applicable Indemnified Party shall not compromise or settle such action defended without Borrower's consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 9.17(c) , upon demand, Borrower shall pay or, in the sole discretion of the applicable Indemnified Party, reimburse the applicable Indemnified Party for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals retained by the Applicable Indemnified Party in accordance with this Section in connection with defending any claim subject to indemnification hereunder. In no event shall Borrower have any obligation to pay for more than one attorney to represent, collectively, any and all Indemnified Parties.

 

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(d)       Any amounts payable to Lender by reason of the application of this Section shall be secured by the Pledge Agreement and shall become immediately due and payable and shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate required to be paid under Section 1.2(a) for the first five (5) Business Days from the date Damages are sustained by the Indemnified Parties and Borrower has received written demand for payment and the Default Rate thereafter until paid.

 

(e)       The provisions of and undertakings and indemnification set forth in this Section shall survive the satisfaction and payment in full of the Indebtedness and termination of this Agreement.

 

(f)       Borrower shall reimburse Lender upon receipt of written notice from Lender for (i) all reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with the origination of the Loan, including reasonable legal fees and disbursements, accounting fees, and the costs of the Appraisal, the Engineering Report, the Title Insurance Policy, the Survey, the Environmental Report and any other third-party diligence materials; (ii) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender (or any of its affiliates) in connection with (A) third-party fees for monitoring Borrower’s ongoing performance of and compliance with Borrower’s material agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on its part to be performed or complied with after the Closing Date, including confirming compliance with environmental and insurance requirements (but in no event shall Borrower be responsible for regular servicing fees), (B) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents or matters relating hereto (including Leases, Material Agreements, and Mortgage Loan Permitted Encumbrances) to the extent such modifications or reviews are requested by Borrower or required under the Loan Documents (unless as to the items required under the Loan Documents, Lender is required to pay for the same pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents), (D) filing, registration and recording fees and expenses and other similar expenses incurred in creating and perfecting the Liens in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including the filing, registration or recording of any instrument of further assurance) and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, federal, state, county and municipal, taxes (including, if applicable, intangible taxes), search fees, title insurance premiums, duties, imposts, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, any mortgage supplemental thereto, any security instrument with respect to the Collateral or any instrument of further assurance, (E) enforcing or preserving any rights, in response to third party claims or the prosecuting or defending of any action or proceeding or other litigation, in each case against, under or affecting Borrower, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Collateral, and (F) the satisfaction of any Rating Condition in respect of any matter required or requested by Borrower hereunder; and (iii) all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and, if the Loan has been Securitized, special servicing fees) incurred by Lender (or any of its Affiliates) in connection with the enforcement of any obligations of Borrower, or an Event of Default or a reasonably imminent Event of Default by Borrower, under the Loan Documents, including any actual or attempted foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, refinancing, restructuring, settlement or workout and any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings (including any applicable transfer taxes). Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower shall pay all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and fees of Lender and its Servicer, operating advisor and securitization trustee resulting from an Event of Default or a reasonably imminent Event of Default or requests by Borrower (including enforcement expenses and any liquidation fees, workout fees, special servicing fees, operating advisor consulting fees or any other similar fees and interest payable on advances made by the Servicer or the securitization trustee with respect to delinquent debt service payments or expenses of curing Borrower’s defaults under the Loan Documents, and any expenses paid by Servicer or a trustee in respect of the protection and preservation of the Property, such as payment of taxes and insurance premiums); and the costs of all property inspections and/or Appraisals (or any updates to any existing inspection or Appraisal) that Servicer may be required to obtain due to a request by Borrower or the occurrence of an Event of Default or a reasonably imminent Event of Default.

 

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Section 9.18.    No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are solely for the benefit of Lender and Borrower, and nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to confer upon anyone other than Lender, Borrower and Indemnified Parties any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of the obligations contained herein or therein. All conditions to the obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of Lender, and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that Lender will refuse to make the Loan in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof, and no other Person shall under any circumstances be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any or all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by Lender if, in Lender’s sole discretion, Lender deems it advisable or desirable to do so.

 

Section 9.19.    Recourse .

 

(a)       Subject to the qualifications in Sections 9.19(b) and 9.19(c) below, Lender shall not enforce Borrower’s obligation to pay the Indebtedness by any action or proceeding wherein a deficiency judgment or other judgment establishing personal liability shall be sought against Borrower or any of its affiliates, or any Exculpated Person, except for foreclosure actions or any other appropriate actions or proceedings with respect to the Collateral in order to fully exercise Lender’s remedies in respect of, and to realize upon, the Collateral, and except for any actions to enforce any obligations expressly assumed or guaranteed by Guarantor under the Guaranty, Unfunded Obligations Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity and Borrower under the Environmental Indemnity or any guarantor, indemnitor or similar party that becomes a party to any of the foregoing agreements or enters into any replacement guaranties or indemnities (whether or not such party is an Exculpated Person) under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)       Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all Damages to Lender (including reasonable legal and other expenses of enforcing the obligations of Borrower under this Section) resulting from or arising out of any of the following (the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”):

 

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(i)       fraud or intentional misrepresentation by Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Guarantor or any Affiliated agent of the foregoing;

 

(ii)       intentional misapplication or misappropriation of insurance proceeds, Loss Proceeds, Revenues or security deposits in violation of the Mortgage Loan Documents or Loan Documents;

 

(iii)       wrongful removal, destruction or material physical Waste of any material portion of the Collateral;

 

(iv)       failure to apply Available Funds, if any, and if reserved by Mortgage Lender or Lender for such purpose, made available to Borrower, toward payment of any Taxes or charges (including charges for labor and materials) that create Liens on the Property, unless (i) contested in good faith and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or (ii) resulting from Mortgage Lender or Lender’s failure to make required disbursements from reserves maintained for such purpose under the Mortgage Loan Documents or Loan Documents;

 

(v)       failure to apply Available Funds, if any, and if reserved by Mortgage Lender or Lender for such purpose, made available to Borrower, toward payment of insurance premiums and insurance deductibles unless resulting from Lender’s failure to make required disbursements from reserves maintained for such purpose under the Mortgage Loan Documents or Loan Documents;

 

(vi)       Intentionally omitted.

 

(vii)       willful misconduct by Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Guarantor or any Affiliated agent of any of the foregoing (including any wrongful contest not pursued in good faith to the validity of the Loan Documents or wrongful acts not conducted in good faith to interfere, hinder, delay or obstruct Lender’s pursuit of its remedies under the Loan Documents);

 

(viii)       the failure of any Required SPE to be, and to at all times have been, in all material respects, a Single-Purpose Entity, regardless of whether such failure to have been a Single-Purpose Entity prior to the date hereof has been disclosed to Lender, and including Damages due to such failure, arising from or related to (x) the actions, conduct and/or operating history of Mortgage Borrower (or any Person merged into Borrower) prior to the Closing Date and (y) Mortgage Borrower’s ownership (or the ownership of any Person merged into Borrower) of assets prior to the Closing Date that do not constitute a portion of the Collateral but excluding any breach resulting solely from a failure of the Property to generate sufficient cash flow or a failure of Guarantor to contribute additional capital, provided that Borrower shall not have any liability under this Section 9.19(b)(viii) if Borrower cures any such failure within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower receives written notice thereof; and

 

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(ix)       Borrower’s or Mortgage Borrower’s obtaining additional Debt to the extent prohibited by this Agreement.

 

(c)       In addition to the foregoing, the Loan shall be fully recourse to Borrower, if (i) Borrower or Mortgage Borrower Transfers the Collateral or the Mortgage Loan Collateral, voluntarily grants a mortgage or similar Lien on the Mortgage Loan Collateral or a pledge or similar lien on the Collateral, or there is a Prohibited Change of Control or Prohibited Pledge, in each case, in violation of the Loan Documents, (ii) any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law is filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, any Required SPE, (iii) any Required SPE or any of their respective Affiliates (including Guarantor) shall have colluded with other creditors to cause an involuntary filing under the Bankruptcy Code or similar federal or state law with respect to any Required SPE, or any Required SPE shall have terminated one or more of the Independent Directors for the purpose of facilitating a bankruptcy filing, or (iv) any Required SPE fails to be, and to at all times have been, a Single-Purpose Entity, which failure results in a substantive consolidation of Borrower with any Affiliate in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding (or the filing of a motion by Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates for substantive consolidation in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding citing any such breach).

 

(d)       The foregoing limitations on personal liability shall in no way impair or constitute a waiver of the validity of the Notes, the Indebtedness secured by the Collateral, or the Liens on the Collateral, or the right of Lender, as pledgee or secured party, to foreclose and/or enforce its rights with respect to the Collateral after an Event of Default. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any right which Lender may have under the Bankruptcy Code to file a claim for the full amount of the debt owing to Lender by Borrower or to require that all Collateral shall continue to secure all of the Indebtedness owing to Lender in accordance with the Loan Documents. Lender may seek a judgment on the Notes (and, if necessary, name Borrower in such suit) as part of judicial proceedings to foreclose on any Collateral or as a prerequisite to any such foreclosure or to confirm any foreclosure or sale pursuant to power of sale thereunder, and in the event any suit is brought on the Notes, or with respect to any Indebtedness or any judgment rendered in such judicial proceedings, such judgment shall constitute a Lien on and may be enforced on and against the Collateral and the rents, profits, issues, products and proceeds thereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of Lender to accelerate the maturity of the Notes upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, nor shall anything in this Agreement impair or be construed to impair the right of Lender to seek personal judgments, and to enforce all rights and remedies under applicable law, jointly and severally against Guarantor under the Guaranty, Unfunded Obligations Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity and Borrower under the Environmental Indemnity or any guarantor, indemnitor or similar party that becomes a party to any of the foregoing agreements or enters into any replacement guaranties or indemnities to the extent allowed by any applicable Loan Documents. The provisions set forth in this Section are not intended as a release or discharge of the obligations due under the Notes or under any Loan Documents, but are intended as a limitation, to the extent provided in this Section, on Lender’s right to sue for a deficiency or seek a personal judgment except as required in order to realize on the Collateral.

 

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Section 9.20.    Right of Set-Off . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind (all of such rights being hereby expressly waived), set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by Lender (including branches of Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against the obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Lender hereunder, under the Notes, the other Loan Documents or otherwise, irrespective of whether Lender shall have made any demand hereunder and although such obligations, liabilities or claims, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured, and any such set-off shall be deemed to have been made immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default even though such charge is made or entered on the books of Lender subsequent thereto.

 

Section 9.21.    Exculpation of Lender . Lender neither undertakes nor assumes any responsibility or duty to Borrower or any other party to select, review, inspect, examine, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform Borrower or any third party of (a) the existence, quality, adequacy or suitability of Appraisals of the Property or the Collateral, (b) any environmental report, or (c) any other matters or items, including engineering, soils and seismic reports that are contemplated in the Loan Documents. Any such selection, review, inspection, examination and the like, and any other due diligence conducted by Lender, is solely for the purpose of protecting Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents, and shall not render Lender liable to Borrower or any third party for the existence, sufficiency, accuracy, completeness or legality thereof.

 

Section 9.22.    Agent; Servicer . Lender shall delegate any and all rights and obligations of Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to the Agent upon notice by Lender to Borrower, whereupon any notice or consent from the Agent to Borrower, and any action by Agent on Lender’s behalf, shall have the same force and effect as if Agent were Lender. Lender hereby advises Borrower that as of the date hereof, SAS is designated by Lender as Agent. Until Lender notifies Borrower in writing that the Agent has been terminated as Servicer for cause, the Agent shall serve as the primary point of contact for Borrower with respect to the Loan and shall process all of Borrower’s requests for approval hereunder (including, without limitation, approval of Draw Requests and approval of any Major Lease). Borrower shall have the right to rely on instructions and other communications received from the Agent to the same extent as if such instructions or other communications were received directly from Lender Agent shall be permitted to delegate certain administrative duties hereunder to a Servicer upon written notice to Borrower, but shall retain all other obligations as the primary point of contact with Borrower hereunder. In addition, in connection with any Securitization of the Loan, master servicer, primary servicer and special servicer shall each be SAS or an Approved Servicer, subject to dismissal for cause. So long as no Event of Default is continuing, the appointment or replacement of any Agent or Servicer shall be subject to Borrower’s reasonable consent, except that Borrower’s consent shall not be required for the appointment of an Approved Servicer as Agent or Servicer hereunder. So long as no Event of Default and Mortgage Loan Event of Default is continuing, the Loan and the Mortgage Loan shall have the same Agent, subject to removal for cause.

 

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Section 9.23.    No Fiduciary Duty .

 

(a)       Borrower acknowledges that, in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender has relied upon and assumed the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax and other information provided to, discussed with or reviewed by Lender for such purposes, and Lender does not assume any liability therefor or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or independent verification thereof. Lender, its Affiliates and their respective equityholders and employees (for purposes of this Section, the “ Lending Parties ”) have no obligation to conduct any independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or off-balance sheet assets and liabilities) of Guarantor, Borrower or any other Person or any of their respective affiliates or to advise or opine on any related solvency or viability issues.

 

(b)       It is understood and agreed that (i) the Lending Parties shall act under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as an independent contractor, (ii) the transaction described herein is an arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lending Parties, on the one hand, and Borrower, on the other, (iii) each Lending Party is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of Borrower, Guarantor or their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors or any other Person and (iv) nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to create (A) a fiduciary duty (or other implied duty) on the party of any Lending Party to Guarantor, Borrower, any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors, or any other Person or (B) a fiduciary or agency relationship between Guarantor, Borrower or any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors, on the one hand, and the Lending Parties, on the other. Borrower agrees that neither it nor Guarantor nor any of their respective Affiliates shall make, and hereby waives, any claim against the Lending Parties based on an assertion that any Lending Party has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to Borrower, Guarantor of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors. Nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is intended to confer upon any other Person (including Affiliates, stockholders, employees or creditors of Borrower and Guarantor) any rights or remedies by reason of any fiduciary or similar duty.

 

(c)       Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised that the Lending Parties are a financial services and asset management firm that provides certain financial and asset management services. In the ordinary course of these activities, the Lending Parties may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and/or financial instruments (including loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short positions in such securities and/or instruments. Such investment and other activities may involve securities and instruments of Affiliates of Borrower, including Guarantor, as well as of other Persons that may (i) be involved in transactions arising from or relating to the Loan, (ii) be customers or competitors of Borrower, Guarantor and/or their respective Affiliates, or (iii) have other relationships with Borrower, Guarantor and/or their respective Affiliates. In addition, the Lending Parties may provide financial advisory services to such other Persons. The Lending Parties may also co-invest with, make direct investments in, and invest or co-invest client monies in or with funds or other investment vehicles managed by other parties, and such funds or other investment vehicles may trade or make investments in securities of Affiliates of Borrower, including Guarantor, or such other Persons. The Transaction may have a direct or indirect impact on the investments, securities or instruments referred to in this Section 9.23(c) . Although the Lending Parties in the course of such other activities and relationships may acquire information about the Loan, the Lending Parties shall have no obligation to disclose such information, or the fact that the Lending Parties are in possession of such information, to Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates or to use such information on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates

 

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(d)       Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Borrower has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the process leading thereto.

 

Section 9.24.    Borrower Information .

 

(a)       Borrower shall make (and shall cause Mortgage Borrower to make) available to Lender all information concerning its business and operations that Lender may reasonably request. Lender shall have the right to disclose any and all information provided to Lender by Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or Guarantor regarding Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Guarantor, the Loan and the Property (i) to Affiliates of Lender and to Lender’s agents and advisors, (ii) to any actual or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated Assignment or Securitization of all or any portion of the Loan or any participations therein, and to any investors or prospective investors in the Certificates, and their respective advisors and agents, including the operating advisor, or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, or to any Person that is a party to a repurchase agreement with respect to the Loan, (iii) to any Rating Agency in connection with a Securitization or as otherwise required in connection with a disposition of the Loan, (iv) to any Person necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document following and during the continuance of an Event of Default and (v) to any governmental agency, including the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the FDIC, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority that may exercise authority over Lender or any investor in the Certificates (including the Servicer, the Securitization trustee and their respective agents and employees) or any representative thereof, and to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, in each case if requested by such governmental agency or otherwise required to comply with the applicable rules and regulations of such governmental agency or if required pursuant to legal or judicial process, and (vi) in any Disclosure Document, provided Borrower’s liability with respect to the Disclosure Document shall be limited as provided in the last sentence of Section 9.17(a) . In addition, Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Agreement and the information about this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Agreement to service providers to Lender in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedure (CUSIP). Each party hereto (and each of their respective Affiliates, employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Loan and all materials of any kind (including opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to any such party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For the purpose of this Section, “tax structure” means any facts relevant to the federal income tax treatment of the Loan but does not include information relating to the identity of any of the parties hereto or any of their respective Affiliates. Notwithstanding the above, Lender shall not provide or incorporate any information or materials relating to Guarantor or any properties owned by the Guarantor (other than the Property) that Borrower has identified as confidential, unless (x) Lender obtains a customary confidentiality undertaking (or deemed undertaking) from the recipient or (y) the information or materials is otherwise available in the public domain.

 

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(b)       In connection with any Assignment, Borrower and Guarantor agree that they shall reasonably cooperate (including the formation of additional borrower entities) at Lender’s request and at Lender’s sole cost and expense to reallocate the respective principal amounts and/or interest rates of the Loan and/or create new layers of mezzanine debt (each, a “ New Mezzanine Loan ”); provided with respect to each of the foregoing that (i) the aggregate principal balance and weighted average interest rates of the Note and mezzanine notes immediately following the consummation of any such transaction shall be the same as immediately prior thereto and shall continue to be the same (i.e., no “rate creep”) throughout the term (except in the case of application of principal following and during the continuance of an Event of Default) and (ii) the foregoing shall not result in any changes to the material terms of the Loan or result in an increase in Borrower’s obligations or liabilities or a decrease in Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Loan Documents or increase in Lender’s rights and remedies or decrease in Lender’s obligations or liabilities. In connection with any New Mezzanine Loan, Borrower shall obtain and deliver to Lender at Lender’s sole cost and expense (1) UCC title insurance coverage, (2) a mezzanine endorsement to its owner’s policy of title insurance, and (3) such legal opinions and other deliverables as are customarily delivered in connection with the closing of mezzanine loans; and Borrower shall cause the Approved Property Manager and any other applicable third parties to enter into agreements with the holder of the New Mezzanine Loan that are substantially identical as those entered into with the initial holder of the Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein requiring that cooperation with Lender not result in any adverse effect on Borrower or Guarantor the parties agree that prepayments shall be applied among the components of the Loan, including any mezzanine loan, on a pro-rata basis, unless an Event of Default is continuing, in which case Lender shall be permitted to require that such amounts be applied sequentially, starting with the most senior tranche, which may have the effect of increasing the weighted average interest rate of the Loan and the New Mezzanine Loan.

 

(c)       If requested by Lender, Borrower shall review factual information regarding Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, Guarantor or the Property before it is included in any Disclosure Document provided to Borrower by Lender and shall, within 10 days of Borrower’s receipt thereof, advise Lender in writing of any misstatement of a material fact or omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that if Borrower shall fail to respond within such 10-day period, Borrower shall be deemed to have confirmed the accuracy of such information. Borrower’s liability hereunder shall be limited as provided in the last sentence of Section 9.17(a) . The foregoing shall be at Lender’s sole cost and expense.

 

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Section 9.25.    PATRIOT Act Records . Lender hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, Mortgage Borrower and Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of Borrower, Mortgage Borrower and Guarantor and other information that will allow Lender to identify Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or Guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 9.26.    Prior Agreements . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONTAIN THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT THAT ANY ORIGINATION FEE SPECIFIED IN ANY TERM SHEET, COMMITMENT LETTER OR FEE LETTER SHALL BE AN OBLIGATION OF BORROWER AND SHALL BE PAID AT CLOSING, AND ANY INDEMNIFICATIONS, AND THE LIKE PROVIDED FOR THEREIN SHALL SURVIVE THE CLOSING, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN).

 

Section 9.27.    Publicity . If the Loan is made, Lender may issue press releases, advertisements and other promotional materials describing in general terms or in detail Lender's participation in such transaction, and may utilize photographs of the Property in such promotional materials subject to the reasonable approval of Borrower in writing prior to the issuance thereof. Borrower shall not make any references to Lender in any press release, advertisement or promotional material issued by Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or Guarantor, unless Lender shall have reasonably approved of the same in writing prior to the issuance of such press release, advertisement or promotional material. Nothing in the foregoing shall require Lender’s prior consent for any release of information with respect to this Loan, the Mortgage Loan, the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents, Mortgage Lender or Lender required to be made by Borrower or its Affiliates by applicable Governmental Authority or applicable Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, any filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission); provided that Lender shall have at least one Business Day to review and comment on any public filing made by Borrower or any of its Affiliates that refers to Lender or any of its Affiliates by name.

 

Section 9.28.    Delay Not a Waiver . Neither any failure nor any delay on the part of Lender in insisting upon strict performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement, or exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under any other instrument given as security therefor, shall operate as or constitute a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount.

 

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Section 9.29.    Schedules and Exhibits Incorporated . The Schedules and Exhibits annexed hereto are hereby incorporated herein as a part of this Agreement with the same effect as if set forth in the body hereof.

 

Section 9.30.   Senior Loan .

 

(a)       Lender shall have the right to cure any Mortgage Loan Event of Default, regardless of whether such Mortgage Loan Event of Default results from the breach of a monetary or non-monetary covenant; and the costs and expenses incurred by Lender in doing so, including reasonable attorneys' fees, with interest thereon at the Default Rate, shall constitute a portion of the Indebtedness, shall be secured by the Pledge Agreement and other Loan Documents, and shall be due and payable to Lender within five Business Days following written demand therefor.

 

(b)       Lender shall have the right without notice or demand on Borrower or Mortgage Borrower to purchase all or any portion of the Mortgage Loan or any interest therein without notice to or consent of Borrower, in which event Lender shall have and may exercise all rights of Mortgage Lender thereunder to the extent of the interest acquired; provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default is continuing, Lender shall endeavor to provide prior written notice of any such purchase to Borrower and notice thereafter to the extent such prior notice is not provided to Borrower, but failure to provide any such notice shall not constitute a default by Lender hereunder. Borrower hereby expressly agrees that any claims which Mortgage Borrower may have against Mortgage Lender relating to or arising out of the Mortgage Loan shall be the personal obligation of the assigning Mortgage Lender and in no event shall Mortgage Borrower be entitled to bring or pursue such claims against Lender or any Affiliate of Lender or any other Person as the successor holder the Mortgage Loan or any interest therein.

 

(c)       If, on account of the subordination of the Loan to the Mortgage, Lender is required to remit to Mortgage Lender any amount theretofore paid to Lender hereunder, then such amount shall continue to be owing pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as part of the Indebtedness, notwithstanding the prior receipt of such payment by Lender.

 

(d)       Lender shall have the right at any time to discuss matters regarding the Property, the Collateral, the Mortgage Loan, the Loan or any other matter directly with Mortgage Lender or its consultants, agents or representatives, without notice to or permission from Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or any of their Affiliates. Lender shall have no obligation to disclose such discussions or the contents thereof with Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or any of their affiliates.

 

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(e)       If any action, proposed action or other decision is consented to or approved by Mortgage Lender, such consent or approval shall not be binding or controlling on Lender. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the risks of Mortgage Lender in making the Mortgage Loan are different from the risks of Lender in making the Loan, (ii) in determining whether to grant, deny, withhold or condition any requested consent or approval, Mortgage Lender and Lender may reasonably reach different conclusions, and (iii) Lender has an absolute independent right to grant, deny, withhold or condition any requested consent or approval based on its own point of view, but subject to the standards of consent applicable to Lender in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In addition, the denial by Lender of a requested consent or approval shall not result in any liability or other obligation of Lender, if such denial results directly or indirectly in a default under the Mortgage Loan, and Borrower hereby waives any claim of liability against Lender arising from any such denial.

 

(f)       Borrower shall cause Mortgage Borrower to (a) pay all principal, interest and other sums required to be paid by Mortgage Borrower under and pursuant to the provisions of the Mortgage Loan Documents unless such performance or observance shall be waived in writing by Mortgage Lender; (b) diligently perform and observe all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Mortgage Loan Documents on the part of Mortgage Borrower to be performed and observed (including, without limitation, with respect to funding reserves and escrows), unless such performance or observance shall be waived in writing by Mortgage Lender; (c) promptly notify Lender of the giving of any notice of breach or default or any other material written notice by Mortgage Lender to Mortgage Borrower or Borrower; (d) deliver a correct and complete copy of each material notice, demand, request and correspondence (including electronically transmitted items) that, in each case, are given or received by Mortgage Borrower or Borrower to or from the Mortgage Lender, its agent or the Servicer or trustee of any Securitization, and (e) not enter into any material amendment or modification of any Mortgage Loan Document, or any additional Mortgage Loan Documents, without Lender’s prior written consent, except for those amendments, modifications or additional Mortgage Loan Documents that are required under the Mortgage Loan Documents (as in effect on the date hereof) or that Mortgage Borrower is required to consent to thereunder pursuant to the express terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents (as in effect on the date hereof).

 

(g)       Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower to, except as expressly permitted or required by the Mortgage Loan Documents, make any partial or full prepayment or defeasance of amounts owing under the Mortgage Loan.

 

(h)       Borrower shall (or shall cause Mortgage Borrower to), from time to time, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from Mortgage Lender such certificates of estoppel with respect to compliance by Mortgage Borrower with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents as may be reasonably requested by Lender. In the event or to the extent that Mortgage Lender fails to deliver such estoppel, then Borrower shall not be in breach of this provision so long as Borrower furnishes to Lender an estoppel executed by Borrower and Mortgage Borrower expressly representing to Lender (i) to the knowledge of Borrower and Mortgage Borrower, the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (ii) whether Mortgage Lender, Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or any Guarantor has sent or received a default notice or Event of Default notice (and if so, attaching a copy of each such notice) under the Mortgage Loan or Loan.

 

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(i)       Neither Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, nor any Affiliate of any of them shall acquire or agree to acquire the Mortgage Loan, or any portion thereof or any interest therein, or any direct or indirect ownership interest in the holder of the Mortgage Loan, via purchase, transfer, exchange or otherwise, and any breach of this provision shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder. If, solely by operation of applicable subrogation law, Borrower, Mortgage Borrower, or any affiliate of any of them shall have failed to comply with the foregoing, then Borrower: (i) shall immediately notify Lender of such failure upon Borrower receiving knowledge thereof; (ii) shall cause any and all such prohibited parties acquiring any interest in the Mortgage Loan Documents: (A) not to enforce the Mortgage Loan Documents; and (B) upon the request of Lender, to the extent any of such prohibited parties has or have the power or authority to do so, to promptly suspend any enforcement proceeding(s) under the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided , however , the foregoing shall not require Borrower, Mortgage Borrower or any of their affiliates to hinder, delay, contest or otherwise interfere with Mortgage Lender’s rights or remedies under the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

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Lender and Borrower are executing this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

    LENDER :  
         
    PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP,
    a Delaware limited partnership
         
    By: Paramount Group Fund VIII Debt Holdings GP LLC, its general partner
         
      By: /s/ Daniel A. Lauer
        Name: Daniel A. Lauer
        Title: Vice President

 

    BORROWER :
             
    ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC,
    a Delaware limited liability company
             
    By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
             
        By: New York REIT, Inc.,
          its general partner
             
        By: /s/ Michael Ead
            Name: Michael Ead
            Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Organizational Chart

 

New York REIT, Inc. Organizational Chart

 

 

*Nicholas Schorsch, William Kahane and Peter Budko each own more than 10% of AR Capital, LLC.

**Michael Happel owns 100% of MH Holdings, LLC

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Tenant Notice

 

[BORROWER’S LETTERHEAD]

 

___________, 20__

 

Re: Lease dated [________], 20__ between [________],
as Landlord, and [_____], as Tenant,
concerning premises known as [________] (the “Building”).

 

Dear Tenant:

 

The undersigned hereby directs and authorizes you to make all rental payments and other amounts payable by you pursuant to your lease as follows:

 

(x)            If the payment is made by wire transfer, you shall transfer the applicable funds to the following account::

 

Bank:

Account Name

Account No.:

ABA No.:

Contact:

 

If the payment is made by check, you shall deliver your payment to the following address: [LOCKBOX ADDRESS].

 

The instructions set forth herein are irrevocable and are not subject to modification by us in any manner. Only [name of then-current Lender], or its successors and assigns, may by written notice to you rescind or modify the instructions contained herein.

 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and if you have any questions, please call _________ at (___) ___-_________.

 

  Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Tenant Estoppel

 

TENANT ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE

1440 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

 

By LEASE AGREEMENT dated ________________ (“ Lease ”), the undersigned (“ Tenant ”) has leased from ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord ”) the leased premises located at 1440 Broadway, New York, New York, 10018, which are more particularly described in the Lease (as defined below). Landlord, as owner of the property (“ Property ”) of which the leased premises are a part, is has entered into an agreement to refinance the Property with [_____________] and its affiliates and one or more mezzanine lenders (together with their respective successors and/or assigns, collectively, “ Lender ”) who, as a condition to the refinance of the Property, has required this Tenant Estoppel Letter.

 

The undersigned (“ Tenant ”) hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.           Schedule A contains a true, correct and complete description of the documents evidencing the lease and all amendments and modifications thereto (collectively, the “ Lease ”);

 

2.          Tenant is the tenant under the Lease;

 

3.          The terms of the Lease contained in Schedule A are true and correct;

 

4.          Tenant is not entitled to any offsets, abatements, deductions or otherwise against the rent payable under the Lease from and after the date hereof, including free rent periods, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

5.          The Lease is in full force and effect and, except as may be indicated on Schedule A , has not been assigned, modified, supplemented or amended in any way and Tenant has no notice of any assignment, pledge or hypothecation by the landlord (“ Landlord ”) under the Lease or of the rentals thereunder;

 

6.          The Lease represents the entire agreement between Tenant and Landlord with respect to the Premises;

 

7.          All construction and other obligations of a material nature to be performed by Landlord have been satisfied, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

8.          Any payments by Landlord to Tenant for tenant improvements which are required under the Lease have been made, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

 

 

 

9.          On this date, there are no existing defenses or offsets which Tenant has against the enforcement of the Lease by Landlord and Tenant has no knowledge of any event which with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both would constitute a default by Tenant, or to the best of Tenant’s knowledge, a default by Landlord, under the Lease.

 

10.          No rental (including expense reimbursements), other than for the current month, has been paid in advance, except as may be indicated on Schedule A ;

 

12.          Tenant has not filed on its behalf, nor to Tenant’s knowledge, has any party initiated against Tenant, proceedings for relief under bankruptcy, insolvency, or other proceedings;

 

13.          Except as set forth on Schedule A , Tenant has no purchase, renewal, expansion, rights of first offer, rights of first refusal, exclusives, right to lease other premises, or rights to have Landlord perform Tenant’s obligations under leases of other premises..

 

14.          Tenant has no right to terminate the Lease except as set forth in Schedule A .

 

The truth and accuracy of the certifications contained herein may be relied upon by (i) Landlord, (ii) any purchaser of the Property (“ Purchaser ”), (iii) any and each lender (“ Lender ”) of Landlord or Purchaser (or any of their respective direct or indirect owners), and its successors, participants, assigns and transferees, (iv) any rating agency or trustee involved in a securitization of one or more loans made by a Lender, and (v) any servicer of any such loan (collectively, the “ Reliance Parties ”), and said certifications shall be binding upon Tenant and its successors and assigns, and inure to the benefit of the Reliance Parties.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  ___________________________________,
  a ____________________________
   
  By:                                     
     
  Name:       
  Title:    
     
  Date:    

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Property

 

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

 

BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 40TH STREET DISTANT 279 FEET 6 INCHES WESTERLY FROM THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS (FORMERLY SIXTH AVENUE) AND 40TH STREET;

 

RUNNING THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 40TH STREET, 203 FEET 10 ½ INCHES TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SIDE OF BROADWAY WITH THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 40TH STREET;

 

THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE EASTERLY SIDE OF BROADWAY, 128 FEET 1 ½ INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 191 ON "MAP OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SITUATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIR", DECEMBER 1844 BY DANIEL EWEN, C.S., FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 92 FEET 8 ½ INCHES TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 189 ON SAID MAP;

 

THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS AND ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 189, 24 FEET 8 ¼ INCHES TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SAME, 59 FEET 11 ½ INCHES TO THE EASTERLY SIDE OF THE PREMISES ON WHICH THE HOTEL VENDOME STANDS OR FORMERLY STOOD;

 

THENCE NORTHERLY, ALONG THE SAME, 98 FEET 9 INCHES TO THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 41ST STREET AT A POINT 173 FEET 2 ½ INCHES EAST OF BROADWAY AS MEASURED ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 41ST STREET;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 41ST STREET, 65 FEET 1 ½ INCHES TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER 184 ON SAID MAP;

 

THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE SAME, 98 FEET 9 INCHES TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK;

 

THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE BLOCK, 20 FEET 6 INCHES;

 

THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 98 FEET 9 INCHES TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

 

Exception Report

 

Sec. 4.14(a)(vii)  2 nd Half of CVS leasing commission is outstanding ($875,000)

 

Sec. 4.14(a) Innerworkings has a Termination Option

 

Sec. 4.14(a)(viii) Unfunded Obligations

  - CVS 2 nd Half Leasing Commission - $875,000

  - CVS tenant allowance (“Tenant Fund”) for installation of Vertical Transportation System - $750,000

  - Landlord Work for the 1 st and 2 nd floor as detailed in Exhibit 6.2 of the CVS Lease (To be priced)

  - The Gap tenant allowance (“Tenant Fund”) related to tenant’s Initial Alterations- $1,079,505

  - 40 th Street Lobby Renovation Soft Costs – $42,300

  - 14 th & 15 th Floor Prebuild Soft Costs - $107,050

  - 2 nd Floor Pre-Build Construction – $455,773

  - As described in the following chart, leasing commissions could become due if any of the tenants listed in the chart below exercise a renewal option in its lease.

 

Tenant   LCs if
Tenant
Exercises
Renewal?
  Conditions   Renewal
Option
Mizuho   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option and there is no other broker representing them.   Yes, w/ Notice by 3/3/2025
Broadway Office Suites   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option and there is no other broker representing them.   Yes, w/ Notice by 5/31/2021
Innerworkings   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option.   Yes, w/ Notice by 11/30/2017
Macys   Yes   If TT properly exercises a renewal option and there is no other broker representing them.   Yes, w/ Notice by 7/31/2022

 

Sec. 4.17  Borrower had been a borrower and/or guarantor pursuant to that Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2014, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2015, and as may be further amended, restated modified, consolidated, or supplemented from time to time, between New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., Capital One, National Association, as administrative agent, New York REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and certain lenders party thereto.

 

 

 

  

Sec. 4.38 Estoppel Certificates - Sent to the following tenants:

Advance Magazine

Aquantive

Broadway Office Suites

Citi Bank

Cogent

CVS

Dell

FedEx

Innerworkings

Liz Claiborne (Kate Spade)

Macy's

Mexicue

Mizuho Capital Markets Corp.

MT News

Oren's Daily Roast

RentPath (Primedia)

Republic Clothing

StubHub

Subway

TASC

The Gap

Western Union

 

 

 

 

Schedule C

 

Retail Unit

 

Current Tenant    Suite    SF  
Western Union Financial Services    Retail 0101/Mezz     6,004  
Oren's Time Square LLC    Retail 0103     1,149  
CVS    Retail 0104/105     22,185  
Vacant    Retail 0104B     911  
M T News Inc.    Retail 0106     808  
Mexicue 1440, LLC    Retail 0107     1,142  
Federal Express    Retail 0109     2,509  
Subway Real Estate Corp    Retail 0110     1,760  
Vacant    Retail 0111     780  
Vacant    BSMT     15,652  
Total         52,900  

 

 

 

 

Schedule D

 

Deemed Consent Notice Parties

 

abehler@paramount-group.com

gjohnson@‎paramount-group.com

thenry@willkie.com

 

 

 

 

Schedule E

 

Approved Servicers

 

Bank of America, N.A.

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage

C-III Asset Management

Midland Loan Services

Pacific Life Insurance Company

Principal Global Investors

Prudential Asset Resources

Situs

Strategic Asset Services LLC

TriMont Real Estate

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

 

 

   

Annex I

 

Mortgage Loan Agreement

 

[see attached]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION

 

DRAWN BY AND MAIL TO:

 

Kimberly Brown Blacklow, Esq.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

 

COLLATERAL IS OR INCLUDES FIXTURES

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

 

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

 

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES, Collateral Assignment of Property Agreements, S ECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING

 

This Amended, Restated and Consolidated Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Collateral Assignment of Property Agreements, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing (as amended from time to time, this “ Mortgage ”) is made, and is executed as of September 30, 2015, by ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its permitted successors and permitted assigns, “ Mortgagor ”), whose address for all purposes hereunder is 405 Park Avenue, 14 th Floor, New York, NY 10022, for the benefit of Strategic Asset Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, not individually but solely in its capacity as Agent for the Lender as set forth in the Loan Agreement (together with all its successors and assigns, the “ Mortgagee ”), whose address for all purposes hereunder 375 Park Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10152.

 

WHEREAS, Mortgagee is the owner and holder of the mortgage described in Schedule I annexed hereto and made a part hereof (the “ Existing Mortgage”) and of the note described therein and secured thereby (the “ Existing Note ”);

 

WHEREAS, the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Note is $221,199,538.81 of which $221,199,538.81 is secured by the Existing Mortgage and remains outstanding as of the date hereof;

 

WHEREAS, Mortgagor and Mortgagee have agreed to extend, modify and restate the Existing Note and the Existing Mortgage, including to increase the amount secured by this Mortgage to a maximum amount up to $285,000,000.00, of which up to $63,800,461.19 constitutes new indebtedness (the “ New Secured Indebtedness ”) that is evidenced by a gap note dated as of the date hereof (the “ Gap Note ”), and upon which applicable mortgage recording tax shall be paid;

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, Mortgagor and the Mortgagee have agreed to consolidate, amend and restate in their entirety the terms of the Existing Mortgage to conform to the terms hereof and to consolidate and coordinate the lien of the Existing Mortgage so that together they shall constitute in law but one mortgage and a single unified lien upon the property described therein and the Property described herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of said agreement and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other valuable consideration each to the other in hand paid, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree as follows:

 

NEW MORTGAGE; CONSOLIDATION

 

A. Consolidation . The lien of the Existing Mortgage, in the aggregate principal amount of $221,199,538.81 is hereby consolidated and coordinated with the New Secured Indebtedness also secured hereby in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $63,800,461.19, so that they shall hereafter constitute in law but one mortgage, a single lien upon the Property, and the amount secured thereby is up to $285,000,000.

 

B. Grant of Mortgage . To secure the full and timely payment of the Gap Note and the New Secured Indebtedness, Mortgagor HAS MORTGAGED, GIVEN, GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, WARRANTED, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED and CONVEYED and does hereby MORTGAGE, GIVE, GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, TRANSFER, WARRANT, PLEDGE, ASSIGN and CONVEY to the Mortgagee, its heirs, successors and permitted assigns, the Property, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all of the Property unto and to the use and benefit of the Mortgagee, its heirs, successors permitted and assigns, subject to the terms hereof, and Mortgagor agrees to WARRANT AND DEFEND the validity and priority of the lien of this Mortgage subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, against the claims of all Persons whomsoever.

 

Amended and Restated Mortgage . The terms of the Existing Mortgage and the new mortgage created under Paragraph B above are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as hereinafter set forth in this Mortgage :

 

ARTICLE 1

 

  DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1 Definitions . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Indebtedness ”: The sum of all principal, interest and other amounts due from Mortgagor under, or secured by, the Loan Documents.

 

Loan Agreement ”: The Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Mortgagee, as lender, and Mortgagor, as borrower, as the same may be replaced, amended, supplemented, extended or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Loan Documents ”: The (1) Loan Agreement, (2) the Notes, as defined in the Loan Agreement , (3) this Mortgage, (4) all other documents now or hereafter executed by Mortgagor or Guarantor to evidence or secure the payment of the Indebtedness, and (5) all modifications, restatements, extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing.

 

Obligations ”: All of the agreements, covenants, conditions, warranties, representations and other obligations (other than to repay the Indebtedness) made or undertaken by Mortgagor under the Loan Documents.

 

Property ”: All of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to each of the following (whether now owned or hereafter acquired):

 

(1)         the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, together with any greater estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor (the “ Land ”),

 

(2)         all buildings, structures and other improvements, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land (the “ Improvements ”),

 

(3)         all materials, machinery, supplies, equipment, fixtures (including “fixtures” as defined in the UCC), apparatus and other items of personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, including any and all partitions, dynamos, window screens and shades, drapes, rugs and other floor coverings, awnings, motors, engines, boilers, furnaces, pipes, plumbing, cleaning, call and sprinkler systems, fire extinguishing apparatus and equipment, water tanks, heating, ventilating, plumbing, lighting, communications and elevator fixtures, incinerating, air conditioning and air cooling equipment and systems, gas and electric machinery and equipment, disposals, dishwashers, furniture, refrigerators and ranges, security systems, artwork, recreational equipment and facilities of all kinds, water, gas, electrical, storm and sanitary sewer facilities of all kinds, and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements together with all accessions, replacements, betterments and substitutions for any of the foregoing (the “ Fixtures ”),

 

(4)         all goods, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, documents, books and records, accounts receivable, chattel paper, investment property, securities accounts and all other personal property of any kind or character, including such items of “personal property” as defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter affixed to, placed upon, used in connection with, arising from or otherwise related to the Land and/or the Improvements or that may be used in or relating to the planning, development, financing or operation of the Land and/or the Improvements, including furniture, furnishings, equipment, machinery, money, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, accounts, contract rights, causes of action, trademarks, goodwill, chattel paper, documents, trade names, licenses and/or franchise agreements, rights of Mortgagor under leases of Fixtures or other personal property or equipment, inventory, all refundable, returnable or reimbursable fees, deposits or other funds or evidences of credit or indebtedness deposited by or on behalf of Mortgagor with any governmental authorities, boards, corporations, providers of utility services, public or private, including specifically, but without limitation, all refundable, returnable or reimbursable tap fees, utility deposits, commitment fees and development costs and all refunds, rebates or credits in connection with a reduction in real estate taxes and assessments against the Land and/or Improvements as a result of tax certiorari or any applications or proceedings for reduction (the “ Personalty ”),

 

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(5)         all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Loan Agreement and all deposit accounts (including tenant’s security and cleaning deposits and deposits with respect to utility services) maintained by or on behalf of Mortgagor with respect to the Land and/or Improvements, all subject to the terms of the Loan Documents,

 

(6)         all plans, specifications, shop drawings and other technical descriptions prepared for construction, repair or alteration of the Improvements, and all amendments and modifications thereof (together with any and all modifications, renewals, extensions and substitutions of the foregoing, the “ Plans ”),

 

(7)         subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, all leasehold estates, leases, subleases, sub-subleases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect and every modification, amendment or other agreement relating thereto, including every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto) that grant a possessory interest in, or the right to use or occupy, all or any part of the Land and/or Improvements, together with all related security and other deposits (together with any and all modifications, renewals, extensions and substitutions of the foregoing, the “ Leases ”),

 

(8)         all of the rents, revenues, income, proceeds, issues, profits (including all oil or gas or other mineral royalties and bonuses), security and other types of deposits, and other benefits paid or payable and to become due or payable by parties to the Leases other than Mortgagor for using, leasing, licensing, possessing, occupying, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying any portion or portions of the Land and/or Improvements, all subject to the terms of the Loan Documents (the “ Rents ”),

 

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(9)         Subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, the Approved Management Agreement and to the extent assignable, all material contracts and agreements entered into by or on behalf of Mortgagor in any way relating to, executed in connection with, or used in, the development, construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment, management or ownership of the Land and/or Improvements (together with any and all modifications, renewals, extensions and substitutions of the foregoing, the “ Property Agreements ”), including all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in, to and under (a) all construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, letters of credit, escrow agreements, maintenance agreements, management, leasing and related agreements, parking agreements, equipment leases, service contracts, operating leases, catering and restaurant leases and agreements, agreements for the sale, lease or exchange of goods or other property, agreements for the performance of services, permits, variances, licenses, certificates and entitlements, (b) all material agreements and instruments under which Mortgagor or any of its affiliates or the seller of the Property have remaining rights or obligations in respect of Mortgagor’s acquisition of the Property or equity interests therein, (c) applicable business licenses, variances, entitlements, certificates, state health department licenses, liquor licenses, food service licenses, licenses to conduct business, certificates of need and all other permits, licenses and rights obtained from any Governmental Authority or private Person, (d) all rights of Mortgagor to receive monies due and to become due under or pursuant to the Property Agreements, (e) all claims of Mortgagor for damages arising out of or for breach of or default under the Property Agreements, (f) all rights of Mortgagor to terminate, amend, supplement, modify or waive performance under the Property Agreements, to compel performance and otherwise to exercise all remedies thereunder, and, with respect to Property Agreements that are letters of credit, to make any draws thereon, and (g) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all cash and non-cash proceeds, products, offspring, rents, revenues, issues, profits, royalties, income, benefits, additions, renewals, extensions, substitutions, replacements and accessions of and to any and all of the foregoing,

 

(10)        all rights, privileges, titles, interests, liberties, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, sewer rights, water, water courses, water rights and powers, air rights and development rights, licenses, permits and construction and equipment warranties, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing, and all right, title and interest, if any, of Mortgagor in and to any streets, ways, alleys, underground vaults, passages, strips or gores of land adjoining the Land or any part thereof,

 

(11)        all accessions, replacements, renewals, additions and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof,

 

(12)        subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies, including the right to receive and apply the proceeds of any insurance, judgments or settlements made in lieu thereof, covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor,

 

(13)        all minerals and mineral rights and, without limiting the foregoing, all oil, coal, gas and coalbed methane and all related rights, and all riparian, littoral and water rights, in each case now owned or hereafter acquired and relating to all or any part of the Land and/or Improvements,

 

(14)        subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, any awards, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any Governmental Authority pertaining to the Land, Improvements, Fixtures or Personalty,

 

(15)        all after acquired title to or remainder or reversion in any of the property (or any portion thereof) described herein, and

 

(16)        all of Mortgagor’s interest and rights, whether now or hereafter acquired and whether now or hereafter arising, wherever located, in, to and under any Interest Rate Cap Agreement, and all proceeds thereof.

 

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UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in the jurisdiction in which the Land is located.

 

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

HABENDUM

 

Section 2.1 Grant . To secure in part the full and timely payment of the Indebtedness and the full and timely performance of the Obligations, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Mortgagor HAS MORTGAGED, GIVEN, GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, WARRANTED, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED and CONVEYED, and does hereby MORTGAGE, GIVE, GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, TRANSFER, WARRANT, PLEDGE, ASSIGN and CONVEY to Mortgagee, its heirs, successors and assigns, the Property, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all of the Property unto and, for the use and benefit of Mortgagee, its heirs, successors and permitted assigns subject to the terms hereof in and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its heirs, successors and assigns to WARRANT AND DEFEND the validity and priority of the Liens of this Mortgage, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, against the claims of all Persons whomsoever.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE

 

Section 3.1 Remedies . If an Event of Default is continuing, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagee’s election, take such action permitted at law or in equity, without notice or demand (except as explicitly provided in the Loan Agreement), as it deems advisable to protect and enforce its rights against Mortgagor and to the Property, including but not limited to, any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses each of which may be pursued concurrently or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Mortgagee may determine, in its sole discretion, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of Mortgagee:

 

(a) Acceleration . Declare the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, without further notice, presentment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, demand or action of any nature whatsoever (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor (except as provided in the Loan Agreement)), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable.

 

(b) Entry on Property . Enter the Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Property after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor.

 

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(c) Operation of Property . Whether or not a receiver has been appointed pursuant to Section 3.1(e) hereof, hold, lease, develop, manage, operate, control and otherwise use the Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems reasonably necessary or desirable), exercise all rights and powers of Mortgagor with respect to the Property, whether in the name of Mortgagor or otherwise, including the right to make, cancel, enforce or modify leases, obtain and evict tenants, and demand, sue for, collect and receive all Rents, and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 hereof.

 

(d) Foreclosure and Sale . Institute proceedings for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Mortgage, either by judicial action or by exercise of the STATUTORY POWER OF SALE or otherwise, in which case the Property may be sold for cash or credit in accordance with applicable law governing foreclosures. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings or any other legal right, remedy or recourse including power of sale, the title to and right of possession of any such property so foreclosed upon and sold shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee may be a purchaser at such sale and if Mortgagee is the highest bidder, may credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to Mortgagee against the Indebtedness in lieu of paying cash. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable.

 

(e) Receiver . Prior to, concurrently with, or subsequent to the institution of foreclosure proceedings, make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or anyone claiming under Mortgagor or regard to the value of the Property or the solvency or insolvency of Mortgagor or the adequacy of any collateral for the repayment of the Indebtedness or the interest of Mortgagor therein, the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver or receivers shall have all powers and duties with respect to the Property pursuant to applicable law including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 hereof.

 

(f) Other . Exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the Loan Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity (including an action for specific performance of any covenant contained in the Loan Documents, or subject to Section 9.19 of the Loan Agreement, a judgment on the Note either before, during or after any proceeding to enforce this Mortgage).

 

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Section 3.2 Separate Sales . In connection with the exercise by Mortgagee of its rights and remedies hereunder, the Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its sole discretion, may elect, subject to applicable law.

 

Section 3.3 Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive . Mortgagee shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in the Loan Documents and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other remedy so provided or permitted, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor, or against the Property, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under the Loan Documents or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.

 

Section 3.4 Release of and Resort to Collateral . Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien on the Property, any part of the Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interests created in or evidenced by the Loan Documents or their stature as a first and prior lien and security interest in and to the Property. For payment of the Indebtedness during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee may resort to any other security provided for under the Loan Documents in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.

 

Section 3.5 Waiver of Redemption, Notice and Marshaling of Assets . To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or “moratorium law” or other law or judicial decision exempting the Property or any part thereof, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any appraisement, valuation, stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption reinstatement (to the extent permitted by law) or extension of time for payment, (b) any right to a marshaling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation, and (c) any and all rights it may have to require that the Property be sold as separate tracts or units in the event of foreclosure.

 

Section 3.6 Discontinuance of Proceedings . If Mortgagee shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under the Loan Documents and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default that may then exist or the right of Mortgagee thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Loan Documents for such Event of Default.

 

Section 3.7 Application of Proceeds . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents and unless otherwise required by applicable law, the proceeds of any sale of, and the Rents and other amounts generated by the holding, leasing, management, operation or other use of the Property, shall be applied by Mortgagee (or the receiver, if one is appointed) in the following order or in such other order as Mortgagee shall determine in its sole discretion:

 

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(a) to the payment of the reasonable costs and expenses of taking possession of the Property and of holding, using, leasing, repairing, improving and selling the same, including (1) receiver’s fees and expenses, (2) court costs, (3) reasonable attorneys’, accountants’, appraisers’, environmental consultants’, engineers’ and other experts’ fees and expenses, (4) costs of advertisement, (5) reasonable costs of procuring title searches, title policies and similar data and assurance with respect to title, (6) the payment of all applicable transfer taxes and mortgage recording taxes, and (7) the payment of ground rent (if any), real estate taxes and assessments;

 

(b) to the payment of all amounts, other than the unpaid principal balance of the Notes and accrued but unpaid interest, which may be due under the Loan Documents;

 

(c) to the payment of the Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations in such manner and order of preference as Mortgagee in its sole discretion may determine; and

 

(d) the balance, if any, to the payment of the Persons legally entitled thereto.

 

If Mortgagee shall be ordered, in connection with any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Mortgagor, to restore or repay to or for the account of Mortgagor or its creditors any amount theretofore received under this Section 3.7 , the amount of such restoration or repayment shall be deemed to be a part of the Indebtedness so as to place Mortgagee in the same position it would have been in had such amount never been received by Mortgagee.

 

Section 3.8 Occupancy After Foreclosure . The purchaser at any foreclosure sale pursuant to Section 3.1(d) shall become the legal owner of the Property. All occupants of the Property shall, at the option of such purchaser, become tenants of the purchaser at the foreclosure sale and shall deliver possession thereof immediately to the purchaser upon demand. It shall not be necessary for the purchaser at said sale to bring any action for possession of the Property other than the statutory action of forcible detainer in any court having jurisdiction over the Property.

 

Section 3.9 Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement . If any Event of Default is continuing, Mortgagee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. All out-of-pocket costs, advances and expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee in connection with curing such Event of Default shall bear interest from the date that such sum is advanced or expense incurred by Mortgagee, to and including the date of reimbursement, computed at the Default Rate, and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall constitute additions to the Indebtedness and shall be secured by this Mortgage and Mortgagor covenants and agrees to pay them to the order of Mortgagee promptly upon demand.

 

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Section 3.10 No Mortgagee in Possession . Prior to completion of foreclosure or sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure, n either the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Article 3 , the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Article 4 , the collateral assignment of the Property Agreements under Article 5 , the security interests under Article 6 , nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee under the Loan Documents, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Property, to obligate Mortgagee to lease the Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise. Mortgagor shall, and hereby agrees to indemnify Mortgagee for, and to hold Mortgagee harmless from and against, any and all claims, liability, expenses, losses or damages (other than special, punitive or consequential damages) that may or might be asserted against or incurred by Mortgagee, as the case may be, solely by reason of Mortgagee’s status as an assignee pursuant to the assignment of Rents and Leases contained herein that arises prior to completion of foreclosure or sale of deed in lieu thereof, but excluding any claim to the extent of Mortgagee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or any claim arising as a result of an act or omission of Mortgagee after the date on which Mortgagee has taken actual possession of the Property pursuant to an exercise of its rights and remedies hereunder. Should Mortgagee incur any such claim, liability, expense, loss or damage, the amount thereof, including all actual, out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable fees of attorneys, shall constitute Indebtedness secured hereby, and Mortgagor shall reimburse Mortgagee, as the case may be, therefor within 10 Business Days of demand.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES

 

Section 4.1 Assignment . Mortgagor does hereby presently, absolutely and unconditionally assign to Mortgagee, Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in all current and future Leases and the absolute, unconditional and continuing right to receive and collect all Rents, it being intended by Mortgagor that this assignment constitutes a present, outright, immediate, continuing and absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. Prior to completion of foreclosure or sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure, s uch assignment to Mortgagee shall not be construed to bind Mortgagee to the performance of any of the covenants, conditions or provisions contained in any such Lease or otherwise impose any obligation upon Mortgagee and Mortgagee shall have no responsibility on account of this assignment for the control, care, maintenance, management or repair of the Property, for any dangerous or defective condition of the Property, or for any negligence in the management, upkeep, repair or control of the Property.

 

Section 4.2 License . Notwithstanding that Mortgagor hereby presently grants to Mortgagee an outright, immediate, continuing and absolute assignment of the Rents and Leases and not merely the collateral assignment of, or the grant of a lien or security interest in, the Rents and Leases, Mortgagee hereby grants to Mortgagor and its successors and permitted assigns and not to any tenant or any other person, a revocable license to collect and receive the Rents and to retain, use and enjoy the same and otherwise exercise all rights as landlord under any Lease, in each case subject to the terms hereof and of the Loan Agreement. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, (i) the license granted herein to Mortgagor shall immediately and automatically cease and terminate and shall be void and of no further force or effect, (ii) Mortgagee shall immediately be entitled to possession of all Rents (whether or not Mortgagee enters upon or takes control of the Property) and (iii) at the request of Mortgagee, Mortgagor shall notify in writing all tenants and subtenants under any of the Leases that all Rent due thereunder should be paid to Mortgagee at its address set forth in the Loan Agreement, or at such other place as Mortgagee shall notify Mortgagor in writing; provided that, if such Event of Default ceases to exist, the license described in the foregoing clause (i) shall automatically be reinstated. Notwithstanding said license, Mortgagor agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee, and not Mortgagor, shall be deemed to be the creditor of each tenant or subtenant under any Lease in respect to assignments for the benefit of creditors and bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, dissolution or receivership proceedings affecting such tenant or subtenant (without obligation on the part of Mortgagee, however, to file or make timely filings of claims in such proceedings or otherwise to pursue creditors’ rights therein), with an option to apply in accordance with the Loan Documents any money received from such tenant or subtenant in reduction of any amounts due under the Loan Documents. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any portion of the Rents held by Mortgagor shall be held in trust for the benefit of Mortgagee for use in the payment of the Indebtedness.

 

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Section 4.3 Certain Rights of Mortgagee . Subject to the revocable license granted above in Section 4.2, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee shall have the immediate and continuing right, power and authority, either in person or by agent, without bringing any action or proceeding, or by a receiver appointed by a court, without the necessity of taking possession of the Property in its own name, and without the need for any other authorization or action by Mortgagor or Mortgagee, in addition to and without limiting any of Mortgagee’s rights and remedies hereunder, under the Loan Agreement and any other Loan Documents and as otherwise available at law or in equity, (a) to notify any tenant or other person that the Leases have been assigned to Mortgagee and that all Rents are to be paid directly to Mortgagee, whether or not Mortgagee has commenced or completed foreclosure or taken possession of the Property; (b) to settle, compromise, release, extend the time of payment of, and make allowances, adjustments and discounts of any Rents or other obligations in, to and under the Leases; (c) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and enforce payment of Rents, including those past-due and unpaid and other rights under the Leases, prosecute any action or proceeding, and defend against any claim with respect to the Rents and Leases; (d) to enter upon, take possession of and operate the Property whether or not foreclosure under this Mortgage has been instituted and without applying for a receiver; (e) to lease all or any part of the Property; and/or (f) to perform any and all obligations of Mortgagor under the Leases and exercise any and all rights of Mortgagor therein contained to the full extent of Mortgagor’s rights and obligations thereunder.

 

Section 4.4 Irrevocable Instructions to Tenants . At Mortgagee’s request, Mortgagor shall deliver a copy of this Mortgage to each tenant under a Lease and to each manager and managing agent or operator of the Property, and Mortgagee shall have the continuing right to do so. Mortgagor irrevocably directs any tenant, manager, managing agent, or operator of the Property, without any requirement for notice to or consent by Mortgagor, to comply with all demands of Mortgagee under this Article 4 and to turn over to Mortgagee on demand all Rents that it receives. Mortgagor hereby acknowledges and agrees that payment of any Rents by a person to Mortgagee as hereinabove provided shall constitute payment by such person, as fully and with the same effect as if such Rents had been paid to Mortgagor. Mortgagee is hereby granted and assigned by Mortgagor the right, at its option, upon revocation of the license granted herein, upon an Event of Default that is continuing, to enter upon the Property in person or by agent, without bringing any action or proceeding, or by court-appointed receiver to collect the Rents. Any Rents collected after the revocation of the license shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement. Prior to completion of foreclosure or sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure, neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Article 4 nor any other remedies or security interests afforded to Mortgagee under the Loan Documents, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Property, to obligate Mortgagee to lease the Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise. Mortgagor shall, and hereby agrees to indemnify Mortgagee for, and to hold Mortgagee harmless from and against, any and all claims, liability, expenses, losses or damages (other than special, punitive or consequential damages) that may or might be asserted against or incurred by Mortgagee solely by reason of Mortgagee’s status as an assignee pursuant to the assignment of Rents and Leases contained herein arising prior to completion of foreclosure or sale or deed in lieu thereof, but excluding any claim to the extent caused by Mortgagee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or any claim arising as a result of an act or omission of Mortgagee after the date on which Mortgagee has taken actual possession of the Property pursuant to an exercise of its rights and remedies hereunder. Should Mortgagee incur any such claim, liability, expense, loss or damage, the amount thereof, including all actual, out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable fees of attorneys, shall constitute Indebtedness secured hereby, and Mortgagor shall reimburse Mortgagee therefor within 10 Business Days after demand.

 

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Section 4.5 Unilateral Subordination . Mortgagee may, at any time and from time to time by specific written instrument intended for the purpose, unilaterally subordinate the lien of this Mortgage to any Lease, without joinder or consent of, or notice to, Mortgagor, any tenant or any other person, and notice is hereby given to each tenant under a Lease of such right to subordinate. No such subordination shall constitute a subordination to any lien or other encumbrance, whenever arising, or improve the right of any junior lienholder; and nothing herein shall be construed as subordinating this Mortgage to any Lease prior to execution by Mortgagee of any such instrument.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF PROPERTY AGREEMENTS

 

Section 5.1 Collateral Assignment . Mortgagor does hereby collaterally assign and pledge to Mortgagee, Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all current and future Property Agreements. Such collateral assignment to Mortgagee shall not be construed to bind Mortgagee to the performance of any of the covenants, conditions or provisions contained in any such Property Agreement or otherwise impose any obligation upon Mortgagee.

 

Section 5.2 Retained Rights of Mortgagor . Subject to the other provisions of this Article 5 and the provisions of the other Loan Documents, for so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Mortgagor may exercise all of its rights and privileges under the Property Agreements and shall have the exclusive right and authority to deal with, enjoy the benefit under, grant any consents and approvals under, and amend, modify or terminate, such Property Agreements, collect, receive and retain for its own benefit all monies due or to become due under such Property Agreements, sue and enforce all claims of Mortgagor for damages arising under such Property Agreements, and retain for its own benefit all items described in clause (d) of paragraph (9) of the definition of “Property” above, if and to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the rights of Mortgagor described in this Section at Mortgagee’s election shall cease and terminate and shall be void and of no further force or effect. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any amounts held by Mortgagor as a party to the Property Agreements shall be held in trust for the benefit of Mortgagee for use in the payment of the Indebtedness subject to the terms of such Property Agreements.

 

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Section 5.3 Exercise of Assigned Rights . Mortgagor hereby irrevocably directs the grantor or licensor of, or the contracting party to, any Property Agreement, upon demand from Mortgagee after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and subject to the terms of such Property Agreement, to recognize and accept Mortgagee as the party to such Property Agreement for any and all purposes as fully as it would recognize and accept Mortgagor and the performance of Mortgagor thereunder; provided, that Mortgagee hereby covenants to Mortgagor that it will not make such demand except upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, without further notice or demand and at Mortgagor’s sole cost and expense, Mortgagee shall be entitled to exercise all rights of Mortgagor arising under the Property Agreements. Mortgagor hereby acknowledges and agrees that payment of any amounts owing under any Property Agreement by a person to Mortgagee as hereinabove provided shall constitute payment by such person, as fully and with the same effect as if such amounts had been paid to Mortgagor. Any amounts collected after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement.

 

Section 5.4 Indemnity . Mortgagor shall, and hereby agrees to indemnify Mortgagee for, and to hold Mortgagee harmless from and against, any and all claims, liability, expenses, losses or damages (other than special, punitive or consequential damages) that may or might be asserted against or incurred by Mortgagee solely by reason of Mortgagee’s status as an assignee pursuant to the collateral assignment of Property Agreements contained herein (arising prior to completion of a foreclosure sale or a deed in lieu of foreclosure), but excluding any claim to the extent caused by Mortgagee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, or any claim arising as a result of an act or omission of Mortgagee after the date on which Mortgagee has taken actual possession of the Property pursuant to an exercise of its rights and remedies hereunder. Should Mortgagee incur any such claim, liability, expense, loss or damage, the amount thereof, including all actual out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable fees of attorneys, shall constitute Indebtedness secured hereby, and Mortgagor shall reimburse Mortgagee therefor within 10 Business Days after demand.

 

Section 5.5 Property Agreement Covenants . (a)          Mortgagor shall perform and observe, in a timely manner, all of the covenants, conditions, obligations and agreements of Mortgagor under the Property Agreements which if Mortgagor failed to perform the same would have a Material Adverse Effect and shall suffer or permit no delinquency on its part to exist thereunder if such action is prohibited by the Loan Agreement, or would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Mortgagor shall not (i) sell, assign, transfer, mortgage or pledge any Property Agreement or any such right or interest under any Property Agreement, or (ii) cancel, terminate, amend, supplement or modify any Property Agreement, in either case, if such action is prohibited by the Loan Agreement or would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)          Mortgagor shall exercise all reasonable efforts to enforce or secure the performance of each and every obligation, covenant, condition and agreement to be performed by the franchisor, manager, licensor, grantor or other contracting party under the Property Agreements, if the failure to take such action would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Section 6.1 Security Interest . This Mortgage constitutes both a real property mortgage and a “Security Agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Plans, Leases, Rents and Property Agreements (said portion of the Property subject to the UCC, the “ Collateral ”). The Property includes both real and personal property and all other rights and interests, whether tangible or intangible in nature, of Mortgagor in the Property as set forth in the definition of “Property.” Mortgagor, by executing and delivering this Mortgage, hereby grants to Mortgagee, a first and prior security interest in the Personalty, Fixtures, Plans, Leases, Rents and Property Agreements and all other Property that is personal property, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, to secure the payment of the Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right to during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, and to take such other measures as Mortgagee may deem necessary for the care, protection and preservation of the Collateral. During the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request or demand of Mortgagee, Mortgagor shall at its expense assemble the Collateral and make it available to Mortgagee at the Property. Mortgagor shall pay to Mortgagee on demand any and all expenses, including actual reasonable legal expenses and attorneys’ fees, incurred or paid by Mortgagee in protecting the interest in the Collateral and in enforcing the rights hereunder with respect to the Collateral following and during the continuance of an Event of Default. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Collateral sent to Mortgagor in accordance with the provisions hereof at least 10 Business Days prior to such action, shall constitute commercially reasonable notice to Mortgagor. The proceeds of any disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, shall, except as otherwise required by law, be applied by Mortgagee in accordance with Section 3.7 hereof.

 

Section 6.2 Further Assurances . Mortgagor shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee and/or file, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Mortgagee, such further financing statements and continuation statements and such further assurances and instruments, and do such further acts, as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary, desirable or proper to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder and Mortgagee may cause such instruments to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to create, perfect and preserve such security interest; provided that the foregoing do not increase the liability or obligations or decrease the rights or remedies of Mortgagor from those provided for in the Loan Documents. Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes Mortgagee to file UCC financing statements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Mortgagor in each jurisdiction that Mortgagee deems reasonably necessary or desirable in its sole discretion in order to perfect the security interests in all or any portion of the Collateral. Such financing statements may indicate or describe the Collateral in any manner Mortgagee chooses, including, without limitation, describing such collateral as “all assets of debtor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,” “all personal property of debtor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or using words of similar import. As of the date hereof, Mortgagor’s chief executive office and principal place of business is at the address set forth in the first paragraph of this Mortgage, and Mortgagor shall promptly notify Mortgagee of any change in such address.

 

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Section 6.3 Fixture Filing . This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” for the purposes of the UCC upon all of the Property that is or is to become “fixtures” (as that term is defined in the UCC), upon being filed for record in the real estate records of the city or county wherein such fixtures are located. Information concerning the security interest herein granted may be obtained at the addresses of Debtor (Mortgagor) and Secured Party (Mortgagee) as set forth in the first paragraph of this Mortgage.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1 Notices . Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Mortgage shall be given in the manner described in the Loan Agreement.

 

Section 7.2 Covenant Running with the Land . To the extent permitted by applicable law, all representations, warranties, covenants and Obligations contained in the Loan Agreement are incorporated herein by this reference and, to the extent relating to the Property, are intended by the parties to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the land. All persons or entities who may have or acquire an interest in the Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents; however, no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee.

 

Section 7.3 Intentionally Omitted .

 

Section 7.4 Successors and Assigns . This Mortgage shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and Mortgagor and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 7.5 No Waiver . Any failure by Mortgagee to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Loan Documents shall not be deemed to be a waiver of same, and Mortgagee shall have the right at any time to insist upon strict performance of all of such terms, provisions and conditions.

 

Section 7.6 Subrogation . To the extent proceeds of the Notes have been used to repay, extend or renew any indebtedness against the Property, then Mortgagee shall be subrogated to all of the rights, liens and interests existing against the Property and held by the holder of such indebtedness and shall have the benefit of the priority of all of the same, and such former rights, liens and interests, if any, are not waived, but are continued in full force and effect in favor of Mortgagee.

 

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Section 7.7 Loan Agreement . If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Mortgage and the Loan Agreement, the Loan Agreement shall govern.

 

Section 7.8 Release . Upon payment in full of the Indebtedness and performance in full of all the outstanding Obligations, the estate hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void and Mortgagee, at Mortgagor’s expense, shall release the liens and security interests created by this Mortgage or assign this Mortgage, in each case in accordance with the Loan Agreement.

 

Section 7.9 Waiver of Stay, Moratorium and Similar Rights. Mortgagor agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon or plead or in any way take advantage of, and hereby waives, any appraisement, valuation, stay, marshaling of assets, exemption, extension, redemption or moratorium law now or hereafter in force and effect so as to prevent or hinder the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage or the indebtedness secured hereby, or any agreement between Mortgagor and Mortgagee or any rights or remedies of Mortgagee.

 

Section 7.10 Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction . (a) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, MORTGAGOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, MORTGAGEE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS MORTGAGE, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY DEALINGS, CONDUCT, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS BY EITHER OF THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS MORTGAGE. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. MORTGAGOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, MORTGAGEE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO THIS MORTGAGE. MORTGAGOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, MORTGAGEE FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS MORTGAGE, OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS MORTGAGE. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS MORTGAGE MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 

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(b) MORTGAGOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, MORTGAGEE HEREBY CONSENT FOR THEMSELVES, GENERALLY, UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY MATTER, CLAIM OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. MORTGAGOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, MORTGAGEE FURTHER CONSENT, GENERALLY, UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF THE STATE IN WHICH ANY OF THE COLLATERAL IS LOCATED IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY MATTER, CLAIM OR DISPUTE ARISING WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COLLATERAL. MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GENERALLY, UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY, AT THE ADDRESSES SET FORTH IN SECTION 9.4 OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE AFORESAID PROCEEDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES APPLICABLE TO SUCH PROCEEDINGS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MORTGAGOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, MORTGAGEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW HAVE OR HAVE IN THE FUTURE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN RESPECT OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO ABOVE AND AGREE 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 MORTGAGEE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST MORTGAGOR IN ANY JURISDICTION.

 

Section 7.11 Headings . The Article, Section and Subsection titles hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no way alter, modify, limit or define, or be used in construing, the scope, intent or text of such Articles, Sections or Subsections.

 

Section 7.12 Governing Law . THIS MORTGAGE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE LAND IS LOCATED. WITH RESPECT TO ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE “PROPERTY”, THE CREATION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST THEREIN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE UCC, AND THE PERFECTION, THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF SUCH SECURITY INTEREST SHALL BE GOVERNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATORY CHOICE OF LAW RULES SET FORTH IN THE UCC.

 

Section 7.13 Intentionally Omitted .

 

Section 7.14 Entire Agreement . This Mortgage and the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Mortgagee and Mortgagor pertaining to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations or other arrangements, whether express or implied, written or oral, between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Mortgage and the other Loan Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

 

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Section 7.15 Severability . If any provision of this Mortgage is invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent, and all of the remaining provisions of this Mortgage shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding on the parties hereto.

 

Section 7.16 Variable Rate of Interest . This Mortgage secures, inter alia , obligations that provide for a variable rate of interest (as described in the Loan Agreement).

 

Section 7.17 Intentionally Omitted .

 

Section 7.18 Real Estate Taxes . Mortgagor shall not be entitled to any credit upon the Indebtedness or deduction from the assessed value of the Property by virtue of payment of real estate taxes on the Property. If any law or regulation applicable to Mortgagee, any Note, any of the Property or this Mortgage is enacted that deducts from the value of property for the purpose of taxation any Lien thereon, or imposes upon Mortgagee the payment of the whole or any portion of the taxes or assessments or charges or Liens required by any of the Loan Documents to be paid by Mortgagor, or changes in any way the laws or regulations relating to the taxation of mortgages or security agreements or debts secured by mortgages or security agreements or the interest of the mortgagee or secured party in the property covered thereby, or the manner of collection of such taxes, so as to materially affect the Mortgage, the Indebtedness or Mortgagee, then Mortgagor, upon 10 Business Days’ demand by Mortgagee, shall pay such taxes, assessments, charges or Liens, or reimburse Mortgagee for any amounts paid by Mortgagee. If in the reasonable opinion of Mortgagor’s counsel it would be unlawful to require Mortgagor to make such payment or the making of such payment might result in the imposition of interest beyond the Maximum Rate, Mortgagee may elect to declare all of the Indebtedness to be due and payable 120 days from the giving of written notice by Mortgagee to Mortgagor without the payment of any Spread Maintenance Fee or any other prepayment fee or premium.

 

Section 7.19 Incorporation by Reference .

 

(a)          All obligations of Mortgagor under this Mortgage shall be limited by the provisions of Section 9.19 of the Loan Agreement, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by this reference.

 

(b)          The parties hereby acknowledge that the Loan Agreement, among other things, contains certain restrictions on the prepayment of the Indebtedness, as well as certain restrictions on the sale, transfer and encumbrance of the Property and the ownership interests of Mortgagor.

 

Section 7.20 State Specific Provisions . The provisions of Exhibit B attached hereto are hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth in full herein.

 

Section 7.21 Last Dollars Secured . The parties agree that any payments or repayments of the Indebtedness shall be and be deemed to be applied first to the portion of the Indebtedness that is not secured hereby, if any, it being the parties’ intent that the portion of the Indebtedness last remaining unpaid shall be secured hereby.

 

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Section 7.22 Mortgage Recording Taxes . Mortgagor hereby covenants to pay any and all mortgage recording, intangibles or other similar taxes or fees due in connection with this Mortgage.

 

Section 7.23 Multiple Exercise of Remedies . To the extent permitted by law, Mortgagor specifically consents and agrees that Mortgagee may exercise rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents separately or concurrently and in any order that Mortgagee may deem appropriate.

 

Section 7.24 Rules of Construction . All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require. All references to sections, schedules and exhibits are to sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this Mortgage unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Mortgage shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Mortgage shall refer to this Mortgage as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Mortgage.

 

Section 7.25 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Mortgage may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Mortgage.

 

Mortgagor hereby acknowledges receipt of a true copy of the within Mortgage.

 

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EXECUTED as of the date first above written.

 

  MORTGAGEE :
   
  STRATEGIC ASSET SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent

 

  By: /s/ Ashwin B. Rao
    Name Ashwin B. Rao:
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  MORTGAGOR :
   
  ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, its sole member
   
  By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
   
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner

 

  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

STATE OF   )
    ) SS.
COUNTY OF   )

 

On the ___ day of _______________ in the year 2015, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared ______________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies) and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the person(s), or the entity, in its capacity(ies) above noted, upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

  Signature:  
    Name:
    Official Seal

 

Mortgage (1440 Broadway)

[NEWYORK 3100946_7]

 

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

STATE OF   )
    ) SS.
COUNTY OF   )

 

On the ___ day of _______________ in the year 2015, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared ______________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies) and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the person(s), or the entity, in its capacity(ies) above noted, upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

  Signature:  
    Name:
    Official Seal

 

Mortgage (1440 Broadway)

[NEWYORK 3100946_7]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Legal Description

 

 

 

  

EXHIBIT B

 

Special Provisions for the State of New York

 

The following provisions are incorporated by reference into Section 7.20 of the attached Mortgage. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Exhibit B and the remainder of the attached Mortgage, this Exhibit B shall govern.

 

(a)       Lien Law Trust Fund . This Mortgage is made subject to the trust fund provisions of Section 13 of the New York Lien Law. Mortgagor covenants that it shall receive all monies and advances secured hereby and shall hold the right to receive such advances as a trust fund to be applied first for the purpose of paying the cost of improvements before using any part of the total of the same for any other purpose.

 

(b)       Leases . This Mortgage is intended to be, and shall operate as, the agreement described in Real Property Law Section 291-f and shall be entitled to the benefits afforded by that statute. Mortgagor shall, upon written request of Mortgagee, in each case pursuant to documents reasonably satisfactory to Mortgagee and Mortgagor (1) deliver the written notices described in Real Property Law Section 291-f to such Tenants as Mortgagee shall require (consistent with Real Property Law Section 291-f) and (2) direct each Tenant that if Mortgagee instructs such Tenant to do so during the existence of an Event of Default or as otherwise provided by the Loan Agreement, then such Tenant shall pay its Rents to Mortgagee or as Mortgagee shall direct. During the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagor also authorizes Mortgagee to send any such notices and direction at any time without further joinder or confirmation from Mortgagee.

 

(c)       Mortgage Tax Statement . Mortgagor represents that this Mortgage does not encumber real property principally improved or to be improved by one or more structures containing in the aggregate not more than six residential dwelling units, each having their own separate cooking facilities.

 

(d)      Application of Real Property Law Sections . The covenants and conditions in this Mortgage shall be construed as affording to Mortgagee rights additional to, and not exclusive of, the rights conferred under the provisions of Real Property Law Sections 254, 271, and 272. The following provisions of Real Property Law Section 254 shall, however, not apply to this Mortgage and the rights and obligations of the parties to this Mortgage: (1) subsection 4, covering the use and application of casualty or flood insurance proceeds; and (2) the portion of subsection 4-a that begins with the words “however” and continues to the end of the paragraph. Any inconsistency between this Mortgage and Real Property Law Section 254, 271, or 272 shall be resolved in favor of this Mortgage.

 

(e)       Exercise of Remedies . Mortgagor specifically consents and agrees that the Mortgagee may exercise rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents separately or concurrently and in any order that the Mortgagee may deem appropriate.

 

 

 

 

(f)       Power of Sale . To the extent permitted by applicable law, if an Event of Default exists and is continuing, the Mortgagee may, at the Mortgagee’s election, either with or without entry or taking possession of the Property as provided herein or otherwise, personally or by its agents or attorneys, and without prejudice to the right to bring an action for foreclosure of this Mortgage, sell the Property or any part thereof pursuant to any procedures provided by applicable law, including any procedures and applicable law that may, after the date hereof, replace the procedures set forth in Article 14 of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (and any amendments or substitute statutes in regard thereto), and all estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand therein, and right of redemption thereof, at one or more sales as an entirety or in parcels, and at such time and place upon such terms and after such notice thereof as may be required or permitted by applicable law.

 

(g)       Future Advances . Pursuant to Section 281 of the Real Property Law of the State of New York, this Mortgage shall secure the indebtedness created by future advances under the Note made within twenty years of the date of recording hereof up to the aggregate amount at any time outstanding up to the maximum principal amount of $285,000,000.00, whether such advances are obligatory or are to be made at the option of the Mortgagee or otherwise, to the same extent and with the same priority of lien as if such future advances had been made at the time this Mortgage was recorded pursuant to Section 291 of the Real Property Law of the State of New York, although there may have been no advances made at the time of the execution and acknowledgment hereof, and although there may be no indebtedness outstanding at the time any advance is made.

 

(h)       Principal Sum Secured . The maximum principal indebtedness secured by this Mortgage at execution or which may be secured hereby at any time hereafter is $285,000,000, plus all accrued interest thereon, all protective advances made by Mortgagee or its designee following the occurrence of an Event of Default and all costs, expenses and additional amounts expended by Mortgagee or its designee and payable by Borrower under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents following an Event of Default thereunder to enforce, defend and/or maintain the lien of this Mortgage.

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

MORTGAGE SCHEDULE

 

MORTGAGE 'A'

 

SEVERED MORTGAGE B made by NEW 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP,

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-TFL1 in the amount of $164,793,000.00 dated as of 2/7/2005, recorded 2/18/2005 in (as) CRFN 2005000103719. (Mortgage Tax Paid: None)

 

PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGE (SEVERED MORTGAGE B) made by and between WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-TFL1 to NEW 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC dated as of 2/7/2005, recorded 2/18/2005, in (as) CRFN 2005000103721. Releases other premises from the lien of Mortgage(s) 'A'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE (SEVERED MORTGAGE B) made by WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-TFL1 to GREENWICH CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC. dated as of 2/7/2005, recorded 2/18/2005 in (as) CRFN 2005000103724. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A’.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'B'

 

MORTGAGE 'B'

 

MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (GAP MORTGAGE) made by 1440 PARTNERS, LLC to GREENWICH CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC. in the amount of $75,207,000.00 dated as of 2/7/2005, recorded 2/18/2005 in (as) CRFN 2005000103738. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $2,068,192.50)

 

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by and between 1440 PARTNERS, LLC and GREENWICH CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC. dated as of 2/7/2005, recorded 2/18/2005, in (as) CRFN 2005000103739. Consolidates Mortgage(s) 'A' and 'B' to form a single lien in the sum of $240,000,000.00 and amends and restates terms thereof.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by GREENWICH CAPITAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC. to LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GREENWICH CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FUNDING CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-GG3, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-GG3 dated as of 1/24/2006, recorded 3/15/2006 in (as) CRFN 2006000147836. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' and 'B' as consolidated.

 

LOAN ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT made by and between 1440 PARTNERS, LLC, ("PRIOR OWNER"), ANTHONY E. WESTREICH ("GUARANTOR") and 1440 BROADWAY OWNER, LLC, ("BORROWER") and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL

 

ASSOCIATION, IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GREENWICH CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FUNDING CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-GG3, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-GG3, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NOTE A HOLDER AND THE NOTE B HOLDER dated as of 8/8/2007, recorded 8/31/2007, in (as) CRFN 2007000451542. 1440

 

Broadway Owners, LLC, assumes and agrees to comply with all covenants and obligations of Mortgage(s) 'A' and 'B' as consolidated and lender consents to the purchase of the property by 1440 Broadway Owner, LLC among other things.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GREENWICH CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FUNDING CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-GG3, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-GG3 to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT dated 12/23/2013, recorded 12/31/2013 in (as) CRFN 2013000532402. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' and 'B', as consolidated.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT to STRATEGIC ASSET SERVICES LLC, not individually, but solely in its capacity as Agent for the Lender as set forth in the Loan Agreement dated 09/30/2015 and being duly recorded in the Office of the New York City Register immediately prior hereto.

 

 

 

 

Schedule I- 1

 

Historical Mortgage Schedule

 

THE FOLLOWING EXPLAINS THE DERIVATION OF THE MORTGAGE SET FORTH AS MORTGAGE A IN SCHEDULE I HEREIN AND IS SET FORTH HEREIN FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

 

MORTGAGE 'A'

 

MORTGAGE made by EDWARD H. VAN INGEN & MARY L. VAN INGEN, HIS WIFE to THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK in the amount of $100,000.00 dated 07/06/1920, recorded 07/08/1920 in (as) Liber 3134 Mp 453. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $500.00)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK to METROPOLITAN

 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY dated 07/22/1924, recorded 07/23/1924 in (as) Liber 3486 Mp 194. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'C'

 

MORTGAGE 'B'

 

MORTGAGE made by BROADWAY-40TH STREET CORPORATION to MCLANE VAN INGEN AND PHILIP VAN INGEN AS SURVIVING EXECUTORS OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EDWARD HOOK VAN INGEN, DECEASED in the amount of $1,000,000.00 dated 05/01/1923, recorded 05/02/1923 in (as) Liber 3354 Mp 140. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $5,000.00)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by MCLANE VAN INGEN AND PHILIP VAN INGEN AS SURVIVING EXECUTORS OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EDWARD HOOK VAN INGEN, DECEASED to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY dated 07/15/1924, recorded 07/23/1924 in (as) Liber 3487 Mp 95. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'B'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'C'

 

MORTGAGE 'C'

 

MORTGAGE AND CONSOLIDATION made by BROADWAY-40TH ST. CORPORATION to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY in the amount of $3,600,000.00 dated 07/22/1924 recorded 07/22/1924 in (as) Liber 3467 Mp 470. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $18,000.00). Mortgage 'C' by its terms is consolidated with Mortgage(s) 'A' and 'B' to form a single lien in the amount of $4,000,000.00.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'D'

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE 'D'

 

MORTGAGE AND CONSOLIDATION made by BROADWAY-40TH ST. CORPORATION to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY in the amount of $500,000.00 dated 07/02/1926 recorded 07/02/1926 in (as) Liber 3703 Mp 20. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $2,500.00). Mortgage 'D' by its terms is consolidated with Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'C' to form a single lien in the amount of $4,500,000.00.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'E'

 

MORTGAGE 'E'

 

MORTGAGE made by BROADWAY 40TH ST. CORPORATION to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY in the amount of $350,000.00 dated 08/31/1928, recorded 09/01/1928 in (as) Liber 3917 Mp 330. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $1,750.00)

 

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT made by and between BROADWAY-40TH ST. CORPORATION and METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY dated 08/31/1928, recorded 09/01/1928 in (as) Liber 3917 Mp 334. Consolidates Mortgages 'A' to 'E' to form a single lien in the amount of $4,500,000.00.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'F'

 

MORTGAGE 'F'

 

MORTGAGE made by BROADWAY-40TH ST. CORPORATION to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY in the amount of $1,875,000.00 dated 07/25/1947, recorded 07/28/1947 in (as) Liber 4927 Mp 277. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $9,375.00)

 

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT made by and between BROADWAY-40TH ST. CORPORATION and METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY dated 07/25/1947, recorded 07/28/1947 in (as) Liber 4927 Mp 283. Consolidates Mortgages 'A' to 'F' to form a single lien in the amount of $4,500,000.00.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY to THE BOWERY SAVING BANK dated 09/23/1963, recorded 09/30/1963 in (as) Liber 6213 Mp 40. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' through 'F' as consolidated.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'G'

 

MORTGAGE 'G'

 

MORTGAGE made by PAULA INSEL to THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK in the amount of $498,000.00 dated 09/27/1963, recorded 09/30/1963 in (as) Liber 6213 Mp 45. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $2,490.00)

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT made by and between PAULA INSEL and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 09/27/1963, recorded 11/22/1963 in (as) Liber 6229 Mp 330. Consolidates Mortgages 'A' to 'G' to form a single lien in the amount of $3,000,000.00.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'J'

 

MORTGAGE 'H'

 

MORTGAGE made by MORRIS FURMAN, IRVING D. KARPAS, JERRY S. HANDLER, AND IRVING T. WOLFSON to JEROME HERBERT, GRACE H. HERBERT, ARTHUR HERSKOVITS, AND FLORENCE H. FEINBERG in the amount of $3,600,000.00 dated 08/31/1955, recorded 09/01/1965 in (as) Liber 5565 Mp 639. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $18,000.00)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by JEROME HERBERT, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF GRACE H. HERBERT to JEROME HERBERT (HALF OF 38/231 INTEREST) AND AS TRUSTEE OF ROWLEE H. LOWENSTEIN - ¼ BEING 9.55775 INTEREST AND AS TRUSTEE FOR WALTER H. HERBERT - ¼ BEING 9.55775 INTEREST dated 05/31/1962, recorded 11/22/1963 in (as) Liber 6229 Mp 324. Assigns the interest of Grace H. Herbert in Mortgage(s) 'H'.

 

Whereas Grace H. Herbert, late of Broward Co. Florida was the owner of 38/231 interest in Mortgage 'H'. Grace H. Herbert died February 10, 1959 and Jerome Herbert was appointed Executor of the Estate by Order of County Judge in and for Broward Co. Florida. The unpaid principal balance of that part of the Mortgage owned by Grace H. Herbert at her death was $1,163,398.70. Pursuant to “Order of Distribution” dated May 1962 by the County Judge in and for Broward Co. Florida in Probate No. 13143, Jerome Herbert, as Executor of Estate of Grace H. Herbert, deceased, assigned all right and interest to:

 

1. Jerome Herbert, as Trustee for Rollee H. Lowenstein - ¼ of above described interest of Grace H. Herbert being 9.55775 interest in the entire Note and Second Mortgage amounting to present unpaid principal balance of $290,849.67.

 

2. Jerome Herbert as Trustee for Walter H. Herbert - ¼ of above described interest of Grace H. Herbert, being 9.55775 interest in the entire Note and Second Mortgage amounting to present unpaid principal balance of $290,849.67.

 

MODIFICATION AGREEMENT made by and between JEROME HERBERT, INDIVIDUALLY, 45.0215%; JEROME HERBERT, AS TRUSTEE OF A TRUST UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE H. HERBERT, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ROLLEE H. LOWENSTEIN, 9.55775%; JEROME HERBERT, AS TRUSTEE OF A TRUST UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE H. HERBERT, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF WALTER H. HERBERT, 9.55775%; ARTHUR HERSKOVITS, 18.413% AND FLORENCE H. FEINBERG, 17.45%; and KARPNEW REALTY CORP., SHARSCOTT REALTY CORP., ERVMAN REALTY CORP., AND 1440 ASSOCIATES, INC. dated 09/02/1963, recorded 09/30/1963, in (as) Liber 6213 Mp 52. Modifies terms of Mortgage(s) 'H'.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by JEROME HERBERT AND JEROME HERBERT, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE H. HERBERT, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ROLLEE H. LOWENSTEIN, AND JEROME HERBERT, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE H. HERBERT, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF WALTER H. HERBERT, ARTHUR HERSKOVITS AND FLORENCE H. FEINBERG to THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 09/30/1964, recorded 09/28/1964 in (as) Liber 6318 Mp 486. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'H'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'I'

 

MORTGAGE 'I'

 

MORTGAGE made by PAULA INSEL to THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK in the amount of $3,499,960.64 dated 09/25/1964, recorded 09/28/1964 in (as) Liber 6318 Mp 482. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $17,500.00)

 

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT made by and between PAULA INSEL and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 09/25/1964, recorded 09/28/1964 in (as) Liber 6324 Mp 221. Consolidates Mortgages 'H' and 'I' to form a single lien in the amount of $9,000,000.00.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'J'

 

MORTGAGE 'J'

 

MORTGAGE made by INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK in the amount of $5,024,272.08 dated 12/04/1972, recorded 12/06/1972 in (as) Reel 260 Page 1801. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $62,803.75)

 

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT made by and between INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 12/04/1972, recorded 12/06/1972 in (as) Reel 260 Page 1813. Consolidates Mortgages 'A' to 'J' to form a single lien in the amount of $12,500,000.00.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'K'

 

MORTGAGE 'K'

 

MORTGAGE made by INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK in the amount of $1,548,760.42 dated 05/15/1979, recorded 05/23/1979 in (as) Reel 482 Page 176. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $23,235.00)

 

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT made by and between INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 05/15/1979, recorded 05/23/1979 in (as) Reel 482 Page 191. Consolidates Mortgages 'A' to 'K' to form a single lien in the amount of $12,750,000.00.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK dated 05/19/1989, recorded 05/24/1989 in (as) Reel 1580 Page 344. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'K' as consolidated.

 

MODIFICATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK N.A. and INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES dated as of 05/19/1989, recorded 06/01/1989, in (as) Reel 1583 Page 2157. Modifies terms of Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'K' as consolidated.

 

MODIFICATION AGREEMENT made by and between INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) dated 12/22/1992, recorded 02/23/1993, in (as) Reel 1948 Page 1804. Modifies terms of Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'K' as consolidated.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK [SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CHASE MANHATTAN BANK N.A. A/K/A THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)] to MORGAN GUARANTY AND TRUST COMPANY dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1425. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'K', as consolidated.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'P'

 

MORTGAGE 'L'

 

MORTGAGE made by INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK in the amount of $1,800,000.00 dated as of 04/01/1991, recorded 04/10/1991 in (as) Reel 1774 Page 1274. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $49,500.00)

 

MODIFICATION AGREEMENT made by and between INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) dated 12/22/1992, recorded 02/23/1993, in (as) Reel 1948 Page 1795.

 

Modifies terms of Mortgage(s) 'L'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. A/K/A THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1435. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'L'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'P'

 

MORTGAGE 'M'

 

MORTGAGE made by INVESTMENT PROPERTY ASSOCIATES to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK in the amount of $2,262,000.00 dated 01/12/1994, recorded 02/01/1994 in (as) Reel 2053 Page 2407. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $62,205.00)

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, [SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CHASE MANHATTAN BANK N.A. A/K/A THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)] to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1450. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'M'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'P'

 

MORTGAGE 'N'

 

MORTGAGE made by INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE AND R.R. MANCHESTER AS INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE COLLECTIVELY CALLED THE TRUSTEE in the amount of $82,000,000.00 dated 12/04/1969, recorded 12/08/1969 in (as) Reel 158 Page 1388. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $133,359.00)

 

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, R.R. MANCHESTER AS TRUSTEE and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 11/20/1972, recorded 12/06/1972, in (as) Reel 260 Page 1832. Subordinates Mortgage 'P' to Mortgages 'A' to 'K' as consolidated.

 

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, R.R. MANCHESTER and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 02/01/1979, recorded 05/23/1979, in (as) Reel 482 Page 182. Subordinates Mortgage 'P' to Mortgages 'A' to 'K' as consolidated.

 

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, R.R. MANCHESTER and THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK dated 02/01/1979, recorded 05/23/1979, in (as) Reel 482 Page 187. Subordinates Mortgage 'P' to Mortgages 'A' to 'K' as consolidated.

 

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO AND R.D. MANELLA, TRUSTEES dated as of 05/19/1989, recorded 05/24/1989, in (as) Reel 1580 Page 348. Subordinates Mortgage 'P' to Mortgages 'A' to 'K' as consolidated, assigned and modified.

 

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO AND R.D. MANELLA dated 04/01/1991, recorded 04/10/1991, in (as) Reel 1774 Page 1305. Subordinates Mortgage 'P' to Mortgages 'A' to 'K' as consolidated, assigned and modified and Mortgage 'L'.

 

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT made by and between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO AND R.D. MANELLA dated 01/12/1994, recorded 03/04/1994, in (as) Reel 2064 Page 2402. Subordinates Mortgage 'P' to Mortgages 'A' to 'K' as consolidated, assigned and modified, Mortgage 'L' as modified and Mortgage 'M'.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO AND R.D. MANELLA (AS SUCCESSOR TO R.R. MANCHESTER) to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) dated 12/01/1994, recorded 01/06/1995 in (as) Reel 2170 Page 2444. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'N'.

 

RESTATED DEMAND MORTGAGE made by INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK N.A. dated 12/01/1994, recorded 01/06/1995 in (as) Reel 2170 Page 2453. Restates Mortgage(s) 'N' originally in the amount of $82,000,000.00 now due and owing $10,750,000.00 to cover other premises known as 259-261 Fifth Avenue, Block 858, Lot 78 and 243-249 Fifth Avenue, Block 857, Lot 76 and subject premises, 1440 Broadway, Block 993, Lot 11.

 

RESTATED MORTGAGE AND SPREADER AGREEMENT made by and between INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. dated 01/03/1995, recorded 04/28/1995, in (as) Reel 2203 Page 449. Spreads and Restates Mortgage(s) 'N' as previously restated by Reel 2170 Page 2453 and spreads the same to cover other premises known as 259-261 Fifth Avenue, Block 858, Lot 78 and 243-249 Fifth Avenue, Block 857, Lot 76 and subject premises, 1440 Broadway, Block 993, Lot 11.

 

PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGE made by and between THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK [SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. A/K/A THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)] dated 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000, in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1386. Releases other premises known as 259-261 Fifth Avenue, Block 858, Lot 78 and 243-249 Fifth Avenue, Block 857, Lot 76 from the lien of Mortgage 'N'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK [SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. A/K/A THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)] to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1442. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'N'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'P'

 

MORTGAGE 'O' (ORIGINALLY RECORDED AGAINST OTHER PREMISES, BLOCK 1277, LOT 72; BLOCK 1279, LOT 1 AND BLOCK 1279, LOT 69 AND SUBSEQUENTLY SPREAD TO COVER THE SUBJECT PREMISES, BLOCK 993, LOT 11)

 

SEVERED MORTGAGE made by 509 OWNERS, LLC, 535 OWNERS, LLC AND 545 OWNERS, LLC to SALOMON BROTHERS REALTY CORP. in the amount of $31,300,000.00 dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1162. (Mortgage Tax Paid: None)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by SALOMON BROTHERS REALTY CORP. to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated as of 02/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1178. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'O'.

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE SPREADER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT made by and between MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK and 509 OWNERS LLC, 535 OWNERS LLC, 545 OWNERS LLC AND 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000, in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1190. Spreads Mortgage(s) 'O' to cover the subject premises and 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC assumes the obligations set forth under said Mortgage.

 

PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGE made by and between MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK and 509 OWNERS LLC, 535 OWNERS LLC AND 545 OWNERS LLC dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000, in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1207. Releases other premises, Block 1277, Lot 72; Block 1279, Lot 1 and Block 1279, Lot 69, from the lien of Mortgage 'O'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'P'

 

MORTGAGE 'P'

 

GAP MORTGAGE made by 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK in the amount of $48,886,282.03 dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1218. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $1,344,373.25)

 

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by and between 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000, in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1227. Amends Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'P' and consolidates the same to form single lien in the amount of $97,533,770.00.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGES made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY

 

TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 4/9/2002, recorded 10/17/2002 in (as) Reel 3637 Page 824. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'P' as consolidated.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 to CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. dated 12/30/2002, recorded 2/27/2003 in (as) CRFN 200300029499. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'P' as consolidated.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'W'

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE 'Q'

 

BUILDING LOAN MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC to MORGAN

 

GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK in the amount of $26,966,230.00 dated as of 12/15/1999,

 

recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1278. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $741,570.50)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF BUILDING LOAN MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

 

SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,

 

N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES

 

CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 4/9/2002,

 

recorded 12/16/2002 in (as) Reel 3686 Page 1805. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'Q'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED

 

HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH

 

CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 to CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. dated 12/30/2002, recorded 2/27/2003 in

 

(as) CRFN 2003000029500. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'Q'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'W'

 

MORTGAGE 'R'

 

PROJECT LOAN MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS, LLC to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK in the amount of $5,500,000.00 dated as of 12/15/1999, recorded 02/01/2000 in (as) Reel 3041 Page 1324. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $151,250.00)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF PROJECT LOAN MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 4/9/2002, recorded 8/22/2002 in (as) Reel 3950 Page 1950. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'R'.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 to CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. dated 12/30/2002, recorded 2/27/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000029501. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'R'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'W'

 

MORTGAGE 'S' (MORTGAGES 'S' TO 'V' AS CONSOLIDATED ORIGINALLY ENCUMBERED OTHER PREMISES, 350-352 MADISON AVENUE, BLOCK 1279, LOT 57 AND 10-12 EAST 45 TH STREET, BLOCK 1279, LOT 63. LATER SPREAD TO COVER SUBJECT PREMISES, 1440 BROADWAY, BLOCK 993, LOT 11)

 

MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING made by 350 MADISON, LLC to CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC in the amount of $62,000,000.00 dated 11/19/1998, recorded 7/20/1999 in (as) Reel 2916 Page 682. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $1,705,000.00)

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING made by and between 350 MADISON, LLC and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC dated 11/12/1999, recorded 11/18/1999, in (as) Reel 2994 Page 1378. Amends terms of Mortgage(s) 'S'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated 4/21/2000, recorded 5/12/2000 in (as) Reel 3100 Page 1327. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'S'.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND FIXTURE FILINGS made by and between 350 MADISON, LLC and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated as of 4/21/2000, recorded 5/12/2000, in (as) Reel 3100 Page 1346. Amends and restates terms of Mortgage(s) 'S'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 4/12/2002, recorded 5/6/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000118164. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'S'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 to COLUMN FINANCIAL INC. dated 12/7/2002, recorded 1/15/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000002000. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'S'.

 

 

 

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'V'

 

MORTGAGE 'T'

 

BUILDING MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS made by 350 MADISON, LLC to CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC in the amount of $25,000,000.00 dated 11/12/1999, recorded 11/18/1999 in (as) Reel 2994 Page 1328. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $687,500.00)

 

ASSIGNMENT OF BUILDING LOAN MORTGAGE made by CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated 4/21/2000, recorded 5/12/2000 in (as) Reel 3100 Page 1336. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'T'.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BUILDING LOAN MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS made by and between 350 MADISON, LLC and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK dated as of 4/21/2000, recorded 5/12/2000, in (as) Reel 3100 Page 1482. Amends and restates terms of Mortgage(s) 'T'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated as of 12/5/2002, recorded 1/15/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000002003. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'T'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED BUILDING LOAN MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 4/12/2002, recorded 6/26/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000193891. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'T'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 to COLUMN FINANCIAL INC. dated 12/7/2002, recorded 1/15/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000002004. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'T'. FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'V'

 

MORTGAGE 'U'

 

MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING made by 350 MADISON, LLC to MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK in the amount of $11,000,000.00 dated as of 4/21/2000, recorded 5/12/2000 in (as) Reel 3100 Page 1413. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $302,500.00)

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 12/5/2002, recorded 1/15/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000002007. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'U'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING made by JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 dated 4/15/2002, recorded 6/26/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000193890. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'U'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-FL1 to COLUMN FINANCIAL INC. dated 12/7/2002, recorded 1/15/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000002008. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'U'.

 

FOR CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'V'

 

MORTGAGE 'V'

 

GAP MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC to COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC. in the amount of $16,807,222.68 dated 12/10/2002, recorded 1/15/2003 in (as) CRFN 20030000002011. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $462,198.00) CONSOLIDATION, SPLITTER AND MODIFICATION AGREEMENT made by and between 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC and COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC. dated as of 12/10/2002, recorded 1/15/2003, in (as) CRFN 2003000002012. Consolidates Mortgage(s) 'S' to 'V' to form a single lien in the sum of $114,807,222.68 and splits the existing notes into two notes, the first being an Amended and Restated Promissory Note A in the sum of $63,000,000.00 and the second being an Amended and Restated Promissory Note B in the sum of $51,807,222.68 both as evidenced by Amended and Restated Mortgage recorded in CRFN 2003000002013.

 

CONSOLIDATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT made by and between 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC and COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC. dated as of 12/10/2002, recorded 1/15/2003, in (as) CRFN 2003000002013. Amends and restates terms of Mortgage(s) 'S' to 'V'.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC. to CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. dated 12/30/2002, recorded 2/27/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000029503. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'S' to 'V' as consolidated.

 

FOR FURTHER CONSOLIDATION SEE MORTGAGE 'W'

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE 'W' (MORTGAGE 'W' ENCUMBERS SUBJECT PREMISES, 1440 BROADWAY, BLOCK 993, LOT 11, AND OTHER PREMISES, 350-352 MADISON AVENUE, BLOCK 1279, LOT 57 AND 10-12 EAST 45TH STREET, BLOCK 1279, LOT 63)

 

GAP MORTGAGE made by NEW 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC, GATEHALL 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC, 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC AND 350 MADISON PARTNERS LESSEE LLC to CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. in the amount of $119,192,777.32 dated as of 12/30/2002, recorded 2/27/2003 in (as) CRFN 2003000029507. (Mortgage Tax Paid: $3,277,802.00)

 

MORTGAGE CONSOLIDATION, SPREADER AND MODIFICATION AGREEMENT made by and between NEW 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC, GATEHALL 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC, 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC AND 350 MADISON PARTNERS LESSEE LLC and CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. dated as of 12/30/2002, recorded 2/27/2003, in (as) CRFN 2003000029508. Consolidates Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'W' to form a single lien in the sum of $364,000,000.00 and spreads same to cover subject premises, 1440 Broadway, Block 993, Lot 11, and fee and leasehold estates of other premises, 350-352 Madison Avenue, Block 1279, Lot 57 and 10-12 East 45th Street, Block 1279, Lot 63.

 

ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE made by CDC MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-TFL1 dated 11/19/2004, recorded 1/12/2005 in (as) CRFN 2005000024031. Assigns Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'W' as consolidated.

 

NOTE AND MORTGAGE MODIFICATION AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT made by and between NEW 1440 BROADWAY PARTNERS LLC, GATEHALL 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC, 350 MADISON PARTNERS LLC AND 350 MADISON PARTNERS LESSEE LLC and WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-TFL1 dated 2/7/2005, recorded 2/18/2005, in (as) CRFN 2005000103717. Modifies Mortgage(s) 'A' to 'W' as consolidated to allow for the severance thereof and splits and severs the lien of Mortgages 'A' to 'W' as consolidated into two separate liens as follow:

 

i) Severed Mortgage A in the amount of $150,000,000.00 as is evidenced by CRFN 2005000103718 from which lien subject premises were released by Partial Release of Mortgage (Severed Mortgage A) recorded in CRFN 2005000103720

 

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ii) Severed Mortgage B in the amount of $164,793,000.00 as is evidenced by CRFN 2005000103719 ( See Mortgage 'A' in Mortgage Schedule attached as Exhibit I herein ) from which lien other premises were released by Partial Release of Mortgage (Severed Mortgage B) recorded in CRFN 2005000103721.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

EXECUTION

 

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Mezzanine Loan)

 

THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of September 30, 2015 by ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), in favor of PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ Lender ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.           WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Lender has made a loan to Borrower in the amount of $40,000,000 (the “ Mezzanine Loan ”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Mezzanine Loan Agreement of even date herewith by and between Lender and Borrower (as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time, the “ Mezzanine Loan Agreement ”).

 

B.           WHEREAS, ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Issuer ”), is the owner of certain parcels of real property more particularly described in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

C.           WHEREAS, Issuer was formed as a Delaware limited liability company and is governed by the terms and provisions of that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, the “ Formation Agreement ”).

 

D.           WHEREAS, Borrower is the legal and beneficial owner of 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Issuer.

 

F.           WHEREAS, Lender is unwilling to make the Mezzanine Loan unless Borrower enters into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for Ten Dollars ($10.00) and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.           Capitalized Terms . All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Article 8 Matter ” means any action, decision, determination or election by Issuer, Borrower or any of their members that their membership interests or other equity interests, as applicable, be, or cease to be, a “security” as defined in and governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, and all other matters related to any such action, decision, determination or election.

 

     

 

 

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced, from time to time.

 

Distributions ” means all distributions (whether in cash or in kind) in respect of the Equity Interests and all interest in respect of, and all proceeds of, any instrument or interest constituting part of the Pledged Collateral, of whatever kind or description, real or personal, whether in the ordinary course or in partial or total liquidation or dissolution, or any recapitalization, reclassification of capital, or reorganization or reduction of capital, or otherwise.

 

Equity Interests ” means all limited liability company membership interests or other equity interests of, and all other right, title and interest now owned or hereafter acquired by, Borrower in and to Issuer, including the interests described on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

General Intangibles ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

No-Action Letters ” means various No-Action Letters issued by the SEC staff as described in Section 13(b) below.

 

Obligations ” means Borrower’s obligations provided in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, the Mezzanine Note and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents to pay the Indebtedness payable to Lender in respect of the Mezzanine Loan thereunder, and to perform and observe all of the terms, covenants and provisions of each of the Mezzanine Loan Documents, including the payment of interest that, but for the commencement of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would accrue on such Indebtedness.

 

Pledged Collateral ” means all of Borrower’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, under and to (i) the Formation Agreement and the Equity Interests, including, without limitation, Borrower’s share of the profits, losses and capital of Issuer, and all Voting Rights, claims, powers, privileges, benefits, options or rights of any nature whatsoever which currently exist or may be issued or granted by Issuer to Borrower, and all instruments, whether heretofore or hereafter acquired, evidencing such rights and interests, (ii) all Distributions, (iii) all General Intangibles relating to the foregoing, (iv) the proceeds (including claims against third parties), products and accessions of the foregoing, (v) all replacements and substitutions of the foregoing, (vi) all books and records (including computerized records, software and disks) relating to any of the foregoing, (vii) all other rights appurtenant to the property described in foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), and (viii) any stock certificates, share certificates, limited liability company certificates, partnership certificates or other certificates or instruments evidencing the foregoing.

 

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Security Interest ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2 hereof.

 

Securities Laws ” means the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.

 

Voting Rights ” means all of Borrower’s rights under the Formation Agreement to vote and give approvals, consents, decisions and directions and exercise any other similar right with respect to the Pledged Collateral.

 

Section 2.           Pledge . Borrower hereby grants, pledges, hypothecates, transfers and assigns to Lender a first priority security interest in and lien on the Pledged Collateral and in all proceeds thereof (the “ Security Interest ”) as collateral security for the prompt and complete repayment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity or otherwise) of the Obligations. No filing or other action is or will be necessary to perfect such security interest of Lender in the Equity Interests that are represented by a certificate, except for delivery to Lender of the certificates evidencing the Equity Interests endorsed in blank or accompanied by appropriate powers duly endorsed in blank. The security interest of Lender granted pursuant to this Section 2 in any of the Pledged Collateral that is not represented by a certificate, if any, shall be perfected by the filing of a financing statement or statements as hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3.           Distributions . Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall have the right to receive Distributions in respect of the Pledged Collateral. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Issuer, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement and subject to the provisions of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, to distribute, transfer, pay and deliver directly to Lender, and not to Borrower, in accordance with that certain Consent of Issuer attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof (the “ Consent ”), any and all Distributions at such time and in such manner as such Distributions would otherwise be distributed, transferred, paid and delivered to Borrower, for application in accordance with the Mezzanine Loan Agreement. If, during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, Borrower receives any Distributions, Borrower shall accept the same as Lender’s agent and hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of Lender and shall promptly deliver the same forthwith to Lender for application in accordance with the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, together with appropriate forms of assignment, UCC financing statements, and other appropriate instruments, if necessary, indicating the Security Interests of Lender in and to such Distribution. Borrower authorizes and directs Lender to apply any Distributions received by Lender in the manner described in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

Section 4.           Voting Rights .

 

(a)          Borrower hereby collaterally assigns the Voting Rights to Lender, subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents.

 

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(b)          Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower may exercise the Voting Rights, provided that Borrower shall not exercise the Voting Rights in a manner which would result in a violation of any provision of this Agreement, the Mezzanine Loan Agreement or any other Mezzanine Loan Document. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all rights of Borrower to exercise the Voting Rights shall cease and Lender shall have the right to exercise, in person or by its nominees or proxies, all Voting Rights assigned to it hereunder and Lender shall exercise such Voting Rights in such manner as Lender in its sole discretion shall deem to be in Lender’s best interests (subject to the terms of this Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents and also provided that Lender shall be liable for its gross negligence, bad faith and willful misconduct pursuant to Section 15(a) ). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall effect the directions of Lender in connection with any such exercise in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(c)          In connection with Lender’s exercise of the Voting Rights, Borrower shall cause Issuer to rely on a notice from Lender stating that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement or any other Mezzanine Loan Document, in which event no further direction from Borrower shall be required to effect the assignment of Voting Rights hereunder from Borrower to Lender, and Issuer shall immediately permit Lender to exercise all of the Voting Rights in respect of the business and affairs of Issuer. If the applicable Event of Default is no longer continuing, Borrower shall again automatically have all of the rights to exercise the Voting Rights and Lender promptly shall so notify Borrower and Issuer in writing in confirmation thereof.

 

(d)          Borrower acknowledges that, except for this Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents, the Formation Agreement and related organizational documents, it has not entered into, and it is not bound by the terms of, any agreement or understanding, whether oral or written, with respect to the purchase, sale, transfer or voting of any Voting Rights.

 

Section 5.           Termination of Agreement . Immediately upon payment in full of all of the Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents, this Agreement and all of Lender’s rights under this Agreement automatically shall immediately cease, terminate and be of no further force or effect. Thereafter, upon the request of Borrower and at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, Lender shall deliver to Borrower, without any representations, warranties or recourse of any kind whatsoever, such of the Pledged Collateral (including any certificate or certificates evidencing the Equity Interests, if any, along with the partnership, membership or stock powers, as applicable, endorsed in blank, if any) as then may be held or controlled by Lender hereunder, and execute and deliver to Borrower such documents as Borrower may reasonably request to evidence such termination, including, without limitation, UCC termination statements or shall authorize Borrower to file UCC-3 termination statements or similar documents and agreements to terminate all of Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents; provided that if Lender has misplaced or is otherwise unable to deliver the Pledged Collateral (including any certificate or certificates evidencing the Equity Interests, along with the membership powers endorsed in blank), Lender shall execute and deliver to Borrower a lost certificate affidavit and indemnity with respect to the Pledged Collateral reasonably acceptable to Borrower. Any Pledged Collateral released from the Lien of this Agreement, the Mezzanine Loan Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents pursuant to this Section 5 shall, effective upon such release, no longer be deemed “Pledged Collateral” for any purpose under this Agreement or the other Mezzanine Loan Documents. Lender agrees, at the request and sole cost and expense of Borrower, to notify Issuer and any other third party reasonably requested by Borrower of such termination; provided that, if Borrower shall arrange for repayment of the Obligations in their entirety by a third party, at Borrower’s request and at its sole cost and expense, Lender shall assign the Mezzanine Note, this Agreement and any other Mezzanine Loan Documents (to the extent requested by Borrower) to such third party, without recourse, representation or warranty except that Lender shall represent that it has not transferred, pledged, sold or hypothecated the Mezzanine Loan to any other Person.

 

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Section 6.           Liability . The trustees, officers, directors, employees and agents of Lender shall have no personal liability under this Agreement and any obligation of Lender under this Agreement to Borrower or Issuer shall be satisfied solely from the assets of Lender.

 

Section 7.           Rights of Lender .

 

(a)          Lender shall not be liable for failure to collect or realize upon the Obligations or any collateral security or guarantee therefor, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing nor be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto. Any part or all of the Pledged Collateral held by Lender may, without notice, but only during the continuance of an Event of Default and subject to the terms of the Mezzanine Loan Documents and all applicable laws, be transferred into the name of Lender or its nominee and Lender or its nominee may thereafter without notice, exercise all Voting Rights and other rights in respect of the Pledged Collateral, including the exercise of any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options in respect of the Pledged Collateral, as if it were the absolute owner thereof, all without liability except to account for property actually received by Lender or its nominee and except for Lender’s gross negligence, bad faith and willful misconduct; provided, however, that Lender or its nominee shall have no duty to exercise any of the foregoing actions, or any liability for failure to do so or delay in so doing.

 

(b)          Lender shall not be liable for the consequence of any Voting Rights cast or given by Lender in accordance with this Agreement, except for any such liability resulting solely from Lender’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

(c)          Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, and except to the extent caused by Lender’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, Lender shall have no liability to Borrower with respect to the receipt and application by Lender of Distributions pursuant to the terms hereof, the holding by Lender of any Pledged Collateral pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement and the other Mezzanine Loan Documents, or Lender’s taking, or failure to take, any action (including the obtaining of insurance) with respect to any Pledged Collateral.

 

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(d)          Borrower hereby authorizes Lender in its absolute discretion, prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5 hereof, (i) to file any and all financing and continuation statements in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions that Lender deems reasonably appropriate (including, without limitation, all initial financing statements and continuation statements), naming Borrower as debtor, with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral (including such as may be necessary to renew, extend and continue the perfection of the Security Interest of Lender) without consent of or authentication by Borrower and consents to a photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or of a financing statement being sufficient as a financing statement; and (ii) to file UCC financing statements indicating that the collateral covered by such financing statements is “all assets in which Borrower now or hereafter has rights.”

 

Section 8.           Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except as specified below or required by law) to or upon Borrower or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and/or notices is hereby expressly waived to the extent permitted by applicable law), may, without obligation to resort to other security, and in addition to and not in limitation of any and all other remedies reserved to Lender hereunder or at law or in equity, forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or at Lender’s offices or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may reasonably deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best with respect to its own interests, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, with the right of Lender upon any such sale or sales, public or private, to purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in Borrower, which right or equity is hereby expressly waived and released to the extent permitted by law. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right to proceed against the Pledged Collateral of Borrower as it shall determine in its sole discretion. Lender shall not be obligated to make any sale of the Pledged Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of the Pledged Collateral may have been given. Lender may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case the sale of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Pledged Collateral so sold shall be retained by Lender until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, Lender shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take and pay for the Pledged Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Pledged Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. To the extent permitted by law, Borrower hereby waives all rights of marshaling the Pledged Collateral and any other security at any time held by Lender and any right of valuation or appraisal. Lender shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred therein or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any and all of the Pledged Collateral or in any way relating to the rights of Lender hereunder, including reasonable attorney’s fees and legal expenses, to the payment in whole or in part, of the Obligations together with interest thereon at the Default Rate under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, and only after so applying such net proceeds and after the payment by Lender of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, the UCC and any version of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, need Lender account for the surplus, if any, to Borrower. Borrower agrees that Lender need not give more than 10 Business Days notice of the time and place of any public sale or of the time and place if any private sale or other intended disposition is to take place and that such notice is commercially reasonable notification of such matters. No notification need be given to Borrower if it has, after default, signed a statement renouncing or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition. Lender’s rights and remedies hereunder are cumulative, at law or in equity, with any and all of Lender’s other rights in connection with the Mezzanine Loan, and Lender may exercise any of such rights or remedies in any order. In addition to the rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement and any other instrument securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, Lender shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC, as if such rights and remedies were fully set forth herein, and any rights and remedies of a secured party under any version of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any applicable jurisdiction in which such rights or remedies are sought to be enforced.

 

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Section 9.           Right to Become Member, Shareholder or Partner . (a) In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 8 hereof, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may, by delivering written notice to Issuer and Borrower, after having acquired the right, title and interest of Borrower’s Equity Interests, succeed, or designate one or more nominees(s) to succeed, to all right, title and interest of Borrower (including, without limitation, the right, if any, to vote on or take any action with respect to Issuer) as a member of Issuer relating to the Equity Interests acquired. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Issuer on receipt of any such notice (i) to deem and treat Lender or its nominee in all respects as a member (and not merely an assignee of a member, shareholder or partner, as applicable), of Issuer entitled to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges (including the right to vote on or take any action with respect to any and all membership matters pursuant to the Formation Agreement) to receive all Distributions, to be credited with the capital account and to have all other rights, powers and privileges appertaining to such membership, interests to which Borrower would have been entitled had Borrower’s membership interests not been transferred to Lender or such nominee, (ii) to execute amendments to the Formation Agreement admitting Lender or such nominee as a member, shareholder or partner, as applicable, in place of Borrower and (iii) to issue the membership certificate(s) in the name of Lender or its nominee, with respect to each of the Equity Interests represented by a certificate or certificates.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon acquisition of any portion of the Pledged Collateral by Lender or any other Person through foreclosure or assignment in lieu of foreclosure, Borrower shall not be required to make additional contributions or other payments to Issuer or have any other obligation to Issuer.

 

Section 10.          Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Borrower . Borrower hereby represents and warrants to and covenants and agrees with Lender with respect to itself and the Pledged Collateral that:

 

(a)          Borrower is, and at all times will maintain its existence as, a limited liability company organized solely under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Formation Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(b)          This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, and is enforceable as to Borrower in accordance with its terms, subject, however, to bankruptcy, insolvency and other rights of creditors generally and to general principles of equity.

 

(c)          The execution, delivery, observance and performance by Borrower of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in any violation of the Formation Agreement or, to Borrower’s knowledge, of any constitutional provision, law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to it; or of any judgment, decree or order applicable to it and will not conflict with, or cause a breach of, or default under, any such term or, except for the liens created or contemplated hereby, result in the creation of any mortgage lien, pledge, charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties or assets pursuant to any such term.

 

(d)          It is not necessary for Borrower to obtain or make any (i) governmental consent, approval or authorization, registration or filing from or with any governmental authorities or (ii) consent, approval, waiver or notification of partners, creditors, lessors or other nongovernmental persons, in each case, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions herein presently contemplated which has not been filed or obtained.

 

(e)          Borrower is as of the date hereof (i) the sole economic, managing and voting member of Issuer, (ii) the owner of 100% of the membership interests in Issuer and (iii) the sole owner of all direct beneficial interests in the Pledged Collateral. Borrower owns the Pledged Collateral, and the Pledged Collateral is and shall remain, free and clear of any lien, mortgage, encumbrance, charge, pledge, security interest, or claim of any kind (including, without limitation, any unconditional sale or other title retention agreement) other than as created by this Agreement or as permitted by the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.

 

(f)          The Equity Interests are, and Borrower covenants and agrees that it will ensure at all times that such Equity Interests remain, “securities” within the meaning of the UCC and, in particular, with respect to the Equity Interests that are represented by a certificate or certificates, are “certificated securities” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC, and Borrower has taken all steps necessary to afford Lender “control” of such Equity Interests within the meaning of the UCC.

 

(g)          Borrower covenants and agrees to defend, at its sole cost and expense, Lender’s right and title to Lender’s Security Interest in and to the Pledged Collateral and the proceeds thereof, created pursuant hereto, against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(h)          The Equity Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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(i)          The Equity Interests constitute 100% of the interests in capital, profits, distribution, management and voting rights in Issuer.

 

(j)          Upon Lender obtaining and maintaining possession of the certificates identified on Schedule 1 and the filing of a UCC financing statement adequately describing the Pledged Collateral in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, all steps necessary to create and perfect the security interest created by this Agreement as a valid and continuing first priority lien on, and first priority perfected (subject to possession of the certificates and filing of the financing statements referenced above) security interest in, the Pledged Collateral, in favor of Lender, prior to all other liens, security interests and other claims of any sort whatsoever other than the Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances, have been taken. Borrower has not granted a security interest in the Pledged Collateral to any other party which has not been terminated or released, and the security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement in the Pledged Collateral constitutes a valid first priority security interest in the Pledged Collateral, enforceable as such against all creditors of, and purchasers from, Borrower, subject to the Mezzanine Loan Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(k)          Borrower has not changed its name, or used, adopted or discontinued the use of any trade name, fictitious name or other trade name or trade style.

 

(l)          Borrower will not change its name in any manner which could make any financing or continuation statement filed hereunder seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC (or any other then-applicable provision of the UCC) unless Borrower shall have given Lender at least thirty days’ prior notice thereof and shall have taken all action (or made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is impossible to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by Lender to amend the financing statement or continuation statement provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement so that they are not seriously misleading.

 

(m)          Borrower shall perform all of its material obligations under the Formation Agreement and shall not amend the Formation Agreement in contravention of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement or in any manner that would reduce or impede Lender’s rights or remedies hereunder.

 

Section 11.          Certain Covenants .

 

(a)           No Disposition . Borrower agrees that, except to the extent permitted under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, it will not directly or indirectly sell, assign, transfer, exchange, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Pledged Collateral, nor will it create, except to the extent permitted under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, incur or permit to exist any security interest with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral or any proceeds thereof, except for the Security Interest provided for by this Agreement.

 

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(b)           Delivery of Certificates and Instruments . Any and all certificates or instruments at any time representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral shall be immediately delivered to and held by or on behalf of Lender pursuant hereto, and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment, duly executed in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. Lender shall have the right, at any time, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, but subject to the terms of the Mezzanine Loan Documents and all applicable law, to transfer to or to register in the name of Lender or its nominee any Pledged Collateral. In addition, Lender shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

 

(c)           Other Units . Borrower has not and shall not permit the issuance of any units of membership interests or stock, as applicable, or other securities in addition to or in substitution for the Equity Interests.

 

Section 12.          Other Partners, Shareholders and/or Members Shall Join . Every member, hereinafter admitted to Issuer as a successor or additional member, shareholder or partner (to the extent permitted under the Mezzanine Loan Documents) shall at Lender’s request and as a condition thereto, join in this Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions hereof, pursuant to a written joinder and assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, and execute and deliver appropriate forms of assignment and other appropriate instruments indicating the Security Interest of Lender in the member’s Pledged Collateral. The failure of any new member to execute and deliver the same prior to or contemporaneously with its admission as a member in Issuer, if such failure shall continue for 10 Business Days after request by Lender, shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder and under the terms and provisions of the Mezzanine Loan Documents.

 

Section 13.          Foreclosure Sales of Securities .

 

(a)           No Obligation to Register . In exercising its remedies hereunder, Lender may be unable to sell Equity Interests publicly without registering them under the Securities Laws, which would likely be an expensive and time-consuming undertaking and, in fact, one which might be impossible to accomplish even if Lender were willing to invest the necessary time and money. Even though Lender may be able to register Equity Interests under the Securities Laws, it may nonetheless regard such registration as too expensive or too time-consuming (such determination to be made in Lender’s sole discretion). If Lender sells Equity Interests without registration, Lender may be required to sell them only in private sales to a restricted group of offerees and purchasers who fulfill certain suitability standards and who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire the Equity Interests for their own account for investment and not with a view to distributing or reselling them. Borrower acknowledges that such a private sale may result in less favorable prices and other terms than a public sale. Borrower agrees that a private sale, even under these restrictive conditions, will not be considered commercially unreasonable by Borrower solely by virtue of the fact that Lender has not registered or sought to register the Equity Interests under the Securities Laws, even if Borrower or Issuer agrees to pay all costs of the registration process.

 

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(b)           Right of Lender to Purchase at No-Action Public Sale . Section 9-610 of the UCC states that Lender is able to purchase the Equity Interests only if they are sold at a public sale. Lender has stated that SEC staff personnel have, over a period of years, issued various No-Action Letters that describe procedures which, in the view of the SEC staff, permit a foreclosure sale of securities to occur in a manner that is public for purposes of Part 6 of Article 9 of the UCC, yet not public for purposes of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. Lender has advised Borrower that Lender may wish to purchase the Equity Interests that are sold at a foreclosure sale, and that such purchases would be appropriate in circumstances in which the Equity Interests are sold in conformity with the principles set forth in the No-Action Letters. Lender has further advised that a foreclosure sale conducted in conformity with the principles set forth in the No-Action Letters (i) shall be considered to be a “public” sale for purposes of Section 9-610 of the UCC; (ii) will not be considered commercially unreasonable solely by virtue of the fact that Lender has not registered or sought to register the Equity Interests under the Securities Laws, even if Borrower agrees or Issuer agrees to pay all costs of the registration process; and (iii) shall be considered to be commercially reasonable even if Lender purchases Equity Interests at such a sale.

 

(c)           Intentionally Omitted .

 

(d)           General Standards Applicable to Foreclosure Sales . Borrower agrees that Lender shall have no general duty or obligation to make any effort to obtain or pay any particular price for any Equity Interests sold by Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including sales made to Lender). Lender may, in its discretion, among other things, accept the first offer received, or decide to approach or not to approach any potential purchasers. Borrower hereby agrees that any sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral conducted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, in the State of New York and in conformity with reasonable commercial practices of banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions in the city and state where Lender is located in disposing of property similar to the Pledged Collateral shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable, and Borrower acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Lender to the extent permitted by applicable law (a) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by Lender to prepare the Pledged Collateral for disposition, (b) to advertise dispositions of the Pledged Collateral through publications or media of general circulation for no more than twenty (20) days prior to such disposition and to permit access to due diligence materials for no more than five (5) days prior to such disposition, (c) to conduct the sale in New York City on a Business Day, (d) to contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as Borrower, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral, (e) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Pledged Collateral is of a specialized nature, (f) to dispose of Pledged Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Pledged Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (g) to disclaim disposition warranties, (h) to the extent deemed appropriate by Lender, to obtain the services of brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Lender in the collection or disposition of any of the Pledged Collateral, (i) to require potential purchasers to pay all outstanding Obligations as a condition precedent to purchasing the Pledged Collateral, (j) to the extent permitted by applicable laws and this Agreement, to sell all or any part of the Pledged Collateral by a private placement, restricting the bidders and prospective purchasers to those who will represent and agree that they are purchasing for investment only and not for distribution, (k) subject to applicable law, to solicit offers to buy the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for cash from a limited number of investors reasonably believed by Lender to be institutional investors or other accredited investors who might be interested in purchasing the Pledged Collateral and to accept an offer from such an investor, (l) to not sell the Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale being given or to adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, or, without further notice, to have the sale at the time and place to which it was so adjourned, and (m) to not obtain the maximum possible price for the Pledged Collateral for any reason including but not limited to the absence of a public offering under the Securities Act of 1933 as now in effect or as hereinafter amended or any similar state statute hereafter adopted with similar purpose. Borrower acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 13(d) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Lender would not be commercially unreasonable in Lender’s exercise of remedies against the Pledged Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Lender shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 13(d) . Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 13(d) shall be construed to grant any rights to Borrower or to impose any duties on Lender that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement, the Mezzanine Loan Documents or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 13(d) . This Section 13(d) shall survive until the termination of the Mezzanine Loan Documents and the payment and performance in full of the Obligations. Borrower specifically agrees that a foreclosure sale conducted in conformity with this Section 13 and the other provisions of this Agreement will be considered commercially reasonable.

 

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(e)           Intentionally Omitted.

 

(f)           Equitable Remedy . Borrower agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 13 shall cause irreparable injury to Lender, and that Lender will have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach. As a consequence, Borrower agrees that each and every covenant contained in this Section 13 shall be specifically enforceable against Borrower.

 

Section 14.          Reimbursement of Lender .

 

(a)          Borrower shall indemnify, reimburse, defend and hold harmless Lender and its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) for, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (but not special, punitive or consequential damages), penalties, assessments, actions, or causes of action, judgments, suits, claims, demands, actual third party costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses whether or not suit is brought and settlement costs) and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Indemnified Parties, in any way relating to or arising out of the enforcement of this Agreement by Lender to the extent resulting, directly or indirectly, from any claim made (whether or not in connection with any legal action, suit, or proceeding) by or on behalf of any Person other than the Indemnified Parties; provided , however , that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The provisions of, and undertakings and indemnification set forth in, this Section 14 shall survive the satisfaction and payment in full of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. Any amounts which may become payable by Borrower pursuant to the foregoing indemnity shall be added to Borrower’s obligations hereunder and to the Obligations.

 

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(b)          Borrower hereby covenants and agrees to reimburse Lender promptly upon receipt of written notice from Lender for all reasonable costs and expenses payable to third parties incurred by Lender in connection with (A) enforcing or preserving any rights, in response to third party claims or the prosecuting or defending of any action or proceeding or other litigation, in each case against, under or affecting this Agreement (except to the extent resulting from Lender’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct), and (B) enforcing any obligations of or collecting any payments due from Borrower under this Agreement.

 

Section 15.          No Waiver of Rights by Lender . Subject to Section 17(l) hereof, nothing herein shall be deemed (a) to be a waiver of any right which Lender may have under the Bankruptcy Code or the bankruptcy laws of any state to file a claim for the then outstanding amount of the Mezzanine Loan or to require that all of the Pledged Collateral shall continue to secure all of the Obligations; (b) to impair the validity of the Mezzanine Loan, the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, the Mezzanine Note or the other Mezzanine Loan Documents; or (c) to impair the right of Lender to commence an action to foreclose any lien or security interest in connection with the exercise of its remedies hereunder. Subject to Section 17(l) hereof, nothing herein shall be deemed to be a waiver of any right which Lender may have under Section 506(a), 506(b), 111l(b) or any other provisions of the Bankruptcy Code to file a claim for the full amount of the indebtedness of the Mezzanine Loan and other amounts due under this Agreement, the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, the Mezzanine Note, or the other Mezzanine Loan Documents or to require that all of the Pledged Collateral shall continue to secure the Obligations.

 

Section 16.          Irrevocable Proxy . Solely with respect to Article 8 Matters, Borrower hereby irrevocably grants and appoints Lender, from the date of this Agreement until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, as Borrower’s true and lawful proxy, for and in Borrower’s name, place and stead to vote the Equity Interests, whether directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, now owned or hereafter acquired, with respect to such Article 8 Matters. The proxy granted and appointed in this Section 16 shall include the right to sign Borrower’s name (as a member) to any consent, certificate or other document relating to an Article 8 Matter and the Equity Interests that applicable law may permit or require, to cause the Equity Interest to be voted in accordance with the preceding sentence. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that there are no other proxies and powers of attorney with respect to an Article 8 Matter and the Equity Interests that Borrower may have granted or appointed that are still in effect. Other than as required herein for the benefit of Lender, Borrower will not give a subsequent proxy or power of attorney or enter into any other voting agreement with respect to the Equity Interests with respect to any Article 8 Matter and any attempt to do so with respect to an Article 8 Matter shall be void and of no effect. The proxies and powers granted by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are given to secure the performance of the Borrower’s obligations.

 

Section 17.          Miscellaneous .

 

(a)           Successors . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party, provided that Borrower may not assign its obligations hereunder except as may be provided in, and in accordance with, the Mezzanine Loan Agreement. All covenants and promises and agreements in this Agreement contained, by or on behalf of Borrower, shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

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(b)           Governing Law .

 

(1)         THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(2)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST BORROWER OR LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY (I) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, AND (II) IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

 

(c)           Modification, Waiver in Writing . This Agreement may not be amended or waived, nor shall any consent or approval of Lender be granted hereunder, unless such amendment, waiver, consent or approval is in writing signed by Lender and Borrower.

 

(d)           Notices . The provisions of Section 9.4 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(e)           Trial by Jury . The provisions of Section 9.5 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement (as it relates to the waiver of jury trial by Borrower and Lender) are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(f)           Principles of Construction . The provisions of the paragraph entitled “Rules of Construction” in the Definitions section of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(g)           Severability . The provisions of Section 9.8 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(h)           Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses . All payments made by Borrower hereunder shall be made irrespective of, and without any deduction for, any setoffs or counterclaims. Borrower waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement or the Obligations.

 

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(i)           No Joint Venture . The provisions of Section 9.12 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(j)           Counterparts . The provisions of Section 9.15 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(k)           No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Lender and Borrower, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer upon anyone other than Lender and Borrower any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of the obligations contained herein or therein.

 

(l)           Limitation on Liability of Borrower; Exculpation . The provisions of Section 9.19 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(m)           Right of Set-Off . The provisions of Section 9.20 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(n)           Servicer; Agent . The provisions of Section 9.22 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(o)           Prior Agreements . The provisions of Section 9.26 of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference to the fullest extent as if the text of such provisions were set forth in their entirety herein.

 

(p)           Further Assurances . Borrower shall from time to time, at its expense, promptly execute and deliver (and/or cause to be executed and delivered) all further instruments and agreements, and take all further actions, that may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, or that Lender may reasonably request, in order to perfect any assignment, pledge or security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby.

 

[Signature appears on the following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has executed and delivered this Pledge and Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  BORROWER:
   
  ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
     
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/  Michael Ead
    Name:  Michael Ead
    Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

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Schedule 1

 

LIST OF EQUITY INTERESTS

 

Issuer   Class of Interest   Certificate No.   Percentage of Class
Represented by
Equity Interest
 
               
ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC   limited liability company interest   [001]   100 %

 

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Exhibit A

 

CONSENT OF ISSUER

 

CONSENT (“ Consent ”), dated as of September 30, 2015, made by ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Issuer ”).

 

Reference is made to that certain Pledge and Security Agreement (the “ Pledge Agreement ”) of even date herewith made by ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), in favor of PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Lender ”), as pledgee. Issuer hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the Pledge Agreement and understands that Borrower is bound thereby. For the purposes of this Consent, all capitalized terms not herein defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Pledge Agreement.

 

Issuer hereby consents to the Pledge Agreement and agrees that during the continuation of an Event of Default, Issuer will pay any and all Distributions in respect of the Pledged Collateral directly to Lender subject to and to the extent provided in, the terms and provisions of Section 3 of the Pledge Agreement. During the continuance of an Event of Default, until the Obligations are paid in full, Issuer agrees, subject to the terms of the Pledge Agreement and the Mezzanine Loan Documents, to (i) to the extent provided in the Pledge Agreement, comply with the instructions of Lender in connection with the exercise of Lender’s rights and remedies as set forth in the Pledge Agreement, without any further consent from Borrower or any other Person in respect of the Pledged Collateral, and (ii) to disregard any request made by Borrower or any other person which contravenes such instructions of Lender in respect of the Pledged Collateral.

 

Issuer represents and warrants to Lender that, as of the date hereof, (i) Borrower is the registered owner of 100% of the limited liability company membership interests of, and possesses 100% of the economic, management and voting rights in, Issuer; (ii) Issuer has no knowledge of any Lien or other security interest in the Pledged Collateral (other than Lender’s) that has not been terminated on or prior to the date hereof; and (iii) the registered pledgee of the Pledged Collateral on the books of Issuer is Paramount Group Fund VIII 1440 Broadway Mezz LP, as secured party under the Mezzanine Loan, and there is no other pledge currently registered on the books and records of Issuer with respect to the Pledged Collateral.

 

This Consent shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. All notices required to be given hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Pledge Agreement.

 

[Signatures appear on the following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Issuer has executed this Consent as of the date first set forth above.

 

  ISSUER:
   
  ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
   
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
   
  By: /s/  Michael Ead
    Name:  Michael Ead
    Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTION

 

GUARANTY

 

(Unfunded Obligations)

 

THIS GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed as of September 30, 2015 by NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ NY REIT ”) and NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ NYROP ”, and together with NYREIT, collectively, “ Guarantor ”), for the benefit of STRATEGIC ASSET SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, not individually but solely in its capacity as Agent for the Lender under the Loan Agreement (together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender ”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to make a loan (the “ Loan ”) to ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), in the original maximum principal amount of $285,000,000 (the “ Loan Amount ”), pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Borrower and Lender (the “ Loan Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, to evidence the Loan, Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender certain promissory notes, dated as of the date hereof, in the aggregate original maximum principal amount of the Loan Amount (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Notes ”) ;

 

WHEREAS, Lender requires as a condition to making the Loan that Guarantor agrees to unconditionally guaranty for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns, the full and timely payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (as hereinafter defined);

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor directly and/or indirectly owns an interest in Borrower and will derive substantial economic benefit from the making of the Loan by Lender to Borrower; and

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty in order to induce Lender to make the Loan.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, to induce Lender to make the Loan to Borrower and in consideration for the substantial benefit Guarantor will derive from the making of the Loan and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

NATURE AND SCOPE OF GUARANTY

 

1.1            Guaranty of Obligations . Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the full and timely payment and performance of all of the Guaranteed Obligations as and when the same shall be due and payable under the Loan Documents, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable for the Guaranteed Obligations as primary obligor.

 

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1.2            Definition of Guaranteed Obligations . As used herein, the term “ Guaranteed Obligations ” means all obligations and liabilities of Borrower to fund the costs of the Unfunded Obligations as set forth in Section 3.9(c) of the Loan Agreement in an amount up to $5,309,628 (in the aggregate with any obligations of Guarantor in respect of Unfunded Obligations under the Unfunded Obligations Guaranty delivered in connection with the Mezzanine Loan).

 

1.3            Nature of Guaranty . This Guaranty is an irrevocable, absolute and continuing guaranty of payment and not a guaranty of collection. No exculpatory language contained in any of the other Loan Documents shall in any event or under any circumstances modify, qualify or affect the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty may not be revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after any attempted revocation by Guarantor and, if Guarantor is a natural person, after Guarantor’s death, in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate and Guarantor’s legal representatives and heirs. It is the intent of Guarantor and Lender that the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder are absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances (other than payment in full of the Indebtedness) and that, so long as any portion of the Indebtedness shall be outstanding, such obligations and liabilities shall not be discharged or released in whole or in part, by any act or occurrence (including the fact that at any time or from time to time the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or reduced) that might, but for the provisions of this Guaranty, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge or release of Guarantor. This Guaranty may be enforced by Lender and any subsequent holder of any Note or any part thereof and shall not be discharged by the assignment or negotiation of all or any part of any Note.

 

1.4            Joint and Several Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Guarantor is comprised of more than one Person, the obligations and liabilities of each such Person under this Guaranty shall be joint and several.

 

1.5            Guaranteed Obligations Not Reduced by Set-Off . The Guaranteed Obligations and the liabilities and obligations of Guarantor to Lender hereunder shall not be reduced, discharged or released because or by reason of any existing or future set-off, offset, claim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person has or may hereafter have against Lender or against payment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether such set-off, offset, claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

 

1.6            No Duty to Pursue Others; No Duty to Mitigate . It shall not be necessary for Lender (and Guarantor hereby waives any rights that Guarantor may have to require Lender) to take any action, obtain any judgment or file any claim prior to enforcing this Guaranty, including to (i) institute suit or otherwise enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust its remedies, against Borrower or any other Person liable on all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any other Person, (ii) enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust any remedies available to Lender, against any collateral that shall ever have been given to secure all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, (iii) join Borrower or any other Person liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty or (iv) resort to any other means of obtaining payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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1.7            Payment by Guarantor . If all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid or performed when due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender and without presentment, protest, notice of protest, notice of non-payment, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the maturity or any other notice whatsoever other than notice to Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations payable by Guarantor, pay in lawful money of the United States of America, the amount due thereon to Lender. Amounts not paid when due hereunder shall accrue interest at the Default Rate, unless such amounts already include interest at the Default Rate pursuant to the terms of the other Loan Documents. Such demands may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and may be made from time to time with respect to the same or different Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.8            Application of Payments . If, at any time, there is any Indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to Lender that is not guaranteed by Guarantor, Lender, without in any manner impairing its rights hereunder, may, at its option, apply all amounts realized by Lender from any collateral or security held by Lender first to the payment of such unguaranteed Indebtedness or obligations, with the remaining amounts, if any, to then be applied to the payment of the Indebtedness or obligations guaranteed by Guarantor.

 

1.9            Waivers .

 

(a)          Guarantor hereby assents to all of the terms and agreements heretofore or hereafter made by Borrower with Lender (including the provisions of the Loan Documents) and hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand on Borrower for payment or otherwise, filing of claims, requirement of a prior proceeding against Borrower and all notices (other than notices expressly provided for hereunder or required to be delivered under applicable law), including notice of:

 

(i)          the acceptance of this Guaranty;

 

(ii)         the present existence or future incurring of all or any part of the Indebtedness, or any future change to the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(iii)        any amendment, modification, replacement or extension of any of the Loan Documents;

 

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(iv)        the execution and delivery by Borrower and Lender of any other loan or credit agreement or of Borrower’s execution and delivery of any promissory note or other documents arising under the Loan Documents or in connection with the Property;

 

(v)         Lender’s transfer, participation, componentization or other disposition of all or any part of the Loan or this Guaranty, or an interest therein;

 

(vi)        the sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure), or assignment-in-lieu of foreclosure, of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)       any protest, proof of non-payment or default by Borrower, or the occurrence of a breach or an Event of Default, or the intent to accelerate or of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(viii)       the obtaining or release of any guaranty or surety agreement, pledge, assignment or other security for the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof; or

 

(ix)         any other action at any time taken or omitted to be taken by Lender generally and any and all demands and notices of every kind in connection with this Guaranty, the other Loan Documents and any other documents or agreements evidencing, securing or relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof.

 

(b)          Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall 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, that may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance by Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by Lender of, this Guaranty. Guarantor hereby further waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall not, set up or claim any defense, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), cross-claim, set-off, offset, right of recoupment 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 Lender hereunder, except for the defense of the actual timely performance of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder.

 

(c)          Guarantor specifically acknowledges and agrees that the waivers made by it in this Section and in the other provisions of this Guaranty are of the essence of the Loan transaction and that, but for this Guaranty and such waivers, Lender would not make the Loan to Borrower.

 

1.10          Waiver of Subrogation, Reimbursement and Contribution . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates, so long as the Indebtedness remains outstanding, any and all rights it may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at law or in equity (including any law subrogating the 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 Person liable for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for any payment made by Guarantor under or in connection with this Guaranty or otherwise.

 

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1.11          Reinstatement; Effect of Bankruptcy . Guarantor agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment at any time received by Lender from, or on behalf of, Borrower or Guarantor under or with respect to this Guaranty is held to constitute a Preferential Payment (as defined in Section 4.4 ), or if Lender is required to rescind, restore or return all or part of any such payment or pay the amount thereof to another Person for any reason (including the insolvency, bankruptcy reorganization, receivership or other debtor relief law or any judgment, order or decision thereunder), then the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall, to the extent of the payment rescinded, restored or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such previous receipt by Lender, and the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, as to such payment as though such previous payment to Lender had never been made.

 

ARTICLE II

 

EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
REDUCING OR DISCHARGING GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS

 

2.1            Events and Circumstances Not Reducing or Discharging Guarantor’s Obligations . Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected in any way by any of the following, although without notice to or the further consent of Guarantor, and waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including rights to notice) or defenses (other than the defense of payment) that Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the following:

 

(a)           Modifications . Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or in any other term thereof, or any renewal, extension, increase, alteration, rearrangement, amendment or other modification to any provision of any of the Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, contract or agreement between Borrower and Lender or any other Person pertaining to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(b)           Adjustment . Any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance, waiver, consent or compromise that Lender might extend, grant or give to Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person with respect to any provision of this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)           Condition of Borrower or Guarantor . Borrower’s or 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 Borrower’s or Guarantor’s assets, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, consolidation, merger arrangement, composition, readjustment or the commencement of any other similar proceedings affecting Borrower or Guarantor or any of the assets of either of them, including (A) the release or discharge of Borrower from the payment and performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents by operation of law or (B) the impairment, limitation or modification of the liability of Borrower, its partners or Guarantor, or of any remedy for the enforcement of Lender’s rights, under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents, resulting from the operation of any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute of law or from the decision in any court.

 

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(d)           Invalidity of Guaranteed Obligations . The invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of this Guaranty or of any of the Loan Documents, or of any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations for any reason whatsoever, including the fact that (i) the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceeds the amount permitted by law, (ii) the act of creating the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, is ultra vires , (iii) the officers or representatives executing the Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the creating of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, acted in excess of their authority, (iv) the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, violates applicable usury laws, (v) Borrower or Guarantor has valid defenses (other than the defense of payment), claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) that render the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible, (vi) the creation, performance or repayment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, or executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or given to secure the repayment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof), is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable or (vii) any of the Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, has been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic.

 

(e)           Release of Obligors . Any compromise or full or partial release of the liability of Borrower or any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the obligations under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(f)           Release of Collateral; Other Collateral . Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment by Lender (including negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of, or failure to perfect or obtain protection of, any collateral, property or security at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations; or the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty or other assurance of payment for all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(g)           Offset . Any existing or future right of set-off, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature against Lender or any other Person, which may be available to or asserted by Guarantor or Borrower.

 

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(h)           Change in Law . Any change in the laws, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction or any present or future action of any Governmental Authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the obligations of Borrower under any of the Loan Documents or Guarantor under this Guaranty.

 

(i)           Event of Default . The occurrence of any Event of Default or any potential Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, whether or not Lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents upon the happening of any such Event of Default or potential Event of Default.

 

(j)           Actions Omitted . The absence of any action to enforce any of Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents or available to Lender at law, equity or otherwise, to recover any judgment against Borrower or to enforce a judgment against Borrower under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(k)           Other Dealings . The occurrence of any other dealing, transaction, matter or thing between Guarantor and Lender.

 

(l)           Application of Sums . The application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in such manner as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion, subject to, and otherwise in accordance with, the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(m)           Ownership Interest . Any change in or termination of the ownership interest of Guarantor (whether direct or indirect).

 

(n)           Unenforceability . The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by Guarantor that Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(o)           Merger . The reorganization, merger or consolidation of Borrower into or with any other Person.

 

(p)           Preference. Any payment by Borrower to Lender is held to constitute a preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Lender is required to refund such payment or pay such amount to Borrower or someone else.

 

(q)           Other Circumstances . Any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor generally, it being the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of Guarantor and Lender that the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall be direct and immediate and that Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action, or omission whatsoever, whether contemplated or uncontemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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2.2            Indebtedness or Other Obligations of Guarantor . If Guarantor is or becomes liable for any Indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this Guaranty, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or affected by this Guaranty and the rights of Lender hereunder shall be cumulative of 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 right or remedy under any other instrument or at law or in equity, including the making of multiple demands hereunder.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS

 

3.1            Representations and Warranties . To induce Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and extend credit to Borrower, Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that, on the date hereof:

 

(a)           Due Formation, Authorization and Enforceability . Guarantor is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has full power and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform under this Guaranty. Guarantor has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty. This Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)           Benefit to Guarantor . Guarantor hereby acknowledges that Lender would not make the Loan but for the liability undertaken by Guarantor under this Guaranty. Guarantor (i) is an affiliate of Borrower and (ii) has received, or will receive, direct and/or indirect benefit from the making of the Loan to Borrower.

 

(c)           Familiarity and Reliance . Guarantor is familiar with, and has independently reviewed books and records regarding, the financial condition of Borrower and is familiar with the value of any and all collateral granted, or intended to be granted, as security for the Indebtedness; provided , however , Guarantor is not relying on such financial condition or such collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty.

 

(d)           No Representation by Lender . Neither Lender nor any other Person has made any representation, warranty or statement to Guarantor in order to induce the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty.

 

(e)           Solvency . Guarantor has not entered into this Guaranty with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. Guarantor received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor is not presently insolvent, and the execution and delivery of this Guaranty will not render Guarantor insolvent.

 

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(f)           No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor, and the performance of transactions contemplated hereunder do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements or any governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws) affecting Guarantor or any of its assets or property, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default (including any circumstance or event that would be a default but for the lack of due notice or lapse of time or both) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of Guarantor’s organizational documents or any agreement or instrument to which Guarantor is a party, or by which Guarantor or its assets or property are bound or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of Guarantor’s assets or property.

 

(g)           Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or investigation pending or, to Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened against Guarantor in any court or by or before any other Governmental Authority, in each case, which, if determined adversely to Guarantor, would materially and adversely affect the performance of Guarantor’s obligations and duties under this Guaranty. There are no outstanding or unpaid judgments against Guarantor.

 

(h)           Consents . No consent, approval, authorization, order or filings of or with any court or Governmental Authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Guarantor of, or compliance by Guarantor with, this Guaranty other than those that have been obtained by Guarantor.

 

(i)           Compliance . Guarantor is not in default or violation of any regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority, the violation or default of which would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Guarantor or that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.

 

(j)           Financial Information . All financial data that have been delivered to Lender with regard to Guarantor by or on behalf of Guarantor (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date set forth therein, (ii) accurately represent the financial condition of Guarantor as of the date of such reports and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered, except as otherwise indicated to Lender.

 

(k)           No Defenses . This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are not subject to, and Guarantor has not asserted, any right of rescission, offset, counterclaim, cross-claim, recoupment or affirmative or other defense of any kind and neither the operation of any of the terms of this Guaranty nor the exercise of any right hereunder will render the Guaranty unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

(l)           Tax Filings . Guarantor has filed (or has obtained effective extensions for filing) all federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed and has paid, or has made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state and local taxes, charges and assessments payable by Guarantor. Guarantor reasonably believes that its tax returns properly reflect the incomes and taxes of Guarantor for the periods covered thereby.

 

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(m)           No Bankruptcy Filing . Guarantor is not and has never been a debtor in any voluntary or involuntary state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. Guarantor is contemplating neither the filing of a petition under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws nor the liquidation of its assets or property and Guarantor does not have any knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it. During the ten year period preceding the Closing Date, no such petition has been filed by or against any person who owns or controls, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the beneficial ownership interests of Guarantor.

 

(n)           No Change in Facts or Circumstances; Full and Accurate Disclosure . There has been no material adverse change in any condition, fact, circumstance or event, and there is no fact or circumstance presently known to Guarantor that has not been disclosed to Lender, in each case that would make the financial statements or other documents submitted in connection with the Loan or this Guaranty inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading in any material respect or that otherwise materially and adversely affects, or would materially and adversely affect, Guarantor or its business, operations or conditions (financial or otherwise).

 

(o)           Embargoed Person . To Guarantor’s knowledge, (i) none of the funds or other assets of Guarantor constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (ii) no Embargoed Person has any equity interest whatsoever in Guarantor (whether directly or indirectly) and (iii) none of the funds of Guarantor have been derived from any unlawful activity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations and warranties contained in this subsection shall survive in perpetuity. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(o) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(p)           Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws . Guarantor, and to Guarantor's knowledge, each Person owning an interest in Guarantor: (a) is not currently identified on the OFAC List and (b) is not a Person with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of any Legal Requirement. Guarantor has implemented procedures, and will consistently apply such procedures throughout the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty, to ensure the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects during the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(p) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(q)           Investment Company Act . Guarantor is not an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(r)           Survival . All representations and warranties made by Guarantor herein shall survive the execution hereof.

 

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3.2            Covenants . Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with Lender that, until payment in full of the Loan:

 

(a)          Throughout the term of the Loan and so long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains outstanding, NY REIT shall maintain, on a consolidated basis, minimum Net Worth of no less than $575,000,000, and minimum Liquidity of no less than $5,000,000, and failure to do so at any time shall constitute an immediate Event of Default. For purposes of this Section, “ Net Worth ” means total assets (excluding the value of NY REIT’s direct or indirect interest in Borrower, and excluding goodwill, patents, trademarks, trade names, organization expense, treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense, deferred research and development costs, deferred marketing expenses, and other like intangibles) less total liabilities (including accrued and deferred income taxes and any reserves against assets), determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and “ Liquidity ” means Lien-free cash balances maintained in the conventional forms of demand deposits, money market account deposits, monies held in cash reserves not held by Lender and other cash equivalents reasonably acceptable to Lender.

 

(b)          As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may reasonably be acceptable to Lender, annual consolidated financial statements of NY REIT, including a balance sheet, together with related statements of operations and equityholders’ capital and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, audited by a “Big Four” accounting firm or other independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Lender whose opinion shall be to the effect that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and shall not be qualified as to the scope of the audit.

 

(c)          As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (excluding year-end) or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may be reasonably acceptable to Lender, quarterly and year-to-date unaudited consolidated financial statements, prepared for such fiscal quarter with respect to NY REIT, including a consolidated balance sheet of NY REIT as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, together with related statements of operations, equityholders’ capital and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year, and containing such other information as Lender may reasonably request, which statements and other information shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete in all material respects. and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

(d)          NY REIT shall make its representatives and officers available to Lender from time to time, upon Lender’s reasonable request, to explain or discuss any financial information provided by NY REIT to Lender under Sections 3.2(b) and (c) .

 

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(e)          Guarantor will preserve and maintain its legal existence. Except as permitted under the Loan Documents, Guarantor shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets unless, only with respect to a merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or a sale of all or substantially all of its assets, (i) the surviving entity assumes the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents if not already a party to this Guaranty and the Environmental Indemnity, and (ii) such transaction does not result in a Prohibited Change of Control or violation of Section 3.2(a) .

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SUBORDINATION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

 

4.1            Subordination of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights . As used herein, the term “ Guarantor’s Conditional Rights ” shall mean any and all debts and liabilities of Borrower owed to Guarantor, whether such debts and liabilities now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligations of Borrower thereon be direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or liabilities be evidenced by note, contract, open account or otherwise, and irrespective of the Person or Persons in whose favor such debts 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. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Guarantor’s Conditional Rights hereunder shall not include Guarantor’s right to receive equity distributions from Borrower directly or indirectly from time to time.

 

4.2            Liens Subordinate; Standstill . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, until the repayment in full of the Indebtedness, Guarantor hereby agrees that (i) all Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights shall be and remain, at all times, inferior and subordinate in all respects to the payment and performance in full of the Indebtedness and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Indebtedness, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of Guarantor or Lender presently exist or are hereafter created or attach, (ii) prior to the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Guarantor shall not be entitled to, and shall not, receive or collect, directly or indirectly, from Borrower or any other Person any amount pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and (iii) Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, (x) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right it may have against Borrower in respect of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights or (y) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including the commencement of, or joinder in, any liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor’s relief or insolvency proceeding) to enforce any liens, mortgages, deeds of trust, security interests, collateral rights, judgments or other encumbrances on assets of Borrower held by Guarantor in respect of any of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. The foregoing shall in no way limit the complete waiver of subrogation rights contained in Section 1.10 .

 

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4.3            Claims in Bankruptcy . In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief or other insolvency proceedings involving Guarantor as debtor, Lender shall have the right and authority, either in its own name or as attorney-in-fact for Guarantor, to prove its claim in any such proceeding and to take such other steps as may be necessary so as to establish its rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian and payments that would otherwise be payable pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. Guarantor hereby assigns any and all such payments to Lender.

 

4.4            Payments Held in Trust . In the event that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guaranty, Guarantor should receive any funds, payment or claim that is prohibited by this Guaranty on account of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights (for avoidance of doubt the foregoing excludes equity distributions made by Borrower from time to time directly or indirectly so long as no Event of Default is continuing) and either (i) such amount is paid to Guarantor at any time when any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid or performed in full or, (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to Guarantor, any payment made by, or on behalf of, Borrower to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid by Lender or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other Person, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise (such payment, a “ Preferential Payment ”), then such amount paid to Guarantor shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied upon the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine. To the extent that any of the provisions of this Article 4 shall not be enforceable, Guarantor agrees that until such time as the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid and performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by Borrower to Lender may be determined to be a Preferential Payment, all of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights, to the extent not validly waived, shall be subordinate to Lender’s right to full payment and performance of the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations and Guarantor shall not enforce any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights during such period.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1            Lender’s Benefit; No Impairment of Loan Documents . This Guaranty is for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns and nothing contained herein shall impair, as between Borrower and Lender, the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents. Lender and its successors and assigns shall have the right subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement to assign, in whole or in part, this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to any Person and to participate all or any portion of the Loan, including any servicer or trustee in connection with a Securitization.

 

5.2            Successors and Assigns; Binding Effect . This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, whether by voluntary action of the parties or by operation of law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Guarantor may in no event delegate or transfer its obligations under, or be released from, this Guaranty, except in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement and this Guaranty.

 

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5.3            Costs and Expenses . If Guarantor should breach or fail to timely perform any provision of this Guaranty, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender, pay to Lender any and all costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement hereof or the preservation of Lender’s rights hereunder. The covenant contained in this Section shall survive the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

5.4            Not a Waiver; No Set-Off . The failure of any party to enforce any right or remedy hereunder, or to promptly enforce any such right or remedy, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to any estoppel against such party, nor excuse any other party from its obligations hereunder, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable under this Guaranty, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Guaranty or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce any of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. No set-off, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), reduction, diminution of any obligations or any defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Guarantor has or may hereafter have against Borrower or Lender shall be available hereunder to Guarantor.

 

5.5            PRIOR AGREEMENTS . THIS GUARANTY CONTAINS THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS GUARANTY AS THEY RELATE TO THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

 

5.6            No Oral Change . No modification, amendment, extension, discharge, termination or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in a writing signed by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance, and for the purpose, for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no notice to, or demand on, Guarantor, shall entitle Guarantor to any other or future notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

5.7            Separate Remedies . Each and all of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Guaranty and each of the other Loan Documents are intended to be distinct, separate and cumulative and no such right or remedy herein or therein mentioned is intended to be in exclusion of or a waiver of any other right or remedy available to Lender.

 

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5.8            Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.

 

5.9            Rules of Construction . All references to sections and exhibits are to sections and exhibits in or to this Guaranty unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Guaranty shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guaranty shall refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Guaranty. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

5.10          Headings . The Section headings in this Guaranty are included in this Guaranty for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other purpose.

 

5.11          Recitals . The recitals and introductory paragraphs of this Guaranty are incorporated herein, and made a part hereof, by this reference.

 

5.12          Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Guaranty.

 

5.13          Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Guaranty in the manner provided for in this Section). A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

If to Lender: c/o H/2 Capital Partners
  375 Park Avenue, 20 th Floor
  New York, New York  10152
  Attention:  Daniel Ottensoser
  E-mail:  dottensoser@h2cp.com

 

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with copies to: c/o H/2 Capital Partners
  375 Park Avenue, 20 th Floor
  New York, New York  10152
  Attention:  William Stefko, Esq.
  E-mail:  wstefko@h2sas.com
   
and: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  One Liberty Plaza
  New York, New York 10006
  Attention:  Kimberly Brown Blacklow, Esq.
  E-mail:  kblacklow@cgsh.com
   
If to Borrower: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Legal Department
  E-Mail:  MEad@nyrt.com
   
With a copies to: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Michael Happel
  E-Mail:  Mhappel@nyrt.com
   
and: Arnold & Porter LLP
  399 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  John  Busillo, Esq.
  E-Mail:  John.Busillo@aporter.com

 

5.14          Governing Law . (A)   THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES, TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

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(B)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST GUARANTOR OR LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK. GUARANTOR AND LENDER HEREBY EACH (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.13 HEREOF (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

 

5.15          Trial by Jury . GUARANTOR AND LENDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT EACH MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER.

 

5.16          Brokers and Financial Advisors . Guarantor hereby represents that none of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Lender hereby represents that neither Lender nor any of its respective Affiliates have dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Guarantor and Lender agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor, Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Guaranty and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

 

5.17          Cooperation. Guarantor agrees that it is bound by, and agrees to comply with, the provisions of Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in full.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Guaranty all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  GUARANTOR :
   
  NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
     
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

     

 

Exhibit 10.6

 

EXECUTION

GUARANTY

 

(Mezzanine Loan) (Unfunded Obligations)

 

THIS GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed as of September 30, 2015 by NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ NY REIT ”) and NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ NYROP ”, and together with NYREIT, collectively, “ Guarantor ”), for the benefit of PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender ”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to make a loan (the “ Loan ”) to ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), in the original maximum principal amount of $40,000,000 (the “ Loan Amount ”), pursuant to that certain Mezzanine Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Borrower and Lender (the “ Loan Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, to evidence the Loan, Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender that certain promissory note, dated as of the date hereof, in the aggregate original maximum principal amount of the Loan Amount (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Note ”) ;

 

WHEREAS, Lender requires as a condition to making the Loan that Guarantor agrees to unconditionally guaranty for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns, the full and timely payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (as hereinafter defined);

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor directly and/or indirectly owns an interest in Borrower and will derive substantial economic benefit from the making of the Loan by Lender to Borrower; and

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty in order to induce Lender to make the Loan.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, to induce Lender to make the Loan to Borrower and in consideration for the substantial benefit Guarantor will derive from the making of the Loan and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

 

NATURE AND SCOPE OF GUARANTY

 

1.1            Guaranty of Obligations .

 

Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the full and timely payment and performance of all of the Guaranteed Obligations as and when the same shall be due and payable under the Loan Documents, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable for the Guaranteed Obligations as primary obligor.

 

1.2            Definition of Guaranteed Obligations . As used herein, the term “ Guaranteed Obligations ” means all obligations and liabilities of Borrower to fund the costs of the Unfunded Obligations as set forth in Section 3.9(c) of the Mortgage Loan Agreement in an amount up to $5,309,628 (in the aggregate with any obligations of Guarantor in respect of Unfunded Obligations under the Unfunded Obligations Guaranty delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan).

 

1.3            Nature of Guaranty . This Guaranty is an irrevocable, absolute and continuing guaranty of payment and not a guaranty of collection. No exculpatory language contained in any of the other Loan Documents shall in any event or under any circumstances modify, qualify or affect the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty may not be revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after any attempted revocation by Guarantor and, if Guarantor is a natural person, after Guarantor’s death, in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate and Guarantor’s legal representatives and heirs. It is the intent of Guarantor and Lender that the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder are absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances (other than payment in full of the Indebtedness) and that, so long as any portion of the Indebtedness shall be outstanding, such obligations and liabilities shall not be discharged or released in whole or in part, by any act or occurrence (including the fact that at any time or from time to time the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or reduced) that might, but for the provisions of this Guaranty, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge or release of Guarantor. This Guaranty may be enforced by Lender and any subsequent holder of any Note or any part thereof and shall not be discharged by the assignment or negotiation of all or any part of any Note.

 

1.4            Joint and Several Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Guarantor is comprised of more than one Person, the obligations and liabilities of each such Person under this Guaranty shall be joint and several.

 

1.5            Guaranteed Obligations Not Reduced by Set-Off . The Guaranteed Obligations and the liabilities and obligations of Guarantor to Lender hereunder shall not be reduced, discharged or released because or by reason of any existing or future set-off, offset, claim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person has or may hereafter have against Lender or against payment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether such set-off, offset, claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

 

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1.6            No Duty to Pursue Others; No Duty to Mitigate . It shall not be necessary for Lender (and Guarantor hereby waives any rights that Guarantor may have to require Lender) to take any action, obtain any judgment or file any claim prior to enforcing this Guaranty, including to (i) institute suit or otherwise enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust its remedies, against Borrower or any other Person liable on all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any other Person, (ii) enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust any remedies available to Lender, against any collateral that shall ever have been given to secure all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, (iii) join Borrower or any other Person liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty or (iv) resort to any other means of obtaining payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.7            Payment by Guarantor . If all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid or performed when due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender and without presentment, protest, notice of protest, notice of non-payment, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the maturity or any other notice whatsoever other than notice to Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations payable by Guarantor, pay in lawful money of the United States of America, the amount due thereon to Lender. Amounts not paid when due hereunder shall accrue interest at the Default Rate, unless such amounts already include interest at the Default Rate pursuant to the terms of the other Loan Documents. Such demands may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and may be made from time to time with respect to the same or different Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.8            Application of Payments . If, at any time, there is any Indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to Lender that is not guaranteed by Guarantor, Lender, without in any manner impairing its rights hereunder, may, at its option, apply all amounts realized by Lender from any collateral or security held by Lender first to the payment of such unguaranteed Indebtedness or obligations, with the remaining amounts, if any, to then be applied to the payment of the Indebtedness or obligations guaranteed by Guarantor.

 

1.9            Waivers .

 

(a)          Guarantor hereby assents to all of the terms and agreements heretofore and hereafter made by Borrower with Lender (including the provisions of the Loan Documents) and hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand on Borrower for payment or otherwise, filing of claims, requirement of a prior proceeding against Borrower and all notices (other than notices expressly provided for hereunder or required to be delivered under applicable law), including notice of:

 

(i)          the acceptance of this Guaranty;

 

(ii)         the present existence or future incurring of all or any part of the Indebtedness, or any future change to the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of all or any part of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

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(iii)        any amendment, modification, replacement or extension of any of the Loan Documents or the Mortgage Loan Documents;

 

(iv)        the execution and delivery by Borrower and Lender of any other loan or credit agreement or of Borrower’s execution and delivery of any promissory note or other documents arising under the Loan Documents or in connection with the Collateral;

 

(v)         Lender’s transfer, participation, componentization or other disposition of all or any part of the Loan or this Guaranty, or an interest therein, or any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, or Mortgage Lender’s transfer, participation, componentization or other disposition of all or any part of the Mortgage Loan, or an interest therein;

 

(vi)        the sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure), or assignment-in-lieu of foreclosure, of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)       the sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure) or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan Collateral;

 

(viii)      any protest, proof of non-payment or default by Borrower, or the occurrence of a breach or an Event of Default, or the intent to accelerate or of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(ix)         any protest, proof of non-payment or default by Mortgage Borrower, or the occurrence of a breach or a Mortgage Loan Event of Default, or the intent to accelerate or of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(x)           the obtaining or release of any guaranty or surety agreement, pledge, assignment or other security for the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof; or

 

(xi)         any other action at any time taken or omitted to be taken by Lender or Mortgage Lender generally and any and all demands and notices of every kind in connection with this Guaranty, the other Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents and any other documents or agreements evidencing, securing or relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof.

 

(b)          Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall 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, that may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance by Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by Lender of, this Guaranty. Guarantor hereby further waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall not, set up or claim any defense, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), cross-claim, set-off, offset, right of recoupment 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 Lender hereunder, except for the defense of the actual timely performance of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder.

 

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(c)          Guarantor specifically acknowledges and agrees that the waivers made by it in this Section and in the other provisions of this Guaranty are of the essence of the Loan transaction and that, but for this Guaranty and such waivers, Lender would not make the Loan to Borrower.

 

1.10          Waiver of Subrogation, Reimbursement and Contribution . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates, so long as the Indebtedness remains outstanding, any and all rights it may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at law or in equity (including any law subrogating the 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 Person liable for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for any payment made by Guarantor under or in connection with this Guaranty or otherwise.

 

1.11          Reinstatement; Effect of Bankruptcy . Guarantor agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment at any time received by Lender from, or on behalf of, Borrower or Guarantor under or with respect to this Guaranty is held to constitute a Preferential Payment (as defined in Section 4.4 ), or if Lender is required to rescind, restore or return all or part of any such payment or pay the amount thereof to another Person for any reason (including the insolvency, bankruptcy reorganization, receivership or other debtor relief law or any judgment, order or decision thereunder), then the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall, to the extent of the payment rescinded, restored or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such previous receipt by Lender, and the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, as to such payment as though such previous payment to Lender had never been made.

 

ARTICLE II

 

EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
REDUCING OR DISCHARGING GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS

 

2.1            Events and Circumstances Not Reducing or Discharging Guarantor’s Obligations . Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected in any way by any of the following, although without notice to or the further consent of Guarantor, and waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including rights to notice) or defenses (other than the defense of payment) that Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the following:

 

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(a)           Modifications . Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or in any other term thereof, or any renewal, extension, increase, alteration, rearrangement, amendment or other modification to any provision of any of the Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, contract or agreement between Borrower and Lender or any other Person pertaining to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(b)           Adjustment . Any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance, waiver, consent or compromise that Lender might extend, grant or give to Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person with respect to any provision of this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)           Condition of Borrower or Guarantor . The voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of all or substantially all of the respective assets and liabilities of Borrower, Property Owner or any individual Guarantor, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, sequestrator or conservator for all or any part of the assets of Borrower, Property Owner or any individual Guarantor, the insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, consolidation, merger arrangement, composition, readjustment or the commencement of any other similar proceedings affecting Borrower, Property Owner or any individual Guarantor or any of the assets of any of them, including (A) the release or discharge of Borrower from the payment and performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents by operation of law, (B) the release or discharge of Property Owner from the payment and performance of its obligations under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents by operation of law, (C) the impairment, limitation or modification of the liability of Borrower or Guarantor, or of any remedy for the enforcement of Lender’s rights, under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents, resulting from the operation of any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute of law or from the decision in any court or (D) the impairment, limitation or modification of the liability of Property Owner, Borrower or any individual Guarantor, or if any remedy for the enforcement of Mortgage Lender’s rights, under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, resulting from the operation of any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute of law or from the decision of any court.

 

(d)           Invalidity of Guaranteed Obligations . The invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of this Guaranty, the Loan Documents or of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, or of any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations for any reason whatsoever, including the fact that (i) the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceeds the amount permitted by law, (ii) the act of creating the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, is ultra vires , (iii) the officers or representatives executing the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the creating of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, acted in excess of their authority, (iv) the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, violates applicable usury laws, (v) Borrower, Property Owner or Guarantor has valid defenses (other than the defense of payment), claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) that render the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible, (vi) the creation, performance or repayment of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, or executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or given to secure the repayment of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof), is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable or (vii) any of the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, has been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic.

 

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(e)           Release of Obligors . Any compromise or full or partial release of the liability of Borrower or any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the obligations under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(f)           Release of Collateral; Other Collateral . Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment by Lender or Mortgage Lender (including negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of, or failure to perfect or obtain protection of, any collateral, property or security at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations; or the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty or other assurance of payment for all or any part of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(g)           Offset . Any existing or future right of set-off, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature against Lender or any other Person, which may be available to or asserted by Guarantor or Borrower.

 

(h)           Change in Law . Any change in the laws, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction or any present or future action of any Governmental Authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the obligations of Borrower under any of the Loan Documents, Guarantor under this Guaranty or Property Owner under the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

(i)           Event of Default . The occurrence of any Event of Default or any potential Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, whether or not Lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents upon the happening of any such Event of Default or potential Event of Default, or the occurrence of any Mortgage Loan Event of Default under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, whether or not Mortgage Lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Documents upon the happening of any such Mortgage Loan Event of Default.

 

(j)           Actions Omitted . The absence of any action to enforce any of Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents or Mortgage Lender’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents, or available to Lender or Mortgage Lender at law, equity or otherwise, to recover any judgment against Borrower or Property Owner or to enforce a judgment against Borrower under any of the Loan Documents or the Mortgage Loan Documents, as applicable.

 

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(k)           Other Dealings . The occurrence of any other dealing, transaction, matter or thing between Guarantor and Lender.

 

(l)           Application of Sums . The application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in such manner as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion, subject to, and otherwise in accordance with, the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or the application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by Guarantor or Property Owner to Mortgage Lender in such manner as Mortgage Lender shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

(m)           Ownership Interest . Any change in or termination of the ownership interest of Guarantor (whether direct or indirect).

 

(n)           Unenforceability . The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by Guarantor that Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(o)           Merger . The reorganization, merger or consolidation of Borrower and/or Property Owner into or with any other Person.

 

(p)           Preference. Any payment by Borrower to Lender is held to constitute a preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Lender is required to refund such payment or pay such amount to Borrower or someone else.

 

(q)           Other Circumstances . Any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor generally, it being the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of Guarantor and Lender that the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall be direct and immediate and that Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action, or omission whatsoever, whether contemplated or uncontemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

2.2            Indebtedness or Other Obligations of Guarantor . If Guarantor is or becomes liable for any Indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this Guaranty, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or affected by this Guaranty and the rights of Lender hereunder shall be cumulative of 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 right or remedy under any other instrument or at law or in equity, including the making of multiple demands hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS

 

3.1            Representations and Warranties . To induce Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and extend credit to Borrower, Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that, on the date hereof:

 

(a)           Due Formation, Authorization and Enforceability . Guarantor is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has full power and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform under this Guaranty. Guarantor has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty. This Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)           Benefit to Guarantor . Guarantor hereby acknowledges that Lender would not make the Loan but for the liability undertaken by Guarantor under this Guaranty. Guarantor (i) is an affiliate of Borrower and (ii) has received, or will receive, direct and/or indirect benefit from the making of the Loan to Borrower.

 

(c)           Familiarity and Reliance . Guarantor is familiar with, and has independently reviewed books and records regarding, the financial condition of Borrower and is familiar with the value of any and all collateral granted, or intended to be granted, as security for the Indebtedness; provided , however , Guarantor is not relying on such financial condition or such collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty.

 

(d)           No Representation by Lender . Neither Lender nor any other Person has made any representation, warranty or statement to Guarantor in order to induce the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty.

 

(e)           Solvency . Guarantor has not entered into this Guaranty with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. Guarantor received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor is not presently insolvent, and the execution and delivery of this Guaranty will not render Guarantor insolvent.

 

(f)           No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor, and the performance of transactions contemplated hereunder do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements or any governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws) affecting Guarantor or any of its assets or property, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default (including any circumstance or event that would be a default but for the lack of due notice or lapse of time or both) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of Guarantor’s organizational documents or any agreement or instrument to which Guarantor is a party, or by which Guarantor or its assets or property are bound or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of Guarantor’s assets or property.

 

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(g)           Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or investigation pending or, to Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened against Guarantor in any court or by or before any other Governmental Authority, in each case, which, if determined adversely to Guarantor, would materially and adversely affect the performance of Guarantor’s obligations and duties under this Guaranty. There are no outstanding or unpaid judgments against Guarantor.

 

(h)           Consents . No consent, approval, authorization, order or filings of or with any court or Governmental Authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Guarantor of, or compliance by Guarantor with, this Guaranty other than those that have been obtained by Guarantor.

 

(i)           Compliance . Guarantor is not in default or violation of any regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority, the violation or default of which would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Guarantor or that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.

 

(j)           Financial Information . All financial data that have been delivered to Lender with regard to Guarantor by or on behalf of Guarantor (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date set forth therein, (ii) accurately represent the financial condition of Guarantor as of the date of such reports and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered, except as otherwise indicated to Lender.

 

(k)           No Defenses . This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are not subject to, and Guarantor has not asserted, any right of rescission, offset, counterclaim, cross-claim, recoupment or affirmative or other defense of any kind and neither the operation of any of the terms of this Guaranty nor the exercise of any right hereunder will render the Guaranty unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

(l)           Tax Filings . Guarantor has filed (or has obtained effective extensions for filing) all federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed and has paid, or has made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state and local taxes, charges and assessments payable by Guarantor. Guarantor reasonably believes that its tax returns properly reflect the incomes and taxes of Guarantor for the periods covered thereby.

 

(m)           No Bankruptcy Filing . Guarantor is not and has never been a debtor in any voluntary or involuntary state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. Guarantor is contemplating neither the filing of a petition under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws nor the liquidation of its assets or property and Guarantor does not have any knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it. During the ten year period preceding the Closing Date, no such petition has been filed by or against any person who owns or controls, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the beneficial ownership interests of Guarantor.

 

(n)           No Change in Facts or Circumstances; Full and Accurate Disclosure . There has been no material adverse change in any condition, fact, circumstance or event, and there is no fact or circumstance presently known to Guarantor that has not been disclosed to Lender, in each case that would make the financial statements or other documents submitted in connection with the Loan or this Guaranty inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading in any material respect or that otherwise materially and adversely affects, or would materially and adversely affect, Guarantor or its business, operations or conditions (financial or otherwise).

 

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(o)           Embargoed Person . To Guarantor’s knowledge, (i) none of the funds or other assets of Guarantor constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (ii) no Embargoed Person has any equity interest whatsoever in Guarantor (whether directly or indirectly) and (iii) none of the funds of Guarantor have been derived from any unlawful activity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations and warranties contained in this subsection shall survive in perpetuity. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(o) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(p)           Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws . Guarantor, and to Guarantor's knowledge, each Person owning an interest in Guarantor: (a) is not currently identified on the OFAC List and (b) is not a Person with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of any Legal Requirement. Guarantor has implemented procedures, and will consistently apply such procedures throughout the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty, to ensure the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects during the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(p) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(q)           Investment Company Act . Guarantor is not an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(r)           Survival . All representations and warranties made by Guarantor herein shall survive the execution hereof.

 

3.2            Covenants . Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with Lender that, until payment in full of the Loan:

 

(a)          Throughout the term of the Loan and so long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains outstanding, NY REIT shall maintain, on a consolidated basis, minimum Net Worth of no less than $575,000,000, and minimum Liquidity of no less than $5,000,000, and failure to do so at any time shall constitute an immediate Event of Default. For purposes of this Section, “ Net Worth ” means total assets (excluding the value of NY REIT’s direct or indirect interest in Borrower, and excluding goodwill, patents, trademarks, trade names, organization expense, treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense, deferred research and development costs, deferred marketing expenses, and other like intangibles) less total liabilities (including accrued and deferred income taxes and any reserves against assets), determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and “ Liquidity ” means Lien-free cash balances maintained in the conventional forms of demand deposits, money market account deposits, monies held in cash reserves not held by Lender and other cash equivalents reasonably acceptable to Lender.

 

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(b)          As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may reasonably be acceptable to Lender, annual consolidated financial statements of NY REIT, including a balance sheet, together with related statements of operations and equityholders’ capital and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, audited by a “Big Four” accounting firm or other independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Lender whose opinion shall be to the effect that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and shall not be qualified as to the scope of the audit.

 

(c)          As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (excluding year-end) or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may be reasonably acceptable to Lender, quarterly and year-to-date unaudited consolidated financial statements, prepared for such fiscal quarter with respect to NY REIT, including a consolidated balance sheet of NY REIT as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, together with related statements of operations, equityholders’ capital and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year, and containing such other information as Lender may reasonably request, which statements and other information shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete in all material respects. and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

(d)          NY REIT shall make its representatives and officers available to Lender from time to time, upon Lender’s reasonable request, to explain or discuss any financial information provided by NY REIT to Lender under Sections 3.2(b) and (c) .

 

(e)          Guarantor will preserve and maintain its legal existence. Except as permitted under the Loan Documents, Guarantor shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets unless, only with respect to a merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or a sale of all or substantially all of its assets, (i) the surviving entity assumes the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents if not already a party to this Guaranty and the Environmental Indemnity, and (ii) such transaction does not result in a Prohibited Change of Control or violation of Section 3.2(a) .

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

SUBORDINATION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

 

4.1            Subordination of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights . As used herein, the term “ Guarantor’s Conditional Rights ” shall mean any and all debts and liabilities of Borrower owed to Guarantor, whether such debts and liabilities now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligations of Borrower thereon be direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or liabilities be evidenced by note, contract, open account or otherwise, and irrespective of the Person or Persons in whose favor such debts 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. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Guarantor’s Conditional Rights hereunder shall not include Guarantor’s right to receive equity distributions from Borrower directly or indirectly from time to time.

 

4.2            Liens Subordinate; Standstill . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, until the repayment in full of the Indebtedness, Guarantor hereby agrees that (i) all Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights shall be and remain, at all times, inferior and subordinate in all respects to the payment and performance in full of the Indebtedness and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Indebtedness, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of Guarantor or Lender presently exist or are hereafter created or attach, (ii) prior to the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Guarantor shall not be entitled to, and shall not, receive or collect, directly or indirectly, from Borrower or any other Person any amount pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and (iii) Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, (x) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right it may have against Borrower in respect of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights or (y) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including 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 on assets of Borrower held by Guarantor in respect of any of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. The foregoing shall in no way limit the complete waiver of subrogation rights contained in Section 1.10 .

 

4.3            Claims in Bankruptcy . In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief or other insolvency proceedings involving Guarantor as debtor, Lender shall have the right and authority, either in its own name or as attorney-in-fact for Guarantor, to prove its claim in any such proceeding and to take such other steps as may be necessary so as to establish its rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian and payments that would otherwise be payable pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. Guarantor hereby assigns any and all such payments to Lender.

 

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4.4            Payments Held in Trust . In the event that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guaranty, Guarantor should receive any funds, payment or claim that is prohibited by this Guaranty on account of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights (for avoidance of doubt the foregoing excludes equity distributions made by Borrower from time to time directly or indirectly so long as no Event of Default is continuing) and either (i) such amount is paid to Guarantor at any time when any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid or performed in full or, (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to Guarantor, any payment made by, or on behalf of, Borrower to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid by Lender or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other Person, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise (such payment, a “ Preferential Payment ”), then such amount paid to Guarantor shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied upon the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine. To the extent that any of the provisions of this Article 4 shall not be enforceable, Guarantor agrees that until such time as the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid and performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by Borrower to Lender may be determined to be a Preferential Payment, all of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights, to the extent not validly waived, shall be subordinate to Lender’s right to full payment and performance of the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations and Guarantor shall not enforce any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights during such period.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1            Lender’s Benefit; No Impairment of Loan Documents . This Guaranty is for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns and nothing contained herein shall impair, as between Borrower and Lender, the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents. Lender and its successors and assigns shall have the right subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement to assign, in whole or in part, this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to any Person and to participate all or any portion of the Loan, including any servicer or trustee in connection with a Securitization.

 

5.2            Successors and Assigns; Binding Effect . This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, whether by voluntary action of the parties or by operation of law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Guarantor may in no event delegate or transfer its obligations under, or be released from, this Guaranty, except in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement and this Guaranty.

 

5.3            Costs and Expenses . If Guarantor should breach or fail to timely perform any provision of this Guaranty, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender, pay to Lender any and all costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement hereof or the preservation of Lender’s rights hereunder. The covenant contained in this Section shall survive the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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5.4            Not a Waiver; No Set-Off . The failure of any party to enforce any right or remedy hereunder, or to promptly enforce any such right or remedy, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to any estoppel against such party, nor excuse any other party from its obligations hereunder, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable under this Guaranty, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Guaranty or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce any of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. No set-off, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), reduction, diminution of any obligations or any defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Guarantor has or may hereafter have against Borrower or Lender shall be available hereunder to Guarantor.

 

5.5            PRIOR AGREEMENTS . THIS GUARANTY CONTAINS THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS GUARANTY AS THEY RELATE TO THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

 

5.6            No Oral Change . No modification, amendment, extension, discharge, termination or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in a writing signed by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance, and for the purpose, for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no notice to, or demand on, Guarantor, shall entitle Guarantor to any other or future notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

5.7            Separate Remedies . Each and all of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Guaranty and each of the other Loan Documents are intended to be distinct, separate and cumulative and no such right or remedy herein or therein mentioned is intended to be in exclusion of or a waiver of any other right or remedy available to Lender.

 

5.8            Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.

 

5.9            Rules of Construction . All references to sections and exhibits are to sections and exhibits in or to this Guaranty unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Guaranty shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guaranty shall refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Guaranty. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

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5.10          Headings . The Section headings in this Guaranty are included in this Guaranty for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other purpose.

 

5.11          Recitals . The recitals and introductory paragraphs of this Guaranty are incorporated herein, and made a part hereof, by this reference.

 

5.12          Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Guaranty.

 

5.13          Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Guaranty in the manner provided for in this Section). A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

If to Lender: c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII L.P.
  1633 Broadway, Suite 1801
  New York, New York  10019
  Attention:  Albert Behler, CEO
  E-mail:  abehler@paramount-group.com
   
with copies to: c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII L.P.
  1633 Broadway, Suite 1801
  New York, New York  10019
  Attention:  Gage Johnson, General Counsel
  E-mail:  gjohnson@paramount-group.com
   
and: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019
  Attention:  Thomas J. Henry
  E-mail:  thenry@willkie.com

 

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If to Borrower: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Legal Department
  E-Mail:  MEad@nyrt.com
   
With a copies to: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Michael Happel
  E-Mail:  Mhappel@nyrt.com
   
and: Arnold & Porter LLP
  399 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  John  Busillo, Esq.
  E-Mail:  John.Busillo@aporter.com

 

5.14          Governing Law . (A)    THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES, TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

(B)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST GUARANTOR OR LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK. GUARANTOR AND LENDER HEREBY EACH (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.13 HEREOF (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

 

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5.15          Trial by Jury . GUARANTOR AND LENDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT EACH MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER.

 

5.16          Brokers and Financial Advisors . Guarantor hereby represents that none of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Lender hereby represents that neither Lender nor any of its respective Affiliates have dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Guarantor and Lender agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor, Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Guaranty and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

 

5.17          Cooperation. Guarantor agrees that it is bound by, and agrees to comply with, the provisions of Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in full.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Guaranty all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  GUARANTOR :
   
  NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
     
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

     

 

Exhibit 10.7

 

EXECUTION

 

ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

 

This ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of September 30, 2015 by NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation and NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, jointly and severally, together with their respective successors and assigns, “ Guarantor ”) and ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, “ Borrower ”, and, collectively with Guarantor, jointly and severally, the “ Indemnitor ”) in favor of STRATEGIC ASSET SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, not individually but solely in its capacity as Agent for the Lender under the Loan Agreement (together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Loan Agreement, the “ Lender ”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A.     WHEREAS, Lender is prepared to make a certain loan (the “ Loan ”) to Borrower, pursuant to a Loan Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”; all capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement), which Loan shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, collectively, the “ Note ”) and secured by certain real property described in the Loan Agreement (the “ Property ”).

 

B.     WHEREAS, the Lender is unwilling to make the Loan unless Indemnitor agrees to provide the indemnification, representations, warranties, covenants and other matters described in this Agreement for the benefit of Lender.

 

C.     WHEREAS, Indemnitor is entering into this Agreement to induce the Lender to make the Loan.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Indemnitor hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees for the benefit of Lender as follows:

 

1.      Environmental Representations And Warranties . The representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 4.28 of the Loan Agreement relating to environmental matters are incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein and deemed to have been made as of the date hereof by Indemnitor.

 

2.      Environmental Covenants . Indemnitor covenants that:

 

(a)          all uses and operations on or of the Property by Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower shall be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;

 

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(b)          Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that uses and operations by all tenants or other users of the Property are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;

 

(c)          Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that there shall be no Releases of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Property in violation of Environmental Law;

 

(d)          Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that there shall be no Hazardous Substances in, on, or under the Property, except those that are (i) both (A) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and, if applicable, with permits issued pursuant thereto, and (B) fully disclosed to Lender in writing (including in the Environmental Reports provided to Lender ) or routinely used in the operation and maintenance of, or by tenants in, commercial properties similar to the Property, or (ii) not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be a default under the Loan Documents if any Hazardous Substances that fail to satisfy either clauses (i) or (ii) of the previous sentence are in, on or under the Property and Borrower (x) commences the Remediation of the same in accordance with applicable Environmental Law within 30 days after written notice thereof (or, if Borrower is unable to secure any Permits or approvals of applicable Governmental Authorities required for such Remediation during such 30 day period after reasonable effort, upon its securing such Permits, provided that Borrower continues to attempt to secure the same in a diligent manner), and (y) thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceeds to Remediate the same;

 

(e)          Borrower shall keep the Property free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law, whether or not due to any act or omission of Borrower (the “ Environmental Liens ”), provided that it shall not be a default under the Loan Documents if any such Environmental Liens are imposed and Borrower either (i) commences to remove such Environmental Liens within 30 days after written notice thereof and thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceeds to remove the same, or (ii) after notice to Lender, contests by appropriate legal proceedings, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the imposition of such Environmental Liens, so long as (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) such proceeding shall suspend the enforcement of such Environmental Liens, (C) neither the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost, and (D) Borrower shall have furnished such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to ensure the payment of any costs or expenses related to removal of the Environmental Lien or the prosecution of the legal proceedings, together with all interest or penalties thereon;

 

(f)          Borrower shall expeditiously and reasonably cooperate in all activities pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, including but not limited to providing all relevant information and making knowledgeable persons available for interviews;

 

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(g)          Borrower shall perform any environmental site assessment or other investigation of environmental conditions in connection with the Property, pursuant to any reasonable request of Lender made in the event that Lender reasonably believes that an environmental hazard exists on the Property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws (including but not limited to sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), and share with Lender the reports and other results thereof, and Lender shall be entitled to rely on such reports and other results thereof;

 

(h)          Borrower shall comply with all reasonable requests of Lender made in the event that Lender reasonably determines that either (i) the Property or any operation thereon is in material violation of Environmental Law; or (ii) Hazardous Substances are present or have been Released at, in, on or from the Property in violation of Environmental Law or in a manner that is likely to result in the imposition of Liability under Environmental Law, to: (x) reasonably effectuate Remediation of such Hazardous Substance or condition if and to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws; (y) comply in all material respects with any applicable Environmental Law; and (z) comply with any directive from any applicable Governmental Authority, provided that with respect to the foregoing, after notice to Lender, Borrower may suspend such compliance and contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the applicability of such Environmental Law, and provided further that (A) no Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) has occurred and is continuing, (B) the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost as a result of Borrower’s contesting the foregoing, and (C) Borrower shall have furnished the security, if any, as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to ensure the payment of any costs or expenses related to such proceeding, together with all interest and penalties thereon;

 

(i)          Borrower shall not do, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any tenant or other user of the Property from doing, any act, that is in material non-compliance of applicable Environmental Law or violates any covenant, condition, agreement or easement relating to any environmental matters and applicable to the Property and that is reasonably likely, in any such case, to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(j)          Borrower shall promptly notify Lender as it becomes aware of (i) any presence or Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, under, or from the Property other than those that comply with Section 2(d) above; (ii) any material non-compliance with any Environmental Laws with respect to the Property; (iii) any Environmental Lien recorded against the Property or threatened in writing to be recorded against the Property; (iv) any Remediation of environmental conditions relating to the Property that is required by a Governmental Authority or pursuant to Environmental Law; and (v) any written notice or other written communication received by Borrower from any Governmental Authority or any other Person relating to (A) the presence of any Hazardous Substances on the Property, or Remediation thereof, (B) the liability of any Person pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to environmental contaminants in, on, under or released from the Property, or (C) any actual administrative or judicial proceedings or such proceedings threatened in writing with respect to environmental contaminants in, on under or released from the Property in violation of Environmental Laws and any environmental matters addressed in this Agreement.

 

(k)          If, at any time, it is determined that asbestos is present on the Property, Borrower shall retain an environmental consultant reasonably satisfactory to Lender to prepare an operations and maintenance program, and Borrower shall comply with the same. Borrower shall deliver a copy of any such program to Lender.

 

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3.      Indemnified Rights/Cooperation and Access . In the event that Lender reasonably believes that an environmental hazard exists or there is a violation of Environmental Law at the Property that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or that is likely to endanger any tenants or other occupants of such Property, upon reasonable notice from Lender, Indemnitor shall promptly cause an engineer or consultant reasonably satisfactory to Lender to conduct an environmental assessment or audit to assess any and all aspects of the condition giving rise to such belief (the scope of which shall be determined in the reasonable discretion of Lender) and take any samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials or any other invasive testing reasonably necessary, as determined by such engineer or consultant, to determine whether an environmental hazard exists or there is a violation of Environmental Law at the Property that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or that is likely to endanger any tenants or other occupants of such Property, and promptly deliver the results of any such assessment, audit, sampling or other testing to Lender and Indemnitor (and Lender and the other Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to rely on the same); provided , however , that, if such results are not delivered to Lender within a reasonable period following receipt of written notice from Lender of Indemnitor’s failure to comply with the provisions of this Section 3 , upon reasonable notice to Indemnitor, Lender and any other Person designated by Lender, including but not limited to any receiver, any representative of a Governmental Authority, and any environmental consultant shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter upon the Property at all reasonable times (subject to the rights of tenants) to assess any and all aspects of the environmental condition of the applicable Property, including but not limited to, by conducting any environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in the reasonable discretion of Lender) and taking samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials, and reasonably conducting other invasive testing. Indemnitor shall cooperate with and provide, upon advance notice, Lender and any such Person designated by Lender with such access to the Property.

 

4.      Indemnification . Indemnitor covenants and agrees to protect defend, indemnify, release and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against, any and all Losses imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following:

 

(a)          any presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, above, or under the Property;

 

(b)          any past, present or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, above, under or from the Property;

 

(c)          any use, treatment, storage, holding, existence, disposition or other Release, generation, production, manufacturing, processing, refining, control, management, abatement, removal, handling on or at or transfer or transportation to or from the Property of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Property;

 

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(d)          any actual or proposed Remediation of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Property, whether or not such Remediation is voluntary or pursuant to court or administrative order, including but not limited to any removal, remedial or corrective action;

 

(e)          any non-compliance or violations of any Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to any Environmental Laws) in connection with the Property or operations thereon, including but not limited to any failure by Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower, or any tenant or other user of the Property to comply with any order of any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws;

 

(f)          the imposition, recording or filing of any Environmental Lien encumbering the Property;

 

(g)          any administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in connection with the existence of Hazardous Substances on, in, under or released from the Property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws;

 

(h)          any act of Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower, or any tenant or other user of the Property in arranging for disposal or treatment, or arranging with a transporter for transport, disposal or treatment, of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or released from the Property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws, in each case, at any disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites owned or operated by another Person and containing such Hazardous Substances;

 

(i)          any act of Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower, or any tenant or other user of the Property in accepting any Hazardous Substances for transport to disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites selected by Borrower or such other users from which there is a Release, or a threatened Release of any Hazardous Substance that causes the incurrence of costs for Remediation;

 

(j)          any personal injury, wrongful death, or property or other damage related to environmental matters arising under any statutory or common law or tort law theory by reason of the wrongful acts or omissions of Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property, including but not limited to damages assessed for private or public nuisance or for the conducting of an abnormally dangerous activity on or near the Property;

 

(k)          any material misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty in this Agreement or material breach or failure to perform any covenants or other obligations of Borrower or Indemnitor pursuant to this Agreement; and

 

(l)          any presence of mold or mold spores at the Property including the cost and expense of any repair, replacement, removal, cleanup, abatement, disposal, relocation or other remedial actions required at the Property for purposes of addressing any medical or legal concerns resulting therefrom.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the indemnity provided by this Section 4 shall not apply to any Losses, costs of Remediation or other liabilities of any Indemnified Party to the extent arising out of (i) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after a Transfer approved by Lender in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents of the entire Property or a transfer of all of the direct and indirect equity interests of Borrower to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Guarantor, (ii) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after Lender obtains title to the Property, whether by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with any exercise of Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any actions taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor, except if such action of Borrower, Guarantor or any other such Person is caused or required by a receiver, trustee, liquidator, conservator, Lender or applicable law) on or after the date on which a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or conservator is appointed, at Lender’s request, to take Control of the Property, or (iii) any action taken (a) by Mezzanine Lender or, to the extent there is any other mezzanine lender (“ Additional Mezzanine Lender ”) with respect to any additional mezzanine loan (“ Additional Mezzanine Loan ”) under Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, any Additional Mezzanine Lender, during any period in which either Mezzanine Lender or Additional Mezzanine Lender exercises Control of any Required SPE, Borrower and/or the Property under the Mezzanine Loan Documents or Additional Mezzanine Loan Documents, as applicable, or (b) from and after a mezzanine foreclosure or assignment-in-lieu thereof.

 

5.      Duty to Defend and Attorneys’ and Other Fees and Expenses . Indemnitor agrees that, upon request by any Indemnified Party, the Indemnitor shall defend such Indemnified Party against any claim for which Indemnitor is indemnifying the Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 4 above (if requested by any Indemnified Party, in the name of such Indemnified Party) by attorneys and other professionals reasonably approved by the Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the defendants in a claim include Borrower and any Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that (A) there are legal defenses available to it that are materially different from those available to Indemnitor, or (B) the use of the attorneys engaged by Indemnitor would present such attorneys with a conflict of interest, such Indemnified Party may, in its sole and absolute discretion, engage its own attorneys and other professionals to assume its legal defenses and to defend or assist it, and, at the option of such Indemnified Party, its attorneys shall control the resolution of any claim or proceeding against such Indemnified Party, provided that no compromise or settlement shall be entered without the Indemnitor’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Except as otherwise provided above, upon demand, Indemnitor shall be liable to, and shall, pay or, in the sole and absolute discretion of any Indemnified Party, reimburse, such Indemnified Party for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals in connection therewith; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Indemnitor shall not be responsible for the cost of more than one attorney to represent, collectively, any and all Indemnified Parties.

 

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6.      Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

The term “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, any judicial or administrative orders, decrees or judgments thereunder, and any governmental permits, approvals, licenses, registrations, filings and authorizations, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, relating to (i) the pollution by, protection from or cleanup of Hazardous Substances, (ii) the impact of Hazardous Substances on property, health or safety as applicable to the Property, (iii) the Use or Release of Hazardous Substances, (iv) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare in connection with Hazardous Substances or (v) the liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to health or the environment arising from Hazardous Substances. The term “ Environmental Law ” includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successors thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. The term “ Environmental Law ” also includes, but is not limited to, any present and future federal state and local laws, statutes ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, conditioning transfer of property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a Governmental Authority of the environmental condition of a property; or requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental conditions of a property to any Governmental Authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property.

 

The term “ Hazardous Substances ” means any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, pollutants or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or the presence of which on, in or under the Property is prohibited or requires investigation or remediation under Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon, and compounds containing them (including gasoline, diesel fuel, oil and lead-based paint), pesticides and radioactive materials, flammables and explosives and compounds containing them.

 

The term “ Indemnified Parties ” means (i) Lender, (ii) any Person who is or will have been involved with the servicing of the Loan or (iii) any Person who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial direct interest in the Loan (including those Persons identified previously in this clause (iii) who acquire the Property in a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure by such Persons as a holder of the Loan) (including, but not limited to, custodians, trustees and other fiduciaries who hold or have held a full or partial direct interest in the Loan or, as applicable with respect to clause (iii) above, the Property, for the benefit of third parties) as well as the respective officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, employees, agents, Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns of any and all of the foregoing.

 

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The term “ Legal Action ” means any claim, suit or proceeding, whether administrative or judicial in nature.

 

The term “ Losses ” means any actual losses, damages (but excluding consequential, special and punitive damages), costs, fees (including reasonable fees of attorneys, engineers and environmental consultants), expenses, claims, suits, judgments, awards, liabilities (including but not limited to strict liabilities), obligations, debts, fines, penalties, charges, costs of Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), amounts paid in settlement, litigation costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, engineers’ fees, environmental consultants’ fees, and investigation costs (including but not limited to costs for sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), of whatever kind or nature, and whether or not incurred in connection with any judicial or administrative proceedings, actions, claims, suits, judgments or awards.

 

The term “ Release ” means any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the movement of Hazardous Substances through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata).

 

The term “ Remediation ” means any response, remedial removal, or corrective action; any activity to clean up, detoxify, decontaminate, contain or otherwise remediate any Hazardous Substance; any actions to prevent, cure or mitigate any Release of any Hazardous Substance; any action to comply with any Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant thereto; any inspection, investigation, study, monitoring, assessment, audit, sampling and testing, laboratory or other analysis, or evaluation relating to any Release of Hazardous Substances.

 

7.      Unimpaired Liability . Except as otherwise explicitly set forth herein, the liability of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by, and Indemnitor hereby consents and agrees to and shall be bound by, any amendment, replacement or modification of the provisions of the Note, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document entered into by (x) Borrower or any Person who succeeds Borrower as borrower under the Loan or (y) any other Affiliate of Borrower party to such Loan Document. In addition, the liability of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by (i) any extensions of time for performance required by the Note, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) except as provided in Section 4 , unless a substitute Indemnitor is a Qualified Equityholder or is otherwise acceptable to Lender (in its sole discretion) has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, any sale or transfer of all or part of the Property, (iii) the accuracy or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by Borrower under the Note, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or herein, (iv) the release of Borrower or any other Person from performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or condition contained in any of the other Loan Documents by operation of law, Lender’s voluntary act, or otherwise, or (v) the release or substitution in whole or in part of any security for the Note.

 

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8.      Enforcement . (a) The Indemnified Parties may enforce the obligations of Borrower without first resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral or without first having recourse pursuant to the Note, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Documents, through foreclosure proceedings or otherwise. It is not necessary for an Event of Default to have occurred pursuant to and as defined in the Loan Agreement for any Indemnified Party to exercise its rights pursuant to this Agreement. Indemnitor hereby acknowledges and agrees that Indemnitor is fully and personally liable for the obligations hereunder, and any liability hereunder is not limited to the original or amortized principal balance of the Loan or the value of the Property.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to be secured by the Mortgage. Without limiting any of the remedies provided in the Loan Documents, Indemnitor acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Agreement are environmental provisions made by Indemnitor relating to the Property (the “ Environmental Provisions ”). Indemnitor’s breach or a failure to comply with the Environmental Provisions shall constitute a breach of contract entitling Lender to all remedies for the recovery of damages and for the enforcement of the Environmental Provisions. The Indemnified Parties’ actions for recovery of damages or enforcement of the Environmental Provisions shall not constitute an action nor constitute a money judgment for a deficiency or a deficiency judgment. All remedies provided for by the Loan Documents are separate and distinct causes of action that are not abrogated, modified, limited or otherwise affected by the remedies provided herein.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding any provision of the Loan Documents, the obligations pursuant to this Agreement are exceptions to any non-recourse or exculpation provisions of the Loan Agreement. Indemnitor is fully and personally liable for all such obligations hereunder.

 

9.      Survival . Subject to the last paragraph of Section 4, the obligations and liabilities of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall survive the payment in full of the Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification obligations of Indemnitor hereunder shall terminate three (3) years after the full and indefeasible payment by Borrower of the Indebtedness, provided that at the time of such payment, Indemnitor furnishes to Lender a Phase I environmental report with respect to the Property, which report is from an environmental consultant reasonably acceptable to Lender, which updated environmental report(s) disclose, no actual or threatened (other than as disclosed in the Environmental Report delivered to Lender by Indemnitor in connection with the origination of the Loan) (A) material non-compliance with or violation in any material respect of applicable Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws) in connection with such Property or operations thereon, (B) Environmental Liens encumbering the Property, (C) administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in any way connected with any matter addressed in the indemnity provisions of this Agreement or (D) presence or Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from such Property, excluding substances of kinds and in amounts ordinarily and customarily used or stored in properties similar to the Property for the purposes of cleaning or other maintenance or operations and otherwise in compliance with all Environmental Laws, that has not been fully remediated in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

 

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10.    Interest . Any amounts payable to any Indemnified Parties under this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable on demand and, if not paid within thirty (30) days of such demand, shall bear interest at the Default Rate (as defined in the Loan Agreement) from the date following thirty (30) days after such demand.

 

11.    Waivers . Indemnitor hereby waives (a) any right or claim of right to cause a marshaling of its assets or to cause Lender or the other Indemnified Parties to proceed against any of the security for the Loan before proceeding under this Agreement against Borrower; (b) all rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to indemnitors or guarantors, except any rights of subrogation that Borrower may have, provided that the indemnity provided for hereunder shall neither be contingent upon the existence of any such rights of subrogation nor subject to any claims or defenses whatsoever that may be asserted in connection with the enforcement or attempted enforcement of such subrogation rights, including any claim that such subrogation rights were abrogated by any acts of any of the Indemnified Parties; (c) the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against or by any of the Indemnified Parties; (d) notice of acceptance hereof and of any action taken or omitted in reliance hereon; (e) presentment for payment, demand of payment, protest or (unless expressly required hereby) notice of nonpayment or failure to perform or observe, or other proof, or notice or demand; and (f) all homestead exemption rights against the obligations hereunder and the benefits of any statutes of limitations or repose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Indemnitor shall postpone the exercise of any rights of subrogation with respect to any collateral securing the Loan until the Loan shall have been repaid in full. No delay by any Indemnified Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right.

 

12.    Subrogation. Indemnitor shall take any and all reasonable actions, including institution of legal action against third parties, necessary or appropriate to obtain reimbursement, payment or compensation from such Persons responsible for any liability arising out of the presence of any Hazardous Substances at, in, on or under the Property or otherwise obligated by law to bear the cost. The Indemnified Parties shall be and hereby are subrogated to all of the rights of Indemnitor now or hereafter in such claims.

 

13.    Representations and Warranties . Indemnitor jointly and severally represents and warrants that:

 

(a)          Indemnitor has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Indemnitor has been duly and validly authorized; and all requisite action has been taken by Indemnitor to make this Agreement valid and binding upon Indemnitor;

 

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(b)          Indemnitor’s execution of, and compliance with, this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business of Indemnitor and will not result in the breach of any term or provision of the certificate of limited liability company, certificate of incorporation, limited liability company agreement, charter, by-laws, partnership or trust agreement, or other governing instrument of Indemnitor or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any agreement, indenture or loan or credit agreement or other instrument to which Borrower, Guarantor or the Property is subject, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which Borrower or the Property is subject;

 

(c)          to Borrower’s knowledge, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against Borrower that, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of Indemnitor contemplated herein, or that would be likely to impair materially the ability of Borrower to perform under the terms of this Agreement;

 

(d)          Indemnitor does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;

 

(e)          no approval, authorization, order, license or consent of, or registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other person, and no approval, authorization or consent of any other party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Indemnitor of this Agreement except to the extent otherwise obtained prior to the date hereof; and

 

(f)          this Agreement constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of Indemnitor subject subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

14.    No Waiver . No delay by any Indemnified Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right.

 

15.    Notice of Legal Actions . Each party hereto shall, within ten (10) business days of receipt thereof, give notice to the other parties hereto of (i) any written notice from any Governmental Authority or any source whatsoever with respect to Hazardous Substances on, from or affecting the Property in violation of Environmental Law, and (ii) any Legal Action brought against such party or related to the Property, with respect to which Borrower may have liability under this Agreement. Such notice shall comply with the provisions of Section 16 hereof.

 

16.    Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail address to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement in the manner provided for in this Section. A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

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If to Lender: c/o H/2 Capital Partners
  375 Park Avenue, 20 th Floor
  New York, New York  10152
  Attention:  Daniel Ottensoser
  E-mail: dottensoser@h2cp.com
   
with copies to: c/o H/2 Capital Partners
  375 Park Avenue, 20 th Floor
  New York, New York  10152
  Attention:  William Stefko, Esq.
  E-mail: wstefko@h2sas.com
   
and: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  One Liberty Plaza
  New York, New York 10006
  Attention:  Kimberly Brown Blacklow, Esq.
  E-mail: kblacklow@cgsh.com
   
If to Indemnitor:  c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Legal Department
  E-Mail:  MEad@nyrt.com
   
with a copy to: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Michael Happel
  E-Mail:  Mhappel@nyrt.com
   
with a copy to: Arnold & Porter LLP
  399 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  John  Busillo, Esq.
  E-Mail:  John.Busillo@aporter.com

 

17.    Duplicate Originals; Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be an original. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

18.    No Oral Change . This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or any Indemnified Party, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought.

 

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19.    Headings, Etc . The headings and captions of Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.

 

20.    Rules of Construction / Successors and Assigns . All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require. All references to sections, schedules and exhibits are to sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Agreement shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of specific references in any provision of this Agreement, the term “Indemnitor” shall be deemed to refer to each and every Person comprising Indemnitor from time to time, as the sense of a particular provision may require, and to include the successors and assigns of either Indemnitor, all of whom shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement (subject to the terms hereof), provided that Indemnitor may not assign its obligations hereunder except with the written consent of Lender in its sole discretion except as permitted by, and in accordance with, the express provisions of the Loan Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnified Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns forever.

 

21.    Release of Liability . Any one or more parties liable upon or in respect of this Agreement may be released without affecting the liability of any party not so released.

 

22.    Rights Cumulative . The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that Lender has under the Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents or would otherwise have at law or in equity.

 

23.    Inapplicable Provisions . If any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Agreement shall be construed without such provision.

 

24.    Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury . (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

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(b)          ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR INDEMNITOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK. LENDER AND INDEMNITOR HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 16 HEREOF.

 

(c)          EACH OF INDEMNITOR AND LENDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY INDEMNITOR AND LENDER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES AND INDEMNITOR ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEMNITOR AND LENDER.

 

25.    Miscellaneous . (a) Wherever pursuant to this Agreement (i) Lender exercises any right given to it to approve or disapprove, (ii) any arrangement or term is to be satisfactory to Lender, or (iii) any other decision or determination is to be made by Lender, the decision of Lender to approve or disapprove, all decisions that arrangements or terms are satisfactory or not satisfactory and all other decisions and determinations made by Lender, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender and shall be final and conclusive, except as may be otherwise expressly and specifically provided herein.

 

(b)          Wherever pursuant to this Agreement it is provided that Borrower pay any costs and expenses, such costs and expenses shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable legal fees and disbursements of Lender’s retained firms.

 

(c)          All obligations and liabilities hereunder of the parties comprising Indemnitor shall be joint and several.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by Indemnitor and is effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

  ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: ARC NY1440BWY1 Mezz, LLC, its sole member
   
  By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
   
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
     
  By:  /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.8

 

EXECUTION

 

ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

 

(Mezzanine Loan)

 

This ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of September 30, 2015 by NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation and NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, jointly and severally, together with their respective successors and assigns, “ Guarantor ”) and ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, “ Borrower ”, and, collectively with Guarantor, jointly and severally, the “ Indemnitor ”) in favor of PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Loan Agreement, the “ Lender ”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A.    WHEREAS, Lender is prepared to make a certain loan (the “ Loan ”) to Borrower, pursuant to a Mezzanine Loan Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”; all capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement), which Loan shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, collectively, the “ Note ”) and secured by a pledge of 100% of Borrower’s limited liability company interest in the Property Owner, pursuant to that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, in favor of Lender pursuant to which Borrower has pledged its membership interest in Property Owner (the “ Collateral ”) as additional security for the Loan.

 

B.     WHEREAS, the Lender is unwilling to make the Loan unless Indemnitor agrees to provide the indemnification, representations, warranties, covenants and other matters described in this Agreement for the benefit of Lender.

 

C.     WHEREAS, Indemnitor is entering into this Agreement to induce the Lender to make the Loan.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Indemnitor hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees for the benefit of Lender as follows:

 

1.      Environmental Representations And Warranties . The representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 4.28 of the Loan Agreement relating to environmental matters are incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein and deemed to have been made as of the date hereof by Indemnitor.

 

2.      Environmental Covenants . Indemnitor covenants that:

 

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(a)          all uses and operations on or of the Property by Property Owner or any Affiliate of Borrower or Property Owner shall be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;

 

(b)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that uses and operations by all tenants or other users of the Property are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;

 

(c)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that there shall be no Releases of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Property in violation of Environmental Law;

 

(d)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that there shall be no Hazardous Substances in, on, or under the Property, except those that are (i) both (A) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and, if applicable, with permits issued pursuant thereto, and (B) fully disclosed to Lender in writing (including in the Environmental Reports provided to Lender ) or routinely used in the operation and maintenance of, or by tenants in, commercial properties similar to the Property, or (ii) not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be a default under the Loan Documents if any Hazardous Substances that fail to satisfy either clauses (i) or (ii) of the previous sentence are in, on or under the Property and Borrower (x) causes Property Owner to commence the Remediation of the same in accordance with applicable Environmental Law within 30 days after written notice thereof (or, if Property Owner is unable to secure any Permits or approvals of applicable Governmental Authorities required for such Remediation during such 30 day period after reasonable effort, upon its securing such Permits, provided that Borrower causes Property Owner to continue to attempt to secure the same in a diligent manner), and (y) thereafter causes Property Owner to diligently and expeditiously proceeds to Remediate the same;

 

(e)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to keep the Property free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law, whether or not due to any act or omission of Borrower (the “ Environmental Liens ”), provided that it shall not be a default under the Loan Documents if any such Environmental Liens are imposed and Borrower either (i) causes Property Owner to commence to remove such Environmental Liens within 30 days after written notice thereof and thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceeds to remove the same, or (ii) after notice to Lender, causes Property Owner to contest by appropriate legal proceedings, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the imposition of such Environmental Liens, so long as (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) such proceeding shall suspend the enforcement of such Environmental Liens, (C) neither the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost, and (D) either Borrower or Property Owner shall have furnished such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to ensure the payment of any costs or expenses related to removal of the Environmental Lien or the prosecution of the legal proceedings, together with all interest or penalties thereon;

 

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(f)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to expeditiously and reasonably cooperate in all activities pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, including but not limited to providing all relevant information and making knowledgeable persons available for interviews;

 

(g)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to perform any environmental site assessment or other investigation of environmental conditions in connection with the Property, pursuant to any reasonable request of Lender made in the event that Lender reasonably believes that an environmental hazard exists on the Property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws (including but not limited to sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), and share with Lender the reports and other results thereof, and Lender shall be entitled to rely on such reports and other results thereof;

 

(h)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to comply with all reasonable requests of Lender made in the event that Lender reasonably determines that either (i) the Property or any operation thereon is in material violation of Environmental Law; or (ii) Hazardous Substances are present or have been Released at, in, on or from the Property in violation of Environmental Law or in a manner that is likely to result in the imposition of Liability under Environmental Law, to: (x) reasonably effectuate Remediation of such Hazardous Substance or condition if and to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws; (y) comply in all material respects with any applicable Environmental Law; and (z) comply with any directive from any applicable Governmental Authority, provided that with respect to the foregoing, after notice to Lender, Borrower may cause Property Owner to suspend such compliance and contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the applicability of such Environmental Law, and provided further that (A) no Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) has occurred and is continuing, (B) the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost as a result of Borrower’s contesting the foregoing, and (C) either Borrower or Property Owner shall have furnished the security, if any, as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to ensure the payment of any costs or expenses related to such proceeding, together with all interest and penalties thereon;

 

(i)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner not to do, and shall cause Property Owner to use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any tenant or other user of the Property from doing, any act, that is in material non-compliance of applicable Environmental Law or violates any covenant, condition, agreement or easement relating to any environmental matters and applicable to the Property and that is reasonably likely, in any such case, to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(j)          Borrower shall cause Property Owner to promptly notify Lender as Property Owner becomes aware of (i) any presence or Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, under, or from the Property other than those that comply with Section 2(d) above; (ii) any material non-compliance with any Environmental Laws with respect to the Property; (iii) any Environmental Lien recorded against the Property or threatened in writing to be recorded against the Property; (iv) any Remediation of environmental conditions relating to the Property that is required by a Governmental Authority or pursuant to Environmental Law; and (v) any written notice or other written communication received by Borrower from any Governmental Authority or any other Person relating to (A) the presence of any Hazardous Substances on the Property, or Remediation thereof, (B) the liability of any Person pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to environmental contaminants in, on, under or released from the Property, or (C) any actual administrative or judicial proceedings or such proceedings threatened in writing with respect to environmental contaminants in, on under or released from the Property in violation of Environmental Laws and any environmental matters addressed in this Agreement.

 

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(k)          If, at any time, it is determined that asbestos is present on the Property, Borrower shall cause Property Owner to retain an environmental consultant reasonably satisfactory to Lender to prepare an operations and maintenance program, and Borrower shall cause Property Owner to comply with the same. Borrower shall or shall cause Property Owner to deliver a copy of any such program to Lender.

 

3.      Indemnified Rights/Cooperation and Access . In the event that Lender reasonably believes that an environmental hazard exists or there is a violation of Environmental Law at the Property that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or that is likely to endanger any tenants or other occupants of such Property, upon reasonable notice from Lender, Indemnitor shall promptly cause an engineer or consultant reasonably satisfactory to Lender to conduct an environmental assessment or audit to assess any and all aspects of the condition giving rise to such belief (the scope of which shall be determined in the reasonable discretion of Lender) and take any samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials or any other invasive testing reasonably necessary, as determined by such engineer or consultant, to determine whether an environmental hazard exists or there is a violation of Environmental Law at the Property that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or that is likely to endanger any tenants or other occupants of such Property, and promptly deliver the results of any such assessment, audit, sampling or other testing to Lender and Indemnitor (and Lender and the other Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to rely on the same); provided , however , that, if such results are not delivered to Lender within a reasonable period following receipt of written notice from Lender of Indemnitor’s failure to comply with the provisions of this Section 3 , upon reasonable notice to Indemnitor, Lender and any other Person designated by Lender, including but not limited to any receiver, any representative of a Governmental Authority, and any environmental consultant shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter upon the Property at all reasonable times (subject to the rights of tenants) to assess any and all aspects of the environmental condition of the applicable Property, including but not limited to, by conducting any environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in the reasonable discretion of Lender) and taking samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials, and reasonably conducting other invasive testing. Indemnitor shall cooperate with and provide, upon advance notice, Lender and any such Person designated by Lender with such access to the Property.

 

4.      Indemnification . Indemnitor covenants and agrees to protect defend, indemnify, release and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against, any and all Losses imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following:

 

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(a)          any presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, above, or under the Property;

 

(b)          any past, present or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, above, under or from the Property;

 

(c)          any use, treatment, storage, holding, existence, disposition or other Release, generation, production, manufacturing, processing, refining, control, management, abatement, removal, handling on or at or transfer or transportation to or from the Property of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Property;

 

(d)          any actual or proposed Remediation of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Property, whether or not such Remediation is voluntary or pursuant to court or administrative order, including but not limited to any removal, remedial or corrective action;

 

(e)          any non-compliance or violations of any Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to any Environmental Laws) in connection with the Property or operations thereon, including but not limited to any failure by Borrower, Property Owner any Affiliate of Borrower or Property Owner, or any tenant or other user of the Property to comply with any order of any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws;

 

(f)          the imposition, recording or filing of any Environmental Lien encumbering the Property;

 

(g)          any administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in connection with the existence of Hazardous Substances on, in, under or released from the Property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws;

 

(h)          any act of Borrower, Property Owner, any Affiliate of Borrower or Property Owner, or any tenant or other user of the Property in arranging for disposal or treatment, or arranging with a transporter for transport, disposal or treatment, of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or released from the Property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws, in each case, at any disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites owned or operated by another Person and containing such Hazardous Substances;

 

(i)          any act of Borrower, Property Owner, any Affiliate of Borrower or Property Owner, or any tenant or other user of the Property in accepting any Hazardous Substances for transport to disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites selected by Borrower or such other users from which there is a Release, or a threatened Release of any Hazardous Substance that causes the incurrence of costs for Remediation;

 

(j)          any personal injury, wrongful death, or property or other damage related to environmental matters arising under any statutory or common law or tort law theory by reason of the wrongful acts or omissions of Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property, including but not limited to damages assessed for private or public nuisance or for the conducting of an abnormally dangerous activity on or near the Property;

 

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(k)          any material misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty in this Agreement or material breach or failure to perform any covenants or other obligations of Borrower or Indemnitor pursuant to this Agreement; and

 

(l)          any presence of mold or mold spores at the Property including the cost and expense of any repair, replacement, removal, cleanup, abatement, disposal, relocation or other remedial actions required at the Property for purposes of addressing any medical or legal concerns resulting therefrom.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the indemnity provided by this Section 4 shall not apply to any Losses, costs of Remediation or other liabilities of any Indemnified Party to the extent arising out of (i) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after a Transfer approved by Lender in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents of the entire Property or all of the direct and indirect interests of Borrower in Mortgage Borrower to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Guarantor, (ii) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after Mortgage Lender obtains title to the Property or Lender obtains title to the Collateral, whether by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with any exercise of Mortgage Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents or Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any actions taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor, except if such action of Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor or any other such Person is caused or required by a receiver, trustee, liquidator, conservator, Lender or applicable law) on or after the date on which a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or conservator is appointed, at Mortgage Lender’s or Lender’s request, to take Control of the Property or the Collateral, or (iii) any action taken (a) by Lender or, to the extent there is any other mezzanine lender (“ Additional Mezzanine Lender ”) with respect to any additional mezzanine loan (“ Additional Mezzanine Loan ”) under Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, any Additional Mezzanine Lender, during any period in which either Lender or Additional Mezzanine Lender exercises Control of any Required SPE, Borrower, Property Owner and/or the Property or the Collateral under the loan documents or the documents evidencing the Additional Mezzanine Loan, as applicable, or (b) from and after a mezzanine foreclosure or assignment-in-lieu thereof with respect to any Additional Mezzanine Loan.

 

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5.      Duty to Defend and Attorneys’ and Other Fees and Expenses . Indemnitor agrees that, upon request by any Indemnified Party, the Indemnitor shall defend such Indemnified Party against any claim for which Indemnitor is indemnifying the Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 4 above (if requested by any Indemnified Party, in the name of such Indemnified Party) by attorneys and other professionals reasonably approved by the Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the defendants in a claim include Borrower and any Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that (A) there are legal defenses available to it that are materially different from those available to Indemnitor, or (B) the use of the attorneys engaged by Indemnitor would present such attorneys with a conflict of interest, such Indemnified Party may, in its sole and absolute discretion, engage its own attorneys and other professionals to assume its legal defenses and to defend or assist it, and, at the option of such Indemnified Party, its attorneys shall control the resolution of any claim or proceeding against such Indemnified Party, provided that no compromise or settlement shall be entered without the Indemnitor’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Except as otherwise provided above, upon demand, Indemnitor shall be liable to, and shall, pay or, in the sole and absolute discretion of any Indemnified Party, reimburse, such Indemnified Party for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals in connection therewith; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Indemnitor shall not be responsible for the cost of more than one attorney to represent, collectively, any and all Indemnified Parties.

 

6.      Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

The term “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, any judicial or administrative orders, decrees or judgments thereunder, and any governmental permits, approvals, licenses, registrations, filings and authorizations, in each case as now or hereafter in effect, relating to (i) the pollution by, protection from or cleanup of Hazardous Substances, (ii) the impact of Hazardous Substances on property, health or safety as applicable to the Property, (iii) the Use or Release of Hazardous Substances, (iv) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare in connection with Hazardous Substances or (v) the liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to health or the environment arising from Hazardous Substances. The term “ Environmental Law ” includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successors thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. The term “ Environmental Law ” also includes, but is not limited to, any present and future federal state and local laws, statutes ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, conditioning transfer of property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a Governmental Authority of the environmental condition of a property; or requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental conditions of a property to any Governmental Authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property.

 

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The term “ Hazardous Substances ” means any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, pollutants or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or the presence of which on, in or under the Property is prohibited or requires investigation or remediation under Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon, and compounds containing them (including gasoline, diesel fuel, oil and lead-based paint), pesticides and radioactive materials, flammables and explosives and compounds containing them.

 

The term “ Indemnified Parties ” means (i) Lender, (ii) any Person who is or will have been involved with the servicing of the Loan or (iii) any Person who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial direct interest in the Loan (including those Persons identified previously in this clause (iii) who acquire the Property in a foreclosure or conveyance-in-lieu of foreclosure by such Persons as a holder of the Loan) (including, but not limited to, custodians, trustees and other fiduciaries who hold or have held a full or partial direct interest in the Loan or, as applicable with respect to clause (iii) above, the Property, for the benefit of third parties) as well as the respective officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, employees, agents, Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns of any and all of the foregoing.

 

The term “ Legal Action ” means any claim, suit or proceeding, whether administrative or judicial in nature.

 

The term “ Losses ” means any actual losses, damages (but excluding consequential, special and punitive damages), costs, fees (including reasonable fees of attorneys, engineers and environmental consultants), expenses, claims, suits, judgments, awards, liabilities (including but not limited to strict liabilities), obligations, debts, fines, penalties, charges, costs of Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), amounts paid in settlement, litigation costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, engineers’ fees, environmental consultants’ fees, and investigation costs (including but not limited to costs for sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), of whatever kind or nature, and whether or not incurred in connection with any judicial or administrative proceedings, actions, claims, suits, judgments or awards.

 

The term “ Release ” means any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the movement of Hazardous Substances through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata).

 

The term “ Remediation ” means any response, remedial removal, or corrective action; any activity to clean up, detoxify, decontaminate, contain or otherwise remediate any Hazardous Substance; any actions to prevent, cure or mitigate any Release of any Hazardous Substance; any action to comply with any Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant thereto; any inspection, investigation, study, monitoring, assessment, audit, sampling and testing, laboratory or other analysis, or evaluation relating to any Release of Hazardous Substances.

 

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7.      Unimpaired Liability . Except as otherwise explicitly set forth herein, the liability of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by, and Indemnitor hereby consents and agrees to and shall be bound by, any amendment, replacement or modification of the provisions of the Note, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document entered into by (x) Borrower or any Person who succeeds Borrower as borrower under the Loan or (y) any other Affiliate of Borrower party to such Loan Document. In addition, the liability of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by (i) any extensions of time for performance required by the Note, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) except as provided in Section 4 , unless a substitute Indemnitor is a Qualified Equityholder or is otherwise acceptable to Lender (in its sole discretion) has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, any sale or transfer of all or part of the Collateral, (iii) the accuracy or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by Borrower under the Note, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or herein, (iv) the release of Borrower or any other Person from performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or condition contained in any of the other Loan Documents by operation of law, Lender’s voluntary act, or otherwise, or (v) the release or substitution in whole or in part of any security for the Note.

 

8.      Enforcement . (a) The Indemnified Parties may enforce the obligations of Borrower without first resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral or without first having recourse pursuant to the Note, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Documents, through foreclosure proceedings or otherwise. It is not necessary for an Event of Default to have occurred pursuant to and as defined in the Loan Agreement for any Indemnified Party to exercise its rights pursuant to this Agreement. Indemnitor hereby acknowledges and agrees that Indemnitor is fully and personally liable for the obligations hereunder, and any liability hereunder is not limited to the original or amortized principal balance of the Loan or the value of the Collateral.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to be secured by the Mortgage. Without limiting any of the remedies provided in the Loan Documents, Indemnitor acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Agreement are environmental provisions made by Indemnitor relating to the Property (the “ Environmental Provisions ”). Indemnitor’s breach or a failure to comply with the Environmental Provisions shall constitute a breach of contract entitling Lender to all remedies for the recovery of damages and for the enforcement of the Environmental Provisions. The Indemnified Parties’ actions for recovery of damages or enforcement of the Environmental Provisions shall not constitute an action nor constitute a money judgment for a deficiency or a deficiency judgment. All remedies provided for by the Loan Documents are separate and distinct causes of action that are not abrogated, modified, limited or otherwise affected by the remedies provided herein.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding any provision of the Loan Documents, the obligations pursuant to this Agreement are exceptions to any non-recourse or exculpation provisions of the Loan Agreement. Indemnitor is fully and personally liable for all such obligations hereunder.

 

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9.      Survival . Subject to the last paragraph of Section 4, the obligations and liabilities of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall survive the payment in full of the Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification obligations of Indemnitor hereunder shall terminate three (3) years after the full and indefeasible payment by Borrower of the Indebtedness, provided that at the time of such payment, Indemnitor furnishes to Lender a Phase I environmental report with respect to the Property, which report is from an environmental consultant reasonably acceptable to Lender, which updated environmental report(s) disclose, no actual or threatened (other than as disclosed in the Environmental Report delivered to Lender by Indemnitor in connection with the origination of the Loan) (A) material non-compliance with or violation in any material respect of applicable Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws) in connection with such Property or operations thereon, (B) Environmental Liens encumbering the Property, (C) administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in any way connected with any matter addressed in the indemnity provisions of this Agreement or (D) presence or Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from such Property, excluding substances of kinds and in amounts ordinarily and customarily used or stored in properties similar to the Property for the purposes of cleaning or other maintenance or operations and otherwise in compliance with all Environmental Laws, that has not been fully remediated in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

 

10.    Interest . Any amounts payable to any Indemnified Parties under this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable on demand and, if not paid within thirty (30) days of such demand, shall bear interest at the Default Rate (as defined in the Loan Agreement) from the date following thirty (30) days after such demand.

 

11.    Waivers . Indemnitor hereby waives (a) any right or claim of right to cause a marshaling of its assets or to cause Lender or the other Indemnified Parties to proceed against any of the security for the Loan before proceeding under this Agreement against Borrower; (b) all rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to indemnitors or guarantors, except any rights of subrogation that Borrower may have, provided that the indemnity provided for hereunder shall neither be contingent upon the existence of any such rights of subrogation nor subject to any claims or defenses whatsoever that may be asserted in connection with the enforcement or attempted enforcement of such subrogation rights, including any claim that such subrogation rights were abrogated by any acts of any of the Indemnified Parties; (c) the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against or by any of the Indemnified Parties; (d) notice of acceptance hereof and of any action taken or omitted in reliance hereon; (e) presentment for payment, demand of payment, protest or (unless expressly required hereby) notice of nonpayment or failure to perform or observe, or other proof, or notice or demand; and (f) all homestead exemption rights against the obligations hereunder and the benefits of any statutes of limitations or repose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Indemnitor shall postpone the exercise of any rights of subrogation with respect to any collateral securing the Loan until the Loan shall have been repaid in full. No delay by any Indemnified Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right.

 

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12.     Subrogation . Indemnitor shall take any and all reasonable actions, including institution of legal action against third parties, necessary or appropriate to obtain reimbursement, payment or compensation from such Persons responsible for any liability arising out of the presence of any Hazardous Substances at, in, on or under the Property or otherwise obligated by law to bear the cost. The Indemnified Parties shall be and hereby are subrogated to all of the rights of Indemnitor now or hereafter in such claims.

 

13.     Representations and Warranties . Indemnitor jointly and severally represents and warrants that:

 

(a)          Indemnitor has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Indemnitor has been duly and validly authorized; and all requisite action has been taken by Indemnitor to make this Agreement valid and binding upon Indemnitor;

 

(b)          Indemnitor’s execution of, and compliance with, this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business of Indemnitor and will not result in the breach of any term or provision of the certificate of limited liability company, certificate of incorporation, limited liability company agreement, charter, by-laws, partnership or trust agreement, or other governing instrument of Indemnitor or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or conflict with or constitute a default under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any agreement, indenture or loan or credit agreement or other instrument to which Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor or the Property is subject, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which Borrower, Property Owner or the Property is subject;

 

(c)          to Borrower’s knowledge, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against Borrower or Property Owner that, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of Indemnitor contemplated herein, or that would be likely to impair materially the ability of Borrower to perform under the terms of this Agreement;

 

(d)          Indemnitor does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;

 

(e)          no approval, authorization, order, license or consent of, or registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other person, and no approval, authorization or consent of any other party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Indemnitor of this Agreement except to the extent otherwise obtained prior to the date hereof; and

 

(f)          this Agreement constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of Indemnitor subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

14.     No Waiver . No delay by any Indemnified Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right.

 

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15.     Notice of Legal Actions . Each party hereto shall, within ten (10) business days of receipt thereof, give notice to the other parties hereto of (i) any written notice from any Governmental Authority or any source whatsoever with respect to Hazardous Substances on, from or affecting the Property in violation of Environmental Law, and (ii) any Legal Action brought against such party or related to the Property, with respect to which Borrower may have liability under this Agreement. Such notice shall comply with the provisions of Section 16 hereof.

 

16.     Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail address to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement in the manner provided for in this Section. A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

If to Lender: c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII, L.P.
  1633 Broadway, Suite 1801
  New York, New York  10019
  Attention:  Albert Behler, CEO
  E-mail: abehler@paramount-group.com
   
with copies to: c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII, L.P.
  1633 Broadway, Suite 1801
  New York, New York  10019
  Attention:  Gage Johnson, General Counsel
  E-mail: gjohnson@paramount-group.com
   
and: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019
  Attention:  Thomas J. Henry
  E-mail: thenry@willkie.com
   
If to Indemnitor: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Legal Department
  E-Mail:  MEad@nyrt.com
   
with a copy to: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Michael Happel
  E-Mail:  Mhappel@nyrt.com
   
with a copy to: Arnold & Porter LLP
  399 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  John  Busillo, Esq.
  E-Mail:  John.Busillo@aporter.com

  

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17.     Duplicate Originals; Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall be deemed to be an original. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

18.     No Oral Change . This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or any Indemnified Party, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought.

 

19.     Headings, Etc . The headings and captions of Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.

 

20.     Rules of Construction / Successors and Assigns . All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require. All references to sections, schedules and exhibits are to sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Agreement shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Agreement. Without limiting the effect of specific references in any provision of this Agreement, the term “Indemnitor” shall be deemed to refer to each and every Person comprising Indemnitor from time to time, as the sense of a particular provision may require, and to include the successors and assigns of either Indemnitor, all of whom shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement (subject to the terms hereof), provided that Indemnitor may not assign its obligations hereunder except with the written consent of Lender in its sole discretion except as permitted by, and in accordance with, the express provisions of the Loan Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnified Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns forever.

 

21.     Release of Liability . Any one or more parties liable upon or in respect of this Agreement may be released without affecting the liability of any party not so released.

 

22.     Rights Cumulative . The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that Lender has under the Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents or would otherwise have at law or in equity.

 

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23.     Inapplicable Provisions . If any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Agreement shall be construed without such provision.

 

24.     Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury . (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

(b)          ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR INDEMNITOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK. LENDER AND INDEMNITOR HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 16 HEREOF.

 

(c)          EACH OF INDEMNITOR AND LENDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY INDEMNITOR AND LENDER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES AND INDEMNITOR ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEMNITOR AND LENDER.

 

25.     Miscellaneous . (a) Wherever pursuant to this Agreement (i) Lender exercises any right given to it to approve or disapprove, (ii) any arrangement or term is to be satisfactory to Lender, or (iii) any other decision or determination is to be made by Lender, the decision of Lender to approve or disapprove, all decisions that arrangements or terms are satisfactory or not satisfactory and all other decisions and determinations made by Lender, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender and shall be final and conclusive, except as may be otherwise expressly and specifically provided herein.

 

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(b)          Wherever pursuant to this Agreement it is provided that Borrower pay any costs and expenses, such costs and expenses shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable legal fees and disbursements of Lender’s retained firms.

 

(c)          All obligations and liabilities hereunder of the parties comprising Indemnitor shall be joint and several.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by Indemnitor and is effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

  ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: New York Recovery Operating Partnership, L.P., its sole member
     
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
     
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

     

 

Exhibit 10.9

 

EXECUTION

 

GUARANTY

 

THIS GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed as of September 30, 2015 by NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ NY REIT ”) and NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ NYROP ”, and together with NYREIT, collectively, “ Guarantor ”), for the benefit of STRATEGIC ASSET SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, not individually but solely in its capacity as Agent for the Lender under the Loan Agreement (together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender ”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to make a loan (the “ Loan ”) to ARC NY1440BWY1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), in the original maximum principal amount of $285,000,000 (the “ Loan Amount ”), pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Borrower and Lender (the “ Loan Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, to evidence the Loan, Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender certain promissory notes, dated as of the date hereof, in the aggregate original maximum principal amount of the Loan Amount (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Notes ”) ;

 

WHEREAS, Lender requires as a condition to making the Loan that Guarantor agrees to unconditionally guaranty for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns, the full and timely payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (as hereinafter defined);

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor directly and/or indirectly owns an interest in Borrower and will derive substantial economic benefit from the making of the Loan by Lender to Borrower; and

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty in order to induce Lender to make the Loan.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, to induce Lender to make the Loan to Borrower and in consideration for the substantial benefit Guarantor will derive from the making of the Loan and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

NATURE AND SCOPE OF GUARANTY

 

1.1          Guaranty of Obligations .

 

(a)          Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the full and timely payment and performance of all of the Guaranteed Obligations as and when the same shall be due and payable under the Loan Documents, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable for the Guaranteed Obligations as primary obligor.

 

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(b)          Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary, Guarantor shall have no liability for Guaranteed Obligations or other matters hereunder for (i) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after a Transfer approved by Lender in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents of the entire Property or a transfer of all of the direct and indirect equity interests of Borrower to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Guarantor, (ii) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after Lender obtains title to the Property, whether by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with any exercise of Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any actions taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor, except if such action of Borrower, Guarantor or any other such Person is caused or required by a receiver, trustee, liquidator, conservator, Lender or applicable law) on or after the date on which a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or conservator is appointed, at Lender’s request, to take Control of the Property, or (iii) any action taken (a) by Mezzanine Lender or, to the extent there is any other mezzanine lender (“ Additional Mezzanine Lender ”) with respect to any additional mezzanine loan (“ Additional Mezzanine Loan ”) under Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, any Additional Mezzanine Lender, during any period in which either Mezzanine Lender or Additional Mezzanine Lender exercises Control of any Required SPE, Borrower and/or the Property under the Mezzanine Loan Documents or Additional Mezzanine Loan Documents, as applicable, or (b) from and after a mezzanine foreclosure or assignment-in-lieu thereof.

 

1.2            Definition of Guaranteed Obligations . As used herein, the term “ Guaranteed Obligations ” means all obligations and liabilities of Borrower pursuant to Section 9.19(b) and Section 9.19(c) of the Loan Agreement.

 

1.3            Nature of Guaranty . This Guaranty is an irrevocable, absolute and continuing guaranty of payment and not a guaranty of collection. No exculpatory language contained in any of the other Loan Documents shall in any event or under any circumstances modify, qualify or affect the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty may not be revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after any attempted revocation by Guarantor and, if Guarantor is a natural person, after Guarantor’s death, in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate and Guarantor’s legal representatives and heirs. It is the intent of Guarantor and Lender that the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder are absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances (other than payment in full of the Indebtedness) and that, subject to Section 1.1(b) above so long as any portion of the Indebtedness shall be outstanding, such obligations and liabilities shall not be discharged or released in whole or in part, by any act or occurrence (including the fact that at any time or from time to time the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or reduced) that might, but for the provisions of this Guaranty, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge or release of Guarantor. This Guaranty may be enforced by Lender and any subsequent holder of any Note or any part thereof and shall not be discharged by the assignment or negotiation of all or any part of any Note.

 

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1.4            Joint and Several Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Guarantor is comprised of more than one Person, the obligations and liabilities of each such Person under this Guaranty shall be joint and several.

 

1.5            Guaranteed Obligations Not Reduced by Set-Off . Subject to Section 1.1(b) , the Guaranteed Obligations and the liabilities and obligations of Guarantor to Lender hereunder shall not be reduced, discharged or released because or by reason of any existing or future set-off, offset, claim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person has or may hereafter have against Lender or against payment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether such set-off, offset, claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

 

1.6            No Duty to Pursue Others; No Duty to Mitigate . It shall not be necessary for Lender (and Guarantor hereby waives any rights that Guarantor may have to require Lender) to take any action, obtain any judgment or file any claim prior to enforcing this Guaranty, including to (i) institute suit or otherwise enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust its remedies, against Borrower or any other Person liable on all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any other Person, (ii) enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust any remedies available to Lender, against any collateral that shall ever have been given to secure all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, (iii) join Borrower or any other Person liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty or (iv) resort to any other means of obtaining payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.7            Payment by Guarantor . If all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid or performed when due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender and without presentment, protest, notice of protest, notice of non-payment, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the maturity or any other notice whatsoever other than notice to Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations payable by Guarantor, pay in lawful money of the United States of America, the amount due thereon to Lender. Amounts not paid when due hereunder shall accrue interest at the Default Rate, unless such amounts already include interest at the Default Rate pursuant to the terms of the other Loan Documents. Such demands may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and may be made from time to time with respect to the same or different Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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1.8            Application of Payments . If, at any time, there is any Indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to Lender that is not guaranteed by Guarantor, Lender, without in any manner impairing its rights hereunder, may, at its option, apply all amounts realized by Lender from any collateral or security held by Lender first to the payment of such unguaranteed Indebtedness or obligations, with the remaining amounts, if any, to then be applied to the payment of the Indebtedness or obligations guaranteed by Guarantor.

 

1.9            Waivers .

 

(a)           Guarantor hereby assents to all of the terms and agreements heretofore or hereafter made by Borrower with Lender (including the provisions of the Loan Documents) and hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand on Borrower for payment or otherwise, filing of claims, requirement of a prior proceeding against Borrower and all notices (other than notices expressly provided for hereunder or required to be delivered under applicable law), including notice of:

 

(i)            the acceptance of this Guaranty;

 

(ii)           the present existence or future incurring of all or any part of the Indebtedness, or any future change to the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(iii)          any amendment, modification, replacement or extension of any of the Loan Documents;

 

(iv)          the execution and delivery by Borrower and Lender of any other loan or credit agreement or of Borrower’s execution and delivery of any promissory note or other documents arising under the Loan Documents or in connection with the Property;

 

(v)           Lender’s transfer, participation, componentization or other disposition of all or any part of the Loan or this Guaranty, or an interest therein;

 

(vi)          the sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure), or assignment-in-lieu of foreclosure, of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)         any protest, proof of non-payment or default by Borrower, or the occurrence of a breach or an Event of Default, or the intent to accelerate or of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(viii)        the obtaining or release of any guaranty or surety agreement, pledge, assignment or other security for the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof; or

 

(ix)           any other action at any time taken or omitted to be taken by Lender generally and any and all demands and notices of every kind in connection with this Guaranty, the other Loan Documents and any other documents or agreements evidencing, securing or relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof.

 

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(b)          Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall 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, that may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance by Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by Lender of, this Guaranty. Guarantor hereby further waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall not, set up or claim any defense, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), cross-claim, set-off, offset, right of recoupment 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 Lender hereunder, except for the defense of the actual timely performance of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder.

 

(c)          Guarantor specifically acknowledges and agrees that the waivers made by it in this Section and in the other provisions of this Guaranty are of the essence of the Loan transaction and that, but for this Guaranty and such waivers, Lender would not make the Loan to Borrower.

 

1.10         Waiver of Subrogation, Reimbursement and Contribution . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates, so long as the Indebtedness remains outstanding, any and all rights it may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at law or in equity (including any law subrogating the 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 Person liable for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for any payment made by Guarantor under or in connection with this Guaranty or otherwise.

 

1.11         Reinstatement; Effect of Bankruptcy . Guarantor agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment at any time received by Lender from, or on behalf of, Borrower or Guarantor under or with respect to this Guaranty is held to constitute a Preferential Payment (as defined in Section 4.4 ), or if Lender is required to rescind, restore or return all or part of any such payment or pay the amount thereof to another Person for any reason (including the insolvency, bankruptcy reorganization, receivership or other debtor relief law or any judgment, order or decision thereunder), then the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall, to the extent of the payment rescinded, restored or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such previous receipt by Lender, and the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, as to such payment as though such previous payment to Lender had never been made.

 

ARTICLE II

 

EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
REDUCING OR DISCHARGING GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS

 

2.1          Events and Circumstances Not Reducing or Discharging Guarantor’s Obligations . Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected in any way by any of the following, although without notice to or the further consent of Guarantor, and waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including rights to notice) or defenses (other than the defense of payment) that Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the following:

 

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(a)           Modifications . Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or in any other term thereof, or any renewal, extension, increase, alteration, rearrangement, amendment or other modification to any provision of any of the Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, contract or agreement between Borrower and Lender or any other Person pertaining to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(b)           Adjustment . Any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance, waiver, consent or compromise that Lender might extend, grant or give to Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person with respect to any provision of this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)           Condition of Borrower or Guarantor . Borrower’s or 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 Borrower’s or Guarantor’s assets, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, consolidation, merger arrangement, composition, readjustment or the commencement of any other similar proceedings affecting Borrower or Guarantor or any of the assets of either of them, including (A) the release or discharge of Borrower from the payment and performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents by operation of law or (B) the impairment, limitation or modification of the liability of Borrower, its partners or Guarantor, or of any remedy for the enforcement of Lender’s rights, under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents, resulting from the operation of any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute of law or from the decision in any court.

 

(d)           Invalidity of Guaranteed Obligations . The invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of this Guaranty or of any of the Loan Documents, or of any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations for any reason whatsoever, including the fact that (i) the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceeds the amount permitted by law, (ii) the act of creating the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, is ultra vires , (iii) the officers or representatives executing the Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the creating of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, acted in excess of their authority, (iv) the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, violates applicable usury laws, (v) Borrower or Guarantor has valid defenses (other than the defense of payment), claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) that render the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible, (vi) the creation, performance or repayment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, or executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or given to secure the repayment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof), is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable or (vii) any of the Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, has been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic.

 

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(e)           Release of Obligors . Any compromise or full or partial release of the liability of Borrower or any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the obligations under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(f)           Release of Collateral; Other Collateral . Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment by Lender (including negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of, or failure to perfect or obtain protection of, any collateral, property or security at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations; or the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty or other assurance of payment for all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(g)           Offset . Any existing or future right of set-off, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature against Lender or any other Person, which may be available to or asserted by Guarantor or Borrower.

 

(h)           Change in Law . Any change in the laws, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction or any present or future action of any Governmental Authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the obligations of Borrower under any of the Loan Documents or Guarantor under this Guaranty.

 

(i)            Event of Default . The occurrence of any Event of Default or any potential Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, whether or not Lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents upon the happening of any such Event of Default or potential Event of Default.

 

(j)            Actions Omitted . The absence of any action to enforce any of Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents or available to Lender at law, equity or otherwise, to recover any judgment against Borrower or to enforce a judgment against Borrower under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(k)           Other Dealings . The occurrence of any other dealing, transaction, matter or thing between Guarantor and Lender.

 

(l)            Application of Sums . The application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in such manner as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion, subject to, and otherwise in accordance with, the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(m)          Ownership Interest . Subject to Section 1.1(b) , any change in or termination of the ownership interest of Guarantor (whether direct or indirect).

 

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(n)           Unenforceability . The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by Guarantor that Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(o)           Merger . The reorganization, merger or consolidation of Borrower into or with any other Person.

 

(p)           Preference. Any payment by Borrower to Lender is held to constitute a preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Lender is required to refund such payment or pay such amount to Borrower or someone else.

 

(q)           Other Circumstances . Any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor generally, it being the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of Guarantor and Lender that the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall be direct and immediate and that Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action, or omission whatsoever, whether contemplated or uncontemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations and except subject to Section 1.1(b) .

 

2.2           Indebtedness or Other Obligations of Guarantor . If Guarantor is or becomes liable for any Indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this Guaranty, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or affected by this Guaranty and the rights of Lender hereunder shall be cumulative of 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 right or remedy under any other instrument or at law or in equity, including the making of multiple demands hereunder.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS

 

3.1          Representations and Warranties . To induce Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and extend credit to Borrower, Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that, on the date hereof:

 

(a)           Due Formation, Authorization and Enforceability . Guarantor is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has full power and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform under this Guaranty. Guarantor has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty. This Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

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(b)          Benefit to Guarantor . Guarantor hereby acknowledges that Lender would not make the Loan but for the liability undertaken by Guarantor under this Guaranty. Guarantor (i) is an affiliate of Borrower and (ii) has received, or will receive, direct and/or indirect benefit from the making of the Loan to Borrower.

 

(c)           Familiarity and Reliance . Guarantor is familiar with, and has independently reviewed books and records regarding, the financial condition of Borrower and is familiar with the value of any and all collateral granted, or intended to be granted, as security for the Indebtedness; provided , however , Guarantor is not relying on such financial condition or such collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty.

 

(d)           No Representation by Lender . Neither Lender nor any other Person has made any representation, warranty or statement to Guarantor in order to induce the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty.

 

(e)           Solvency . Guarantor has not entered into this Guaranty with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. Guarantor received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor is not presently insolvent, and the execution and delivery of this Guaranty will not render Guarantor insolvent.

 

(f)            No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor, and the performance of transactions contemplated hereunder do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements or any governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws) affecting Guarantor or any of its assets or property, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default (including any circumstance or event that would be a default but for the lack of due notice or lapse of time or both) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of Guarantor’s organizational documents or any agreement or instrument to which Guarantor is a party, or by which Guarantor or its assets or property are bound or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of Guarantor’s assets or property.

 

(g)           Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or investigation pending or, to Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened against Guarantor in any court or by or before any other Governmental Authority, in each case, which, if determined adversely to Guarantor, would materially and adversely affect the performance of Guarantor’s obligations and duties under this Guaranty. There are no outstanding or unpaid judgments against Guarantor.

 

(h)           Consents . No consent, approval, authorization, order or filings of or with any court or Governmental Authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Guarantor of, or compliance by Guarantor with, this Guaranty other than those that have been obtained by Guarantor.

 

(i)            Compliance . Guarantor is not in default or violation of any regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority, the violation or default of which would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Guarantor or that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.

 

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(j)            Financial Information . All financial data that have been delivered to Lender with regard to Guarantor by or on behalf of Guarantor (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date set forth therein, (ii) accurately represent the financial condition of Guarantor as of the date of such reports and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered, except as otherwise indicated to Lender.

 

(k)            No Defenses . This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are not subject to, and Guarantor has not asserted, any right of rescission, offset, counterclaim, cross-claim, recoupment or affirmative or other defense of any kind and neither the operation of any of the terms of this Guaranty nor the exercise of any right hereunder will render the Guaranty unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

(l)            Tax Filings . Guarantor has filed (or has obtained effective extensions for filing) all federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed and has paid, or has made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state and local taxes, charges and assessments payable by Guarantor. Guarantor reasonably believes that its tax returns properly reflect the incomes and taxes of Guarantor for the periods covered thereby.

 

(m)          No Bankruptcy Filing . Guarantor is not and has never been a debtor in any voluntary or involuntary state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. Guarantor is contemplating neither the filing of a petition under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws nor the liquidation of its assets or property and Guarantor does not have any knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it. During the ten year period preceding the Closing Date, no such petition has been filed by or against any person who owns or controls, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the beneficial ownership interests of Guarantor.

 

(n)           No Change in Facts or Circumstances; Full and Accurate Disclosure . There has been no material adverse change in any condition, fact, circumstance or event, and there is no fact or circumstance presently known to Guarantor that has not been disclosed to Lender, in each case that would make the financial statements or other documents submitted in connection with the Loan or this Guaranty inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading in any material respect or that otherwise materially and adversely affects, or would materially and adversely affect, Guarantor or its business, operations or conditions (financial or otherwise).

 

(o)           Embargoed Person . To Guarantor’s knowledge, (i) none of the funds or other assets of Guarantor constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (ii) no Embargoed Person has any equity interest whatsoever in Guarantor (whether directly or indirectly) and (iii) none of the funds of Guarantor have been derived from any unlawful activity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations and warranties contained in this subsection shall survive in perpetuity subject to Section 1.1(b) . The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(o) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

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(p)           Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws . Guarantor, and to Guarantor's knowledge, each Person owning an interest in Guarantor: (a) is not currently identified on the OFAC List and (b) is not a Person with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of any Legal Requirement. Guarantor has implemented procedures, and will consistently apply such procedures throughout the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty, to ensure the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects during the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(p) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(q)           Investment Company Act . Guarantor is not an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(r)            Survival . All representations and warranties made by Guarantor herein shall survive the execution hereof.

 

3.2           Covenants . Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with Lender that, until payment in full of the Loan:

 

(a)          Throughout the term of the Loan and so long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains outstanding, NY REIT shall maintain, on a consolidated basis, minimum Net Worth of no less than $575,000,000, and minimum Liquidity of no less than $5,000,000, and failure to do so at any time shall constitute an immediate Event of Default. For purposes of this Section, “ Net Worth ” means total assets (excluding the value of NY REIT’s direct or indirect interest in Borrower, and excluding goodwill, patents, trademarks, trade names, organization expense, treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense, deferred research and development costs, deferred marketing expenses, and other like intangibles) less total liabilities (including accrued and deferred income taxes and any reserves against assets), determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and “ Liquidity ” means Lien-free cash balances maintained in the conventional forms of demand deposits, money market account deposits, monies held in cash reserves not held by Lender and other cash equivalents reasonably acceptable to Lender.

 

(b)         As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may reasonably be acceptable to Lender, annual consolidated financial statements of NY REIT, including a balance sheet, together with related statements of operations and equityholders’ capital and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, audited by a “Big Four” accounting firm or other independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Lender whose opinion shall be to the effect that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and shall not be qualified as to the scope of the audit.

 

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(c)          As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (excluding year-end) or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may be reasonably acceptable to Lender, quarterly and year-to-date unaudited consolidated financial statements, prepared for such fiscal quarter with respect to NY REIT, including a consolidated balance sheet of NY REIT as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, together with related statements of operations, equityholders’ capital and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year, and containing such other information as Lender may reasonably request, which statements and other information shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete in all material respects. and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

(d)          NY REIT shall make its representatives and officers available to Lender from time to time, upon Lender’s reasonable request, to explain or discuss any financial information provided by NY REIT to Lender under Sections 3.2(b) and (c) .

 

(e)          Guarantor will preserve and maintain its legal existence. Except as permitted under the Loan Documents, Guarantor shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets unless, only with respect to a merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or a sale of all or substantially all of its assets, (i) the surviving entity assumes the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents if not already a party to this Guaranty and the Environmental Indemnity, and (ii) such transaction does not result in a Prohibited Change of Control or violation of Section 3.2(a) .

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SUBORDINATION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

 

4.1          Subordination of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights . As used herein, the term “ Guarantor’s Conditional Rights ” shall mean any and all debts and liabilities of Borrower owed to Guarantor, whether such debts and liabilities now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligations of Borrower thereon be direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or liabilities be evidenced by note, contract, open account or otherwise, and irrespective of the Person or Persons in whose favor such debts 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. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Guarantor’s Conditional Rights hereunder shall not include Guarantor’s right to receive equity distributions from Borrower directly or indirectly from time to time.

 

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4.2          Liens Subordinate; Standstill . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, until the repayment in full of the Indebtedness, Guarantor hereby agrees that (i) all Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights shall be and remain, at all times, inferior and subordinate in all respects to the payment and performance in full of the Indebtedness and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Indebtedness, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of Guarantor or Lender presently exist or are hereafter created or attach, (ii) prior to the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Guarantor shall not be entitled to, and shall not, receive or collect, directly or indirectly, from Borrower or any other Person any amount pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and (iii) Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, (x) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right it may have against Borrower in respect of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights or (y) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including the commencement of, or joinder in, any liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor’s relief or insolvency proceeding) to enforce any liens, mortgages, deeds of trust, security interests, collateral rights, judgments or other encumbrances on assets of Borrower held by Guarantor in respect of any of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. The foregoing shall in no way limit the complete waiver of subrogation rights contained in Section 1.10 .

 

4.3          Claims in Bankruptcy . In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief or other insolvency proceedings involving Guarantor as debtor, Lender shall have the right and authority, either in its own name or as attorney-in-fact for Guarantor, to prove its claim in any such proceeding and to take such other steps as may be necessary so as to establish its rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian and payments that would otherwise be payable pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. Guarantor hereby assigns any and all such payments to Lender.

 

4.4          Payments Held in Trust . In the event that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guaranty, Guarantor should receive any funds, payment or claim that is prohibited by this Guaranty on account of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights (for avoidance of doubt the foregoing excludes equity distributions made by Borrower from time to time directly or indirectly so long as no Event of Default is continuing) and either (i) such amount is paid to Guarantor at any time when any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid or performed in full or, (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to Guarantor, any payment made by, or on behalf of, Borrower to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid by Lender or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other Person, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise (such payment, a “ Preferential Payment ”), then such amount paid to Guarantor shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied upon the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine. To the extent that any of the provisions of this Article 4 shall not be enforceable, Guarantor agrees that until such time as the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid and performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by Borrower to Lender may be determined to be a Preferential Payment, all of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights, to the extent not validly waived, shall be subordinate to Lender’s right to full payment and performance of the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations and Guarantor shall not enforce any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights during such period.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Lender’s Benefit; No Impairment of Loan Documents . This Guaranty is for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns and nothing contained herein shall impair, as between Borrower and Lender, the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents. Lender and its successors and assigns shall have the right subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement to assign, in whole or in part, this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to any Person and to participate all or any portion of the Loan, including any servicer or trustee in connection with a Securitization.

 

5.2           Successors and Assigns; Binding Effect . This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, whether by voluntary action of the parties or by operation of law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Guarantor may in no event delegate or transfer its obligations under, or be released from, this Guaranty, except in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement and this Guaranty.

 

5.3           Costs and Expenses . If Guarantor should breach or fail to timely perform any provision of this Guaranty, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender, pay to Lender any and all costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement hereof or the preservation of Lender’s rights hereunder. The covenant contained in this Section shall survive the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

5.4           Not a Waiver; No Set-Off . The failure of any party to enforce any right or remedy hereunder, or to promptly enforce any such right or remedy, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to any estoppel against such party, nor excuse any other party from its obligations hereunder, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable under this Guaranty, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Guaranty or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce any of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. No set-off, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), reduction, diminution of any obligations or any defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Guarantor has or may hereafter have against Borrower or Lender shall be available hereunder to Guarantor.

 

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5.5           PRIOR AGREEMENTS . THIS GUARANTY CONTAINS THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS GUARANTY AS THEY RELATE TO THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

 

5.6           No Oral Change . No modification, amendment, extension, discharge, termination or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in a writing signed by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance, and for the purpose, for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no notice to, or demand on, Guarantor, shall entitle Guarantor to any other or future notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

5.7           Separate Remedies . Each and all of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Guaranty and each of the other Loan Documents are intended to be distinct, separate and cumulative and no such right or remedy herein or therein mentioned is intended to be in exclusion of or a waiver of any other right or remedy available to Lender.

 

5.8           Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.

 

5.9           Rules of Construction . All references to sections and exhibits are to sections and exhibits in or to this Guaranty unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Guaranty shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guaranty shall refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Guaranty. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

5.10         Headings . The Section headings in this Guaranty are included in this Guaranty for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other purpose.

 

5.11         Recitals . The recitals and introductory paragraphs of this Guaranty are incorporated herein, and made a part hereof, by this reference.

 

5.12         Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Guaranty.

 

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5.13         Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Guaranty in the manner provided for in this Section). A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

  If to Lender: c/o H/2 Capital Partners
    375 Park Avenue, 20 th Floor
    New York, New York  10152
    Attention:  Daniel Ottensoser
    E-mail:  dottensoser@h2cp.com
     
  with copies to: c/o H/2 Capital Partners
    375 Park Avenue, 20 th Floor
    New York, New York  10152
    Attention:  William Stefko, Esq.
    E-mail:  wstefko@h2sas.com
     
  and: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
    One Liberty Plaza
    New York, New York 10006
    Attention:  Kimberly Brown Blacklow, Esq.
    E-mail:  kblacklow@cgsh.com
     
  If to Borrower: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
    405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
    New York, NY 10022
    Attn:  Legal Department
    E-Mail:  MEad@nyrt.com
     
  With a copies to: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
    405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
    New York, NY 10022
    Attn:  Michael Happel
    E-Mail:  Mhappel@nyrt.com
     
  and: Arnold & Porter LLP
    399 Park Avenue
    New York, NY 10022
    Attn:  John  Busillo, Esq.
    E-Mail:  John.Busillo@aporter.com

  

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5.14         Governing Law . (A) THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES, TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

(B)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST GUARANTOR OR LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK. GUARANTOR AND LENDER HEREBY EACH (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.13 HEREOF (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

 

5.15         Trial by Jury . GUARANTOR AND LENDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT EACH MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER.

 

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5.16         Brokers and Financial Advisors . Guarantor hereby represents that none of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Lender hereby represents that neither Lender nor any of its respective Affiliates have dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Guarantor and Lender agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor, Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Guaranty and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

 

5.17         Cooperation. Guarantor agrees that it is bound by, and agrees to comply with, the provisions of Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in full.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Guaranty all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  GUARANTOR :
   
  NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation
   
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
   
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.10

 

EXECUTION

 

GUARANTY

 

(Mezzanine Loan)

 

THIS GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed as of September 30, 2015 by NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ NY REIT ”) and NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ NYROP ”, and together with NYREIT, collectively, “ Guarantor ”), for the benefit of PARAMOUNT GROUP FUND VIII 1440 BROADWAY MEZZ LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender ”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to make a loan (the “ Loan ”) to ARC NY1440BWY1 MEZZ, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), in the original maximum principal amount of $40,000,000 (the “ Loan Amount ”), pursuant to that certain Mezzanine Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Borrower and Lender (the “ Loan Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, to evidence the Loan, Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender that certain promissory note, dated as of the date hereof, in the aggregate original maximum principal amount of the Loan Amount (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Note ”) ;

 

WHEREAS, Lender requires as a condition to making the Loan that Guarantor agrees to unconditionally guaranty for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns, the full and timely payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (as hereinafter defined);

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor directly and/or indirectly owns an interest in Borrower and will derive substantial economic benefit from the making of the Loan by Lender to Borrower; and

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty in order to induce Lender to make the Loan.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, to induce Lender to make the Loan to Borrower and in consideration for the substantial benefit Guarantor will derive from the making of the Loan and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

 

NATURE AND SCOPE OF GUARANTY

 

1.1           Guaranty of Obligations .

 

(a)           Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the full and timely payment and performance of all of the Guaranteed Obligations as and when the same shall be due and payable under the Loan Documents, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable for the Guaranteed Obligations as primary obligor.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary, Guarantor shall have no liability for Guaranteed Obligations or other matters hereunder for (i) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after a Transfer approved by Lender in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents of the entire Property or all of the direct and indirect interests of Borrower in Mortgage Borrower to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Guarantor, (ii) any action taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor, or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor) from and after Mortgage Lender obtains title to the Property or Lender obtains title to the Collateral, whether by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with any exercise of Mortgage Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents or Lender’s remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any actions taken by any Person (other than Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor or any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with Guarantor, except if such action of Borrower, Property Owner, Guarantor or any other such Person is caused or required by a receiver, trustee, liquidator, conservator, Lender or applicable law) on or after the date on which a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or conservator is appointed, at Mortgage Lender’s or Lender’s request, to take Control of the Property or the Collateral, or (iii) any action taken (a) by Lender or, to the extent there is any other mezzanine lender (“ Additional Mezzanine Lender ”) with respect to any additional mezzanine loan (“ Additional Mezzanine Loan ”) under Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, any Additional Mezzanine Lender, during any period in which either Lender or Additional Mezzanine Lender exercises Control of any Required SPE, Borrower, Property Owner and/or the Property or the Collateral under the loan documents or the documents evidencing the Additional Mezzanine Loan, as applicable, or (b) from and after a mezzanine foreclosure or assignment-in-lieu thereof with respect to any Additional Mezzanine Loan.

 

1.2           Definition of Guaranteed Obligations . As used herein, the term “ Guaranteed Obligations ” means all obligations and liabilities of Borrower pursuant to Section 9.19(b) and Section 9.19(c) of the Loan Agreement.

 

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1.3           Nature of Guaranty . This Guaranty is an irrevocable, absolute and continuing guaranty of payment and not a guaranty of collection. No exculpatory language contained in any of the other Loan Documents shall in any event or under any circumstances modify, qualify or affect the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty may not be revoked by Guarantor and shall continue to be effective with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after any attempted revocation by Guarantor and, if Guarantor is a natural person, after Guarantor’s death, in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate and Guarantor’s legal representatives and heirs. It is the intent of Guarantor and Lender that the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor hereunder are absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances (other than payment in full of the Indebtedness) and that, subject to Section 1.1(b) above so long as any portion of the Indebtedness shall be outstanding, such obligations and liabilities shall not be discharged or released in whole or in part, by any act or occurrence (including the fact that at any time or from time to time the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or reduced) that might, but for the provisions of this Guaranty, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge or release of Guarantor. This Guaranty may be enforced by Lender and any subsequent holder of any Note or any part thereof and shall not be discharged by the assignment or negotiation of all or any part of any Note.

 

1.4           Joint and Several Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Guarantor is comprised of more than one Person, the obligations and liabilities of each such Person under this Guaranty shall be joint and several.

 

1.5           Guaranteed Obligations Not Reduced by Set-Off . Subject to Section 1.1(b) , the Guaranteed Obligations and the liabilities and obligations of Guarantor to Lender hereunder shall not be reduced, discharged or released because or by reason of any existing or future set-off, offset, claim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person has or may hereafter have against Lender or against payment of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether such set-off, offset, claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

 

1.6           No Duty to Pursue Others; No Duty to Mitigate . It shall not be necessary for Lender (and Guarantor hereby waives any rights that Guarantor may have to require Lender) to take any action, obtain any judgment or file any claim prior to enforcing this Guaranty, including to (i) institute suit or otherwise enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust its remedies, against Borrower or any other Person liable on all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any other Person, (ii) enforce Lender’s rights, or exhaust any remedies available to Lender, against any collateral that shall ever have been given to secure all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, (iii) join Borrower or any other Person liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty or (iv) resort to any other means of obtaining payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.7           Payment by Guarantor . If all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid or performed when due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender and without presentment, protest, notice of protest, notice of non-payment, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the maturity or any other notice whatsoever other than notice to Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations payable by Guarantor, pay in lawful money of the United States of America, the amount due thereon to Lender. Amounts not paid when due hereunder shall accrue interest at the Default Rate, unless such amounts already include interest at the Default Rate pursuant to the terms of the other Loan Documents. Such demands may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and may be made from time to time with respect to the same or different Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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1.8           Application of Payments . If, at any time, there is any Indebtedness or obligations of Borrower to Lender that is not guaranteed by Guarantor, Lender, without in any manner impairing its rights hereunder, may, at its option, apply all amounts realized by Lender from any collateral or security held by Lender first to the payment of such unguaranteed Indebtedness or obligations, with the remaining amounts, if any, to then be applied to the payment of the Indebtedness or obligations guaranteed by Guarantor.

 

1.9           Waivers .

 

(a)           Guarantor hereby assents to all of the terms and agreements heretofore and hereafter made by Borrower with Lender (including the provisions of the Loan Documents) and hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand on Borrower for payment or otherwise, filing of claims, requirement of a prior proceeding against Borrower and all notices (other than notices expressly provided for hereunder or required to be delivered under applicable law), including notice of:

 

(i)           the acceptance of this Guaranty;

 

(ii)          the present existence or future incurring of all or any part of the Indebtedness, or any future change to the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of all or any part of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(iii)         any amendment, modification, replacement or extension of any of the Loan Documents or the Mortgage Loan Documents;

 

(iv)         the execution and delivery by Borrower and Lender of any other loan or credit agreement or of Borrower’s execution and delivery of any promissory note or other documents arising under the Loan Documents or in connection with the Collateral;

 

(v)          Lender’s transfer, participation, componentization or other disposition of all or any part of the Loan or this Guaranty, or an interest therein, or any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, or Mortgage Lender’s transfer, participation, componentization or other disposition of all or any part of the Mortgage Loan, or an interest therein;

 

(vi)         the sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure), or assignment-in-lieu of foreclosure, of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)        the sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure) or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, of any Mortgage Loan Collateral;

 

(viii)       any protest, proof of non-payment or default by Borrower, or the occurrence of a breach or an Event of Default, or the intent to accelerate or of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

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(ix)          any protest, proof of non-payment or default by Mortgage Borrower, or the occurrence of a breach or a Mortgage Loan Event of Default, or the intent to accelerate or of acceleration in relation to any instrument relating to the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(x)           the obtaining or release of any guaranty or surety agreement, pledge, assignment or other security for the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof; or

 

(xi)          any other action at any time taken or omitted to be taken by Lender or Mortgage Lender generally and any and all demands and notices of every kind in connection with this Guaranty, the other Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents and any other documents or agreements evidencing, securing or relating to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof.

 

(b)           Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall 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, that may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance by Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by Lender of, this Guaranty. Guarantor hereby further waives any and all rights it may now or hereafter have to, and covenants and agrees that it shall not, set up or claim any defense, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), cross-claim, set-off, offset, right of recoupment 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 Lender hereunder, except for the defense of the actual timely performance of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder.

 

(c)           Guarantor specifically acknowledges and agrees that the waivers made by it in this Section and in the other provisions of this Guaranty are of the essence of the Loan transaction and that, but for this Guaranty and such waivers, Lender would not make the Loan to Borrower.

 

1.10         Waiver of Subrogation, Reimbursement and Contribution . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates, so long as the Indebtedness remains outstanding, any and all rights it may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at law or in equity (including any law subrogating the 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 Person liable for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for any payment made by Guarantor under or in connection with this Guaranty or otherwise.

 

1.11         Reinstatement; Effect of Bankruptcy . Guarantor agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment at any time received by Lender from, or on behalf of, Borrower or Guarantor under or with respect to this Guaranty is held to constitute a Preferential Payment (as defined in Section 4.4 ), or if Lender is required to rescind, restore or return all or part of any such payment or pay the amount thereof to another Person for any reason (including the insolvency, bankruptcy reorganization, receivership or other debtor relief law or any judgment, order or decision thereunder), then the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall, to the extent of the payment rescinded, restored or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such previous receipt by Lender, and the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, as to such payment as though such previous payment to Lender had never been made.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
REDUCING OR DISCHARGING GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS

 

2.1           Events and Circumstances Not Reducing or Discharging Guarantor’s Obligations . Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected in any way by any of the following, although without notice to or the further consent of Guarantor, and waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including rights to notice) or defenses (other than the defense of payment) that Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the following:

 

(a)            Modifications . Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or in any other term thereof, or any renewal, extension, increase, alteration, rearrangement, amendment or other modification to any provision of any of the Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, contract or agreement between Borrower and Lender or any other Person pertaining to the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(b)            Adjustment . Any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance, waiver, consent or compromise that Lender might extend, grant or give to Borrower, Guarantor or any other Person with respect to any provision of this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)            Condition of Borrower or Guarantor . The voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of all or substantially all of the respective assets and liabilities of Borrower, Property Owner or any individual Guarantor, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, sequestrator or conservator for all or any part of the assets of Borrower, Property Owner or any individual Guarantor, the insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, consolidation, merger arrangement, composition, readjustment or the commencement of any other similar proceedings affecting Borrower, Property Owner or any individual Guarantor or any of the assets of any of them, including (A) the release or discharge of Borrower from the payment and performance of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents by operation of law, (B) the release or discharge of Property Owner from the payment and performance of its obligations under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents by operation of law, (C) the impairment, limitation or modification of the liability of Borrower or Guarantor, or of any remedy for the enforcement of Lender’s rights, under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents, resulting from the operation of any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute of law or from the decision in any court or (D) the impairment, limitation or modification of the liability of Property Owner, Borrower or any individual Guarantor, or if any remedy for the enforcement of Mortgage Lender’s rights, under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, resulting from the operation of any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal, state or applicable statute of law or from the decision of any court.

 

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(d)            Invalidity of Guaranteed Obligations . The invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of this Guaranty, the Loan Documents or of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, or of any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations for any reason whatsoever, including the fact that (i) the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceeds the amount permitted by law, (ii) the act of creating the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, is ultra vires , (iii) the officers or representatives executing the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the creating of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, acted in excess of their authority, (iv) the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, violates applicable usury laws, (v) Borrower, Property Owner or Guarantor has valid defenses (other than the defense of payment), claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) that render the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible, (vi) the creation, performance or repayment of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, or executed in connection with the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or given to secure the repayment of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof), is illegal, uncollectible, legally impossible or unenforceable or (vii) any of the Loan Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents or any other document or agreement executed in connection with the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, has been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic.

 

(e)            Release of Obligors . Any compromise or full or partial release of the liability of Borrower or any other Person now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the obligations under this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(f)            Release of Collateral; Other Collateral . Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment by Lender or Mortgage Lender (including negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of, or failure to perfect or obtain protection of, any collateral, property or security at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations; or the taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty or other assurance of payment for all or any part of the Indebtedness, the Mortgage Loan Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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(g)            Offset . Any existing or future right of set-off, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature against Lender or any other Person, which may be available to or asserted by Guarantor or Borrower.

 

(h)            Change in Law . Any change in the laws, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction or any present or future action of any Governmental Authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the obligations of Borrower under any of the Loan Documents, Guarantor under this Guaranty or Property Owner under the Mortgage Loan Documents.

 

(i)             Event of Default . The occurrence of any Event of Default or any potential Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, whether or not Lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents upon the happening of any such Event of Default or potential Event of Default, or the occurrence of any Mortgage Loan Event of Default under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, whether or not Mortgage Lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Documents upon the happening of any such Mortgage Loan Event of Default.

 

(j)             Actions Omitted . The absence of any action to enforce any of Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents or Mortgage Lender’s rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents, or available to Lender or Mortgage Lender at law, equity or otherwise, to recover any judgment against Borrower or Property Owner or to enforce a judgment against Borrower under any of the Loan Documents or the Mortgage Loan Documents, as applicable.

 

(k)            Other Dealings . The occurrence of any other dealing, transaction, matter or thing between Guarantor and Lender.

 

(l)             Application of Sums . The application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by Guarantor or Borrower to Lender in such manner as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion, subject to, and otherwise in accordance with, the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or the application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts owing by Guarantor or Property Owner to Mortgage Lender in such manner as Mortgage Lender shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

(m)          Ownership Interest . Subject to Section 1.1(b) , any change in or termination of the ownership interest of Guarantor (whether direct or indirect).

 

(n)           Unenforceability . The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by Guarantor that Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(o)            Merger . The reorganization, merger or consolidation of Borrower and/or Property Owner into or with any other Person.

 

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(p)            Preference. Any payment by Borrower to Lender is held to constitute a preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Lender is required to refund such payment or pay such amount to Borrower or someone else.

 

(q)            Other Circumstances . Any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor generally, it being the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of Guarantor and Lender that the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall be direct and immediate and that Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action, or omission whatsoever, whether contemplated or uncontemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, except for the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations and except subject to Section 1.1(b) .

 

2.2           Indebtedness or Other Obligations of Guarantor . If Guarantor is or becomes liable for any Indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this Guaranty, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or affected by this Guaranty and the rights of Lender hereunder shall be cumulative of 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 right or remedy under any other instrument or at law or in equity, including the making of multiple demands hereunder.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties . To induce Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and extend credit to Borrower, Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that, on the date hereof:

 

(a)            Due Formation, Authorization and Enforceability . Guarantor is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has full power and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform under this Guaranty. Guarantor has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty. This Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)            Benefit to Guarantor . Guarantor hereby acknowledges that Lender would not make the Loan but for the liability undertaken by Guarantor under this Guaranty. Guarantor (i) is an affiliate of Borrower and (ii) has received, or will receive, direct and/or indirect benefit from the making of the Loan to Borrower.

 

(c)            Familiarity and Reliance . Guarantor is familiar with, and has independently reviewed books and records regarding, the financial condition of Borrower and is familiar with the value of any and all collateral granted, or intended to be granted, as security for the Indebtedness; provided , however , Guarantor is not relying on such financial condition or such collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty.

 

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(d)            No Representation by Lender . Neither Lender nor any other Person has made any representation, warranty or statement to Guarantor in order to induce the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty.

 

(e)            Solvency . Guarantor has not entered into this Guaranty with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor. Guarantor received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor is not presently insolvent, and the execution and delivery of this Guaranty will not render Guarantor insolvent.

 

(f)            No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor, and the performance of transactions contemplated hereunder do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements or any governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities (including Environmental Laws) affecting Guarantor or any of its assets or property, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default (including any circumstance or event that would be a default but for the lack of due notice or lapse of time or both) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of Guarantor’s organizational documents or any agreement or instrument to which Guarantor is a party, or by which Guarantor or its assets or property are bound or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of Guarantor’s assets or property.

 

(g)            Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration or investigation pending or, to Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened against Guarantor in any court or by or before any other Governmental Authority, in each case, which, if determined adversely to Guarantor, would materially and adversely affect the performance of Guarantor’s obligations and duties under this Guaranty. There are no outstanding or unpaid judgments against Guarantor.

 

(h)            Consents . No consent, approval, authorization, order or filings of or with any court or Governmental Authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by Guarantor of, or compliance by Guarantor with, this Guaranty other than those that have been obtained by Guarantor.

 

(i)             Compliance . Guarantor is not in default or violation of any regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority, the violation or default of which would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Guarantor or that would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder.

 

(j)             Financial Information . All financial data that have been delivered to Lender with regard to Guarantor by or on behalf of Guarantor (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date set forth therein, (ii) accurately represent the financial condition of Guarantor as of the date of such reports and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered, except as otherwise indicated to Lender.

 

(k)            No Defenses . This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are not subject to, and Guarantor has not asserted, any right of rescission, offset, counterclaim, cross-claim, recoupment or affirmative or other defense of any kind and neither the operation of any of the terms of this Guaranty nor the exercise of any right hereunder will render the Guaranty unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

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(l)            Tax Filings . Guarantor has filed (or has obtained effective extensions for filing) all federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed and has paid, or has made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state and local taxes, charges and assessments payable by Guarantor. Guarantor reasonably believes that its tax returns properly reflect the incomes and taxes of Guarantor for the periods covered thereby.

 

(m)           No Bankruptcy Filing . Guarantor is not and has never been a debtor in any voluntary or involuntary state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. Guarantor is contemplating neither the filing of a petition under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws nor the liquidation of its assets or property and Guarantor does not have any knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it. During the ten year period preceding the Closing Date, no such petition has been filed by or against any person who owns or controls, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the beneficial ownership interests of Guarantor.

 

(n)            No Change in Facts or Circumstances; Full and Accurate Disclosure . There has been no material adverse change in any condition, fact, circumstance or event, and there is no fact or circumstance presently known to Guarantor that has not been disclosed to Lender, in each case that would make the financial statements or other documents submitted in connection with the Loan or this Guaranty inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading in any material respect or that otherwise materially and adversely affects, or would materially and adversely affect, Guarantor or its business, operations or conditions (financial or otherwise).

 

(o)            Embargoed Person . To Guarantor’s knowledge, (i) none of the funds or other assets of Guarantor constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (ii) no Embargoed Person has any equity interest whatsoever in Guarantor (whether directly or indirectly) and (iii) none of the funds of Guarantor have been derived from any unlawful activity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations and warranties contained in this subsection shall survive in perpetuity subject to Section 1.1(b) . The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(o) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(p)            Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws . Guarantor, and to Guarantor's knowledge, each Person owning an interest in Guarantor: (a) is not currently identified on the OFAC List and (b) is not a Person with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of any Legal Requirement. Guarantor has implemented procedures, and will consistently apply such procedures throughout the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty, to ensure the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects during the term of the Loan and the existence of this Guaranty. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.1(p) are made only to Guarantor’s knowledge with respect to the direct and/or indirect ownership of any shares of stock in NY REIT.

 

(q)            Investment Company Act . Guarantor is not an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(r)           Survival . All representations and warranties made by Guarantor herein shall survive the execution hereof.

 

3.2          Covenants . Each Guarantor covenants and agrees with Lender that, until payment in full of the Loan:

 

(a)          Throughout the term of the Loan and so long as any portion of the Indebtedness remains outstanding, NY REIT shall maintain, on a consolidated basis, minimum Net Worth of no less than $575,000,000, and minimum Liquidity of no less than $5,000,000, and failure to do so at any time shall constitute an immediate Event of Default. For purposes of this Section, “ Net Worth ” means total assets (excluding the value of NY REIT’s direct or indirect interest in Borrower, and excluding goodwill, patents, trademarks, trade names, organization expense, treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense, deferred research and development costs, deferred marketing expenses, and other like intangibles) less total liabilities (including accrued and deferred income taxes and any reserves against assets), determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and “ Liquidity ” means Lien-free cash balances maintained in the conventional forms of demand deposits, money market account deposits, monies held in cash reserves not held by Lender and other cash equivalents reasonably acceptable to Lender.

 

(b)        As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the close of each Fiscal Year or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may reasonably be acceptable to Lender, annual consolidated financial statements of NY REIT, including a balance sheet, together with related statements of operations and equityholders’ capital and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, audited by a “Big Four” accounting firm or other independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Lender whose opinion shall be to the effect that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and shall not be qualified as to the scope of the audit.

 

(c)        As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (excluding year-end) or, if earlier, promptly following the filing of such financial statements with the SEC, NY REIT shall furnish to Lender, in an Excel spreadsheet file in electronic format (which may be via an intralinks site at NY REIT’s sole cost and expense), or, in the case of predominantly text documents, in Adobe pdf format, or in either case, in such other format as may be reasonably acceptable to Lender, quarterly and year-to-date unaudited consolidated financial statements, prepared for such fiscal quarter with respect to NY REIT, including a consolidated balance sheet of NY REIT as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, together with related statements of operations, equityholders’ capital and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year ending with such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the same period for the preceding fiscal year, and containing such other information as Lender may reasonably request, which statements and other information shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the same are true, correct and complete in all material respects. and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(d)        NY REIT shall make its representatives and officers available to Lender from time to time, upon Lender’s reasonable request, to explain or discuss any financial information provided by NY REIT to Lender under Sections 3.2(b) and (c) .

 

(e)        Guarantor will preserve and maintain its legal existence. Except as permitted under the Loan Documents, Guarantor shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets unless, only with respect to a merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or a sale of all or substantially all of its assets, (i) the surviving entity assumes the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents if not already a party to this Guaranty and the Environmental Indemnity, and (ii) such transaction does not result in a Prohibited Change of Control or violation of Section 3.2(a) .

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SUBORDINATION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

 

4.1          Subordination of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights . As used herein, the term “ Guarantor’s Conditional Rights ” shall mean any and all debts and liabilities of Borrower owed to Guarantor, whether such debts and liabilities now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligations of Borrower thereon be direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or liabilities be evidenced by note, contract, open account or otherwise, and irrespective of the Person or Persons in whose favor such debts 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. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Guarantor’s Conditional Rights hereunder shall not include Guarantor’s right to receive equity distributions from Borrower directly or indirectly from time to time.

 

4.2          Liens Subordinate; Standstill . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, until the repayment in full of the Indebtedness, Guarantor hereby agrees that (i) all Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights shall be and remain, at all times, inferior and subordinate in all respects to the payment and performance in full of the Indebtedness and any and all liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Indebtedness, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of Guarantor or Lender presently exist or are hereafter created or attach, (ii) prior to the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Flow Sweep Period or Event of Default, Guarantor shall not be entitled to, and shall not, receive or collect, directly or indirectly, from Borrower or any other Person any amount pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights and (iii) Guarantor shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, (x) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right it may have against Borrower in respect of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights or (y) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including 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 on assets of Borrower held by Guarantor in respect of any of Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. The foregoing shall in no way limit the complete waiver of subrogation rights contained in Section 1.10 .

 

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4.3           Claims in Bankruptcy . In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief or other insolvency proceedings involving Guarantor as debtor, Lender shall have the right and authority, either in its own name or as attorney-in-fact for Guarantor, to prove its claim in any such proceeding and to take such other steps as may be necessary so as to establish its rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian and payments that would otherwise be payable pursuant to or in satisfaction of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights. Guarantor hereby assigns any and all such payments to Lender.

 

4.4           Payments Held in Trust . In the event that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guaranty, Guarantor should receive any funds, payment or claim that is prohibited by this Guaranty on account of any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights (for avoidance of doubt the foregoing excludes equity distributions made by Borrower from time to time directly or indirectly so long as no Event of Default is continuing) and either (i) such amount is paid to Guarantor at any time when any part of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid or performed in full or, (ii) regardless of when such amount is paid to Guarantor, any payment made by, or on behalf of, Borrower to Lender is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid by Lender or paid over to a trustee, receiver or any other Person, whether under any bankruptcy act or otherwise (such payment, a “ Preferential Payment ”), then such amount paid to Guarantor shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited and applied upon the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine. To the extent that any of the provisions of this Article 4 shall not be enforceable, Guarantor agrees that until such time as the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid and performed in full and the period of time has expired during which any payment made by Borrower to Lender may be determined to be a Preferential Payment, all of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights, to the extent not validly waived, shall be subordinate to Lender’s right to full payment and performance of the Indebtedness and the Guaranteed Obligations and Guarantor shall not enforce any of the Guarantor’s Conditional Rights during such period.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Lender’s Benefit; No Impairment of Loan Documents . This Guaranty is for the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns and nothing contained herein shall impair, as between Borrower and Lender, the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents. Lender and its successors and assigns shall have the right subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement to assign, in whole or in part, this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to any Person and to participate all or any portion of the Loan, including any servicer or trustee in connection with a Securitization.

 

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5.2           Successors and Assigns; Binding Effect . This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, whether by voluntary action of the parties or by operation of law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Guarantor may in no event delegate or transfer its obligations under, or be released from, this Guaranty, except in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement and this Guaranty.

 

5.3           Costs and Expenses . If Guarantor should breach or fail to timely perform any provision of this Guaranty, Guarantor shall, immediately upon demand by Lender, pay to Lender any and all costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement hereof or the preservation of Lender’s rights hereunder. The covenant contained in this Section shall survive the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

5.4           Not a Waiver; No Set-Off . The failure of any party to enforce any right or remedy hereunder, or to promptly enforce any such right or remedy, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise to any estoppel against such party, nor excuse any other party from its obligations hereunder, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable under this Guaranty, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Guaranty or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce any of the Indebtedness or the Guaranteed Obligations. No set-off, counterclaim (other than compulsory counterclaims), reduction, diminution of any obligations or any defense (other than the defense of payment) of any kind or nature that Guarantor has or may hereafter have against Borrower or Lender shall be available hereunder to Guarantor.

 

5.5           PRIOR AGREEMENTS . THIS GUARANTY CONTAINS THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AMONG OR BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEETS, CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT LETTERS, ARE SUPERSEDED BY THE TERMS OF THIS GUARANTY AS THEY RELATE TO THE GUARANTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

 

5.6           No Oral Change . No modification, amendment, extension, discharge, termination or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to any departure by Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in a writing signed by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance, and for the purpose, for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no notice to, or demand on, Guarantor, shall entitle Guarantor to any other or future notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

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5.7           Separate Remedies . Each and all of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Guaranty and each of the other Loan Documents are intended to be distinct, separate and cumulative and no such right or remedy herein or therein mentioned is intended to be in exclusion of or a waiver of any other right or remedy available to Lender.

 

5.8           Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.

 

5.9           Rules of Construction . All references to sections and exhibits are to sections and exhibits in or to this Guaranty unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise specified: (i) all meanings attributed to defined terms in this Guaranty shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined, (ii) “including” means “including, but not limited to” and “including, without limitation” and (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guaranty shall refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular provision, article, section or other subdivision of this Guaranty. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

5.10        Headings . The Section headings in this Guaranty are included in this Guaranty for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other purpose.

 

5.11        Recitals . The recitals and introductory paragraphs of this Guaranty are incorporated herein, and made a part hereof, by this reference.

 

5.12        Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic means shall have the same import and effect as original counterparts and shall be valid, enforceable and binding for the purposes of this Guaranty.

 

5.13        Notices . All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing by expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of delivery or attempted delivery, addressed as follows (or as a pdf attachment to an e-mail to the respective addresses specified below, immediately followed by one of the other delivery methods provided). Any party hereto may change its address and other contact information for purposes hereof at any time by sending a written notice to the other parties to this Guaranty in the manner provided for in this Section). A notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered or upon refusal to accept delivery.

 

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If to Lender: c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII L.P.
  1633 Broadway, Suite 1801
  New York, New York  10019
  Attention:  Albert Behler, CEO
  E-mail:  abehler@paramount-group.com
   
with copies to: c/o Paramount Group Real Estate Fund VIII L.P.
  1633 Broadway, Suite 1801
  New York, New York  10019
  Attention:  Gage Johnson, General Counsel
  E-mail:  gjohnson@paramount-group.com
   
and: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019
  Attention:  Thomas J. Henry
  E-mail:  thenry@willkie.com
   
If to Borrower: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Legal Department
  E-Mail:  MEad@nyrt.com
   
With a copies to: c/o New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
  405 Park Avenue, 7 th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  Michael Happel
  E-Mail:  Mhappel@nyrt.com
   
and: Arnold & Porter LLP
  399 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10022
  Attn:  John  Busillo, Esq.
  E-Mail:  John.Busillo@aporter.com

 

5.14        Governing Law . (A)       THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES, TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

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(B)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST GUARANTOR OR LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN ANY ACTION IN RESPECT OF THE CREATION, PERFECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST CREATED PURSUANT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) MAY BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK. GUARANTOR AND LENDER HEREBY EACH (i) IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (ii) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND (iii) IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.13 HEREOF (AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE AT SUCH ADDRESS IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ITSELF IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT).

 

5.15         Trial by Jury . GUARANTOR AND LENDER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT EACH MAY LAWFULLY DO SO, HEREBY AGREE NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY GUARANTOR AND LENDER.

 

5.16         Brokers and Financial Advisors . Guarantor hereby represents that none of Borrower, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates has dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Lender hereby represents that neither Lender nor any of its respective Affiliates have dealt with any financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. Guarantor and Lender agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower, Guarantor, Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Guaranty and/or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration and termination of this Guaranty and the repayment of the Indebtedness.

 

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5.17         Cooperation. Guarantor agrees that it is bound by, and agrees to comply with, the provisions of Section 9.24(b) of the Loan Agreement, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in full.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Guaranty all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  GUARANTOR :
   
  NEW YORK REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation
   
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NEW YORK RECOVERY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By: New York REIT, Inc., its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Michael Ead
    Name: Michael Ead
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

New York REIT Announces Financing For 1440 Broadway

 

New York, October 5, 2015 New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE: NYRT) (“NYRT” or the “Company”), a publicly traded real estate investment trust, announced today it has closed on a $325 million financing for 1440 Broadway, a 25-story institutional quality office building containing 755,679 square feet located just steps from Times Square.

 

“Completing this financing is another accomplishment in our strategic initiatives plan,” said Michael Happel, Chief Executive Officer of NYRT. “We remain focused on building a best-in-class Manhattan real estate portfolio for the benefit of all of our shareholders, and we will continue to capitalize on opportunities, including those that benefit our capital structure and liquidity, while executing our strategic initiatives.”

 

On October 1, 2015, NYRT announced a series of governance, strategic and operational actions intended to enhance value for all shareholders and narrow the gap between net asset value (NAV) and the Company’s current common share price.

 

Among the announced actions were the appointment of Apollo Global Management Co-Founder Marc Rowan to the Board of Directors as well as plans to appoint two new independent directors in the near future. The Company also announced it has engaged an advisor to identify and consider potential strategic transactions at the asset or entity level and acted to enable parties who participated in previous strategic initiatives to participate in any future transactions. NYRT is continuing to pursue its previously announced plan to sell non-core, outer-borough assets and is in the process of implementing a joint venture with American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc.

 

About NYRT

 

NYRT is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE that acquires income-producing commercial real estate, including office and retail properties, in New York City. Additional information about NYRT can be found on its website at www.nyrt.com . NYRT may disseminate important information regarding it and its operations, including financial information, through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

 

     

 

 

Important Notice

 

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different. In addition, words such as “will,” “should,” “may,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect” and “intend” indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of NYRT's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on May 11, 2015. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and NYRT undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law.

 

Contacts

 

Michael A. Happel

CEO and President

New York REIT, Inc.

mhappel@nyrt.com

(212) 415-6500

Andrew G. Backman

Managing Director

Investor Relations /

Public Relations

abackman@nyrt.com

(212) 415-6500

Tim Cifelli

President

DDCworks

tcifelli@ddcworks.com

(484) 342-3600