As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2016
File No. 001-37795
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 5
to
Form 10
GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 36-2058176 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100 McLean, Virginia |
22102 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(703) 883-1000
With copies to:
Joshua Ford Bonnie Edgar J. Lewandowski Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 455-2000 |
Kristin A. Campbell Executive Vice President and General Counsel Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. 7930 Jones Branch Drive Suite 1100 McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 883-1000 |
Sean M. DellOrto Senior Vice President and Treasurer Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100 McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 883-1000 |
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. Stuart A. Barr Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-5600 |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class to be so Registered |
Name of Each Exchange on Which
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Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET BETWEEN INFORMATION STATEMENT AND ITEMS OF FORM 10
Item 1. Business
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Summary, Risk Factors, Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements, Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Business and Properties, Management, Executive and Director Compensation and Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions of the information statement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 10 (the information statement). Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The information required by this item is contained under the section Risk Factors of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Financial Information
The information required by this item is contained under the sections SummarySummary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Data, Capitalization, Selected Historical Combined Consolidated Financial Data, Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements and Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. Properties
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Business and Properties of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The information required by this item is contained under the section Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers
The information required by this item is contained under the section Management of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Management and Executive and Director Compensation of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Management, Executive and Director Compensation and Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. Legal Proceedings
The information required by this item is contained under the section Business and PropertiesLegal Proceedings of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrants Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Risk Factors, The Spin-Off, Distribution Policy, Executive and Director Compensation and Description of Capital Stock of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Not applicable.
Item 11. Description of Registrants Securities to be Registered
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Risk FactorsRisks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock, Distribution Policy and Description of Capital Stock of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Certain Relationships and Related Party TransactionsIndemnification Agreements and Description of Capital StockLimitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Selected Historical Combined Consolidated Financial Data, Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Index to Financial Statements and the statements referenced therein of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) | Financial Statements |
The information required by this item is contained under the section Index to Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) | Exhibits |
The following documents are filed as exhibits hereto:
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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2.1 | Form of Distribution Agreement among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.** | |
3.1 | Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation* | |
3.2 | Form of Amended and Restated By-laws* | |
10.1 | Form of Employee Matters Agreement among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.** | |
10.2 | Form of Tax Matters Agreement among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.* | |
10.3 | Form of Transition Services Agreement between Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.** | |
10.4 | Form of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan | |
10.5 | Form of Indemnification Agreement to be entered into between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers. | |
10.6 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and the other parties thereto. | |
10.7 | Loan Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2016, among S.F. Hilton LLC and P55 Hotel Owner LLC, collectively, as Borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender and the other parties thereto. | |
10.8 | Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2016, among Park Intermediate Holdings LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender. | |
10.9 | Employment Agreement dated April 26, 2016, between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Thomas J. Baltimore Jr.** | |
10.10 | Form of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors | |
10.11 | Form of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan | |
10.12 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and HNA Tourism Group Co., Ltd. | |
10.13 | Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., HNA Tourism Group Co., Ltd. and, solely for purposes of Section 4.3 thereof, HNA Group Co., Ltd. | |
10.14 | Form of Stockholders Agreement among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and the other parties thereto. | |
10.15 | Loan Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Hilton Hawaiian Village LLC, as Borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender and the other parties thereto. | |
10.16 | Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Park Intermediate Holdings LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender. | |
21.1 | Subsidiaries of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | |
99.1 | Preliminary Information Statement, dated November 10, 2016 | |
99.2 | Section 13(r) Disclosure** | |
99.3 | Form of Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials |
* | To be filed by amendment. |
** | Previously filed. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Sean M. DellOrto
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Sean M. DellOrto | ||
Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
Date: November 10, 2016
Exhibit 10.4
FORM OF PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and the other members of the Company Group may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and the other members of the Company Group can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, including incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning their interests with those of the Companys stockholders.
2. Definitions . The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a) Absolute Share Limit has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(b) of the Plan.
(b) Adjustment Event has the meaning given to such term in Section 12(a) of the Plan.
(c) Affiliate means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company. The term control (including, with correlative meaning, the terms controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
(d) Award means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Equity-Based Award, Other Cash-Based Award and Performance Compensation Award granted under the Plan.
(e) Award Agreement means the document or documents by which each Award (other than an Other Cash-Based Award) is evidenced, which may be in written or electronic form.
(f) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g) Cause means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, a good faith determination of the Committee or its designee that (i) there is cause to terminate a Participants employment or service, as defined in and in accordance with any employment or consulting agreement between the Participant and any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement (or the absence of any definition of Cause contained therein), any of the following has occurred with respect to a Participant: (A) such Participant has failed to reasonably perform his or her duties to the Service Recipient,
or has failed to follow the lawful instructions of the Board or his or her direct superiors, in each case other than as a result of his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury, in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate, following notice by the Company Group or such Affiliate of such failure; (B) such Participant has engaged or is about to engage in conduct harmful (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (C) such Participant has been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a felony or any crime involving as a material element fraud or dishonesty; (D) the willful misconduct or gross neglect of such Participant that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (E) the willful violation by such Participant of the written policies of the Service Recipient or any applicable written policies of any member of the Company Group that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (F) such Participants fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or misuse of funds or property belonging to the Company Group or an Affiliate (other than good faith expense account disputes); (G) such Participants act of personal dishonesty which involves personal profit in connection with such Participants employment or service with the Company Group or an Affiliate, or (H) the willful breach by such Participant of fiduciary duty owed to the Service Recipient.
(h) Change in Control means:
(i) the acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar transaction) by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 30% (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock; or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (clauses (A) and (B), the Outstanding Company Voting Securities ); provided, however , that for purposes of this Plan, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate; (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate; (III) in respect of an Award held by a particular Participant, any acquisition by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant (or any entity controlled by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant); or (IV) any acquisition in one transaction or a series of related transactions, by any Person directly from The Blackstone Group L.P. and/or its Affiliates;
(ii) during any period of twenty-four (24) months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the Incumbent Directors ) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such
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nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however , that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(iii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company Group (taken as a whole) to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company; or
(iv) the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other similar transaction involving the Company (a Business Combination ), unless immediately following such Business Combination, 50% or more of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (or, if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of such resulting entity) is held by the holders of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the occurrence of any of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), which occurs solely as a result of an Internal Reorganization as defined in Section 12(c) of the Plan shall not constitute a Change in Control.
(i) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.
(j) Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof or, if no such Compensation Committee or subcommittee thereof exists, the Board.
(k) Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(l) Company means Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto, including any entity that is a constituent party in any merger or other combination involving the Company and that survives or succeeds as a publicly traded entity (including, without limitation, by virtue of a triangular merger structure) as part of any Internal Reorganization or other restructuring.
(m) Company Group means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(n) Date of Grant means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
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(o) Designated Foreign Subsidiaries means all members of the Company Group that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction or country other than the United States of America that may be designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time.
(p) Detrimental Activity means any of the following: (i) unauthorized disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information of any member of the Company Group; (ii) any activity that would be grounds to terminate the Participants employment or service with the Service Recipient for Cause; or (iii) a material breach by the Participant of any restrictive covenant by which such Participant is bound, including, without limitation, any covenant not to compete or not to solicit, in any agreement with any member of the Company Group.
(q) Disability means, unless in the case of a particular Award the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, the Company or an Affiliate having cause to terminate a Participants employment or service on account of disability, as defined in any then-existing employment, consulting or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate or, in the absence of such an employment, consulting or other similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of Disability contained therein), a condition entitling the Participant to receive benefits under a long-term disability plan of the Company or an Affiliate, or, in the absence of such a plan, the complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which a Participant was employed or served when such disability commenced. Any determination of whether Disability exists shall be made by the Committee (or its designee) in its sole discretion.
(r) Effective Date means , 2016.
(s) Eligible Person means any (i) individual employed by any member of the Company Group; provided, however , that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; or (ii) consultant or advisor to any member of the Company Group who may be offered securities registrable pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, who, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above has entered into an Award Agreement or who has received written notification from the Committee or its designee that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.
(t) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(u) Exercise Price has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.
(v) Fair Market Value means, on a given date, (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported;
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(ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the average between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock.
(w) GAAP has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(x) Incentive Stock Option means an Option which is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.
(y) Indemnifiable Person has the meaning given to such term in Section 4(e) of the Plan.
(z) Minimum Vesting Condition means, with respect to any Award, that vesting of (or lapsing of restrictions on) such Award does not occur earlier than the first anniversary of the Date of Grant (or the date of commencement of employment or service, in the case of a grant made in connection with a Participants commencement of employment or service), other than (i) in connection with a Change in Control, or (ii) as a result of a Participants death or Disability.
(aa) Negative Discretion means the discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of an Award that is designated as a Performance Compensation Award consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code.
(bb) Nonqualified Stock Option means an Option which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(cc) Option means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.
(dd) Option Period has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(c)(i) of the Plan.
(ee) Other Cash-Based Award means an Award that is not a Stock Appreciation Right or Restricted Stock Unit granted under Section 10 of the Plan that is denominated and/or payable in cash.
(ff) Other Equity-Based Award means an Award that is not an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Performance Compensation Award, that is granted under Section 10 of the Plan and is (i) payable by delivery of Common Stock, and/or (ii) measured by reference to the value of Common Stock. Other Equity-Based Awards may include (i) operating partnership or limited liability company units or profits interests, including LTIP units, with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) unrestricted shares of Common Stock.
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(gg) Participant means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to the Plan.
(hh) Performance Compensation Award means any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.
(ii) Performance Criteria means the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan.
(jj) Performance Formula means, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.
(kk) Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria.
(ll) Performance Period means the one or more periods of time of not less than 12 months, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participants right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.
(mm) Person means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
(nn) Plan means this Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as it may be amended and restated from time to time.
(oo) Qualifying Director means a person who is (i) with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a non-employee director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act; and (ii) with respect to actions intended to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under 162(m) of the Code, an outside director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(pp) Restricted Period means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions, including vesting conditions.
(qq) Restricted Stock means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.
(rr) Restricted Stock Unit means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.
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(ss) SAR Period has the meaning given to such term in Section 8(c) of the Plan.
(tt) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(uu) Service Recipient means, with respect to a Participant holding a given Award, the member of the Company Group by which the original recipient of such Award is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed or to which such original recipient provides, or following a Termination was most recently providing, services, as applicable.
(vv) Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(ww) Strike Price has the meaning given to such term in Section 8(b) of the Plan.
(xx) Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of such entitys voting securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(ii) any partnership, limited liability company or any comparable foreign entity (A) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
(yy) Substitute Award has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(e) of the Plan.
(zz) Sub-Plans means any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting the offering of Awards to employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the United States of America, with each such sub-plan designed to comply with local laws applicable to offerings in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated a separate and independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with applicable local laws, the Absolute Share Limit and the other limits specified in Section 5(b) shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any Sub-Plan adopted hereunder.
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(aaa) Termination means the termination of a Participants employment or service, as applicable, with the Service Recipient for any reason (including death or Disability).
3. Effective Date; Duration . The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however , that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.
4. Administration.
(a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) or necessary to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.
(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in, or exercised for, cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) adopt Sub-Plans; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
(c) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities
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of the Company are listed or traded, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of any member of the Company Group, the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of, or which is allocated to, the Committee herein, and which may be so delegated as a matter of law, except with respect to grants of Awards to persons (i) who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act; or (ii) who are, or could reasonably be expected to be, covered employees for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons, including, without limitation, any member of the Company Group, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.
(e) No member of the Board, the Committee or any employee or agent of any member of the Company Group (each such Person, an Indemnifiable Person ) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Companys approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be determined, as provided below, that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided , that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Companys choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts, omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Persons fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the organizational
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documents of any member of the Company Group, as a matter of law, under an individual indemnification agreement or contract or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold such Indemnifiable Persons harmless.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. Any such actions by the Board shall be subject to the applicable rules of the securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.
5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations.
(a) The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.
(b) Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the Absolute Share Limit ) shall be available for Awards under the Plan; (ii) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, grants of Options or SARs under the Plan in respect of no more than 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock may be made to any individual Participant during any single fiscal year of the Company (for this purpose, if a SAR is granted in tandem with an Option (such that the SAR expires with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Option is exercised), only the shares underlying the Option shall count against this limitation); (iii) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Absolute Share Limit may be issued in the aggregate pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan; (iv) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued in respect of Performance Compensation Awards denominated in shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan to any individual Participant for a single fiscal year during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year), or in the event such share-denominated Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, other securities, other Awards or other property, no more than the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock on the last day of the Performance Period to which such Award relates; (v) the maximum amount that can be paid to any individual Participant for a single fiscal year during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year) pursuant to a Performance Compensation Award denominated in cash (described in Section 11(a) of the Plan) shall be $10,000,000; and (vi) no more than 400,000 shares of Common Stock may be granted pursuant to Awards which do not satisfy the Minimum Vesting Condition (the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit ).
(c) Other than with respect to Substitute Awards, to the extent that an Award expires or is canceled, forfeited or terminated without issuance to the Participant of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related, the unissued shares will again be available for grant under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of Awards if the Fair Market Value equivalent of such shares is paid in cash; provided , however, that no shares shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of a
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SAR or Restricted Stock Unit that only provides for settlement in cash and settles only in cash or in respect of any Other Cash-Based Award. In no event shall (i) shares tendered or withheld on the exercise of Options or other Award for the payment of the exercise or purchase price or withholding taxes, (ii) shares not issued upon the settlement of a SAR that settles in shares of Common Stock (or could settle in shares of Common Stock), or (iii) shares purchased on the open market with cash proceeds from the exercise of Options, again become available for other Awards under the Plan.
(d) Shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination of the foregoing.
(e) Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines ( Substitute Awards ). Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the Absolute Share Limit or the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit; provided , that Substitute Awards issued in connection with the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding options intended to qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Subject to applicable stock exchange requirements, available shares under a stockholder-approved plan of an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the acquisition or combination transaction) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock subject to Awards granted to Participants in connection with the adoption of the Plan or in substitution for awards of Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. shall not be counted against the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit.
6. Eligibility . Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Persons.
7. Options.
(a) General . Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which agreement need not be the same for each Participant. Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of a member of the Company Group, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such
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approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to, and comply with, such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.
(b) Exercise Price . Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the exercise price ( Exercise Price ) per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date of Grant); provided, however , that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company Group, the Exercise Price per share shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant.
(c) Vesting and Expiration; Termination .
(i) Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Grants of Options that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit. Options shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the Option Period ). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Option Period exceed five (5) years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company Group.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient other than for Cause; or (B) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient due to death or Disability, in each case within 12 months following a Change in Control, each outstanding Option granted to such Participant shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable as of the date of such Termination; provided , that in the event the vesting or exercisability of any Option would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of any such Option that shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable shall be based on (x) actual performance through the date of Termination as determined by the Committee, or (y) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee, in each case prorated based on the time elapsed from the date of grant to the date of Termination.
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(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, after taking into account any accelerated vesting under the above clause (ii), each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for one (1) year thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period); and (C) a Participants Termination for any other reason each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for ninety (90) days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period).
(d) Method of Exercise and Form of Payment . No shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld. Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company (or telephonic instructions to the extent provided by the Committee) in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable: (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual issuance of such shares to the Company); provided , that such shares of Common Stock are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and have been held by the Participant for any period of time as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment applying generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ); or (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion, including, without limitation (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price; (B) if there is a public market for the shares of Common Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted cashless exercise pursuant to which the Company is delivered (including telephonically to the extent permitted by the Committee) a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price; or (C) a net exercise procedure effected by withholding the minimum number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay the Exercise Price. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
(e) Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option . Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date the Participant makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Stock before the later of (i) the date that is two (2) years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option, or (ii) the date that is one (1) year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance
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with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession, as agent for the applicable Participant, of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence, subject to complying with any instructions from such Participant as to the sale of such Common Stock.
(f) Compliance With Laws, etc . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.
8. Stock Appreciation Rights.
(a) General . Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.
(b) Strike Price . Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the strike price ( Strike Price ) per share of Common Stock for each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date of Grant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a SAR granted in tandem with (or in substitution for) an Option previously granted shall have a Strike Price equal to the Exercise Price of the corresponding Option.
(c) Vesting and Expiration; Termination .
(i) A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Grants of SARs that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit. SARs shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the SAR Period ).
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient other than for Cause; or (B) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient due to death or Disability, in each case within 12 months following a Change in Control, outstanding SARs granted to such Participant shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable as of the date of such Termination; provided , that in the event
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the vesting or exercisability of any SARs would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of any such SAR that shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable shall be based on (x) actual performance through the date of termination as determined by the Committee, or (y) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee, in each case prorated based on the time elapsed from the date of grant to the date of Termination.
(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding SARs granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, after taking into account any accelerated vesting under the above clause (ii), each outstanding unvested SAR granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested SAR shall remain exercisable for one (1) year thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the SAR Period); and (C) a Participants Termination for any other reason, each outstanding unvested SAR granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested SAR shall remain exercisable for ninety (90) days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the SAR Period).
(d) Method of Exercise . SARs which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded.
(e) Payment . Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that is being exercised multiplied by the excess of the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
9. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.
(a) General . Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b) Stock Certificates and Book-Entry; Escrow or Similar Arrangement . Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued or shall cause share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the name of the Participant and held in book-entry form subject to the Companys directions and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow
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rather than issued to the Participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable; and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute and deliver (in a manner permitted under Section 14(a) of the Plan or as otherwise determined by the Committee) an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank stock power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to shares of Restricted Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Restricted Stock; provided , that if the lapsing of restrictions with respect to any grant of Restricted Stock is contingent on satisfaction of performance conditions (other than, or in addition to, the passage of time), any dividends payable on such shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company and delivered (without interest) to the Participant within fifteen (15) days following the date on which the restrictions on such Restricted Stock lapse (and the right to any such accumulated dividends shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of the Restricted Stock to which such dividends relate). To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any stock certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company. A Participant shall have no rights or privileges as a stockholder as to Restricted Stock Units.
(c) Vesting; Termination .
(i) Subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest, and any applicable Restricted Period shall lapse, in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Company other than for Cause, or (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, in each case within 12 months following a Change in Control, outstanding Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to such Participant shall become fully vested and the restrictions thereon shall immediately lapse as of the date of such Termination; provided , that in the event the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of any such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that shall become fully vested and free from such restrictions shall be based on (x) actual performance through the date of termination as determined by the Committee, or (y) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee, in each case prorated based on the time elapsed from the date of grant to the date of Termination.
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(d) Issuance of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units .
(i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall issue to the Participant, or the Participants beneficiary, without charge, the stock certificate (or, if applicable, a notice evidencing a book-entry notation) evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share). Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value (on the date of distribution) equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant or the Participants beneficiary, without charge, one (1) share of Common Stock (or other securities or other property, as applicable) for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit; provided, however , that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock in lieu of issuing only shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units; or (B) defer the issuance of shares of Common Stock (or cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or by the Committee, in its sole discretion, upon the payment by the Company of dividends on shares of Common Stock, the holder of outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to be credited with dividend equivalent payments in cash (unless, the Committee, in its sole discretion, elects to credit such payments in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividend), which payments shall be made to the holder on a current basis within fifteen (15) days following the date on which the corresponding dividend is paid to the Companys stockholders; provided , that if the lapsing of restrictions with respect to any grant of Restricted Stock Units is contingent on satisfaction of performance conditions (other than, or in addition to, the passage of time), any dividend equivalents payable on such Restricted Stock Units shall be held by the Company and shall be payable (without interest) at the same time as the underlying Restricted Stock Units are settled following the date on which the Restricted Period lapses with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, and, if such Restricted Stock Units are forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividend equivalent payments.
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(e) Legends on Restricted Stock . Each certificate, if any, or book entry representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, if any, shall bear a legend or book entry notation substantially in the form of the following, in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate, until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such shares of Common Stock:
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC. 2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC. AND PARTICIPANT. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
10. Other Equity-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards . The Committee may grant Other Equity-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards under the Plan to Eligible Persons, alone or in tandem with other Awards, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Each Other Equity-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, and each Other Cash-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced in such form as the Committee may determine from time to time. Each Other Equity-Based Award or Other Cash-Based Award, as applicable, so granted shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement or other form evidencing such Award, including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 14(a) of the Plan. Grants of Other Equity-Based Awards that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit. Grants of Other Equity-Based Awards that are operating partnership or limited liability company units or profits interests or other equity interests in an operating partnership or limited liability company Subsidiary of the Company (a) may be granted for Service to such operating partnership or limited liability company Subsidiary (or a Subsidiary thereof) and (b) shall have the rights and features of which, if applicable, will be set forth in an operating partnership or limited liability company agreement and an applicable Award Agreement.
11. Performance Compensation Awards.
(a) General . The Committee shall have the authority, at or before the time of grant of any Award, to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if the Company determines that a Participant who has been granted an Award designated as a Performance Compensation Award is not (or is no longer) a covered employee (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
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Code), the terms and conditions of such Award may be modified without regard to any restrictions or limitations set forth in this Section 11 (but subject otherwise to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan).
(b) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards . With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goal(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula(e). Within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing.
(c) Performance Criteria . The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more members of the Company Group, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments, or any combination of the foregoing) and shall be limited to the following, which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity, revenue or sales); (vii) cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment), which may but are not required to be measured on a per share basis; (viii) total capital invested in assets; (ix) earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization (including EBIT, EBITDA and adjusted, core, or hotel EBITDA); (x) earnings as a percentage of average capital, earnings as a multiple of interest expense, or business unit economic earnings; (xi) funds from operations (as determined by NAREIT or otherwise), adjusted or core funds from operations, funds available for distribution, adjusted or core funds available for distribution, cash available for distribution, or adjusted or core cash available for distribution; (xii) asset acquisition or disposition volume; (xiii) gross or net operating margins (including EBITDA and adjusted, core, or hotel EBITDA margins); (xiv) productivity ratios; (xv) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xvi) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense savings; (xvii) operating efficiency or productivity; (xviii) objective measures of customer satisfaction; (xix) working capital targets; (xx) measures of economic value added or other value creation metrics; (xxi) enterprise value; (xxii) sales; (xxiii) stockholder return; (xxiv) competitive market metrics; (xxv) employee retention; (xxvi) timely opening of new facilities; (xxvii) hotel occupancy rates; (xxviii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects (including but not limited to succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations and meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxix) revenues; (xxx) revenues under management; (xxxi) comparisons of continuing operations to other operations; (xxxii) market share or
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penetration; (xxxiii) cost of capital, debt leverage (including net debt to EBITDA or adjusted or core EBITDA), year-end cash position or book value; (xxxiv) strategic objectives; (xxxv) international operations; (xxxvi) capital expenditures; (xxxvii) RevPAR (revenue per available room); (xxxviii) RevPAR penetration ratios; (xxxix) financial ratios as provided in credit agreements of the Company and/or a member of the Company Group; or (xxxx) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be stated as a percentage of another Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more members of the Company Group as a whole or any assets, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments or administrative departments of the Company and/or one or more members of the Company Group or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. Without limiting the foregoing, any one or more of the Performance Criteria may also be calculated on a same store, per share or relative-to-peers basis. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. To the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall, within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period.
(d) Modification of Performance Goal(s) . In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining stockholder approval. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time a Performance Compensation Award is granted, the Committee shall, during the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), or at any time thereafter to the extent the exercise of such authority at such time would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted to any Participant for such Performance Period to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, specify adjustments or modifications to be made to the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) acquisitions or divestitures; (vi) any other specific, unusual or nonrecurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses or fluctuation in currency exchange rates; (viii) discontinued operations and nonrecurring charges; (ix) a change in the Companys fiscal year; (x) accruals for payments to be made in respect of the Plan or other specific compensation arrangements; and (xi) any other event described in Section 12.
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(e) Payment of Performance Compensation Awards .
(i) Condition to Receipt of Payment . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period.
(ii) Limitation . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that (A) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved, and (B) all or some portion of such Participants Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals; provided, however , that in the event of (x) a Participants Termination by the Company other than for Cause, or (y) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, in each case, within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control, the Participant shall receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award based on (1) actual performance through the date of Termination as determined by the Committee, or (2) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee (but not to the extent that application of this clause (2) would cause Section 162(m) of the Code to result in the loss of the deduction of the compensation payable in respect of such Performance Compensation Award for any Participant reasonably expected to be a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code), in each case, prorated based on the time elapsed from the Date of Grant to the date of Termination.
(iii) Certification . Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participants Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion.
(iv) Use of Negative Discretion . In determining the actual amount of an individual Participants Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of such Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative Discretion. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, the Committee shall not have the discretion to (A) grant or provide payment in respect of Performance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance Period have not been attained or (B) increase a Performance Compensation Award above the applicable limitations set forth in Section 5 of the Plan.
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(f) Timing of Award Payments . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11. Any Performance Compensation Award that has been deferred shall not (between the date as of which the Award is deferred and the payment date) increase (i) with respect to a Performance Compensation Award that is payable in cash, by a measuring factor for each fiscal year greater than a reasonable rate of interest set by the Committee; or (ii) with respect to a Performance Compensation Award that is payable in shares of Common Stock, by an amount greater than the appreciation of a share of Common Stock from the date such Award is deferred to the payment date. Any Performance Compensation Award that is deferred and is otherwise payable in shares of Common Stock shall be credited (during the period between the date as of which the Award is deferred and the payment date) with dividend equivalents (in a manner consistent with the methodology set forth in the last sentence of Section 9(d)(ii) of the Plan).
12. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted hereunder (other than Other Cash-Based Awards):
(a) General . In the event of (i) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event that affects the shares of Common Stock (including a Change in Control); or (ii) unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, including changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements, that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, could result in substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights intended to be granted to, or available for, Participants (any event in (i) or (ii), an Adjustment Event ), the Committee shall, in respect of any such Adjustment Event, make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems equitable, to any or all of (A) the Absolute Share Limit, or any other limit applicable under the Plan with respect to the number of Awards which may be granted hereunder; (B) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) which may be issued in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan or any Sub-Plan; and (C) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (I) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate; (II) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award; or (III) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals); provided , that in the case of any equity restructuring (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring.
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(b) Adjustment Events . Without limiting the foregoing, except as may otherwise be provided in an Award Agreement, in connection with any Adjustment Event, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for any one or more of the following:
(i) substitution or assumption of Awards (or awards of an acquiring company), acceleration of the vesting of, exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards, or establishment of a period of time (which shall not be required to be more than ten (10) days) for Participants to exercise outstanding Awards prior to the occurrence of such event (and any such Award not so exercised shall terminate upon the occurrence of such event);
(ii) cancellation of any one or more outstanding Awards and payment to the holders of such Awards that are vested as of such cancellation (including, without limitation, any Awards that would vest as a result of the occurrence of such event but for such cancellation or for which vesting is accelerated by the Committee in connection with such event pursuant to clause (i) above), the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which value, if applicable, may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including, without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor), or, in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards that are not vested as of such cancellation, a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards prior to cancellation, or the underlying shares in respect thereof; and
(iii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, conversion or replacement of any Award that is not vested as of the occurrence of such event into or with the right to receive a payment, based on the value of the Award (as determined consistent with clause (ii) above), which is subject to continued vesting on the same basis as the vesting requirements applicable to such converted or replaced Award.
Payments to holders pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above shall be made in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of such other consideration necessary for a Participant to receive property, cash, or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of the transaction if the Participant had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Award at such time (less any applicable Exercise Price or Strike Price).
(c) Internal Reorganization . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) no payments or benefits or acceleration of payments, benefits or vesting will become
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payable or accelerated, as applicable, hereunder or under any Award Agreement or be triggered for any purpose in the event of any internal reorganization (whether by merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination, contribution, distribution, asset transfer or otherwise) or restructuring involving the Company or any of its Affiliates, including any such reorganization or restructuring pursuant to a merger or other combination involving the Company in which an Affiliate of the Company survives or succeeds as a publicly-traded entity (including, without limitation, by virtue of a triangular merger structure) and/or any such reorganization or restructuring undertaken in connection with implementation of an umbrella partnership REIT or downREIT structure (an Internal Reorganization ), (ii) in connection with any Internal Reorganization, the Committee shall have the authority to transfer and assign the Plan and all related agreements, including Award Agreements, to a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company as part of such Internal Reorganization, subject to compliance with applicable law, and (iii) if any Internal Reorganization results in a transfer of a Participants service from the Company to one of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, such a transfer shall not be considered or interpreted as a termination of employment or separation from service under any other similar provision that addresses an involuntary termination of employment or service.
(d) Other Requirements . Prior to any payment or adjustment contemplated under this Section 12, the Committee may require a Participant to (i) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participants Awards; (ii) bear such Participants pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity obligations, and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms, offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary transfer documentation as reasonably determined by the Committee.
(e) Fractional Shares . Any adjustment provided under this Section 12 may provide for the elimination of any fractional share that might otherwise become subject to an Award.
(f) Binding Effect . Any adjustment, substitution, determination of value or other action taken by the Committee under this Section 12 shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
13. Amendments and Termination.
(a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan . The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided , that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if (i) such approval is necessary to comply with any regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company may be listed or quoted) or for changes in GAAP to new accounting standards; (ii) it would materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under the Plan (except for increases pursuant to Section 5 or 12 of the Plan); or (iii) it would materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan; provided, further , that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any
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Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall be made to the last proviso of Section 13(b) of the Plan without stockholder approval.
(b) Amendment of Award Agreements . The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively (including after a Participants Termination); provided , that, other than pursuant to Section 12, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant; provided, further , that in no event shall any such amendment alter the Minimum Vesting Condition.
(c) No Repricing . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 12 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR; (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower Exercise Price or Strike Price, as the case may be) or other Award or cash payment that is greater than the intrinsic value (if any) of the cancelled Option or SAR; and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action which is considered a repricing for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted.
14. General .
(a) Award Agreements . Each Award (other than an Other Cash-Based Award) under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant to whom such Award was granted and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including, without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or Termination of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee. For purposes of the Plan, an Award Agreement may be in any such form (written or electronic) as determined by the Committee (including, without limitation, a Board or Committee resolution, an employment agreement, a notice, a certificate or a letter) evidencing the Award. The Committee need not require an Award Agreement to be signed by the Participant or a duly authorized representative of the Company or a Subsidiary.
(b) Nontransferability . Each Award shall be exercisable only by such Participant to whom such Award was granted during the Participants lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participants legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant (unless such transfer is specifically required pursuant to a domestic relations order or by applicable law) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against any member of the Company Group; provided , that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
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(c) Dividends and Dividend Equivalents . The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends, dividend equivalents, or similar payments in respect of Awards, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, payment directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award or reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards; provided , that no dividends, dividend equivalents or other similar payments shall be payable in respect of outstanding (i) Options or SARs; or (ii) unearned Performance Compensation Awards or other unearned Awards subject to performance conditions (other than, or in addition to, the passage of time) (although dividends, dividend equivalents or other similar payments may be accumulated in respect of unearned Awards and paid within fifteen (15) days after such Awards are earned and become payable or distributable).
(d) Tax Withholding .
(i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld in respect of an Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.
(ii) Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect to an Award by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) that have been both held by the Participant and vested for any period of time as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment under GAAP) having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof); or (B) having the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to an amount, subject to clause (iii) below, not in excess of such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof).
(iii) The Committee, subject to its having considered the applicable accounting impact of any such determination, has full discretion to allow Participants to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment and/or other applicable taxes payable by them with respect to an Award by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would
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otherwise be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participants relevant tax jurisdictions).
(e) Data Protection . By participating in the Plan or accepting any rights granted under it, each Participant consents to the collection and processing of personal data relating to the Participant so that the Company and its Affiliates can fulfill their obligations and exercise their rights under the Plan and generally administer and manage the Plan. This data will include, but may not be limited to, data about participation in the Plan and shares offered or received, purchased, or sold under the Plan from time to time and other appropriate financial and other data (such as the date on which the Awards were granted) about the Participant and the Participants participation in the Plan.
(f) No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver . No employee of any member of the Company Group, or other Person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committees determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, except to the extent of any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Service Recipient and/or any member of the Company Group and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.
(g) International Participants . With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America and who are not (and who are not expected to be) covered employees within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the terms of the Plan and create or amend Sub-Plans or amend outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant or any member of the Company Group.
(h) Designation and Change of Beneficiary . Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more Persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be
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entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon the Participants death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change the Participants beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however , that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participants death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participants spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, the Participants estate.
(i) Termination . Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or service with one Service Recipient to employment or service with another Service Recipient (or vice-versa) shall be considered a Termination; and (ii) if a Participant undergoes a Termination of employment, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company Group in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be considered a Termination for purposes of the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that any Service Recipient ceases to be a member of the Company Group (by reason of sale, divestiture, spin-off or other similar transaction), unless a Participants employment or service is transferred to another entity that would constitute a Service Recipient immediately following such transaction, such Participant shall be deemed to have suffered a Termination hereunder as of the date of the consummation of such transaction.
(j) No Rights as a Stockholder . Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to such Person.
(k) Government and Other Regulations .
(i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in shares of Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel (if the Company has requested such an opinion), satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all shares of Common Stock or other securities of
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any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, the Federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted and any other applicable Federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, rules, regulations and other requirements, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Companys instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.
(ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Companys acquisition of shares of Common Stock from the public markets, the Companys issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participants acquisition of Common Stock from the Company and/or the Participants sale of Common Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, (A) pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (I) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or issued, as applicable); over (II) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of issuance of shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof, or (B) in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, provide the Participant with a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, or the underlying shares in respect thereof.
(l) No Section 83(b) Elections Without Consent of Company . No election under Section 83(b) of the Code or under a similar provision of law may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or by action of the Committee in writing prior to the making of such election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Common Stock under the Plan or otherwise, is expressly permitted to make such election and the Participant makes the election, the Participant shall notify the Company of such
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election within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or other applicable provision.
(m) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants . If the Committee shall find that any Person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for the Participants affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such Person or the Participants estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to the Participants spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such Person, or any other Person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such Person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(n) Nonexclusivity of the Plan . Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of equity-based awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
(o) No Trust or Fund Created . Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company be obligated to maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other service providers under general law.
(p) Reliance on Reports . Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of any member of the Company Group and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself or herself.
(q) Relationship to Other Benefits . No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan or as required by applicable law.
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(r) Governing Law . The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT WHO ACCEPTS AN AWARD IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANTS RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
(s) Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
(t) Obligations Binding on Successors . The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company (or as otherwise contemplated in connection with any Internal Reorganization).
(u) Section 409A of the Code .
(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to termination of employment (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as separate payments.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and which would otherwise be payable upon the Participants separation from service (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of such Participants
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separation from service or, if earlier, the date of the Participants death. Following any applicable six (6) month delay, all such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.
(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award (that would otherwise be considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code; or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of Disability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(v) Clawback/Repayment . All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback, forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time; and (ii) applicable law. Further, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company.
(w) Detrimental Activity . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Participant has engaged in any Detrimental Activity, as determined by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for one or more of the following:
(i) cancellation of any or all of such Participants outstanding Awards; or
(ii) forfeiture by the Participant of any gain realized on the vesting or exercise of Awards, and to repay any such gain promptly to the Company.
(x) Right of Offset . The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, automobile or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to any member of the Company Group and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award is deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Participant to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code in respect of an outstanding Award.
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(y) Expenses; Titles and Headings . The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company Group. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
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Exhibit 10.5
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement is effective as of [●] (this Agreement) and is between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the undersigned director/officer of the Company (Indemnitee).
Background
The Company believes that, in order to attract and retain highly competent persons to serve as directors or in other capacities, including as officers, it must provide such persons with adequate protection through indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their services to and activities on behalf of the Company.
The Company desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company and, in order to induce the Indemnitee to serve in such capacity, the Company is willing to grant the Indemnitee the indemnification provided for herein. Indemnitee is willing to so serve on the basis that such indemnification be provided.
The parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and the advancement of expenses.
In consideration of Indemnitees service to the Company and the covenants and agreements set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows.
Section 1. Indemnification.
To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL ):
(a) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity.
(b) The indemnification provided by this Section 1 shall be from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals.
Section 2. Advance Payment of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit or proceeding or in connection with an enforcement action as
contemplated by Section 3(e), shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled under this Agreement to be indemnified by the Company in respect thereof. No other form of undertaking shall be required of Indemnitee other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 2 shall be subject to Section 3(b) and shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 6.
Section 3. Procedure for Indemnification, Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company hereunder, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof. The failure to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding, or of Indemnitees request for indemnification, will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder, except to the extent the Company is actually and materially prejudiced in its defense of such action, suit or proceeding as a result of such failure. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to enable the Company to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.
(b) With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Company is so notified as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the last two sentences of this paragraph, be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any subsequently-incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Indemnitee, based on the advice of his or her counsel, shall have reasonably concluded (with written notice being given to the Company setting forth the basis for such conclusion) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is or is reasonably likely to be a conflict of interest or position between the Company and Indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, then the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume such defense. In addition, the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Companys assumption of the defense of an action, suit or proceeding in accordance with paragraph (b) above will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the Company that any loss and liability suffered by Indemnitee and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Company under Section 1 of this Agreement.
(d) The determination whether to grant Indemnitees indemnification request shall be made promptly and in any event within 30 days following the Companys receipt of a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 3(a). If the Company determines that
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Indemnitee is entitled to such indemnification or, as contemplated by paragraph (c) above, the Company has acknowledged such entitlement, the Company will make payment to Indemnitee of the indemnifiable amount within such 30 day period. If the Company is not deemed to have so acknowledged such entitlement or the Companys determination of whether to grant Indemnitees indemnification request shall not have been made within such 30 day period, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, subject to Section 6, nonetheless be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under the DGCL.
(e) In the event that (i) the Company determines in accordance with this Section 3 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) the Company denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within 30 days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made within such 30 day period, (iv) advancement of expenses is not timely made in accordance with Section 2, or (v) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. Indemnitees expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitees right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding or otherwise shall also be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
(f) Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement upon submission of a request therefor in accordance with Section 2 or Section 3 of this Agreement, as the case may be. The Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming such presumption, and such presumption shall be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification and advancement of expenses unless the Company overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence.
Section 4. Insurance and Subrogation.
(a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies with A.M. Best ratings of A or better, Fitch ratings of BBBq or better, Moodys ratings of Baa2 or better or Standard & Poors ratings of BBBpi or better, providing Indemnitee with coverage for any liability asserted against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or arising out of Indemnitees status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. Such insurance policies shall have coverage terms and policy limits at least as favorable to Indemnitee as the insurance coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Company. If the Company has such insurance in effect at the time the Company
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receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy.
(b) Subject to Section 9(b), in the event of any payment by the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy. Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.
(c) Subject to Section 9(b), the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and ERISA excise taxes or penalties) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Agreement or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
Section 5. Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) The term action, suit or proceeding shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.
(b) The term by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any actual or alleged act or omission to act.
(c) The term expenses shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys fees and related disbursements, appeal bonds, other out-of-pocket costs and reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with either the investigation, defense or appeal of an action, suit or proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise incurred in connection with a claim that is indemnifiable hereunder.
(d) The term judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever, as well as any penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan).
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Section 6. Limitation on Indemnification . Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Agreement:
(a) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee . To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof), however denominated, initiated by Indemnitee, other than (i) an action, suit or proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement (which shall be governed by the provisions of Section 6(b) of this Agreement) and (ii) an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company, it being understood and agreed that such authorization or consent shall not be unreasonably withheld in connection with any compulsory counterclaim brought by Indemnitee in response to an action, suit or proceeding otherwise indemnifiable under this agreement.
(b) Action for Indemnification . To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, unless Indemnitee is successful in such action, suit or proceeding in establishing Indemnitees right, in whole or in part, to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder (in which case such indemnification or advancement shall be to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL), or unless and to the extent that the court in such action, suit or proceeding shall determine that, despite Indemnitees failure to establish their right to indemnification, Indemnitee is entitled to indemnity for such expenses; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6(b) is intended to limit the Companys obligations with respect to the advancement of expenses to Indemnitee in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, as provided in Section 2 hereof.
(c) Section 16(b) Matters . To indemnify Indemnitee on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for disgorgement of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(d) Fraud or Willful Misconduct . To indemnify Indemnitee on account of conduct by Indemnitee where such conduct has been determined by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing to have been knowingly fraudulent or constitute willful misconduct.
(e) Prohibited by Law . To indemnify Indemnitee in any circumstance where such indemnification has been determined by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing to be prohibited by law.
Section 7. Certain Settlement Provisions. The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit or proceeding without the Companys prior written consent. The Company shall not settle any action, suit or proceeding in any manner that would impose any fine or other obligation on Indemnitee without Indemnitees prior written consent. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold his, her, its or their consent to any proposed settlement.
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Section 8. Savings Clause. If any provision or provisions (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated.
Section 9. Contribution/Jointly Indemnifiable Claims.
(a) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for herein is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part, it is agreed that, in such event, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, contribute to the payment of all of Indemnitees loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, in an amount that is just and equitable in the circumstances; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such contribution shall not be required where such holding by the court is due to any limitation on indemnification set forth in Section 4(c), 6 (other than clause (e)) or 7 hereof.
(b) Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims may arise due to the service of the Indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Company at the request of the Indemnitee-related entities, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claim, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, irrespective of any right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company be entitled to any right of subrogation against or contribution by the Indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement, indemnification or recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company hereunder. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the Indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee against the Company, and Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. The Company and Indemnitee agree that each of
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the Indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 9(b), entitled to enforce this Section 9(b) as though each such Indemnitee-related entity were a party to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 9(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i) The term Indemnitee-related entities means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise Indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Company or at the Companys request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described in this Agreement) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).
(ii) The term jointly indemnifiable claims shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the Indemnitee-related entities and the Company pursuant to the DGCL, any agreement or the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Company or the Indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.
Section 10. Form and Delivery of Communications . All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand, upon receipt by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier, one day after deposit with such courier and with written verification of receipt or (d) sent by email or facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received. Notice to the Company shall be directed to Tom Morey, General Counsel, by email at TMorey@pkhotelsandresorts.com or by telephone at (703) 962-7629. Notice to Indemnitee shall be directed to Indemnitees contact information on file with the Companys Corporate Secretary or its Human Resources Department.
Section 11. Nonexclusivity . The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which Indemnitee may have under any provision of law, in any court in which a proceeding is brought, other agreements or otherwise, and Indemnitees rights hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee. No amendment or alteration of the Companys Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other agreement shall adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement.
Section 12. No Construction as Employment Agreement . Nothing contained herein shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained as a director of the Company or in the employ of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided under this Agreement shall continue as to the Indemnitee even though he may have ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company.
Section 13. Interpretation of Agreement . It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide indemnification to Indemnitee to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL.
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Section 14. Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered hereby are expressly superseded by this Agreement.
Section 15. Modification and Waiver . No supplement, modification, waiver or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement may not be terminated by the Company without Indemnitees prior written consent.
Section 16. Successor and Assigns . All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of such Indemnitor, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
Section 17. Service of Process and Venue . The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Court), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, irrevocably Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such partys agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Section 18. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Company of Indemnitee, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement shall in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.
Section 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart.
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Section 20. Headings. The section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
This Indemnification Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date stated above.
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Exhibit 10.6
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and between
PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
and
THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
Dated as of October 24, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Certain Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE II. REGISTRATION RIGHTS | 5 | |||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Piggyback Rights | 5 | ||||
SECTION 2.2 |
Demand Registration | 8 | ||||
SECTION 2.3 |
Registration Procedures | 10 | ||||
SECTION 2.4 |
Other Registration-Related Matters | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE III. INDEMNIFICATION | 16 | |||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Indemnification by the Company | 16 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Indemnification by the Holders and Underwriters | 16 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Notices of Claims, Etc | 17 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Contribution | 17 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Other Indemnification | 18 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Non-Exclusivity | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. OTHER | 18 | |||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Notices | 18 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Assignment | 19 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Amendments; Waiver | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.4 |
Third Parties | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.5 |
Governing Law | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.6 |
Jurisdiction | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.7 |
MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.8 |
Specific Performance | 20 | ||||
SECTION 4.9 |
Entire Agreement | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.10 |
Severability | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.11 |
Counterparts | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.12 |
Effectiveness | 21 | ||||
SECTION 4.13 |
Confidentiality | 21 |
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) is dated as of October 24, 2016 and is by and between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the Company ) and Blackstone (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. ( Hilton ) intends to distribute its entire interest in the Company by way of a dividend of all outstanding shares of the Companys Common Stock (as defined below) owned by Hilton to holders of Hilton common stock; and
WHEREAS, Hilton and Blackstone are parties to a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 17, 2013, which is being amended and restated of even date herewith, relating to the registration of shares of Hilton common stock.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement:
Adverse Disclosure means public disclosure of material, non-public information that, in the Board of Directors good faith judgment, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any registration statement or report filed with the SEC by the Company so that such registration statement or report would not be materially misleading and such material, non-public information would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing of such registration statement or report, and (ii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.
Advice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
Affiliate has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Blackstone means the entities listed on the signature pages hereto under the heading Blackstone Parties.
Blackstone Entities means the entities comprising Blackstone, their respective Affiliates and the successors and permitted assigns of such entities and their respective Affiliates.
Board means the board of directors of the Company.
Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, holiday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
Common Stock means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and any other capital stock of the Company into which such common stock is reclassified or reconstituted.
Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Control (including its correlative meanings, Controlled by and under common Control with ) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.
Demand Party has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
Demand Suspension has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(ii)(y).
Distribution Date means the date on which the distribution to holders of record of shares of Hilton common stock of the Park Common Stock owned by Hilton is effectuated.
Effective Date means the Distribution Date.
Exchange Act means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.
FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
HNA Registration Rights Agreement means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and HNA, but not any amendments thereto.
HNA Holder means the holders of securities entitled to registration rights under the HNA Registration Rights Agreement.
Holder means each entity comprising Blackstone that is a holder of Registrable Securities or Securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Registrable Securities or any Transferee of such Person to whom registration rights are assigned pursuant to Section 4.2.
Indemnified Party and Indemnified Parties have the meanings set forth in Section 3.1.
Law means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, injunction, order, decree, governmental approval, directive, requirement, or other governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Authority.
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Person means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, a cooperative, an unincorporated organization, or other form of business organization, whether or not regarded as a legal entity under applicable Law, or any Governmental Authority or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
Public Offering means a public offering of equity securities of the Company or any successor thereto or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act.
Registrable Securities means all shares of Common Stock and any Securities into which the Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of its assets, corporate conversion or other extraordinary transaction of the Company held by a Holder (whether now held or hereafter acquired, and including any such Securities received by a Holder upon the conversion or exchange of, or pursuant to such a transaction with respect to, other Securities held by such Holder). As to any Registrable Securities, such Securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when:
(a) | a registration statement covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement; |
(b) | such Registrable Securities shall have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or 145 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act; |
(c) | such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or 145 (or any similar provision then in effect) without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale, unless such Registrable Securities are held by a Holder that beneficially owns 5% or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock; or |
(d) | such Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding. |
Registration Expenses means any and all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including:
(a) | all SEC, stock exchange, or FINRA registration and filing fees (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any qualified independent underwriter, as such term is defined in Rule 5121 of FINRA, and of its counsel); |
(b) | all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky Laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); |
(c) | all printing, messenger and delivery expenses; |
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(d) | all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or FINRA and all rating agency fees; |
(e) | the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits and/or cold comfort letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance; |
(f) | any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the issuers of Securities, including liability insurance if the Company so desires or if the underwriters so require, and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with the requested registration, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any; |
(g) | the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of not more than one law firm (as selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration) incurred by all the Holders in connection with the registration; |
(h) | the costs and expenses of the Company relating to analyst and investor presentations or any road show undertaken in connection with the registration and/or marketing of the Registrable Securities; and |
(i) | any other fees and disbursements customarily paid by the issuers of securities. |
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
Securities means capital stock, limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, beneficial interests, warrants, options, notes, bonds, debentures, and other securities, equity interests, ownership interests and similar obligations of every kind and nature of any Person.
Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which: (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the total voting power of stock (or equivalent ownership interest) of the limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or Control the managing director or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.
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Transfer (including its correlative meanings, Transferor , Transferee and Transferred ) shall mean, with respect to any security, directly or indirectly, to sell, contract to sell, give, assign, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in, offer, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any economic, voting or other rights in or to such security. When used as a noun, Transfer shall have such correlative meaning as the context may require.
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation.
(a) The words hereof, herein, and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The word including and words of similar import when used in this Agreement mean including, without limitation, unless otherwise specified. References in this Agreement to a designated Article or Section refer to an Article or Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specified and references to clauses without a cross-reference to a Section or subsection are references to clauses within the same Section or, if more specific, subsection. The word extent in the phrase to the extent means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean simply if. References to day means a calendar day unless otherwise indicated as a Business Day.
(b) The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and do not limit or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(d) When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period is excluded. If the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question ends on the next succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE II.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
SECTION 2.1 Piggyback Rights.
(a) If at any time the Company proposes to register Securities for public sale (whether proposed to be offered for sale by the Company or by any other Person) under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-4 or S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated for similar purposes) in a manner which would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, other than for an underwritten secondary offering initiated by a HNA Holder under the HNA Registration Rights Agreement, it shall, at each such time, give prompt written notice (which notice shall be given not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the filing by the Company with the SEC of any registration statement
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with respect thereto and shall specify the intended method or methods of disposition and the number of Securities proposed to be registered) to each Holder of its intention to do so and of such Holders rights under this Section 2.1, provided , no such notice need be given of any underwritten offering if the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (a copy of which shall be provided to each Holder) that, in its opinion, the inclusion of Registrable Securities would be likely to have an adverse impact on the price, timing or distribution of the Securities offered in such offering. Upon the written request of any Holder made within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of any such notice (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders have so requested to be registered; provided that: (i) any Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Holders request for inclusion of any of such Holders Registrable Securities in any registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) by giving written notice to the Company of such withdrawal, provided , that, in the case of any underwritten offering, written notice of such withdrawal must be given to the Company prior to the time at which the offering price or underwriters discount is determined with the managing underwriter or underwriters; (ii) if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any Securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration of the Securities to be sold by it, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Holders and, thereupon, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith) without prejudice to the rights of the Demand Party to request that such registration be effected as a registration under Section 2.2(a); and (iii) subject to clause (i), if such registration involves an underwritten offering, each Holder of Registrable Securities requesting to be included in the registration must, upon the written request of the Company, sell its Registrable Securities to the underwriters on the same terms and conditions as apply to the other Securities being sold through underwriters under such registration, with, in the case of a combined primary and secondary offering, only such differences, including any with respect to representations and warranties, indemnification and liability insurance, as may be customary or appropriate in combined primary and secondary offerings.
(b) Expenses . The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2.1.
(c) Priority in Piggyback Registrations . If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (a copy of which shall be provided to each Holder) that, in its opinion, the number of Registrable Securities and other Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering, so as to be likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Securities offered in such offering, then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Securities the Company proposes to sell for its own account; and (ii) second, such number of Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter, can be sold without having the adverse effect referred to above, which number of Securities shall be allocated (A) until the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date, (x) first, to the holders of Registrable
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Securities requested to be included in such registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a), on the basis of the relative number of Securities requested to be included in such registration by each such holder and (y) second, pro rata among all other holders of Securities entitled to include Securities in such registration and that submitted a proper request for inclusion in such registration, on the basis of the relative number of Securities requested to be included in such registration by each such holder and (B) after the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date, pro rata among the holders of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and all other holders of Securities entitled to include Securities in such registration that submitted a proper request for inclusion in such registration, on the basis of the relative number of Securities requested to be included in such registration by each such holder. Any other selling holders of the Companys Securities will be included in an underwritten offering only with the consent of holders holding a majority of the shares being sold in such offering.
(d) Excluded Transactions . The Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2.1 incidental to the registration of any of its Securities in connection with:
(i) a registration statement filed to cover issuances under employee benefits plans or dividend reinvestment plans;
(ii) any registration statement relating solely to the acquisition or merger after the date hereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of or with any other businesses, assets or properties;
(iii) any registration statement covering securities other than shares of the same class as those held by Holders (even if such securities are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares that are registered as part of such offering or
(iv) any registration related solely to an exchange by the Company of its own securities.
(e) Plan of Distribution, Underwriters and Counsel . If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering that is initiated by selling holders, the holders that initiated such underwritten offering (by action of the holders of a majority of the Securities requested to be registered thereby) shall have the right to (i) determine the plan of distribution, (ii) select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead managing underwriter (provided that such investment banker or bankers and managers shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company) and (iii) select counsel for the selling holders. If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering that is initiated by the Company, the Company shall have the right to (i) determine the plan of distribution and (ii) select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead managing underwriter; and the holders of a majority of the Securities requested to be registered thereby by selling holders (by action of the holders of a majority of the Securities requested to be registered thereby by such selling holders) shall have the right to select counsel for the selling holders.
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(f) Shelf Takedowns . In connection with any shelf takedown (whether pursuant to Section 2.2(f) or at the initiative of the Company), other than in the case of an underwritten secondary offering initiated by the HNA Holder under the HNA Registration Rights Agreement, the Holders may exercise piggyback rights in the manner described in this Agreement to have included in such takedown Registrable Securities held by them that are registered on such shelf registration statement, provided , that in the case of any shelf takedown for an underwritten offering, at the initiative of the Company, the ten (10) Business Day period in Section 2.1(a) shall be reduced to seven (7) Business Days.
SECTION 2.2 Demand Registration .
(a) General . Upon the written request of any Blackstone Entity (the Demand Party ) requesting that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities and specifying the amount and intended method of disposition thereof (including, but not limited to, an underwritten public offering), the Company shall (i) promptly give written notice of such requested registration to the other Holders and other holders of Securities entitled to notice of such registration, if any, and (ii) as expeditiously as possible, use its reasonable best efforts to file a registration statement to effect the registration under the Securities Act of:
(i) such Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Demand Party in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof; and
(ii) the Registrable Securities of other Holders which the Company has been requested to register by written request given to the Company within five (5) Business Days after the giving of such written notice by the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to file a registration statement relating to any registration request under this Section 2.2(a):
(x) within a period of one hundred eighty (180) days (or such lesser period as the managing underwriters in an underwritten offering may permit) after the effective date of any other registration statement relating to any registration request under this Section 2.2(a) or relating to any registration referred to in Section 2.1; provided, that if greater than 50% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2(a) by the Blackstone Entities taken as a whole are excluded from the applicable registration pursuant to Section 2.1(c) or Section 2.2(e), Blackstone shall have the right, with respect to such excluded Registrable Securities, to request one (1) additional registration pursuant to Section 2.2(a) within such period of one hundred eighty (180) days; provided further, that such request shall not be made within ninety (90) days after the effective date of the registration statement from which such Registrable Securities were excluded; or
(y) if, in the good faith judgment of a majority of the disinterested members of the Board, the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of the registration statement would be adverse to the Company because (i) such action would require the
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Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company has determined in good faith that the registration or sale of the Registrable Securities would be reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect a planned bona fide financing of the Company that is reasonably likely to be promptly initiated by the Company, then the Company may delay the filing (but not the preparation of) or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, the registration statement (a Demand Suspension ); provided, however, that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise more than two Demand Suspensions during any twelve-(12) month period for more than an aggregate of ninety (90) days; and provided, further, that in the event of a Demand Suspension, such Demand Suspension shall terminate at such time as the Company would no longer be required to make any Adverse Disclosure or any such planned financing has been abandoned or completed.
(b) Form . Each registration statement prepared at the request of a Demand Party shall be effected on such form as reasonably requested by the Demand Party, including by a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act on a Form S-3 (or any successor rule or form thereto) if so requested by the Demand Party and if the Company is then eligible to effect a shelf registration and use such form for such disposition.
(c) Expenses . The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2.2.
(d) Plan of Distribution, Underwriters and Counsel . If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering, the Demand Party shall have the right to (i) determine the plan of distribution, (ii) select the investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including the lead managing underwriter (provided that such investment banker or bankers and managers shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company) and (iii) select counsel for the selling Holders.
(e) Priority in Demand Registrations . If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (a copy of which shall be provided to each Holder) that, in its opinion, the number of Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering, so as to be likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Securities offered in such offering, then the number of such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration shall be allocated pro rata among (1) Registrable Securities held by the Demand Party, and (2) the Registrable Securities held by other Holders that have requested that their Registrable Securities be sold pursuant to Section 2.1(a), if any, on the basis of the relative number of securities requested to be included in such registration by the Demand Party and each such other Holder. Any other selling holders of the Companys Securities will be included in an underwritten offering only with the consent of Holders holding a majority of the shares being sold in such offering.
(f) Shelf Takedowns . Upon the written request of the Demand Party at any time and from time to time, the Company shall facilitate in the manner described in this Agreement a takedown of the Demand Partys Registrable Securities off of an effective shelf registration statement. Upon the written request of the Demand Party, the Company shall file
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and seek the effectiveness of a post-effective amendment to an existing shelf registration statement in order to register up to the number of the Demand Partys Registrable Securities previously taken down off of such shelf by the Demand Party and not yet reloaded onto such shelf registration statement.
(g) Additional Rights . The Company shall not enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or grant any additional registration rights to any Person or with respect to any securities that are not Registrable Securities that adversely affects the priorities of the Holders pursuant to Sections 2.1(c) or 2.2(e) of this Agreement.
(h) Number of Demands . The Holders shall be entitled to a maximum of six (6) demand registrations (including shelf takedowns) for an underwritten offering pursuant to Section 2.2(a); provided a registration (or shelf takedown) shall not count for this purpose until, in the case of a registration statement, the registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC and, in the case of a shelf takedown, the prospectus supplement for such offering has been filed with the SEC.
SECTION 2.3 Registration Procedures . If and whenever the Company is required to file a registration statement with respect to, or to use its reasonable best efforts to effect or cause the registration of, any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
(a) promptly prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on an appropriate form with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; provided , however , that the Company may discontinue any registration of Securities which it has initiated for its own account at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto (and, in such event, the Company shall pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith); and provided , further , that before filing a registration statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall (i) furnish to counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel, (ii) fairly consider such reasonable changes in any such documents prior to or after the filing thereof as the counsel to the sellers of Registrable Securities being sold may request, and (iii) make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the sellers of the Registrable Securities being sold available for discussion of such documents;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period not in excess of two (2) years (which period shall not be applicable in the case of a shelf registration effected pursuant to a request under Section 2.2(b)) and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement; provided that before filing a registration statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall (i)
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furnish to counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel, (ii) fairly consider such reasonable changes in any such documents prior to or after the filing thereof as the counsel to the sellers of Registrable Securities being sold may request, and (iii) make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the sellers of the Registrable Securities being sold available for discussion of such documents;
(c) furnish to each seller of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters of the securities being registered such number of copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith, including any documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such seller or underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such seller or the sale of such securities by such underwriters (it being understood that, subject to the requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the Company consents to the use of the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each seller and the underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement of which such prospectus, amendment or supplement is a part);
(d) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities covered by such registration in such jurisdictions as each seller shall reasonably request and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period in which the registration statement is required to be kept effective, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(e) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(f) promptly notify each seller and any underwriter of any such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the Companys becoming aware that the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such seller, as promptly as practicable thereafter prepare and furnish to such seller and any underwriter a reasonable number of copies of an amended or supplemental prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
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(g) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its Security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but not more than eighteen (18) months) after the effective date of the registration statement, an earnings statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;
(h) (i) list such Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on which other Securities of the Company are then listed if such Registrable Securities are not already so listed and if such listing is then permitted under the rules of such exchange; and (ii) provide a transfer agent registrar and CUSIP number for such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(i) enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form), which may include indemnification provisions in favor of underwriters and other Persons in addition to, or in substitution for the indemnification provisions hereof, and take such other actions as sellers of a majority of such Registrable Securities or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(j) if requested by the managing underwriter(s) of an underwritten offering or if reasonably requested by the seller or sellers of a majority of such Registrable Securities, use reasonable best efforts to obtain a cold comfort letter or letters from the Companys independent public accountants addressed to the underwriters or seller or sellers in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters;
(k) make available for inspection by any seller of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such registration statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or any such underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Companys officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act that is customary for a participant in a registered securities offering;
(l) notify counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, immediately, and confirm the notice in writing: (i) when the registration statement, or any post-effective amendment to the registration statement, shall have become effective, or any supplement to the prospectus or any amendment to any prospectus shall have been filed; (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the SEC; (iii) of any request of the SEC to amend the registration statement or amend or supplement the prospectus or for additional information; and (iv) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes;
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(m) provide each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement reasonable opportunity to comment on the registration statement, any post-effective amendments to the registration statement, any supplement to the prospectus or any amendment to any prospectus;
(n) make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;
(o) if requested by the managing underwriter or agent or any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or agent or such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein, including, with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold by such Holder to such underwriter or agent, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriter or agent and with respect to any other terms of the underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after being notified of the matters incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(p) cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing Securities to be sold under the registration statement, and enable such Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or agent, if any, or the Holders may request;
(q) use its reasonable best efforts to make available the executive officers of the Company to participate with the Holders of Registrable Securities and any underwriters in any road shows that may be reasonably requested by the Holders in connection with distribution of Registrable Securities;
(r) obtain for delivery to the underwriter an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company in customary form and in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to such Holders, underwriters or agents and their counsel; and
(s) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.
SECTION 2.4 Other Registration-Related Matters.
(a) The Company may require any Person that is Transferring Securities in a Public Offering pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 to furnish to the Company in writing such information regarding such Person and pertinent to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of the Registrable Securities which are included in such Public Offering as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing and the Company shall not be required to include the Securities of such Person in such Public Offering if such information is not provided to the Company.
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(b) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(f), it will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until its receipt of the copies of the amended or supplemented prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(f) or until it is advised in writing (the Advice ) by the Company that the use of the prospectus may be resumed and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company or destroy (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in its possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company gives any such notice, the period for which the Company shall be required to keep the registration statement effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 2.3(f) to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement has received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(f) or the Advice. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts and take such actions as are reasonably necessary to render the Advice as promptly as practicable.
(c) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(l)(iv), it will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until the lifting of such stop order, other order or suspension or the termination of such proceedings and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company or destroy (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in its possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company gives any such notice, the period for which the Company shall be required to keep the registration statement effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 2.3(l)(iv) to and including the date when such stop order, other order or suspension is lifted or such proceedings are terminated.
(d) (i) Each Holder will, in connection with a Public Offering of the Companys equity Securities (whether for the Companys account or for the account of any Holder or Holders, any HNA Holder or HNA Holders, or any or all of them), upon the request of the Company or of the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Companys Securities, agree in writing not to effect any sale, disposition or distribution of Registrable Securities (other than those included in the Public Offering) without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter for such period of time commencing seven (7) days before and ending ninety (90) days (or such earlier date as the managing underwriter shall agree) after the effective date of such registration; provided that the Company shall cause all directors and officers of the Company, and all other Persons with registration rights with respect to the Companys Securities (whether or not pursuant to this Agreement) (other than those that are parties to the HNA Registration Rights Agreement) to enter into agreements similar to those contained in this Section 2.4(d)(i) (without regard to this proviso), subject to exceptions for gifts, sales pursuant to pre-existing Rule 10b5-1 plans and other customary exclusions agreed to by such managing
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underwriter; and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall, in connection with an underwritten Public Offering of the Companys Securities in respect of which Registrable Securities are included, upon the request of the underwriters managing such offering, agree in writing not to effect any sale, disposition or distribution of equity Securities of the Company (other than those included in such Public Offering, offered pursuant to Section 2.2(f), offered on Form S-8, issuable upon conversion of Securities or upon the exercise of options, or the grant of options in the ordinary course of business pursuant to then-existing management equity plans or equity-based employee benefit plans, in each case outstanding on the date a notice is given by the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or a request is made pursuant to Section 2.2(a), as the case may be, or agreed to by such managing underwriter) without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, for such period of time commencing seven (7) days before and ending ninety (90) days (or such earlier date as the managing underwriter shall agree) after the effective date of such registration.
(e) With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may at any time permit the sale of Securities of the Company to the public without registration after such time as a public market exists for Registrable Securities, the Company agrees:
(i) to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times after the effective date of the first registration under the Securities Act filed by the Company for an offering of its Securities to the public;
(ii) to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish to such Holder promptly upon request: (A) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its Securities to the public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements); (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company; and (C) such other reports and documents of the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself or himself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing such Holder to sell any such Securities without registration.
(f) Each of the parties hereto agrees that the registration rights provided to the Holders herein are not intended to, and shall not be deemed to, override or limit any other restrictions on Transfer to which any such Holder may otherwise be subject.
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ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 3.1 Indemnification by the Company . In the event of any registration of any Securities of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each Holder who sells Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, each Affiliate of such Holder and their respective directors, officers, employees, partners and equityholders (and the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and controlling Persons of any of the foregoing), each other Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such Securities and each other Person, if any, who controls such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act (each, and Indemnified Party and collectively, the Indemnified Parties ), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, and reasonable and documented expenses to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto) arise out of or are based upon: (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which such Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or related document or report; (b) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances when they were made; or (c) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any federal, state, foreign or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and relating to action or inaction in connection with any such registration, disclosure document or related document or report, and the Company shall reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided that the Company shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, in any such preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Indemnified Party furnished to the Company by such Indemnified Party expressly for use in the preparation thereof. Such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Party and will survive the Transfer of such Securities by such Holder or any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.2 Indemnification by the Holders and Underwriters . The Company may require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed in accordance with Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, that the Company shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the Holder of such Registrable Securities or any prospective underwriter to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 3.1) the Company, all other Holders or any prospective underwriter,
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as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers and controlling Persons, with respect to any untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement, if such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Holder or underwriter furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter expressly for use in the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary, final or summary prospectus or amendment or supplement, or a document incorporated by reference into any of the foregoing. Such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Holders, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers or controlling Persons and will survive the Transfer of such Securities by such Holder. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds actually received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
SECTION 3.3 Notices of Claims, Etc . Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party hereunder of written notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which a claim for indemnification may be made pursuant to this Article III, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action; provided that the failure of the Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein will not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is brought against an Indemnified Party, unless in such Indemnified Partys reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel selected by the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the relevant registration, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. If, in such Indemnified Partys reasonable judgment, having common counsel would result in a conflict of interest between the interests of such indemnified and indemnifying parties, then such Indemnified Party may employ separate counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnifying party to represent or defend such Indemnified Party in such action, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party will not be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such Indemnified Parties (and not more than one separate firm of local counsel at any time for all such Indemnified Parties) in such action. No indemnifying party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.
SECTION 3.4 Contribution . If the indemnification provided for hereunder from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an Indemnified Party hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein for reasons other than those described in the proviso in the first sentence of Section 3.1, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of
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indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and Indemnified Parties in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and Indemnified Parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or Indemnified Parties, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party under this Section 3.4 as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds actually received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation. Any obligation of Holders to contribute pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be several in proportion to the amount of Registrable Securities registered by them and not joint.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
If indemnification is available under Section 3.1, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each Indemnified Party to the full extent provided in Section 3.1 without regard to the relative fault of said indemnifying party or Indemnified Party or any other equitable consideration provided for in this Section 3.4.
SECTION 3.5 Other Indemnification . Indemnification similar to that specified in this Article III (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each seller of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of Securities under any Law or with any Governmental Authority other than as required by the Securities Act.
SECTION 3.6 Non-Exclusivity . The obligations of the parties under this Article III will be in addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any other party.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER
SECTION 4.1 Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party hereto to another party hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) when delivered personally , (b) one (1) Business Day after being sent by internationally recognized overnight courier, or (c) if transmitted by facsimile, if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in the manner provided in clause (a) or (b) to parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by prior written notice from such party):
if to the Company:
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1000
McLean, VA 22102
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: (703) 893-1057
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with a copy (not constituting notice) to:
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Attention: Mark G. Borden
Jay E. Bothwick
Fax: (617) 526-5000
if to Blackstone:
The Blackstone Group L.P.
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
Attention: Tyler S. Henritze
Fax: (212) 583-5191
with an additional copy (not constituting notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Brian M. Stadler
Christopher R. May
Fax: (212) 455-2502
SECTION 4.2 Assignment . Neither the Company nor any Holder shall assign all or any part of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company and Blackstone; provided, however, that any Blackstone Entity may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part in connection with a Transfer of Registrable Securities with a then fair market value of at least $100 million or to any of its affiliates, provided, such Transferee or assignee executes and delivers to the Company a counterpart to this Agreement whereby it agrees to be bound by the terms of the Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns
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SECTION 4.3 Amendments; Waiver . This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement; provided that no such amendment, supplement or other modification shall adversely affect the economic interests of any Holder hereunder disproportionately to other Holders without the written consent of such Holder. No waiver by any party hereto of any of the provisions hereof will be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party so waiving. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, will be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.
SECTION 4.4 Third Parties . This Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any person that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary hereto.
SECTION 4.5 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 4.6 Jurisdiction . The Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the parties with respect to any dispute or controversy between them arising under or in connection with this agreement and, by execution and delivery of this agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts, including but not limited to the in personam and subject matter jurisdiction of those courts, waives any objections to such jurisdiction on the grounds of venue or forum non conveniens , the absence of in personam or subject matter jurisdiction and any similar grounds, consents to service of process by mail (in accordance with the notice provisions of this Agreement) or any other manner permitted by Law, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement.
SECTION 4.7 MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION 4.8 Specific Performance . Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement by any of them, the non-breaching party would be irreparably harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages. Each party accordingly agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and that the parties, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of this Agreement.
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SECTION 4.9 Entire Agreement . This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter, including the Original Agreement.
SECTION 4.10 Severability . If one or more of the provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision, paragraph, word, clause, phrase or sentence in every other respect and of the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences hereof shall not be in any way impaired, it being intended that all rights, powers and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law.
SECTION 4.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
SECTION 4.12 Effectiveness . This Agreement shall become effective automatically on the Effective Date, without further action by any party. Until the Effective Date (if any), this Agreement shall be of no force or effect and shall create no rights or obligations on the part of any party hereto.
SECTION 4.13 Confidentiality . Each Holder agrees that all material non-public information provided pursuant to or in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be kept confidential by the person to whom such information is provided, until such time as such information becomes public other than through violation of this provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any party may disclose the information (i) if required to do so by any law, rule, regulation, order, decree or subpoena of any governmental agency or authority or court, (ii) that (A) is or becomes available to such party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its representatives (which source was not to such partys knowledge prohibited from disclosing such information to such party by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation owed to the Company), (B) is already in such partys possession (not including information furnished by or on behalf of the Company), and (C) is independently developed or acquired by such party without reference to, or use of, any material non-public information and without violating this Section 4.13 and (iii) to its representatives who have a need to know such information in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided that such party shall remain liable for any breach of this Section 4.13 by its representatives.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||
PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Sean DellOrto |
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Name: | Sean DellOrto | |
Title: |
Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to BX-Park Registration Rights Agreement]
BLACKSTONE PARTIES: | ||
HLT HOLDCO II LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
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HLT HOLDCO III LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
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HLT BREH VI HOLDCO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
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HLT BREP VI.TE.2 HOLDCO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
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HLT BREH INTL II HOLDCO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
[Signature Page to BX-Park Registration Rights Agreement]
HLT A23 BREH VI HOLDCO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
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HLT A23 HOLDCO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Tyler S. Henritze |
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Name: | Tyler S. Henritze | |
Title: |
Vice President, Secretary and Senior Managing Director |
[Signature Page to BX-Park Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.7
LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 7, 2016
By and Among
S.F. HILTON LLC and P55 HOTEL OWNER LLC ,
collectively, as Borrower
and
SAN FRANCISCO LESSEE LLC and PARC 55 LESSEE LLC ,
collectively, as Operating Lessee
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, DEUTSCHE BANK, AG,
NEW YORK BRANCH, GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, BARCLAYS
BANK PLC and MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. ,
collectively, as Lender
Hilton San Francisco and Parc 55
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION | ||||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.2 |
Principles of Construction |
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ARTICLE II | ||||||
GENERAL TERMS | ||||||
Section 2.1 |
Loan Commitment; Disbursement to Borrower |
47 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Interest Rate |
48 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Loan Payment |
48 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Prepayments |
49 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Release of Property |
52 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Cash Management |
58 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Withholding Taxes |
62 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Defeasance |
66 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | ||||||
Section 3.1 |
Conditions Precedent to Closing |
68 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | ||||||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||
Section 4.1 |
Borrower Representations |
69 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Survival of Representations |
85 | ||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 5.1 |
Affirmative Covenants |
85 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Negative Covenants |
102 |
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ARTICLE VI | ||||||
INSURANCE; CASUALTY; CONDEMNATION | ||||||
Section 6.1 |
Insurance |
111 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Casualty |
117 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Condemnation |
117 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Restoration |
118 | ||||
ARTICLE VII | ||||||
RESERVE FUNDS | ||||||
Section 7.1 |
Intentionally Omitted |
123 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds |
123 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Replacements and Replacement Reserve |
125 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Intentionally Omitted |
129 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Excess Cash Flow Reserve Fund |
129 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
Intentionally Omitted |
130 | ||||
Section 7.7 |
Intentionally Omitted |
130 | ||||
Section 7.8 |
Intentionally Omitted |
130 | ||||
Section 7.9 |
Intentionally Omitted |
130 | ||||
Section 7.10 |
Reserve Funds, Generally |
130 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
DEFAULTS | ||||||
Section 8.1 |
Event of Default |
131 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Remedies |
134 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Remedies Cumulative; Waivers |
135 | ||||
ARTICLE IX | ||||||
SPECIAL PROVISIONS | ||||||
Section 9.1 |
Securitization |
135 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Securitization Indemnification |
139 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Exculpation |
142 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Matters Concerning Manager |
144 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Servicer |
144 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Intentionally Omitted |
145 | ||||
Section 9.7 |
Register |
145 |
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ARTICLE X | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 10.1 |
Survival |
146 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
Lenders Discretion |
146 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Governing Law |
146 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Modification, Waiver in Writing |
148 | ||||
Section 10.5 |
Delay Not a Waiver |
148 | ||||
Section 10.6 |
Notices |
148 | ||||
Section 10.7 |
Trial by Jury |
150 | ||||
Section 10.8 |
Headings |
151 | ||||
Section 10.9 |
Severability |
151 | ||||
Section 10.10 |
Preferences |
151 | ||||
Section 10.11 |
Waiver of Notice |
151 | ||||
Section 10.12 |
Remedies of Borrower |
151 | ||||
Section 10.13 |
Expenses; Indemnity |
152 | ||||
Section 10.14 |
Incorporated |
153 | ||||
Section 10.15 |
Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses |
153 | ||||
Section 10.16 |
No Joint Venture or Partnership; No Third Party Beneficiaries |
154 | ||||
Section 10.17 |
Publicity |
154 | ||||
Section 10.18 |
Cross Default; Cross Collateralization; Waiver of Marshalling of Assets |
154 | ||||
Section 10.19 |
Waiver of Counterclaim |
155 | ||||
Section 10.20 |
Conflict; Construction of Documents; Reliance |
155 | ||||
Section 10.21 |
Brokers and Financial Advisors |
155 | ||||
Section 10.22 |
Prior Agreements |
156 | ||||
Section 10.23 |
Joint and Several Liability |
156 | ||||
Section 10.24 |
Certain Additional Rights of Lender (VCOC) |
156 | ||||
Section 10.25 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
156 | ||||
Section 10.26 |
Use of Borrower Provided Information |
157 | ||||
Section 10.27 |
Borrower Affiliate Lender |
158 | ||||
Section 10.28 |
Co-Lenders |
159 |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 |
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Restructuring Steps Memorandum |
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Schedule 1.2 |
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Ratable Share |
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Schedule 1.3 |
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Release Amounts |
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Schedule 1.4 |
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Management Agreements |
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Schedule 1.5 |
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Post-Restructuring Assignment of Management Agreement |
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Schedule 2.6.1(a)(i) |
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Property Accounts |
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Schedule 2.6.1(a)(v) |
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Operating Account |
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Schedule 2.6.1(a)(vi) |
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FF&E Concentration Account |
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Schedule 4.1.1 |
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Organizational Chart of Borrower |
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Schedule 4.1.4 |
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Litigation |
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Schedule 4.1.26 |
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Rent Roll |
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Schedule 4.1.36 |
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Borrower and Operating Lessee Organizational Identification Numbers |
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Schedule 4.1.43 |
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Labor |
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Schedule 4.1.47 |
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Material Property Agreements |
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Schedule 5.1.21 |
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Material Lease(s) |
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Schedule 5.1.31 |
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O&M Program |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 - A-4 |
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Tax Compliance Certificates |
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LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT , dated as of October 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement ), between JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a banking association chartered under the laws of the United States of America, having an address at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, DEUTSCHE BANK, AG, NEW YORK BRANCH , a branch of Deutsche Bank AG, a German bank authorized by the New York Department of Financial Services, having an address at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY , a Delaware limited partnership having an address at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, BARCLAYS BANK PLC , a public company registered in England and Wales, having an address at 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, and MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. , a national banking association, having an address at 1585 Broadway, 25 th Floor, New York, New York 10036 (together with their respective successors and assigns, each, a Co-Lender and, collectively, Lender ), S.F. HILTON LLC and P55 HOTEL OWNER LLC , each a Delaware limited liability company and each having its principal place of business at c/o Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., 7930 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 (each, an Individual Borrower and, collectively, Borrower ) and SAN FRANCISCO LESSEE LLC and PARC 55 LESSEE LLC , each a Delaware limited liability company and each having its principal place of business at c/o Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., 7930 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 (each, an Individual Operating Lessee and, collectively, Operating Lessee ).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Borrower desires to obtain the Loan (as hereinafter defined) from Lender; and
WHEREAS, Lender is willing to make the Loan to Borrower, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the making of the Loan by Lender and the covenants, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby covenant, agree, represent and warrant as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.1 Definitions . For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly required or unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent:
Acceptable Risk Analysis or Acceptable Risk Analyses shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 6.1(a) hereof.
Additional Insolvency Opinion shall mean a non-consolidation opinion letter delivered in connection with the Loan subsequent to the Closing Date reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender and, following a Securitization, satisfactory in form and substance to the Approved Rating Agencies, and from counsel acceptable to Lender and, following a Securitization, the Approved Rating Agencies.
Adjusted Release Amount shall mean, in the event that an Individual Property is released other than in connection with full repayment of the Debt (i.e., with the other Individual Property remaining as security for the Debt), with respect to such Individual Property being so released, the sum of (a) the Release Amount for such Individual Property and (b) ten percent (10%) of the Release Amount for such Individual Property.
Affected Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.3 hereof.
Affiliate shall mean, 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 or is a director or officer of such Person or of an Affiliate of such Person.
Affiliated Manager shall mean any Manager in which any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal, or Guarantor has, directly or indirectly, more than a twenty percent (20%) legal, beneficial or economic interest therein.
Agent shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any successor Eligible Institution acting as Agent under the Cash Management Agreement.
Aggregate Material Adverse Effect shall mean any event or condition that has a material adverse effect on (a) the use, operation, or value of the Properties taken as a whole, (b) the business, profits, operations or financial condition of Borrower and Operating Lessee, taken as a whole (including, without limitation, Net Operating Income with respect to the Properties, taken as a whole), (c) the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the Mortgages, taken as a whole, or the other Loan Documents, taken as a whole, or (d) the ability of Borrower to repay the principal and interest of the Loan as it becomes due or the ability of Borrower and/or Operating Lessee to satisfy the material obligations of Borrower and/or Operating Lessee under the Loan Documents (taken as a whole).
ALTA shall mean American Land Title Association, or any successor thereto.
Alterations Deposit shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.22 hereof.
Annual Budget shall mean the operating budget, including all planned Capital Expenditures, for the Properties prepared by or on behalf of Borrower in accordance with Section 5.1.11(e) hereof for the applicable Fiscal Year or other period.
Applicable Similar Law shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.9(d) hereof.
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Approved Annual Budget shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.11(e) hereof.
Approved Rating Agencies shall mean each of S&P, Moodys, Fitch, and Morningstar or any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency in each case, which has been approved by Lender and designated by Lender to assign a rating to the Securities and which has assigned a rating to the Securities.
Assignment of Management Agreement shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context may require, (i) with respect to each Management Agreement, that certain Assignment of Management Agreement, Subordination of Management Agreement, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Lender, the applicable Individual Borrower and the applicable Manager, and (ii) with respect to each Substitute Management Agreement, that certain Assignment of Management Agreement, Subordination of Management Agreement, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement among Lender, the applicable Operating Lessee and the applicable Manager, each to be executed and delivered by the applicable parties in connection with the Restructuring and in the respective form attached hereto as Schedule 1.5 , in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Award shall mean any compensation paid by any Governmental Authority in connection with a Condemnation in respect of all or any part of any Individual Property.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Action shall mean with respect to any Person (a) such Person filing a voluntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state, local or foreign bankruptcy or insolvency law; (b) the filing of an involuntary petition against such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state, local or foreign bankruptcy or insolvency law or soliciting or causing to be solicited petitioning creditors for any involuntary petition against such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law; (c) such Person filing an answer consenting to or otherwise acquiescing in or joining in any involuntary petition filed against it, by any other Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law; (d) such Person consenting to or acquiescing in or joining in an application for the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, or examiner for such Person or any portion of any Individual Property; or (e) such Person making an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. , as the same may be amended from time to time, and any successor statute or
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statutes and all rules and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder, and any comparable foreign laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or creditors rights or any other Federal, state, local or foreign bankruptcy or insolvency law.
Base Deductible shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof.
Basic Carrying Costs shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, for any period, the sum of the following costs associated with such Individual Property: (a) Taxes, (b) Other Charges and (c) Insurance Premiums.
Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which any of (a) national banks in New York, New York, or (b) the place of business of the trustee under a Securitization (or, if no Securitization has occurred, Lender), or (c) the place of business of any Servicer or the financial institution that maintains any collection account for or on behalf of any Servicer or any Reserve Account or (d) the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the amount expended for items capitalized under GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts (including expenditures for building improvements or major repairs and replacements).
Cash Management Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.2 hereof.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean that certain Cash Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Borrower, Operating Lessee, Lender, each Manager and Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Cash Trap Event shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (a) an Event of Default or (b) a Debt Yield Trigger Event.
Cash Trap Event Cure shall mean (a) no Event of Default shall be continuing, and in the event that the related Cash Trap Event occurred solely as a result of an Event of Default, Lender (in its sole and absolute discretion) shall have accepted a cure by Borrower of such Event of Default and (b) in the event that the related Cash Trap Event occurred as a result of a Debt Yield Trigger Event, the achievement of a Debt Yield Cure.
Cash Trap Period shall mean the period commencing on the occurrence of a Cash Trap Event and continuing until the date of a Cash Trap Event Cure, provided that, as of the date of the Cash Trap Event Cure, no other Cash Trap Event shall have occurred unless the same was previously subject to a Cash Trap Event Cure.
Casualty shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.
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Casualty/Condemnation Prepayment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4 hereof.
Casualty/Condemnation Threshold Amount shall mean $25,000,000.
Casualty Consultant shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)(iii) hereof.
Casualty Retainage shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)(iv) hereof.
Cause shall mean, with respect to an Independent Director, (a) acts or omissions by such Independent Director that constitute systematic and persistent or willful disregard of such Independent Directors duties, (b) 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, (c) such Independent Director no longer satisfies the requirements set forth in the definition of Independent Director, (d) 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 (e) any other reason for which the prior written consent of Lender shall have been obtained.
Closing Date shall mean the date of the funding of the Loan.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Co-Lender shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.30(h) hereof.
Component shall mean, individually, any one of Component A-1, Component A-2, Component A-3, Component A-4, Component A-5 or Component A-6 and Components shall mean, collectively, Component A-1, Component A-2, Component A-3, Component A-4, Component A-5 and Component A-6.
Component A-1 shall mean the component of the Loan designated as A-1 in Section 2.1.5 hereof.
Component A-2 shall mean the component of the Loan designated as A-2 in Section 2.1.5 hereof.
Component A-3 shall mean the component of the Loan designated as A-3 in Section 2.1.5 hereof.
Component A-4 shall mean the component of the Loan designated as A-4 in Section 2.1.5 hereof.
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Component A-5 shall mean the component of the Loan designated as A-5 in Section 2.1.5 hereof.
Component A-6 shall mean the component of the Loan designated as A-6 in Section 2.1.5 hereof.
Condemnation shall mean a temporary or permanent taking by any Governmental Authority as the result or in lieu or in anticipation of the exercise of the right of condemnation or eminent domain, of all or any part of any Individual Property, or any interest therein or right accruing thereto, including any right of access thereto or any change of grade affecting such Individual Property or any part thereof.
Condemnation Proceeds shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b) .
Connection Income Taxes shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Section 2.7 Taxes or branch profits Section 2.7 Taxes.
Consumer Price Index shall mean the Consumer Price Index as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics or any substitute index hereafter adopted by the Department of Labor.
Contribution Agreement shall mean that certain Contribution Agreement between the Individual Borrowers dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
Control or control shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management, policies or activities of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Controlled and Controlling shall have correlative meanings.
Covered Disclosure Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b) hereof.
Covered Rating Agency Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(d) hereof.
Custodial Funds means the following funds collected by an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee (directly or through the applicable Manager) on a third partys behalf that must be paid or remitted to a third party and so are not properly considered revenue of such Individual Borrower or such Individual Operating Lessee: (i) tips, gratuities or service charges with respect to food, beverage, banquet or other guest services paid or received via credit card and owed to employees working at the Properties; (ii) payments or fees received from or on behalf of hotel guests and patrons and paid or reimbursed to tenants or other vendors or service providers of the hotels and (iii) amounts paid out to hotel guests or patrons for checks cashed, per diem expense allowances paid.
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Debt shall mean the outstanding principal amount set forth in, and evidenced by, this Agreement and the Note together with all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other sums (including, but not limited to, any Yield Maintenance Premium) due to Lender in respect of the Loan under the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgages or any other Loan Document.
Debt Service shall mean, with respect to any particular period of time, interest payments due under this Agreement and the Note.
Debt Yield shall mean, for any date of determination, the percentage obtained by dividing:
(a) the Net Operating Income (excluding interest on credit accounts and using annualized operating expenses for any recurring expenses not paid monthly ( e.g. , Taxes and Insurance Premiums)) for the immediately preceding twelve (12) full calendar month period for those Individual Properties subject to the Lien of a Mortgage as of the date of determination as set forth in the statements required hereunder less an amount equal to four percent (4.00%) of Gross Income from Operations, provided that, for purposes of calculating the Operating Expense component of Net Operating Income, management fees shall be deemed to have been paid in an amount equal to the greater of (A) the actual amount of such fees (inclusive of the base management fee and incentive fees, if any) and (B) three percent (3.00%) of Gross Income from Operations; by
(b) the sum of the outstanding principal balances of all Components of the Loan.
For the avoidance of doubt, (x) any rent paid by an Individual Operating Lessee to an Individual Borrower under the applicable Operating Lease shall not be included in any determination of Net Operating Income (whether as a component of Gross Income from Operations or as an Operating Expense) and (y) from and after the date of the release of an Individual Property pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof, Net Operating Income shall be adjusted to reflect any changes in shared expense arrangements resulting from the release of the related Individual Property.
Debt Yield Cure shall mean (a) no Event of Default shall be continuing and (b) the achievement of the Required Debt Yield for the two (2) consecutive calendar quarters immediately preceding the date of determination based upon the trailing twelve (12) month period immediately preceding such date of determination (which Required Debt Yield may be achieved, at Borrowers sole discretion, by making a Debt Yield Cure Payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in amounts necessary to achieve the Required Debt Yield, provided , that in the event of such Debt Yield Cure Payment, the Required Debt Yield shall be deemed satisfied immediately upon receipt by Lender of the Debt Yield Cure Payment (and any other amounts due under Section 2.4.5 hereof) and the requirement that two (2) consecutive calendar quarters shall have expired after the initial achievement of the Required Debt Yield pursuant to the foregoing shall be deemed inapplicable thereto.
Debt Yield Cure Payment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.5 hereof.
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Debt Yield Trigger Event shall mean a Debt Yield of less than the applicable Required Debt Yield on any date of determination for the two consecutive calendar quarters immediately preceding the date of such determination, based upon the trailing twelve (12) month period immediately preceding such date of determination, as determined by Lender.
Debt Yield Trigger Period shall mean the period commencing on the occurrence of a Debt Yield Trigger Event and continuing until the occurrence of a Debt Yield Cure.
Deductible Guaranty shall mean that certain Deductible Guaranty delivered by Guarantor in favor of Lender, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
Default shall mean the occurrence of any event hereunder or under any other Loan Document which, but for the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall mean, with respect to the Loan, a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum Legal Rate or (b) three percent (3%) above the Interest Rate otherwise applicable to each Component.
Defeasance Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.1 .
Defeasance Deposit shall mean an amount equal to the Defeasance Payment Amount.
Defeasance Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.1(a) hereof.
Defeasance Payment Amount shall mean the amount which, on the date of the Defeasance Event, will be sufficient to purchase U.S. Obligations providing the required Scheduled Defeasance Payments.
Disclosure Document shall mean a prospectus, prospectus supplement (including any amendment or supplement to either thereof), private placement memorandum, or similar offering memorandum, offering circular, structural and collateral term sheet, in each case in preliminary or final form and including all exhibits and annexes thereto, used in connection with a Securitization.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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EEA Resolution Authority means any Governmental Authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having authority for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Eligible Account shall mean a separate and identifiable account from all other funds held by the holding institution that is an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state-chartered depository institution or trust company which complies with the definition of Eligible Institution. An Eligible Account will not be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other instrument.
Eligible Institution shall mean (i) either a depository institution or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the short-term unsecured debt obligations or commercial paper of which are rated at least A-1+ by S&P, P-1 by Moodys and F-1+ by Fitch in the case of accounts in which funds are held for thirty (30) days or less (or, in the case of Letters of Credit and accounts in which funds are held for more than thirty (30) days, the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least A+ by S&P, A1 by Moodys and A+ by Fitch), (ii) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. (solely in its capacity as a Property Account Bank, Operating Account Bank or the FF&E Concentration Bank), US Bank National Association, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association; provided that, with respect to (ii) above, the ratings by each of the Approved Rating Agencies for the short term unsecured debt obligations or commercial paper and long term unsecured debt obligations of such institutions are at least equal to the ratings for such institutions in effect as of the date hereof.
Embargoed Person shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.35 hereof.
Environmental Indemnity shall mean that certain Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by Borrower and Operating Lessee in connection with the Loan for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Equipment shall mean any equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee, which is used at or in connection with any Individual Property (including the Improvements located thereon) or is located thereon or therein, including (without limitation) all machinery, equipment, furnishings, and electronic data-processing and other office equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing), together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of an Individual Borrowers or Guarantors controlled group, under common control with an Individual Borrower or Guarantor within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.
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ERISA Event shall mean shall mean (a) the occurrence with respect to a Plan of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect thereto has been waived by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor) ( PBGC ); provided , that, for purposes of this clause (a), events or occurrences in connection with the Restructuring shall not be deemed an ERISA Event; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of Borrower, Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliates in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by Borrower, Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliates from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions set forth in Section 430(e) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(k)(1)(A) and (B) of ERISA to the creation of a lien upon property or assets or rights to property or assets of Borrower, Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliates for failure to make a required payment to a Plan are satisfied; (g) the termination of a Plan by the PBGC pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan; (h) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards, within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (i) the determination that any Plan is or is expected to be in at-risk status, within the meaning of Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA or (j) the receipt by Borrower, Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA), in reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA) or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA).
Event of Default shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a) hereof.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean all remaining amounts on deposit in the Cash Management Account after the payment or disbursement of all escrows, reserves, Operating Expenses, Debt Service and other payments due with respect to the Loan, management fees and other Manager Required Payments and amounts permitted to be paid in accordance with the Loan Documents and the Management Agreement.
Excess Cash Flow Reserve Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5 hereof.
Excess Cash Flow Reserve Funds shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5 hereof.
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Excess Deductible shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof.
Exchange Act shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.1(h) hereof.
Exchange Act Filing shall mean a filing pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with or relating to a securitization.
Excluded Entity shall mean Guarantor and each direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of Guarantor (including, without limitation, any shareholder, partner, member and/or non-member manager of Guarantor and each direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of Guarantor).
Excluded Taxes shall mean any of the following Section 2.7 Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Lender or Servicer: (a) Section 2.7 Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income (however denominated), franchise Section 2.7 Taxes, and branch profits Section 2.7 Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Lender or Servicer being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Section 2.7 Tax, or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Section 2.7 Taxes resulting from any law in effect on the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or designates a new lending office, except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such Section 2.7 Taxes pursuant to Section 2.7 , (c) any Section 2.7 Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with Section 2.7(e) , and (d) any Section 2.7 Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Extraordinary Expense shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.11(e) hereof.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations issued thereunder or official interpretations thereof and any intergovernmental agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreements entered into by the United States in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (or any such amended or successor version therein).
FF&E shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, collectively, furnishings, Fixtures and Equipment located in the guest rooms, hallways, lobbies, restaurants, lounges, meeting and banquet rooms, parking facilities, public areas or otherwise in any portion of such Individual Property, including (without limitation) all beds, chairs, bookcases, tables, carpeting, drapes, couches, luggage carts, luggage racks, bars, bar fixtures, radios, television sets, intercom and paging equipment, electric, information technology and electronic equipment, heating, lighting and plumbing fixtures, fire prevention and extinguishing apparatus, cooling and air-conditioning systems, elevators, escalators, stoves, ranges, refrigerators, laundry machines, tools, machinery, boilers, incinerators, switchboards, conduits, compressors, vacuum cleaning systems, floor cleaning, waxing and polishing equipment, cabinets, lockers, shelving,
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dishwashers, garbage disposals, washer and dryers and all other customary hotel resort equipment and other tangible property owned by an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, or in which an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee has or shall have an interest, now or hereafter located at such Individual Property and useable in connection with the present or future operation and occupancy of such Individual Property; provided , however , that FF&E shall not include (a) fixed asset supplies, including, but not limited to, linen, china, glassware, tableware, uniforms, other hotel inventory and similar items, whether used in connection with public space or guest rooms, or (b) items owned by tenants or by third party operators.
FF&E Concentration Account have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.1(a)(vi) hereof.
FF&E Concentration Account Agreement shall mean that certain account control agreement by and among each Individual Borrower, Lender, each Manager and FF&E Concentration Bank with respect to the FF&E Concentration Account, together with any replacement account control agreement by and between an Individual Operating Lessee, Lender and FF&E Concentration Bank delivered on or prior to the Operating Lease Effective Date.
FF&E Concentration Bank shall mean Bank of America, N.A. and any replacement Eligible Institution.
Fiscal Year shall mean each twelve (12) month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 during each year of the term of the Loan.
Fitch shall mean Fitch, Inc.
Fixtures shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, all Equipment now owned, or the ownership of which is hereafter acquired, by the applicable Individual Borrower or the applicable Individual Operating Lessee which is so related to the Land and the Improvements forming part of the Individual Property in question that it is deemed fixtures or real property under applicable Legal Requirements, including, without limitation, all building or construction materials intended for construction, reconstruction, alteration, decoration or repair of or installation on the applicable Individual Property, construction equipment, appliances, machinery, plant equipment, fittings, apparatuses, fixtures and other items now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with (temporarily or permanently) any of the Improvements or the Land, including, but not limited to, engines, devices for the operation of pumps, pipes, plumbing, call and sprinkler systems, fire extinguishing apparatuses and equipment, heating, ventilating, incinerating, electrical, air conditioning and air cooling equipment and systems, gas and electric machinery, appurtenances and equipment, pollution control equipment, security systems, disposals, dishwashers, refrigerators and ranges, recreational equipment and facilities of all kinds, and water, electrical, storm and sanitary sewer facilities, utility lines and equipment (whether owned individually or jointly with others, and, if owned jointly, to the extent of the applicable Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees interest therein) and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, all water tanks, water supply, water power sites, fuel stations, fuel tanks, fuel supply, and all other structures, together with all accessions, appurtenances, additions, replacements, betterments and substitutions or any of the foregoing and the proceeds thereof.
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Foreclosure shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3 hereof.
Foreign Lender means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Full Replacement Cost shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as of the date of the applicable financial report.
Governmental Authority shall mean any court, board, agency, commission, office or other authority of any nature whatsoever for any governmental unit (foreign, federal, state, county, district, municipal, city or otherwise) whether now or hereafter in existence.
Grantor Trust shall mean a grantor trust as defined in subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code.
Gross Income from Operations shall mean all income and proceeds (whether in cash or on credit, and computed on an accrual basis) received by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager on behalf of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee for the use, occupancy or enjoyment of the Properties, or any part thereof, or received by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager on behalf of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee for the sale of any goods, services or other items sold on or provided from the Properties in the ordinary course of the Properties operation, including without limitation: (a) all income and proceeds received from rental of rooms, Leases and commercial space, meeting, conference and/or banquet space within the Properties including parking revenue; (b) all income and proceeds received from food and beverage operations and from catering services conducted from the Properties even though rendered outside of the Properties; (c) all income and proceeds from business interruption, rental interruption and use and occupancy insurance with respect to the operation of the Properties (after deducting therefrom all necessary costs and expenses incurred in the adjustment or collection thereof) applicable to the period in question; (d) all Awards for temporary use (after deducting therefrom all costs incurred in the adjustment or collection thereof and in Restoration of the Properties); (e) all income and proceeds from judgments, settlements and other resolutions of disputes with respect to matters which would be includable in this definition of Gross Income from Operations if received in the ordinary course of the operation of the Properties (after deducting therefrom all necessary costs and expenses incurred in the adjustment or collection thereof); (f) interest on credit accounts, rent concessions or credits, and other required pass-throughs and interest on Reserve Funds; (g) [reserved]; (h) all income from the operation of any spa and conference center at any Individual Property; (i) amounts received by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, Manager or any Affiliate thereof from or with respect to any Property Agreement, and (j) all other income from operation of the Properties (including laundry and vending income), but excluding , (1) gross receipts received by lessees, licensees or concessionaires of the Properties (other than Operating Lessee); (2) consideration
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received at the Properties for hotel accommodations, goods and services to be provided at other hotels (which are not one of the Individual Properties), although arranged by, for or on behalf of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager; (3) income and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of goods, capital assets and other items not in the ordinary course of the operation of the Properties; (4) Hotel Taxes; (5) Awards (except to the extent provided in clause (d) above); (6) refunds of amounts not included in Operating Expenses at any time and uncollectible accounts; (7) gratuities collected by the Properties employees; (8) the proceeds of any permitted financing; (9) other income or proceeds resulting other than from the use or occupancy of the Properties, or any part thereof, or other than from the sale of goods, services or other items sold on or provided from the Properties in the ordinary course of business; (10) any credits or refunds made to customers, guests or patrons in the form of allowances or adjustments to previously recorded revenues; (11) [reserved]; and (12) without duplication of the items referenced in (1) - (11) above, Custodial Funds. For the avoidance of doubt, rent and other sums received by any Individual Borrower from the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee under the applicable Operating Lease shall not constitute Gross Income from Operations.
Guaranteed Excess Deductible Obligations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof.
Guarantor shall mean (a) Park Intermediate Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or (b) after the occurrence of any Permitted Assumption as to which a Replacement Guaranty is required to be executed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Replacement Guarantor which provides such Replacement Guaranty, in each case, together with its successors and assigns.
Guarantor Bankruptcy Event shall mean if Guarantor or any guarantor or indemnitor under any guaranty or indemnity issued in connection with the Loan shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or if a receiver, liquidator or trustee shall be appointed for Guarantor or any guarantor or indemnitor under any guarantee or indemnity issued in connection with the Loan or if Guarantor or such other guarantor or indemnitor shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or if any petition for bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by or against, consented to, or acquiesced in by, Guarantor or such other guarantor or indemnitor, or if any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of Guarantor or such other guarantor or indemnitor shall be instituted; provided , however , if such appointment, adjudication, petition or proceeding was involuntary and not consented to by Guarantor or such other guarantor or indemnitor, upon the same not being discharged, stayed or dismissed within ninety (90) days.
Guaranty shall mean that certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed and delivered by Guarantor in connection with the Loan to and for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Hotel Taxes means all sales and occupancy taxes collected by or on behalf of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee that are required to be paid to a state or local taxing authority or similar taxing authority (including, without limitation, sales taxes, use taxes, occupancy taxes, business license taxes and special assessments by any municipality or government).
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HWHI shall mean Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Improvements shall have the meaning set forth in the granting clause of the related Mortgage with respect to each Individual Property.
Increased Deductible shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof.
Indebtedness of a Person, at a particular date, means the sum (without duplication) at such date of (a) all indebtedness or liability of such Person; (b) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments issued by such Persons; (c) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including trade obligations); (d) obligations under letters of credit; (e) obligations under acceptance facilities; (f) all guaranties, endorsements (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds, to invest in any Person or entity, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss; (g) obligations under PACE Loans and (h) obligations secured by any Liens, whether or not the obligations have been assumed (other than the Permitted Encumbrances).
Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(b) hereof.
Indemnified Person shall mean Lender, any Affiliate of Lender and its designee, (whether or not it is the Lender) that has filed any registration statement relating to the Securitization or has acted as the sponsor or depositor in connection with the Securitization, any Affiliate of Lender that acts as an underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser of Securities issued in the Securitization, any other co-underwriters, co-placement agents or co-initial purchasers of Securities issued in the Securitization, and each of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives, agents and Affiliates and each Person or entity who Controls any such Person within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, as amended, any Person who is or will have been involved in the origination of the Loan, any Person who is or will have been involved in the servicing of the Loan on behalf of Lender, any Person in whose name the encumbrance created by the Mortgages is or will have been recorded, any Person who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial interest in the Loan (including, but not limited to, investors or prospective investors in the Securities, as well as custodians, trustees and other fiduciaries who hold or have held a full or partial interest in the Loan for the benefit of third parties) as well as the respective directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees, agents, servants, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, affiliates, subsidiaries, participants, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (including, but not limited to, any other Person who holds or acquires or will have held a participation or other full or partial interest in the Loan, whether during the term of the Loan or as a part of or following a foreclosure of the Loan and including, but not limited to any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of Lenders assets and business).
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Indemnified Taxes shall mean (a) Section 2.7 Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on behalf of any Individual Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.
Indemnifying Person shall mean collectively, Borrower and Principal.
Independent Director or Independent Manager shall mean an individual who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three years of employment experience and 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, another nationally recognized company reasonably approved by Lender, in each case that is not an Affiliate of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal, and that provides professional Independent Directors and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and which individual is duly appointed as an Independent Director or Independent Manager and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Director or Independent Manager be, any of the following:
(a) a member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer or employee of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal or any of their respective equityholders or Affiliates (other than serving as an Independent Director and/or Independent Manager of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal or an Affiliate of Borrower or Operating Lessee that is not in the direct chain of ownership of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal and that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity, provided that such Independent Director or Independent Manager is employed by a company that routinely provides professional Independent Directors or Independent Managers in the ordinary course of its business);
(b) a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee or any of their respective equityholders or Affiliates (other than a nationally-recognized company that routinely provides professional Independent Directors or Independent Managers and other corporate services to any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any of their respective Affiliates in the ordinary course of its business);
(c) a family member of any such member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or
(d) a Person that controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of (a) , (b) or (c) above.
A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition and satisfies subparagraph (a) by reason of being the Independent Director of a special purpose entity affiliated with any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal shall
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be qualified to serve as an Independent Director of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal, provided that the fees that such individual earns from serving as an Independent Director of affiliates of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent (5%) of such individuals annual income for that year. For purposes of this paragraph, a special purpose entity is an entity, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its activities and impose requirements intended to preserve such entitys separateness that are substantially similar to those contained in the definition of Special Purpose Entity of this Agreement.
Individual Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
Individual Material Adverse Effect shall mean in respect of an Individual Property, any event or condition that has a material adverse effect on (a) the use, operation, or value of such Individual Property, (b) the business, profits, operations or financial condition of the Individual Borrower and the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee (taken as a whole) which have an interest in such Individual Property, (c) the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the applicable Mortgage, or (d) the ability of the applicable Borrower to repay the principal and interest of the Release Amount applicable to such Individual Property as it becomes due or to satisfy any of the applicable Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees other obligations under the Loan Documents.
Individual Operating Lessee shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
Individual Property shall mean each parcel of real property, the Improvements thereon and all personal property owned by an Individual Borrower and encumbered by a Mortgage, together with all rights pertaining to such property and Improvements, as more particularly described in the granting clauses of each Mortgage and referred to therein as the Property.
Insolvency Opinion shall mean that certain non-consolidation opinion letter dated the date hereof delivered by Perkins Coie LLP in connection with the Loan.
Insurance Premiums shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) hereof.
Insurance Proceeds shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b) hereof.
Interest Period shall mean the period commencing on and including the first (1st) day of each calendar month immediately preceding the related Payment Date during the term of the Loan and ending on and including the last day of such calendar month; provided , however , the initial Interest Period shall commence on and include the Closing Date and shall end on and include the final day of the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs.
Interest Rate shall mean, (a) with respect to Component A-1, a rate of four and eleven hundred and forty-five ten-thousandths percent (4.1145%) per annum, (b) with respect to Component A-2, a rate of four and eleven hundred and forty-five ten-thousandths percent (4.1145%) per annum, (c) with respect to Component A-3, a rate of four and eleven hundred and
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forty-five ten-thousandths percent (4.1145%) per annum, (d) with respect to Component A-4, a rate of four and eleven hundred and forty-five ten-thousandths percent (4.1145%) per annum, (e) with respect to Component A-5, a rate of four and eleven hundred and forty-five ten-thousandths percent (4.1145%) per annum, and (f) with respect to Component A-6, a rate of four and eleven hundred and forty-five ten-thousandths percent (4.1145%) per annum.
Lease shall mean any lease, sublease or subsublease, letting, license, concession or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether now or hereafter in effect), 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 any Individual Property by or on behalf of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee (other than ordinary course (i) short-term occupancy rights of hotel guests which are not the subject of a written agreement, (ii) occupancy agreements for groups of hotel guests for transitory periods of time, (iii) agreements for catering, business and similar special events or functions at any of the Properties and (iv) space license agreements for the installation and/or operation of in-building telecommunications equipment providing wireless frequencies to hotel guests and staff), and every modification, amendment or other agreement relating to such lease, sublease, subsublease, or other agreement entered into in connection with such lease, sublease, subsublease, or other agreement and every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto, provided that in no event shall any Operating Lease constitute a Lease.
Legal Requirements shall mean all federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities affecting any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Individual Property or any part thereof, or the construction, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any part thereof, whether now or hereafter enacted and in force, and all permits, licenses and authorizations and regulations relating thereto, and all covenants, agreements, restrictions and encumbrances contained in any instruments, either of record or known to any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee, at any time in force affecting any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Individual Property or any part thereof, including, without limitation, any which may (a) require repairs, modifications or alterations in or to any Individual Property or any part thereof, or (b) in any way limit the use and enjoyment thereof.
Lender shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with their respective successors and assigns.
Lender Documents shall mean any agreement among Lender and/or any participant or any fractional owner of a beneficial interest in the Loan relating to the administration of the Loan or the Loan Documents, including without limitation any co-lender agreements.
Letter of Credit shall mean an irrevocable, unconditional, transferable, clean sight draft letter of credit in favor of Lender and entitling Lender to draw thereon based solely on a statement executed by an officer of Lender stating that it has the right to draw thereon under this Agreement, and issued by a domestic Eligible Institution or the U.S. agency or branch of a foreign Eligible Institution, and upon which letter of credit Lender shall have the right to draw in
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full: (a) if Lender has not received at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the then outstanding letter of credit is scheduled to expire, a notice from the issuing financial institution that it has renewed the applicable letter of credit; (b) thirty (30) days prior to the date of termination following receipt of notice from the issuing financial institution that the applicable letter of credit will be terminated or replaced; and (c) thirty (30) days after Lender has given notice to Borrower that the financial institution issuing the applicable letter of credit ceases to either be an Eligible Institution or meet the rating requirement set forth above.
Liabilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b) hereof.
Licenses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.22 hereof.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, indemnity deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, PACE Loan or any other encumbrance, charge or transfer of, on or affecting any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Individual Property, any portion thereof or any interest therein, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement, and mechanics, materialmens and other similar liens and encumbrances.
Loan shall mean the loan made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
Loan Documents shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgages, the Environmental Indemnity, the Assignment of Management Agreement, the Guaranty, the Cash Management Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Property Account Agreement, the Operating Account Agreement, the FF&E Concentration Account Agreement, the Deductible Guaranty and all other documents executed in connection with the Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio shall mean, as of the date of its calculation, the ratio of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Loan as of the date of such calculation to (b) the fair market value of the Properties (for purposes of the REMIC provisions, counting only real property and excluding any personal property or going concern value), as determined, in Lenders reasonable discretion, by any commercially reasonable method permitted to a REMIC Trust.
Management Agreement shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, the applicable management agreement more particularly described on Schedule 1.4 attached hereto, between the applicable Individual Borrower and the applicable Manager, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and as supplemented and modified by the terms of the applicable Assignment of Management Agreement, or, if the context requires, any Replacement Management Agreement executed in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
Manager shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, the applicable property manager more particularly described on Schedule 1.4 attached hereto, or if the context requires, a Qualified Manager who is managing the Properties or any Individual Property or any portion thereof in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement pursuant to a Replacement Management Agreement. To the extent required by the applicable context, Manager shall refer to each such Manager on a collective basis.
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Manager Accounts shall mean, with respect to any Management Agreement, the segregated bank accounts maintained by the Manager thereunder in the name of and as agent for, the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee with respect to the applicable Individual Property in accordance with the terms of such Management Agreement , including, without limitation, the Property Accounts, the Operating Account and the FF&E Concentration Account.
Manager Required Payments shall mean all payments which the Manager is authorized to make with Rents pursuant to the Management Agreement or as confirmed in the Assignment of Management Agreement, including, without limitation: Taxes, Other Charges, Insurance Premiums, Debt Service (but only prior to the consummation of the Restructuring), management fees, costs of FF&E (including funding the FF&E Concentration Account in respect thereof), Capital Expenditures, Operating Expenses, emergency repair costs and the cost of life safety items (including Capital Expenditures in connection therewith), costs associated with Leases entered into in accordance with this Agreement (including costs of tenant improvements and related Capital Expenditures and leasing commission costs), funding working capital and other required reserves and Hotel Taxes and Custodial Funds.
Material Lease shall mean any Lease (i) demising a premises within any Individual Property that is more than 15,000 rentable square feet or (ii) entered into during the continuance of an Event of Default.
Material Property Agreement shall mean any Property Agreement (a) which is material to the use, operation or value of the Property or (b) as to which the exercise by the counterparty thereto of its rights or remedies thereunder would have, or would be reasonably likely to result in, an Individual Material Adverse Effect with respect to the applicable Individual Property.
Maturity Date shall mean November 1, 2023, or in each case, such other date on which the outstanding principal balance of the Loan becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at such stated maturity date, by declaration of acceleration, or otherwise.
Maximum Legal Rate shall mean the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and as provided for herein or the other Loan Documents, under the laws of such state or states whose laws are held by any court of competent jurisdiction to govern the interest rate provisions of the Loan.
Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount shall mean, on each Payment Date, the amount equal to interest which accrues on each Component of the Loan in the immediately preceding Interest Period, in each case calculated in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof.
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
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Morningstar shall mean Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, or any of its successors in interest, assigns, and/or changed entity name or designation resulting from any acquisition by Morningstar, Inc. or other similar entity of Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC.
Mortgage shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, that certain first priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed and delivered by the related Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee to Lender as security for the Loan and encumbering such Individual Property, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, as applicable, in respect of which Borrower, Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate could have any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
Multiple Employer Plan shall mean a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of Borrower, Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than Borrower, Guarantor and the ERISA Affiliates, or (b) was so maintained, and in respect of which Borrower, Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Sections 4062-4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
Net Operating Income shall mean, for any period, the amount obtained by subtracting Operating Expenses for such period from Gross Income from Operations for such period.
Net Proceeds shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b) hereof.
Net Proceeds Deficiency shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)(vi) hereof.
Net Sales Proceeds shall mean one hundred percent (100%) of the gross proceeds from the sale of an Individual Property to be received by or on behalf of the applicable Individual Borrower in respect of such sale, less and except: any reasonable and customary brokerage fees and sales commissions payable to third parties, transfer, stamp and/or intangible taxes, reasonable, customary and market closing costs and any other reasonable and customary third party costs and expenses actually incurred by such Individual Borrower in connection with such sale, as evidenced by a settlement statement or customary invoice.
Net Worth shall mean, with respect to the determination of whether an entity constitutes a Qualified Transferee, such entitys market value assets minus its outstanding liabilities, as determined by GAAP.
New Note shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.3 hereof.
Note shall mean (i) that certain Promissory Note A-1, dated the date hereof, in the principal amount of Two Hundred Seventy-One Million Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($271,875,000.00), made by Borrower in favor of JPMorgan
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Chase Bank, National Association, (ii) that certain Promissory Note A-2, dated the date hereof, in the principal amount of One Hundred Ninety-Nine Million Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($199,375,000.00) made by Borrower in favor of Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch, (iii) that certain Promissory Note A-3, dated the date hereof, in the principal amount of One Hundred Eight Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($108,750,000.00) made by Borrower in favor of Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, (iv) that certain Promissory Note A-4, dated the date hereof in the principal amount of Seventy-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($72,500,000.00) made by Borrower to Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., and (v) that certain Promissory Note A-5, dated the date hereof in the principal amount of Seventy-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($72,500,000.00) made by Borrower to Barclays Bank Plc, as each of the same may be amended, restated, replaced, split, severed, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Each Note shall represent a pro rata portion of each Component.
O&M Program shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.31 hereof.
Officers Certificate shall mean a certificate delivered to Lender by Borrower which is signed by an authorized senior officer of an Individual Borrower or the general partner, managing member or sole member of an Individual Borrower, as applicable.
Operating Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.1(a)(v) .
Operating Account Agreement shall mean that certain account control agreement by and between Operating Lessee, each Manager, Lender and Operating Account Bank to be delivered on or prior to the Operating Lease Effective Date.
Operating Account Bank shall mean Bank of America, N.A., or any replacement Eligible Institution thereof.
Operating Expenses shall mean, without duplication, the sum of all ordinary costs and expenses of operating, maintaining, directing, managing and supervising the Properties (excluding, (i) depreciation and amortization, (ii) any Debt Service in connection with the Loan, (iii) any Capital Expenditures in connection with the Properties, or (iv) any deposits made to the Reserve Accounts, (v) intentionally omitted, (vi) non-recurring or extraordinary items or other one-time expenses, (vii) non-cash items (other than accounts payable for expenses that are due and payable but not yet paid) and (viii) the costs of any other things specified to be done or provided at any Individual Borrowers, any Individual Operating Lessees or Managers (on behalf of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee) sole expense, incurred by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager (as agent for any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee) pursuant to the Management Agreement, including any Department Expenses and Undistributed Operating Expenses (each as defined in the Uniform System of Accounts) or as otherwise specifically provided therein, which are properly attributable to the period under consideration under any Individual Borrowers or any Individual Operating Lessees system of accounting, including without limitation: (a) the cost of all food and beverages sold or consumed and of all necessary chinaware, glassware, linens, flatware, uniforms, utensils and other items of a similar nature, including such items bearing the name or identifying characteristics of the hotels (but excluding FF&E) as any
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Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee and/or Manager shall reasonably consider appropriate ( Operating Equipment ) and paper supplies, cleaning materials, fuel, guest amenities, soaps, shampoos and similar consumable items ( Operating Supplies ) placed in use (other than reserve stocks thereof in storerooms). Operating Equipment and Operating Supplies shall be considered to have been placed in use when they are transferred from the storerooms of the Properties to the appropriate operating departments; (b) salaries and wages of personnel of the Properties, including costs of payroll taxes and employee benefits (which benefits may include, without limitation, a pension plan, medical insurance, life insurance, travel accident insurance and an executive bonus program), and all other expenses not otherwise specifically referred to in this definition which are referred to as Administrative and General Expenses in the Uniform System of Accounts, (c) the cost of all other goods and services obtained by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager in connection with its operation of the Properties including, without limitation, heat and utilities, office supplies and all services performed by third parties, including leasing expenses in connection with telephone and data processing equipment, and all existing and any future installations necessary for the operation of the Improvements for hotel purposes (including, without limitation, heating, lighting, sanitary equipment, air conditioning, laundry, refrigerating, built in kitchen equipment, telephone equipment, communications systems, computer equipment and elevators), and existing and any future furniture, furnishings, wall coverings, fixtures and hotel equipment necessary for the operation of the building for hotel purposes which shall include all equipment required for the operation of kitchens, bars, laundries, (if any) and dry cleaning facilities (if any), office equipment, cleaning and engineering equipment and vehicles (except to the extent that the same constitute Capital Expenditures, which shall be excluded from Operating Expenses as provided in the foregoing clause (iii) ); (d) the cost of repairs to and maintenance of the Properties (other than of a capital nature); (e) insurance premiums for general liability insurance, workers compensation insurance or insurance required by similar employee benefits acts and such business interruption or other insurance as may be provided for protection against claims, liabilities and losses arising from the operation of the Properties (as distinguished from any property damage insurance on the Properties building or its contents) and losses incurred on any self-insured risks of the foregoing types, provided that Borrower or Operating Lessee has specifically approved in advance such self-insurance or insurance is unavailable to cover such risks (premiums on policies for more than one year will be pro-rated over the period of insurance and premiums under blanket policies will be allocated among properties covered); (f) all Taxes and Other Charges (other than federal, state or local income or excise taxes and franchise taxes or the equivalent) payable by or assessed against any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee with respect to the operation of the Properties; (g) legal fees and fees of any firm of independent certified public accounts designated from time to time by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee (the Independent CPA ) for services directly related to the operation of the Properties, reasonably acceptable to Lender; (h) the costs and expenses of technical consultants and specialized operational experts for specialized services in connection with non-recurring work on operational, legal, functional, decorating, design or construction problems and activities, including the reasonable fees of Guarantor or any subsidiary of Guarantor in connection therewith, provided that such employment of Guarantor or any such subsidiary of Guarantor is reasonably approved in advance by Lender; provided , further , however , that if such costs and expenses have not been included in an approved budget, then, during a Debt Yield Trigger Period, if such costs exceed $10,000 in any one instance the
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same shall be subject to the reasonable approval by Lender; (i) all expenses for advertising for the Properties and all expenses of sales promotion and public relations activities; (j) all out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements determined by the Independent CPA to have been reasonably, properly and specifically incurred by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, Manager, Guarantor or any of their Affiliates pursuant to, in the course of and directly related to, the management and operation of the Properties under the Management Agreement (without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such charges may include all reasonable travel, telephone, telegram, radiogram, cablegram, air express and other incidental expenses, but, shall exclude costs relating to the offices maintained by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, Manager, Guarantor or any of their Affiliates other than the offices maintained at the Individual Property for the management of such Individual Property and excluding transportation costs of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager related to meetings between any Individual Borrower and/or any Individual Operating Lessee and Manager with respect to administration of the Management Agreement or of the Properties involving travel away from such partys principal executive offices); (k) the cost of any reservations system, any accounting services or other group benefits, programs or services from time to time made available to properties in any Individual Borrowers or any Individual Operating Lessees system, including, without limitation, any provided by any Manager; (l) the cost associated with any retail Leases; (m) any management fees, base and incentive fees or other fees and reimbursables paid or payable to Manager under the Management Agreement; (n) common area charges or assessments payable by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee pursuant to any Property Agreement; and (o) all costs and expenses of owning, maintaining, conducting and supervising the operation of the Properties to the extent such costs and expenses are not included above. For the avoidance of doubt, rent and other sums paid by an Individual Operating Lessee to the corresponding Individual Borrower under the applicable Operating Lease shall not constitute Operating Expenses.
Operating Lease shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date and effective as of the Operating Lease Effective Date, between the applicable Individual Borrower and the applicable Individual Operating Lessee, a copy of which has been delivered to, and approved by, Lender.
Operating Lease Effective Date shall mean, with respect to an Operating Lease, the Commencement Date of such Operating Lease (as such term is defined in such Operating Lease), provided that, if the Restructuring Conditions shall have not been satisfied on or prior to such Commencement Date, the Operating Lease Effective Date shall be the first date thereafter upon which the Restructuring Conditions shall have been satisfied or waived by Lender.
Operating Lessee shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Organizational Documents means as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws with respect to a corporation; the certificate of organization and operating agreement with respect to a limited liability company; the certificate of limited partnership and partnership agreement with respect to a limited partnership, or any other organizational or governing documents of such Person.
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Other Charges shall mean all maintenance charges, impositions other than Taxes, and any other charges, including, without limitation, vault charges and license fees for the use of vaults, chutes and similar areas adjoining any Individual Property, now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against such Individual Property or any part thereof.
Other Connection Taxes shall mean, with respect to any Lender or agent thereof, Section 2.7 Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or agent thereof and the jurisdiction imposing such Section 2.7 Tax (other than connections arising from such Lender or agent having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
Other Obligations shall have the meaning as set forth in the Mortgages.
Other Taxes shall mean any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar excise, property or Section 2.7 Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except (i) any such Section 2.7 Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment and (ii) any prohibited transaction excise tax arising from any Lenders use of plan assets of any benefit plan investor within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations.
PACE Loan shall mean (a) any Property-Assessed Clean Energy loan or (b) any other indebtedness, without regard to the name given to such indebtedness, which is (i) incurred for improvements to any Individual Property for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency, increasing use of renewable energy sources, resource conservation, or a combination of the foregoing, and (ii) repaid through multi-year assessments against such Individual Property.
Parcel Release Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.6 hereof.
Participant Register shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7 hereof.
Partnership shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.30(h) hereof.
Payment Date shall mean, with respect to any Component, the first (1st) day of each calendar month during the term of the Loan, or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
PBGC shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of ERISA Event.
Permitted Assumption shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 5.2.10(e) .
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Permitted Debt shall mean, collectively (a) the Note and the other obligations, indebtedness and liabilities specifically provided for in any Loan Document and secured by the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents, (b) any indebtedness that may exist or deemed to be existing between an Individual Borrower and the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee as a result of the applicable Management Agreement or Operating Lease and (c) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of any Individual Borrowers or any Individual Operating Lessees business, not secured by Liens on any one or more Individual Properties, other than Liens being properly contested in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and customary purchase money security interests of sellers of goods, provided that such trade payables and purchase money security interests in respect of each Individual Property (excluding Capital Expenditures and Basic Carrying Costs) (i) do not exceed at any one time in the aggregate three percent (3%) of the original principal amount of the Loan, (ii) are normal and reasonable under the circumstances, (iii) are payable by or on behalf of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee for or in respect of the operation of the applicable Individual Property in the ordinary course of the operation of such Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees business or the routine administration of such Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees business, (iv) are paid within sixty (60) days following the later of (A) the date on which such amount is incurred or (B) the date invoiced, and (v) are not evidenced by a note. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee to pay any trade payable, so long as such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is in good faith at its own expense, and by proper legal proceedings, diligently contesting the validity, amount or application thereof, provided that in each case, at the time of the commencement of any such action or proceeding, and during the pendency of such action or proceeding (w) no Event of Default shall exist and be continuing hereunder, (x) no Individual Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in material danger of being sold or forfeited, (y) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall furnish such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to insure the payment any amounts contested, together with all interest and penalties thereon, and (z) such contest operates to suspend collection or enforcement, as the case may be, of the contested amount.
Permitted Encumbrances shall mean, with respect to an Individual Property, collectively, (a) the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents, (b) all Liens, encumbrances and other matters disclosed in the Title Insurance Policies relating to such Individual Property or any part thereof (including liens disclosed in the title commitments for which Lender has either received affirmative coverage or for which the title insurance company has received adequate protections to remove such items as exceptions from the Title Insurance Policy and such items were so removed), (c) Liens, if any, for Section 2.7 Taxes, Taxes and Other Charges imposed by any Governmental Authority not yet due or delinquent or which are contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has set aside adequate reserves on its books, (d) Liens related to any Labor and Material Costs (as defined in the Mortgages) which are being contested by the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee in accordance with the terms of the applicable Mortgage, (e) Liens which are being contested by the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee in accordance with Section 5.2.2 hereof, (f) such other title and survey exceptions as Lender has approved or may approve in writing in Lenders sole discretion, (g) all immaterial easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other
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similar non-monetary encumbrances recorded against and affecting such Individual Property and that do not have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on such Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower, (h) easements and other similar encumbrances entered into by any Individual Borrower or easements and other similar encumbrances entered into by an Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee in the ordinary course of business for use, access, parking, water and sewer lines, telephones and telegraph lines, electric lines or other utilities or for other similar purposes, provided that no such easement or other similar encumbrance shall have, or reasonably be expected to have, either an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower or an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect, (i) rights of Tenants as Tenants only, (j) customary purchase money security interests of sellers of goods that satisfy the conditions set forth in the definition of Permitted Debt and (k) from and after the Operating Lease Effective Date, the Operating Lease.
Permitted Equipment Transfer shall mean the Transfer of FF&E and/or Personal Property that is either being replaced or that is no longer necessary in connection with the operation of an Individual Property, provided (x) no Event of Default is continuing and (y) such Transfer will not materially and adversely affect the value, use or operation of such Individual Property.
Permitted Investments shall mean any one or more of the following obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, including those issued by Servicer, or any certificate administrator under any Securitization or any of their respective Affiliates, payable on demand or having a maturity date not later than the Business Day immediately prior to the first Payment Date following the date of acquiring such investment and meeting one of the appropriate standards set forth below:
(i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America that mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition; provided that any obligation of, or guarantee by, any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America shall be a Permitted Investment only if such investment would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by each Approved Rating Agency to any Securities as evidenced in writing, other than (a) unsecured senior debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury (direct or fully funded obligations), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing agency bonds, Federal Housing Administration debentures, Government National Mortgage Association guaranteed mortgage-backed securities or participation certificates, RefCorp debt obligations and SBA-guaranteed participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates and (b) Farm Credit System consolidated systemwide bonds and notes, Federal Home Loan Banks consolidated debt obligations, Freddie Mac debt obligations, and Fannie Mae debt obligations (1) rated at least A-1 by S&P, if such obligations mature in sixty (60) days or less, or rated at least AA-, A-1+ or AAAm by S&P, if such obligations mature in 365 days or less and
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(2)(A) if it has a term of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by Moodys or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least A2 by Moodys, (B) if it has a term of three (3) months or less, but more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by Moodys and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least A1 by Moodys, (C) if it has a term of six (6) months or less, but more than three (3) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by Moodys and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least Aa3 by Moodys, and (D) if it has a term of more than six (6) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by Moodys and the long-term obligations of which are rated Aaa by Moodys;
(ii) federal funds, unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers acceptances, and repurchase agreements 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) A-1+ (or the equivalent) by S&P 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 S&P, and that (1) is at least adequately capitalized (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (2) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000, (b) in one of the following Moodys rating categories: (1) for maturities less than one month, a long-term rating of A2 or a short-term rating of P-1, (2) for maturities between one and three months, a long-term rating of A1 and a short-term rating of P-1, (3) for maturities between three months to six months, a long-term rating of Aa3 and a short-term rating of P-1 and (4) for maturities over six months, a long-term rating of Aaa and a short-term rating of P-1, or such other ratings as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation and (c) in one of the following DBRS rating categories: (1) for maturities less than three months, a short term rating by DBRS of R-1 (high) and (2) for maturities greater than three months, a long-term rating by DBRS of AAA;
(iii) deposits that are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ( FDIC );
(iv) commercial paper rated (a) A1+ (or the equivalent) by S&P and having a maturity of not more than 90 days, (b) in one of the following Moodys rating categories: (i) for maturities less than one month, a long-term rating of A2 or a short-term rating of P-1, (ii) for maturities between one and three months, a long-term rating of A1 and a short-term rating of P-1, (iii) for maturities between three months to six months, a long-term rating of Aa3 and a short-term rating of P-1 and (iv) for maturities over six months, a long-term rating of Aaa and a short-term rating of P-1 and (c) in one of the following DBRS rating categories: (i) for maturities less than six months, a short-term rating by DBRS of R-1(high) and for maturities greater than six months, a long-term rating by DBRS of AAA;
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(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 the highest rating obtainable from S&P and Moodys; and
(vi) such other investments as to which each Approved Rating Agency shall have delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Investments (i) shall exclude any security with the S&Ps r symbol (or any other Approved Rating Agencys 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 be limited to those instruments that have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change; (iii) shall only include instruments that qualify as cash flow investments (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(6) of the Code); 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 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 investment shall be made which requires a payment above par for an obligation if the obligation may be prepaid at the option of the issuer thereof prior to its maturity. All 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 and (y) the Business Day preceding the day before the date such amounts are required to be applied hereunder.
Permitted Release Date shall mean the earlier of (i) the date that is two (2) years from the startup day within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code of the REMIC Trust which holds the portion of the Note last to be securitized and (ii) May 1, 2019.
Permitted Transfer shall mean any of the following: (a) any transfer, directly as a result of the death of a natural person, of stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests previously held by the decedent in question to the Person or Persons lawfully entitled thereto, (b) any transfer, directly as a result of the legal incapacity of a natural person, of stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests previously held by such natural person to the Person or Persons lawfully entitled thereto, (c) any Transfer permitted without the consent of Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2.10(d) or Section 5.2.10(e) hereof, (d) any Lease of space in any of the Improvements to Tenants in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1.21 , (e) Permitted Encumbrances, (f) Permitted Debt, (g) Permitted Equipment Transfers, (h) the release of any Property or portion thereof (or an Unencumbered Individual Borrower and the corresponding Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee) in connection with a release in accordance with Section 2.5 or Section 6.4 hereof, and (i) any Transfer resulting from the exercise of Lenders rights under the Loan Documents or the consummation of any remedial or enforcement action by the Lender of the collateral for the Loan, including, without limitation, any foreclosure, deed-in-lieu, or assignment in lieu of foreclosure and the exercise of any rights of Lender under the Mortgages.
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Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.
Personal Property shall have the meaning set forth in the granting clause of the Mortgage with respect to each Individual Property.
Phase I Environment Report shall mean, with respect to an Individual Property, that certain phase I environmental report (and, if applicable, phase II environmental report) delivered to Lender with respect to such Individual Property, and Phase I Environmental Reports shall mean each such Phase I Environmental Report, collectively.
Plan means any Multiemployer Plan, Multiple Employer Plan or Single Employer Plan.
Plan Asset Regulations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.9 hereof.
PLL Policy shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(xiii) hereof.
Policies shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) hereof.
Policy shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b) hereof.
Prepayment Notice shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.4.1(b) .
Prepayment Rate shall mean the bond equivalent yield (in the secondary market) on the United States Treasury Security that as of the Prepayment Rate Determination Date has a remaining term to maturity closest to, but not exceeding, the remaining term to the Yield Maintenance End Date, as determined by Lender on the basis of Statistical Release H.15 (519), Selected Interest Rates, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or on the basis of such other publication or statistical guide as Lender may reasonably select. If more than one issue of United States Treasury Securities has the remaining term to the Maturity Date, the Prepayment Rate shall be the yield on such United States Treasury Security most recently issued as of the Prepayment Rate Determination Date. The rate so published shall control absent manifest error.
Prepayment Rate Determination Date shall mean the date which is five (5) Business Days prior to the date that such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 2.4 hereof.
Principal shall mean the Special Purpose Entity that is the general partner of an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, if such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is a partnership, or managing member of an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, if such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is a limited liability company other than a single-member Delaware limited liability company. For the avoidance of doubt, no direct or indirect owner of any single-member Delaware limited liability company shall constitute a Principal.
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Priority Waterfall Payments shall mean the payment of Taxes, Insurance, Hotel Taxes and Custodial Funds in accordance with Section 2.6.2(e) of this Agreement; provided , that such amounts have not previously been paid or reserved for by Manager as Manager Required Payments.
Property or Properties shall mean, collectively, each and every Individual Property which is subject to the terms of this Agreement.
Property Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.1(a)(i) .
Property Account Agreement shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, that certain account control agreement by and among the applicable Individual Borrower, Lender, the applicable Manager and Property Bank, together with any replacement account control agreement by and among Operating Lessee, Lender and Property Bank delivered in connection with the effectiveness of the Operating Lease.
Property Account Charges shall mean (i) payments with respect to bank fees, change orders and returned checks due to insufficient funds with respect to the applicable Property Account, (ii) honoring credit card charge-backs from payments made by credit card companies into the applicable Property Account, (iii) making adjustments or refunds to customers and vendors to correct previous errors in the ordinary course of operation of the Individual Properties and (iv) electronic debits for payment of sales and use taxes.
Property Agreement shall mean any contract or agreement (other than any Lease, Operating Lease or Management Agreement) relating to the Property or otherwise imposing obligations on any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee relating to any Individual Property.
Property Bank shall mean Bank of America, N.A. and any replacement Eligible Institution.
Property Conditions Reports shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context may require, those certain property condition reports delivered to Lender with respect to each Individual Property.
Property Reports shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Property Condition Reports, the Phase I Environmental Reports and the PZR Reports delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan.
Provided Information shall mean any and all financial and other information provided at any time prepared by, or on behalf of, any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal, any Affiliated Manager and/or Guarantor.
PZR Reports shall mean those certain zoning reports delivered to Lender with respect to each of the Properties.
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Qualified Manager shall mean either (a) each Manager; (b) any Affiliate of HWHI, or (c) a reputable and experienced management organization (which may be an Affiliate of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee) possessing experience in managing properties similar in size, scope, use and value as the Properties that is reasonably acceptable to Lender, provided , that (i) in the case of subclause (c) above if required by Lender following a Securitization, Borrower shall have obtained a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such Manager and its management of the Properties and (ii) in the case of subclauses (b) and (c) above, if such Person is an Affiliate of an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, if required by Lender, Borrower shall have obtained an Additional Insolvency Opinion.
Qualified Transferee shall mean a Person (i) with a Net Worth equal to or exceeding $500,000,000 (exclusive of its interest in the Properties) as of the date of the Permitted Assumption; (ii) that has not been the subject of a Bankruptcy Action or of a material governmental or regulatory investigation which resulted in a final, nonappealable conviction for criminal activity involving moral turpitude; and (iii) that is (or is Controlled by, Controlling or under common Control with an entity that is) in the management, ownership or operation of commercial real estate assets. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no ongoing net worth covenants for a Qualified Transferee after the date of a Permitted Assumption.
Radius shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c) hereof.
Ratable Share shall mean, with respect to any Co-Lender, its share of each Component of the Loan based on the proportion of the outstanding principal of such Component of the Loan advanced by such Co-Lender to the total outstanding principal amount of the Loan. The Ratable Share of each Co-Lender on the date of this Agreement after giving effect to the funding of the Loan on the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 1.2 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Rating Agencies shall mean each of S&P, Moodys, Fitch and Morningstar or any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency, which, in each case, has assigned a rating to the Securities.
Rating Agency Confirmation shall mean, collectively, a written affirmation from each of the Approved Rating Agencies that the credit rating of the Securities given by such Approved Rating Agency of such Securities immediately prior to the occurrence of the event with respect to which such Rating Agency Confirmation is sought will not be qualified, downgraded or withdrawn as a result of the occurrence of such event, which affirmation may be granted or withheld in such Approved Rating Agencys sole and absolute discretion. In the event that, prior to a Securitization and at any other given time, no Approved Rating Agency has elected to consider whether to grant or withhold such an affirmation and Lender does not otherwise have an approval right with respect to such event, then the term Rating Agency Confirmation shall be deemed instead to require the written reasonable approval of Lender.
Register shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.7 hereof.
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Related Entities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.10(e)(v) hereof.
Release Amount shall mean, for any Individual Property, the amount set forth on Schedule 1.3 , as the same may be reduced (a) pursuant to Section 2.4.2 hereof and/or (b) by the Parcel Release Price attributable to any Release Parcel of the applicable Individual Property released pursuant to Section 2.5.6 hereof.
Release Debt Yield shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.2(e) hereof.
Release Parcel shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.6 hereof.
REMIC Trust shall mean a real estate mortgage investment conduit within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code that holds the Note or a portion thereof.
Rents shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, all rents, rent equivalents, moneys payable as damages or in lieu of rent or rent equivalents, royalties (including, without limitation, all oil and gas or other mineral royalties and bonuses), income, receivables, receipts, revenues, deposits (including, without limitation, security, utility and other deposits), accounts, cash, issues, profits, charges for services rendered, all other amounts payable as rent under any Lease or other agreement relating to such Individual Property and other consideration of whatever form or nature received by or paid to or for the account of or benefit of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any of their respective agents or employees from any and all sources arising from or attributable to the applicable Individual Property, and proceeds, if any, from business interruption or other loss of income insurance, including, without limitation, all hotel receipts, revenues and credit card receipts collected from guest rooms, restaurants, bars, meeting rooms, banquet rooms and recreational facilities, all receivables, customer obligations, installment payment obligations and other 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 any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any operator or manager of the hotel or the commercial space located in the Improvements (including any Individual Operating Lessee) or acquired from others (including, without limitation, from the rental of any office space, retail space, guest rooms or other space, halls, stores, and offices, and deposits securing reservations of such space), license, lease, sublease and concession fees and rentals, health club membership fees, food and beverage wholesale and retail sales, service charges, vending machine sales proceeds, if any, from business interruption or other loss of income insurance and any distributions, dividends and/or other payments of cash or other property received by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee in connection with any Property Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payments of rents and other amounts by any Individual Operating Lessee to the corresponding Individual Borrower pursuant to the applicable Operating Lease shall not constitute Rents.
Replacement Guarantor shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.10(e) hereof.
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Replacement Guaranty shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.10(f) hereof.
Replacement Management Agreement shall mean, collectively, (a) either (i) a management agreement with a Qualified Manager substantially in the same form and substance as the Management Agreement, (ii) a management agreement with a Qualified Manager, which management agreement shall (A) have been entered into by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee and such Qualified Manager on an arms-length basis and otherwise on commercially reasonable third-party terms and (B) with economic terms and management fees comparable to existing local market rates or (iii) a management agreement with a Qualified Manager, which management agreement shall be reasonably acceptable to Lender in form and substance, provided , with respect to this subclause (iii) , following a Securitization, Lender, at its option, may require that Borrower shall have obtained a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such management agreement and (b) an assignment of management agreement and subordination of management fees or subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement, as applicable, substantially in the form as the Assignment of Management Agreement (or of such other form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender), executed and delivered to Lender by the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) and such Qualified Manager at Borrowers expense. Each Substitute Management Agreement shall be deemed a Replacement Management Agreement for purposes of this Agreement.
Replacement Reserve Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.1 hereof.
Replacement Reserve Funds shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.1 hereof.
Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit shall mean an amount equal to four percent (4%) of aggregate Gross Income from Operations from the Properties for the calendar month that is two (2) calendar months prior to the calendar month in which the applicable deposit to the Replacement Reserve Account is to be made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided that Borrower or Operating Lessee, as applicable, is maintaining the Property in accordance with the requirements of the Management Agreement and the Loan Documents, the amount of the Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of deposits required to be deposited by Borrower or Operating Lessee, as applicable, in the FF&E Concentration Account for the applicable month, to the extent that Lender shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that Borrower or Operating Lessee, as applicable, shall have made such deposit (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if the aggregate amount of deposits by Borrower or Operating Lessee, as applicable, in the FF&E Concentration Account for a particular month equal or exceed four percent (4%) of aggregate Gross Income from Operations from the Properties for such month, no Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit shall be required with respect to such month).
Replacements shall mean FF&E, replacements and repairs required to be made to each Individual Property or the Improvements.
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Representative Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.6 hereof.
Required Debt Yield shall mean a Debt Yield, as determined by Lender, equal to or exceeding seven percent (7.00%).
Required Repair Deadline shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.30 hereof.
Required Repairs shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.30 hereof.
Reserve Accounts shall mean, collectively, the Tax and Insurance Reserve Account, the Replacement Reserve Account, the Excess Cash Flow Reserve Account and any other escrow account established pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Reserve Funds shall mean, collectively, the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds, the Replacement Reserve Funds, the Excess Cash Flow Reserve Funds and any other funds in any other escrow account established pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Restoration shall mean the repair and restoration of an Individual Property after a Casualty or Condemnation as nearly as possible to the condition the Individual Property was in immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation, with such alterations as may be reasonably approved by Lender.
Restricted Party shall mean (a) each Individual Borrower, each Individual Operating Lessee, and each Principal and (b) any shareholder, partner, member, non-member manager, or direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of, any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, or any Principal but, with respect to this subclause (b) , excluding any Excluded Entity.
Restructuring shall mean the corporate reorganization of HWHI, including the divestiture of HWHIs real estate and timeshare assets into two separate companies, one of which shall be Sponsor REIT, which shall, upon the consummation of the Restructuring, be a real estate investment trust under Sections 856-860 of the Code and applicable regulations relating thereto, as more particularly described in the Restructuring Steps Memorandum.
Restructuring Conditions shall mean, the satisfaction of each of the following (a) the delivery of each Assignment of Management Agreement described in clause (ii) of the definition of such term in Section 1.1 ; (b) the transfer of each Property Account and the FF&E Concentration Account into the name of an Individual Operating Lessee and the establishment of the Operating Account (in each case, or the applicable Manager, as agent for such Individual Operating Lessee) for the benefit of the Lender (or the opening, by any such Individual Operating Lessee, of accounts with respect to each Individual Property serving the same purposes as each Property Account, the FF&E Concentration Account and the Operating Account), together with either (i) the delivery of account control agreements with respect to each of the foregoing accounts, acceptable to Lender (in its reasonable discretion) and the Rating Agencies, provided that each such account control agreement shall be deemed to be satisfactory to Lender and the Rating Agencies if such account control agreement is in substantially the same
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form as the corresponding Property Account Control Agreement and the FF&E Concentration Account Control Agreement delivered as of the Closing Date, as applicable (and, in the case of, the Operating Account, in the form of the account control agreement approved by Lender in connection with the closing of the Loan), and thereafter such account control agreements shall be deemed the applicable Property Account Control Agreement, the FF&E Concentration Account Control Agreement and the Operating Account Control Agreement for purposes hereof or (ii) an assumption agreement pursuant to which each Individual Operating Lessee assumes the corresponding Individual Borrowers obligations under the applicable Property Account Control Agreement and the FF&E Concentration Account Control Agreement (the documents referred to in clauses (a) and (b) hereof, the Operating Lease Loan Documents ); (c) no Operating Lease or Substitute Management Agreement shall have been materially amended or modified following the Closing Date, unless such amendment or modification does not have, or is not reasonably likely to have, an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property; (d) the transfer to the applicable Individual Operating Lessee of all Licenses issued to an Individual Borrower at the time of the Restructuring that are necessary to operate the related Individual Property unless the failure to so transfer the same does not have, or is not reasonably likely to have, an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property; (e) the transfer to the applicable Individual Operating Lessee, or the assumption by the applicable Individual Operating Lessee of the obligations thereunder, of all third-party contracts to which the corresponding Individual Borrower is a party at the time of the Restructuring and which are necessary in connection with the use, operation, and/or maintenance of the applicable Individual Property pursuant to documents which are acceptable to Lender in its reasonable discretion; (f) the applicable Individual Operating Lessee shall be named as an insured under all applicable Policies to the extent not so named on the Closing Date; (g) each Individual Operating Lessee shall deliver, at its sole cost and expense, a datedown endorsement to the applicable Title Insurance Policy, which insures the leasehold interest mortgaged to Lender as a valid first lien on the leasehold interest in the applicable Individual Property, and which endorsement shall insure that, as of the date of the Restructuring, the applicable Individual Property shall not be subject to any additional exceptions or liens other than those contained in the Title Insurance Policy with respect to such Individual Property and any other Permitted Encumbrances; (h) each Individual Operating Lessee shall furnish to Lender, (i) to the extent the Restructuring occurs subsequent to the date which is sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, all documents evidencing such Individual Operating Lessees organization and good standing and (ii) the qualification of the officers of such Individual Operating Lessee which execute the applicable Operating Lease Loan Documents to execute and deliver the same; (i) the delivery of an opinion of New York counsel with respect to due execution and enforceability of the Operating Lease Loan Documents governed by New York law which is satisfactory to Lender, as determined in Lenders reasonable discretion, provided that the foregoing shall be deemed satisfactory to the Lender if such opinions are substantially the same as those delivered as of the Closing Date by Borrower with respect to the Loan Documents executed as of the Closing Date which are the applicable counterparts to the Operating Lease Loan Documents; (j) no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall fail to be a Special Purpose Entity by reason of the Restructuring; (k) Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Officers Certificate which certifies as to each Individual Borrowers and each Individual Operating Lessees continued compliance with Sections 5.1.25, 5.1.28 and 5.2.9 hereof; (l) the payment of all of Lenders reasonable, actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) incurred by Lender in
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connection with their review of the Restructuring; (m) the Restructuring shall be consummated in accordance with the Restructuring Steps Memorandum or, if with the consent of the Lender such Restructuring is consummated in any other manner, Lender shall receive a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Restructuring and (n) Lender shall have performed searches and/or received other diligence such that Lender is in compliance with Lenders then current know your customer requirements and Lender shall have received Satisfactory Search Results for any owner of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee which will own a ten percent (10%) or greater equity interest (directly or indirectly) in such Individual Borrower or such Individual Operating Lessee after giving effect to such Restructuring and did not own such a ten percent (10%) or greater equity interest (directly or indirectly) in the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee prior to the Restructuring.
Restructuring Steps Memorandum shall mean the steps memorandum with respect to the Restructuring and related organizational structure chart attached hereto as Schedule 1.1 .
S&P shall mean Standard & Poors Ratings Services.
Sale or Pledge shall mean a voluntary or involuntary sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, encumbrance, pledge, grant of option or other transfer or disposal of a legal or beneficial interest, whether direct or indirect.
Satisfactory Search Results shall mean the results of credit history check, litigation, lien, bankruptcy, judgment and other similar searches with respect to the applicable Person, in each case, (i) revealing no matters which would, if the proposed Transfer were to be consummated, have or be reasonably likely to have, an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect or an Individual Material Adverse Effect with respect to either Individual Property; (ii) demonstrating that such Person is not an Embargoed Person and (iii) yielding results which are otherwise acceptable to Lender in its reasonable discretion.
Scheduled Defeasance Payments shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.1(b) hereof.
Section 2.7 Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Securities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 hereof.
Securities Act shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.1(h) hereof.
Securitization shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 hereof.
Securitization Vehicle shall mean each REMIC or Grantor Trust into which all or a portion of the Loan has been transferred.
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Security Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.1(a)(v) hereof.
Servicer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5 hereof.
Servicing Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5 hereof.
Severed Loan Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c) hereof.
Single Employer Plan shall mean a single employer plan, as defined in Section 3(41) or Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, as applicable, that (a) is maintained for employees of Borrower, Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than Borrower, Guarantor and the ERISA Affiliates, or (b) was so maintained, and in respect of which Borrower, Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Sections 4062-4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
Special Purpose Entity shall mean a limited partnership, general partnership or limited liability company that complies with the following requirements from and after the date hereof unless it has received prior written consent to do otherwise from Lender or a permitted administrative agent thereof, or, while the Loan is securitized, a Rating Agency Confirmation and an Additional Insolvency Opinion, in each case:
(i) is and shall be organized solely for the purpose of (A) in the case of an Individual Borrower, acquiring, developing, owning, holding, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging, managing and operating the applicable Individual Property, entering into and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents with Lender, refinancing the applicable Individual Property in connection with a permitted repayment of the Loan, and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing, (B) in the case of any Principal, acting as a general partner of the limited partnership that owns the related Individual Property or as member of the limited liability company that owns the related Individual Property and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing, and (C) in the case of an Individual Operating Lessee, leasing the applicable Individual Property pursuant to the applicable Operating Lease, owning personal property related thereto, managing and operating such Individual Property or engaging an eligible independent contractor to manage and operate such Individual Property, entering into and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents with Lender and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing;
(ii) shall not engage in any business unrelated to the activities set forth in clause (i) of this definition;
(iii) shall not own any real property other than (A) in the case of an Individual Borrower, the applicable Individual Property and (B) in the case of Operating Lessee, its leasehold interest in the applicable Individual Property;
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(iv) shall not have any assets other than (A) in the case of each Individual Borrower, the related Individual Property and personal property necessary or incidental to its ownership and operation of such Individual Property, (B) in the case of any Principal, acting as a general partner of the limited partnership that owns the related Individual Property or as member of the limited liability company that owns the related Individual Property, and (C) in the case of each Individual Operating Lessee, the leasehold interest in the related Individual Property and personal property necessary or incidental to its leasing and operation of such Individual Property.
(v) shall not engage in, seek, consent to or permit (A) any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or merger, (B) any sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of its assets or any sale of assets outside the ordinary course of its business except as permitted by the Loan Documents or (C) in the case of a Principal, any transfer of its partnership or membership interest;
(vi) shall not cause, consent to or permit any amendment of its limited partnership agreement, articles of organization, certificate of formation, operating agreement or other formation document or organizational document (as applicable) with respect to the matters set forth in this definition without the prior written consent of Lender;
(vii) if such entity is a limited partnership, has and shall have at least one general partner (or in the case of a general partnership, at least two general partners) and has and shall have, as its only general partners, Special Purpose Entities each of which (A) is a single member Delaware limited liability company, (B) has two (2) Independent Directors or Independent Managers, and (C) holds a direct interest as general partner in the limited partnership of not less than 0.5%;
(viii) intentionally omitted;
(ix) if such entity is a limited liability company (other than a limited liability company meeting all of the requirements applicable to a single member limited liability company set forth in this definition of Special Purpose Entity), has and shall have at least one (1) member that is a Special Purpose Entity, that is a single-member limited liability company, that has at least two (2) Independent Directors and that directly owns at least one half of one percent (0.5%) of the equity of the limited liability company;
(x) if such entity is a single member limited liability company, it or its Principal (A) is and shall be a Delaware limited liability company, (B) shall have at least two (2) Independent Directors or Independent Managers serving as managers of such company, (C) shall not take any Bankruptcy Action, either with respect to itself or, if the company is a Principal, with respect to the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, in each case, unless two (2) Independent Directors or Independent Managers then serving as managers of the
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company shall have consented in writing to such action, and (D) shall have two (2) natural persons or one entity that is not a member of the company, that has signed its limited liability company agreement and that, under the terms of such limited liability company agreement becomes a member of the company immediately prior to the withdrawal or dissolution of the last remaining member of the company;
(xi) shall not (and, if such entity is (a) a limited liability company, has and shall have a limited liability agreement or an operating agreement, as applicable, or (b) a limited partnership, has a limited partnership agreement that, in each case, provides that such entity shall not) (1) dissolve, merge, liquidate, consolidate; (2) sell all or substantially all of its assets; (3) amend its organizational documents with respect to the matters set forth in this definition without the consent of Lender; or (4) without the affirmative vote of two (2) Independent Directors or Independent Managers of itself (if applicable), or, if such entity is a Principal, with respect to the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, take any Bankruptcy Action;
(xii) shall at all times remain solvent and shall pay its debts and liabilities (including, a fairly allocated portion of any personnel and overhead expenses that it shares with any Affiliate) from its assets as the same shall become due, and shall maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations (in each case, to the extent there exists sufficient cash flow from the operations of the Property to do so); provided , that the foregoing shall not require any member, partner or shareholder of a Special Purpose Entity to make any additional capital contributions to a Special Purpose Entity;
(xiii) shall not fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such entity;
(xiv) shall maintain its bank accounts, books of account, books and records separate from those of any other Person and shall file its own tax return, or will be included as a disregarded entity in the filing of its parents tax return, or will be included in the filing of a consolidated tax return, as applicable;
(xv) shall maintain its own records, books, resolutions and agreements;
(xvi) except as between or among Individual Borrowers and/or Individual Operating Lessees, as contemplated by the Loan Documents and the applicable Management Agreement (where the applicable Manager is acting as the agent of the applicable Individual Borrower or the applicable Individual Operating Lessee), shall not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other Person and shall not participate in any cash management system with any other Person;
(xvii) shall hold its assets in its own name;
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(xviii) shall conduct its business in its name or in a name franchised or licensed to it by the applicable Manager or an Affiliate of such Manager except for business conducted on behalf of itself by another Person under a business management services agreement that is on commercially reasonable terms, so long as the manager, or equivalent thereof, under such business management services agreement holds itself out as an agent of such Special Purpose Entity;
(xix) (A) shall maintain its financial statements, accounting records and other entity documents separate from those of any other Person; (B) shall show, in its financial statements, its asset and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person; and (C) shall not permit its assets to be listed as assets on the financial statement of any of its Affiliates except as required by GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts, provided , however , that any such consolidated financial statement contains a note indicating that the Special Purpose Entitys separate assets and credit are not available to pay the debts of such Affiliate and that the Special Purpose Entitys liabilities do not constitute obligations of the consolidated entity, except as provided herein with respect to each other Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee;
(xx) shall pay its own liabilities and expenses, including the salaries of its own employees, out of its own funds and assets, provided there is sufficient cash flow to do so, and shall maintain a sufficient number of employees, if any, in light of its contemplated business operations;
(xxi) shall observe all limited partnership or limited liability company formalities, as applicable;
(xxii) reserved;
(xxiii) following the Closing Date, (A) no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall have any Indebtedness other than (I) in the case of an Individual Borrower, the Loan, (II) Permitted Debt and (III) such other liabilities that such Special Purpose Entity is expressly permitted to incur pursuant to this Agreement or as otherwise imposed by law and (B) no Principal shall have any Indebtedness;
(xxiv) except pursuant to an Operating Lease or an Owner Agreement, shall not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person, shall not hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person or shall not pledge its assets to secure the obligations of any other Person, in each case except as permitted pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Individual Borrowers and/or the Individual Operating Lessees with respect to each other or, in the case of Principal or required by applicable law with respect to the liabilities of the limited partnership of which Principal is a general partner;
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(xxv) shall not acquire obligations or securities of its partners, members or shareholders or any other owner or Affiliate;
(xxvi) shall allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with any of its Affiliates, constituents, or owners, or any guarantors of any of their respective obligations, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, paying for shared office space and for services performed by any employee of an Affiliate;
(xxvii) shall maintain and use separate stationery, invoices and checks bearing its name and not bearing the name of any other entity unless such entity is clearly designated as being the Special Purpose Entitys agent;
(xxviii) reserved;
(xxix) shall hold itself out and identify itself as a separate and distinct entity under its own name or in a name franchised or licensed to it by an entity other than an Affiliate of such Special Purpose Entity and not as a division or part of any other Person,
(xxx) shall maintain its assets in such a manner that it shall not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other Person;
(xxxi) except pursuant to an Operating Lease or an Owner Agreement, shall not make loans to any Person and shall not hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person (other than cash and investment grade securities issued by an entity that is not an Affiliate of or subject to common ownership with such entity;
(xxxii) shall not identify its partners, members or shareholders, or any Affiliate of any of them, as a division or department or part of it and shall not identify itself as a division or department of any other Person;
(xxxiii) other than capital contributions and distributions permitted under the terms of its organizational documents, shall not enter into or be a party to, any transaction with any of its partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are commercially reasonable terms comparable to those of an arms length transaction with an unrelated third party;
(xxxiv) shall not have any obligation to and shall not indemnify its partners, officers, directors or members, as the case may be, in each case unless such an obligation or indemnification is fully subordinated to the Debt and shall not constitute a claim against it in the event that its cash flow is insufficient to pay the Debt;
(xxxv) intentionally omitted;
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(xxxvi) shall not have any of its obligations guaranteed by any Affiliate except pursuant to an Operating Lease or Owner Agreement or as provided by the Loan Documents with respect to the Mortgage, the Guaranty, the Deductible Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity;
(xxxvii) shall not form, acquire or hold any subsidiary; provided , that a Principal may acquire and hold its interest in the related Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee;
(xxxviii) shall comply with all of the terms and provisions contained in its organizational documents;
(xxxix) shall conduct its business so that each of the assumptions made about it and each of the facts stated about it in the Insolvency Opinion, or if applicable, any Additional Insolvency Opinion, are true;
(xl) shall not permit any Affiliate or constituent party (other than the applicable Manager, solely in its capacity as an agent of such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee) independent access to its bank accounts, except as expressly contemplated in the Loan Documents (other than the applicable Manager, solely in its capacity as an agent of such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee);
(xli) is and shall continue to be duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing in the state of its formation and in all other jurisdictions where it is qualified to do business;
(xlii) is not currently involved in any dispute with any taxing authority other than taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(xliii) is not now party to any lawsuit, arbitration, summons, or legal proceeding that resulted in a judgment against it that has not been paid in full;
(xliv) has no judgments or Liens of any nature against it except for Section 2.7 Tax liens not yet due and the Permitted Encumbrances;
(xlv) has provided Lender with complete financial statements that reflect a fair and accurate view of the entitys financial condition; and
(xlvi) has no material contingent or actual obligations not related to the Property.
Sponsor REIT shall mean Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation.
State shall mean, with respect to an Individual Property, the State or Commonwealth in which such Individual Property or any part thereof is located.
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Substitute Management Agreement shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, collectively, (i) that certain Management Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the applicable Individual Operating Lessee and applicable Manager, (ii) that certain Owner Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among the applicable Individual Operating Lessee, the applicable Individual Borrower and such applicable Manager (the Owner Agreement ) and (iii) that certain Limited Management Agreement Side Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between the applicable Individual Operating Lessee and the applicable Manager, a copy of each of which has been delivered to, and approved by, Lender, pursuant to which, effective on the Operating Lease Effective Date, the applicable Manager shall provide management services with respect to the applicable Individual Property.
Successor Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.3 hereof.
Survey shall mean a survey of the Individual Property in question prepared by a surveyor licensed in the State and satisfactory to Lender and the company or companies issuing the Title Insurance Policies, and containing a certification of such surveyor satisfactory to Lender.
Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 hereof.
Tax and Insurance Reserve Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 hereof.
Taxes shall mean all real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, water rates or sewer rents, now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against any Individual Property or part thereof. In no event shall any PACE Loan be considered Taxes for the purposes of this Agreement.
Tenant shall mean any Person with a possessory right to all or any part of an Individual Property pursuant to a Lease.
Terrorism Coverage shall mean insurance for acts of terror or similar acts of sabotage; provided, that, for so long as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as extended and modified by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Authorization Act of 2015 (as the same may be further modified, amended, or extended, TRIPRA ) (a) remains in full force and effect and (b) continues to cover both foreign and domestic acts of terror, the provisions of TRIPRA shall determine what is deemed to be included within this definition of Terrorism Coverage.
Threshold Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.22 hereof.
Title Insurance Policy shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, an ALTA mortgagee title insurance policy in the form reasonably acceptable to Lender (or, if an Individual Property is in a State which does not permit the issuance of such ALTA policy, such form as shall be permitted in such State and reasonably acceptable to Lender) issued with respect to such Individual Property and insuring the lien of the Mortgage encumbering such Individual Property.
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Transfer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.10(b) hereof.
Transferee shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.10(e)(iii) hereof.
UCC or Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable State in which an Individual Property is located.
Unencumbered Individual Borrower shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.4.2(b) hereof.
Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.4.2(b) hereof.
Uniform System of Accounts shall mean the Eleventh Revised Edition, 2014, of the Uniform System of Accounts for Hotels as adopted by the American Hotel and Motel Association, as revised from time to time.
U.S. Obligations shall mean non-redeemable securities evidencing an obligation to timely pay principal and/or interest in a full and timely manner that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (b) to the extent acceptable to the Approved Rating Agencies, other government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
U.S. Person means any Person that is a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(e) hereof.
Working Capital Peg Balance shall mean the sum of (a) the estimated amount of Manager Required Payments anticipated by each Manager in its reasonable business judgment to be incurred in the next thirty (30) days (other than Taxes and Insurance Premiums) and (b) amounts sufficient to pay Taxes and Insurance Premiums, each as reasonably determined by each Manager in accordance with the applicable Management Agreement.
Working Funds shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Management Agreement.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Yield Maintenance Default Premium shall mean, with respect to any repayment of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan prior to the Permitted Release Date which is made (or deemed to be made) during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 2.4.3 hereof, an amount equal to the greater of (a) five percent (5%) of the outstanding
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principal of the applicable Component of the Loan to be prepaid or satisfied and (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the present values of all then-scheduled payments of interest to be made with respect to the portion of such Component being prepaid assuming that all scheduled payments are made timely and that the remaining outstanding principal and interest on the portion of the applicable Component being prepaid assuming that all scheduled payments are made timely and that the portion of the principal of the applicable Component being prepaid (including interest thereon through the end of the related Interest Period) is paid on the Yield Maintenance End Date (with each such payment and assumed payment discounted to its present value at the date of prepayment at the rate which, when compounded monthly, is equivalent to the Prepayment Rate when compounded semi-annually and deducting from the sum of such present values any short-term interest paid from the date of prepayment to the next succeeding Payment Date in the event such payment is not made on a Payment Date), over (ii) the principal amount being prepaid.
Yield Maintenance End Date shall mean the Payment Date occurring in December, 2019.
Yield Maintenance Premium shall mean, with respect to any repayment of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date, an amount equal to the greater of (a) one percent (1%) of the outstanding principal of the applicable Component of the Loan to be prepaid or satisfied and (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the present values of all then-scheduled payments of interest to be made with respect to the portion of such Component being prepaid assuming that all scheduled payments are made timely and that the remaining outstanding principal and interest on the portion of the applicable Component being prepaid assuming that all scheduled payments are made timely and that the portion of the principal of the applicable Component being prepaid (including interest thereon through the end of the related Interest Period) is paid on the Yield Maintenance End Date (with each such payment and assumed payment discounted to its present value at the date of prepayment at the rate which, when compounded monthly, is equivalent to the Prepayment Rate when compounded semi-annually and deducting from the sum of such present values any short-term interest paid from the date of prepayment to the next succeeding Payment Date in the event such payment is not made on a Payment Date), over (ii) the principal amount being prepaid.
Section 1.2 Principles of Construction . All references to sections and schedules are to sections and schedules in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All uses of the word including shall mean including, without limitation unless the context shall indicate otherwise. Unless otherwise specified, the words hereof, herein and 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 of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all meanings attributed to defined terms herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined. Until the Operating Lease Effective Date, the provisions of this Agreement that relate to the Operating Lease shall have no force and effect, and effective from and after the Operating Lease Effective Date, such provisions shall automatically take effect without any further action required by any Person. For the avoidance of doubt and without limitation to the foregoing, any covenants of any Individual Operating Lessee contained in this Agreement which cannot be performed by such Individual Operating Lessee until the Operating Lease Effective Date shall not become effective as obligations of such Individual Operating Lessee until the Operating Lease Effective Date.
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ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS
Section 2.1 Loan Commitment; Disbursement to Borrower .
2.1.1 Agreement to Lend and Borrow . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Lender hereby agrees to make and Borrower hereby agrees to accept the Loan on the Closing Date.
2.1.2 Single Disbursement to Borrower . Borrower may request and receive only one (1) borrowing hereunder in respect of the Loan and any amount borrowed and repaid or defeased hereunder in respect of the Loan may not be reborrowed. Borrower and Lender acknowledge and agree that the Loan shall be fully funded as of the Closing Date.
2.1.3 The Note, Mortgage and Loan Documents . The Loan shall be evidenced by the Note and secured by the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents.
2.1.4 Use of Proceeds . Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loan to (a) repay and discharge any existing loans relating to the Properties, (b) pay all past due Basic Carrying Costs, if any, with respect to the Properties, (c) pay costs and expenses incurred in connection with the closing of the Loan, as approved by Lender, (d) fund any working capital requirements of the Properties and (e) distribute the balance, if any, to Borrower, which may further distribute such amounts to any owner of a direct or indirect interest in any Individual Borrower.
2.1.5 Components of the Loan . For the purpose of computing interest payable from time to time on the principal amount of the Loan and certain other computations set forth herein, the principal balance of the Loan shall be divided into Component A-1, Component A-2, Component A-3, Component A-4, Component A-5 and Component A-6. The principal amount of the Components shall be as follows:
COMPONENT |
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | INTEREST RATE | ||||||
A-1 |
$ | 120,000,000.00 | 4.1145 | % | ||||
A-2 |
$ | 120,000,000.00 | 4.1145 | % | ||||
A-3 |
$ | 120,000,000.00 | 4.1145 | % | ||||
A-4 |
$ | 120,000,000.00 | 4.1145 | % | ||||
A-5 |
$ | 120,000,000.00 | 4.1145 | % | ||||
A-6 |
$ | 125,000,000.00 | 4.1145 | % |
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Section 2.2 Interest Rate .
2.2.1 Interest Rate . (a) Interest on the outstanding principal balance of each Component shall accrue at the Interest Rate or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement (including Section 2.2.3 hereof) from (and including) the Closing Date to but excluding the Maturity Date.
2.2.2 Interest Calculation . Interest on the outstanding principal balance of each Component of the Loan shall be calculated by multiplying (a) the actual number of days elapsed in the period for which the calculation is being made by (b) a daily rate based on a three hundred sixty (360) day year (that is, the Interest Rate applicable to such Component expressed as an annual rate divided by three hundred sixty (360)) by (c) the outstanding principal balance of such Component.
2.2.3 Default Rate . In the event that, and for so long as, any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the outstanding principal balance of the Loan and, to the extent permitted by law, all accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Loan and any other amounts due pursuant to the Loan Documents, shall accrue interest at the Default Rate, calculated from the date such payment was due without regard to any grace or cure periods contained herein. If any Component is not repaid on the Maturity Date, default interest will accrue on such Component from and after the Maturity Date and will be calculated by multiplying (a) the actual number of days elapsed from the date such payment was due for which the calculation is being made by (b) a daily rate based on a three hundred sixty (360) day year (that is, the Default Rate applicable to such Component expressed as an annual rate divided by three hundred sixty (360)) by (c) the outstanding principal balance of such Component.
2.2.4 Usury Savings . This Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents are subject to the express condition that at no time shall Borrower be obligated or required to pay interest on the principal balance of the Loan at a rate which could subject Lender to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate. If, by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, Borrower is at any time required or obligated to pay interest on the principal balance due hereunder at a rate in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate, the Interest Rate or the Default Rate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to the Maximum Legal Rate and all previous payments in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on account of the interest due hereunder.
Section 2.3 Loan Payment .
2.3.1 Monthly Debt Service Payments . Borrower shall pay to Lender (a) on the Closing Date, an amount equal to interest only on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan from the Closing Date up to and including October 31, 2016 and (b) commencing on the Payment Date occurring in December, 2016 and on each Payment Date thereafter up to and including the Maturity Date, Borrower shall make a payment to Lender equal to the Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount, which payments shall be applied to accrued and unpaid interest for the related Interest Period. The Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount paid pursuant to this Section 2.3.1 shall be applied: (i) first, to the payment of interest due and payable on Component
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A-1; (ii) second, to the payment of interest due and payable on Component A-2, (iii) third, to the payment of interest due and payable on Component A-3, (iv) fourth, to the payment of interest due and payable on Component A-4, (v) fifth, to the payment of interest due and payable on Component A-5 and (vi) sixth, to the payment of interest due and payable on Component A-6.
2.3.2 Payments Generally . The first Interest Period hereunder shall commence on and include the Closing Date and shall end on and include October 31, 2016. Thereafter during the term of the Loan, each Interest Period shall commence on the first day of each calendar month and end on the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the related Payment Date. For purposes of making payments hereunder, but not for purposes of calculating the applicable Interest Period for any Payment Date, if the day on which such payment is due is not a Business Day, then amounts due on such date shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day and with respect to payments of principal due on the Maturity Date, interest shall be payable at the Interest Rate or the Default Rate, as the case may be, through and including the day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. All amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be payable without setoff, counterclaim, defense or any other deduction whatsoever unless required by applicable law.
2.3.3 Payment on Maturity Date . Borrower shall pay to Lender on the Maturity Date the outstanding principal balance of the Loan, all accrued (or to be accrued) and unpaid interest and all other amounts due hereunder and under the Note, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents.
2.3.4 Late Payment Charge . If any principal, interest or any other sums due under the Loan Documents are not paid by Borrower on or prior to the date on which it is due (other than the principal amount due on the Maturity Date), Borrower shall pay to Lender upon demand an amount equal to the lesser of three percent (3%) of such unpaid sum or the Maximum Legal Rate in order to defray 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. Any such amount shall be secured by the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents to the extent permitted by applicable law.
2.3.5 Method and Place of Payment . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments and prepayments under this Agreement and the Note shall be made to Lender not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date when due and shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds at Lenders office or as otherwise directed by Lender, and any funds received by Lender after such time shall, for all purposes hereof, be deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 2.4 Prepayments .
2.4.1 Voluntary Prepayments . Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Section 2.4 or in connection with a release of an Individual Property conducted in accordance with Section 2.5.2 below or a Partial Release conducted in accordance with Section 2.5.6 below, Borrower shall not have the right to prepay the Loan in whole or in part. Provided that Borrower has not previously elected to defease the Loan in whole in accordance with Section 2.8.1 hereof, Borrower may prepay the Loan (a) from and after the Permitted Release Date (1) in whole or (2)
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in connection with a Partial Release conducted in accordance with Section 2.5.6 below, in part, and/or (b) from and after the Closing Date, solely in connection with a release of an Individual Property conducted in accordance with Section 2.5.2 below , in part provided , that, in each case, (i) no Event of Default is continuing as of the date of the applicable prepayment; (ii) Borrower gives Lender not less than ten (10) days prior written notice of the principal amount of the Loan that Borrower intends to prepay and the intended date of prepayment, which notice shall be revocable by Borrower at any time (the Prepayment Notice ); and (iii) Borrower pays Lender, in addition to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan to be prepaid (A) if such prepayment does not occur on a Payment Date, all interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of the Loan to be prepaid through and including the last day of the Interest Period related to the Payment Date following the date of such prepayment or, if such prepayment occurs on a Payment Date, any interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of the Loan to be prepaid through and including the last day of the Interest Period immediately preceding such Payment Date; (B) all other sums then due and payable under this Agreement, the Note, and the other Loan Documents, including, but not limited to all of Lenders reasonable, actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) incurred by Lender in connection with such prepayment of the Loan and any actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with a rescinded or extended Prepayment Notice and (C) if such prepayment is made prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date, the Yield Maintenance Premium.
2.4.2 Mandatory Prepayments .
(a) On the next occurring Payment Date following the date on which Lender actually receives any Net Proceeds relating to an Individual Property, if Lender is not obligated to make such Net Proceeds available to Borrower for the Restoration of the affected Individual Property or otherwise remit such Net Proceeds to Borrower pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof, Borrower shall prepay or authorize Lender to apply such Net Proceeds as a prepayment of all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan together with interest through and including the last day of the Interest Period immediately preceding such Payment Date and any other sums due hereunder in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Proceeds, provided that, if no Event of Default is then continuing, any Net Proceeds in excess of the Adjusted Release Amount shall be disbursed to Borrower, it being understood that any such mandatory payments of principal in an amount up to the Adjusted Release Amount for such Individual Property made pursuant to this Section 2.4.2 shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.4.4 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may apply such Net Proceeds to the Debt (until paid in full) in any order or priority in its sole discretion. Other than during the continuance of an Event of Default, no Yield Maintenance Premium or other premium, penalty or charge shall be due in connection with any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.4.2 . If both Properties remain as collateral for the Debt at the time of the application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to the foregoing, the Release Amount with respect to the affected Individual Property shall be reduced by an amount equal to the principal portion of such prepayment applied to the Loan; provided , that nothing herein shall be construed to so reduce the Adjusted Release Amount for such Individual Property required to be paid to Lender prior to obtaining a release of such Individual Property. Lender shall provide to Borrower, upon ten (10) days prior notice, (i) a release of the applicable Individual Property (and any related Collateral) if (A) at any time, both Properties remain as collateral for the Debt and the Adjusted Release Amount of the affected Individual
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Property is reduced to zero, together with such additional documents and instruments evidencing or confirming the release as Borrower shall reasonably request, or (B) Lender is required to deliver such release pursuant to a court order issued in connection with a Condemnation or (ii) a release of the portion of an Individual Property that is subject to a Condemnation.
(b) In connection with any release of an Individual Property under this Section 2.4.2 , each of the Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee that own and operate such Individual Property (the Unencumbered Individual Borrower and the Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee , respectively) shall be released by Lender from their respective obligations of the Loan Documents, except with respect to those obligations that are expressly provided herein to survive repayment of the Loan, and shall no longer be considered an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) for purposes of this Agreement. In connection with a release or cancellation of an Unencumbered Individual Borrower and the corresponding Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee, Lender agrees to deliver (i) a UCC-3 Financing Statement termination or amendment releasing Lenders security interest in the collateral pledged to Lender relating to such Unencumbered Individual Borrower and/or Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee, and (ii) instruments executed by Lender reasonably necessary to evidence the release or cancellation of such Unencumbered Individual Borrower and Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee from its respective obligations under the Loan Documents. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with such release shall be paid by Borrower.
2.4.3 Prepayments After Default . If, during the continuance of an Event of Default, payment of all or any part of the Debt is tendered by Borrower or otherwise recovered by Lender (including, without limitation, through application of any Reserve Funds), such tender or recovery shall (a) include interest at the Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of the Loan through the last calendar day of each Interest Period within which such tender or recovery occurs and (b) be deemed a voluntary prepayment by Borrower and shall in all instances include (i) an amount equal to (A) if such tender or recovery is made on or prior to the Permitted Release Date, the Yield Maintenance Default Premium or (B) if such tender or recovery is made after the Permitted Release Date but prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date, the Yield Maintenance Premium, if applicable, and (ii) all interest which would have accrued on the amount of the Loan to be paid through the end of the related Interest Period. After the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may apply such payment proceeds to the Debt (until paid in full), in any order or priority in its sole discretion.
2.4.4 Application of Principal Payments to Components . Any mandatory prepayment of principal of the Loan made pursuant to Section 2.4.2 hereof and any prepayments of the principal amount of the Loan pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof or otherwise shall be applied by Lender as follows: (a) first, to the reduction of Component A-1, until reduced to zero; (b) second, to the reduction of Component A-2, until reduced to zero; (c) third, to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of Component A-3, until reduced to zero; (d) fourth, to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of Component A-4, until reduced to zero; (e) fifth, to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of Component A-5, until reduced to zero; and (f) sixth, to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of Component A-6, until reduced to zero. After the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may apply such payment to the Components or any portion of the Debt (until paid in full) in any order or priority in its sole discretion.
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2.4.5 Debt Yield Cure . In order to achieve the applicable Required Debt Yield to effect a Debt Yield Cure, Borrower may, after the Permitted Release Date, prepay a portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan in the amount necessary to cause the Debt Yield to equal or exceed the applicable Required Debt Yield (each such prepayment, a Debt Yield Cure Payment ), provided that (a) no Event of Default is then continuing, and (b) in each case, Borrower pays Lender, in addition to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan to be prepaid, (i) if such prepayment does not occur on a Payment Date, all interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of the Loan to be prepaid through and including the last day of the Interest Period related to the Payment Date following the date of such prepayment or, if such prepayment occurs on a Payment Date, any interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of the Loan to be prepaid through and including the last day of the Interest Period immediately preceding such Payment Date; (ii) all other sums then due and payable under this Agreement, the Note, and the other Loan Documents, including, but not limited to all of Lenders reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) incurred by Lender in connection with such prepayment; and (iii) if such prepayment is made prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date, the Yield Maintenance Premium.
Section 2.5 Release of Property . Except as set forth in this Section 2.5 , Section 2.4.2 or Section 2.8 , no repayment, defeasance or prepayment of all or any portion of the Loan shall cause, give rise to a right to require, or otherwise result in, the release of any Lien of any Mortgage on any Individual Property. For the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment of the Loan in connection with a Condemnation shall be governed solely by Section 2.4.2 and Section 6.3 hereof.
2.5.1 Release of all Properties Upon Payment in Full . (a) If Borrower has elected to prepay or defease the Loan and the requirements of this Section 2.5 and Section 2.4 or Section 2.8 , as applicable, have been satisfied or the Loan is repaid in full on the Maturity Date, all of the Properties shall be released from the Liens of their respective Mortgages, and, in the event Borrower has elected to defease the Loan, the U.S. Obligations pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement shall be the sole source of collateral securing the Note.
(b) In connection with the release of the Mortgages, Borrower shall submit to Lender, not less than seven (7) Business Days prior to the Payment Date on which Borrower intends to prepay the Loan in full, a release of Lien (and related Loan Documents) for each Individual Property for execution by Lender. Such release shall be in a form appropriate in each jurisdiction in which an Individual Property is located and that would be satisfactory to a prudent lender acting reasonably. In addition, Borrower shall provide all other documentation Lender reasonably requires to be delivered by Borrower in connection with such release, together with an Officers Certificate certifying that such documentation (i) is in compliance with all Legal Requirements, and (ii) will effect such releases in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrower shall pay all reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with such release and the then current reasonable and customary fee being assessed by Servicer, if any, to effect such release.
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2.5.2 Release of Individual Property . At any time that both Properties continue to constitute collateral for the Debt, if Borrower has elected to prepay a portion of the Loan and the requirements of Section 2.4.1 and this Section 2.5.2 have been satisfied, and provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower may obtain the release of an Individual Property from the Lien of the Mortgage thereon and related Loan Documents, upon the satisfaction of all of the following conditions:
(a) The amount of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan to be prepaid shall equal the Adjusted Release Amount for the applicable Individual Property, and such prepayment shall be deemed a voluntary prepayment for all purposes hereunder including, without limitation, the payment of the Yield Maintenance Premium if such prepayment is made prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date;
(b) Subsequent to such release, the remaining Individual Borrower and the remaining Operating Lessee shall each continue to be a Special Purpose Entity pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 4.1.30 and Section 5.1.28 hereof;
(c) If, in connection with such release, the applicable Individual Property will be transferred to an Affiliate of the related Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, Borrower shall deliver an Additional Insolvency Opinion;
(d) Borrower shall submit to Lender, not less than seven (7) days prior to the date on which the prepayment will be made, a release (or assignment) of Lien (and related Loan Documents) for such Individual Property for execution by Lender. Such release (or assignment) shall be in a form appropriate in each jurisdiction in which the Individual Property is located and that would be satisfactory to a prudent lender acting reasonably and contains standard provisions, if any, protecting the rights of the releasing lender. In addition, Borrower shall provide all other documentation Lender reasonably requires to be delivered by Borrower in connection with such release, together with an Officers Certificate certifying that such documentation (i) is in compliance with all Legal Requirements, (ii) will effect such release in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) will not impair or otherwise adversely affect the Liens and security interests granted under the Loan Documents and not being released (or as to the Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee and Individual Property not being released and Guarantor);
(e) After giving effect to such release, the Debt Yield for the Individual Property then remaining subject to the Lien of the applicable Mortgage shall not be less than the greater of (i) the lesser of (A) fifteen percent (15%) or (B) the Debt Yield for all of the Properties subject to the Liens of Mortgages immediately prior to giving effect to such release or (ii) eleven and six-tenths percent (11.6%) (the Release Debt Yield );
(f) Intentionally Omitted;
(g) Borrower shall reimburse Lender and Servicer, if any, for any third party costs and expenses arising from such release (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) and Borrower shall have paid, in connection with such release, (i) all recording charges, filing fees, similar taxes or other expenses payable in connection therewith, (ii) all costs and expenses
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of the Approved Rating Agencies incurred with respect to such release (to the extent such costs have not already been paid directly by Borrower), and (iii) to any Servicer, the current fee being assessed by such Servicer to effect such release; and
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, if the Loan is included in a REMIC Trust and the Loan-to-Value Ratio exceeds or would exceed 125% immediately after giving effect to the release of the applicable Individual Property, no release will be permitted unless the principal balance of the Loan is prepaid by an amount not less than the greater of (i) the Adjusted Release Amount or (ii) the least of the following amounts: (A) only if the released Individual Property is sold, the net proceeds of an arms length sale of the released Individual Property to an unrelated Person, (B) the fair market value of the released Individual Property as reasonably determined by Lender at the time of the release, or (C) an amount such that the Loan-to-Value Ratio (as so determined by Lender) after giving effect to the release of the applicable Individual Property is not greater than the Loan-to-Value Ratio immediately prior to such release, unless Lender receives an opinion of counsel that, if this clause (ii) is applicable but not followed or is no longer applicable at the time of such release, the Securitization will not fail to maintain its status as a REMIC Trust as a result of the release of the applicable Individual Property.
In connection with any release of an Individual Property under this Section 2.5 , each of the Unencumbered Individual Borrower and the Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee shall be released by Lender from their respective obligations of the Loan Documents, except with respect to those obligations that are expressly provided herein to survive repayment of the Loan, and shall no longer be considered an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) for purposes of this Agreement. In connection with a release or cancellation of an Unencumbered Individual Borrower and the corresponding Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee, Lender agrees to deliver (i) a UCC-3 Financing Statement termination or amendment releasing Lenders security interest in the collateral pledged to Lender relating to such Unencumbered Individual Borrower and/or Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee, and (ii) instruments executed by Lender reasonably necessary to evidence the release or cancellation of such Unencumbered Individual Borrower and Unencumbered Individual Operating Lessee from its respective obligations under the Loan Documents. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with such release shall be paid by Borrower.
2.5.3 Release in Connection with a Sale to Third-Party . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.5.2(e) , with respect to a requested release of an Individual Property in conjunction with the sale of such Individual Property in an arms length transaction to a third party purchaser (with not more than a twenty-five percent (25%) non-controlling direct or indirect interest in such Individual Property retained by the applicable Individual Borrower, the applicable Individual Operating Lessee, Guarantor, or any of their respective Affiliates), if the Debt Yield for the Individual Property then remaining subject to the Lien of the applicable Mortgage, after giving effect to the release, would not satisfy the Release Debt Yield condition, Borrower shall be permitted to obtain a release (or assignment) of the Lien of the Mortgage, provided that in lieu of paying the applicable Adjusted Release Amount in connection with such release, then Borrower shall pay to Lender (together with all other amounts due to Lender pursuant to clauses (g) and (h) and the last paragraph of Section 2.5.2 without duplication) an
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amount equal to the greater of (A) the Adjusted Release Amount applicable to such Individual Property and (B) the lesser of (I) one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Sales Proceeds actually received by the applicable Individual Borrower from such Individual Property or (II) the amount of a prepayment of the Loan that would be necessary to, after giving effect to the requested release of the applicable Individual Property, satisfy the Release Debt Yield condition. Any such prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.5.3 shall be deemed a voluntary prepayment for all purposes hereunder, including, without limitation, the payment of the Yield Maintenance Premium if such prepayment is made prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date.
2.5.4 Assignment of Mortgage . Upon the request of Borrower in connection with the release of any Individual Property pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, Lender agrees to cooperate, at Borrowers sole cost and expense (including Lenders reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements), to provide an assignment of the Mortgage with respect to such Individual Property without representation, recourse, covenant or warranty of any nature, express or implied, in lieu of the release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender reserves the right to impose different requirements or procedures on such an assignment of the Mortgage to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to accommodate any Legal Requirements enacted or interpreted in a new manner subsequent to the date hereof at the time of such release if and to the extent a reasonably prudent Lender would impose such requirements or procedures.
2.5.5 Intentionally Omitted .
2.5.6 Partial Releases . If Borrower has elected to prepay the Loan in part and the requirements of Section 2.4 and this Section 2.5 , as applicable, have been satisfied, Lender agrees to release from the Lien of the applicable Mortgages and the other Loan Documents certain parcels of real property which do not materially and adversely affect the ongoing operations of the remaining property other than the lost income associated with the parcel being released (each a Release Parcel and, collectively, the Release Parcels ) upon satisfaction of the following conditions by Borrower:
(a) Not more than ninety (90) calendar days and not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date of the release, Borrower delivers a notice (which Borrower shall have the right to revoke, modify or extend from time to time) to Lender setting forth (i) the date of the proposed release, (ii) a survey of the Release Parcel in scope and substance that would be satisfactory to a prudent lender acting reasonably, and (iii) an appraisal indicating the value of the related Individual Property (both inclusive and exclusive of the Release Parcel) that (A) is executed and delivered to Lender by a qualified MAI appraiser having no direct or indirect interest in such Release Parcel or any loan secured in whole or in part thereby and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of such appraisal by Lender, (B) is addressed to Lender and its successors and assigns; and (C) satisfies the requirements of the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Title XI of the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date of such calculation, with respect to such appraisal and the appraiser making such appraisal;
(b) Intentionally omitted;
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(c) As of the date of the release, no Event of Default is continuing;
(d) Borrower delivers to Lender (i) evidence which would be satisfactory to a prudent lender acting reasonably that (A) the Release Parcel has been or concurrently with the release will be legally subdivided from the remainder of the related Individual Property (or an application therefor shall have been filed and the applicable Individual Borrower and transferee have entered into a property tax allocation agreement with the same economic effect of a tax lot subdivision), and (B) the Release Parcel (together with any appurtenant easements or other rights with respect to adjacent property) is not necessary for the related Individual Property to comply with any zoning, building, land use or parking or other similar Legal Requirements with respect to the related Individual Property or for the then current use of the related Individual Property, including without limitation for access, driveways, parking, utilities or drainage or, to the extent that the Release Parcel is necessary for any such purpose, a reciprocal easement agreement, joint development agreement or other agreement has been executed and recorded that would allow the owner of the related Individual Property to continue to use the Release Parcel to the extent necessary for such purpose, which joint development agreement or reciprocal easement agreement shall be superior to the applicable Mortgage and (ii) a certificate executed by an officer of the applicable Individual Borrower stating that after giving effect to such transfer, each of the Release Parcel and the balance of the related Individual Property (together with any appurtenant easements or other rights with respect to adjacent property) conforms to and is in compliance in all material respects with Legal Requirements and constitutes or will constitute a separate tax lot (and Lender agrees to execute and deliver an instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, at Borrowers sole cost and expense, confirming the subordination of the applicable Mortgage to a joint development agreement, reciprocal easement agreement or other agreement referred to in clause (i)(B) above);
(e) Borrower shall deliver to Lender an endorsement to the Title Insurance Policy (to the extent reasonably available in the applicable State) insuring the applicable Mortgage, which endorsement (i) extends the effective date of such Title Insurance Policy to the effective date of the release, (ii) confirms no change in the priority of the Mortgage on the balance of the related Individual Property (exclusive of the Release Parcel and except as expressly provided in Section 2.5.6(d)(B)(i) above); (iii) insures the rights and benefits under any new or amended reciprocal easement agreement or such other agreement required pursuant to Section 2.5.6(d)(i) above that has been executed and recorded, if any; and (iv) subject to the last paragraph of this Section 2.5.6 , lists as Permitted Exceptions, and insures the rights and benefits under, any condominium or similar documents recorded in order to effect the creation of the Release Parcel, the terms of which shall have been approved by Lender (and Lender shall agree to subordinate the lien of the Mortgage to any such approved documents);
(f) The applicable Individual Borrower delivers evidence in the form of a certificate executed by such Individual Borrower that such Individual Borrower has complied with any requirements applicable to the release in the Leases, reciprocal easement agreements, operating agreements, parking agreements or other similar agreements affecting the related Individual Property and that the release does not violate any of the provisions of such documents in any material respect and that any such release of a Release Parcel shall not result in any right in favor of a third party of offset, abatement or reduction of rent payable to such Individual Borrower or any right in favor of a third party of termination, cancellation or surrender under any
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Leases, reciprocal easement agreements or other material agreement by which such Individual Borrower or the related Individual Property is bound or encumbered and the termination, cancellation or surrender of which would have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on such Individual Property or on the applicable Individual Borrower;
(g) Borrower pays all of Lenders reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the release of the Release Parcel;
(h) The applicable Individual Borrower shall, simultaneously with the release of the Release Parcel, transfer title to the Release Parcel to a Person(s) other than any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee;
(i) If the release of the Release Parcel occurs after a Securitization and the Loan is included in a Grantor Trust, Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel that would be acceptable to a prudent lender acting reasonably, prepared and delivered at Borrowers reasonable expense, stating that any Grantor Trust that has acquired the Loan will not fail to maintain its status as a Grantor Trust solely as a result of such release;
(j) Borrower pays to Lender the product of (i) one hundred and ten percent (110%) and (ii) the product of (A) one hundred percent (100%) of the difference in the value of the related Individual Property including the Release Parcel, and excluding the Release Parcel, as set forth in the appraisal obtained pursuant to Section 2.5.6(a)(iii) and (B) forty-six and four-tenths percent (46.4%) (the Parcel Release Price ) and such prepayment shall be deemed a voluntary prepayment for all purposes hereunder and the requirements of Section 2.4 hereof shall be satisfied, including, without limitation the Yield Maintenance Premium if such prepayment is made prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date;
(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, or in any other Loan Document, if the Loan is included in a REMIC Trust and the Loan to Value Ratio (as determined by Lender in its reasonable discretion using any commercially reasonable method permitted to a REMIC Trust in accordance with Section 1.860G-2(b)(7) of the Treasury Regulations) exceeds 125% immediately after the release of the applicable Release Parcel, no release will be permitted unless the principal balance of the Loan is paid down by a qualified amount as that term is defined in the IRS Revenue Procedure 2010-30, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, unless the Lender receives an opinion of counsel that the Securitization will not fail to maintain its status as a REMIC Trust as a result of the related release of the applicable Release Parcel;
(l) After giving effect to such release, the Debt Yield for the Properties then remaining subject to the Lien of the Mortgages (including the Individual Property affected by such release, after taking into account the release of the Release Parcel) shall be equal to or greater than the Release Debt Yield;
(m) In the event that the Release Parcel encompasses more than fifteen percent (15%) of the hotel rooms in the applicable Individual Property or the Parcel Release Price with respect to such Release Parcel equals or exceeds the product of (i) fifteen percent (15%) and (ii) the original principal balance of the Loan, such release shall only be permitted if, following a Securitization, the applicable Approved Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such release of such Release Parcel;
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(n) Subsequent to such release, each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall continue to be a Special Purpose Entity pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 4.1.30 and Section 5.1.28 hereof; and
(o) If, the Release Parcel will be transferred to an Affiliate of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee, Borrower shall deliver an Additional Insolvency Opinion.
Upon the release of any Release Parcel in accordance with this Section 2.5.6 , the Release Amount of the related Individual Property shall be reduced by the component of the Parcel Release Price set forth in clause (ii) in the definition thereof. In connection with (or in anticipation of) Borrower effectuating the release of a Release Parcel, Lender agrees to reasonably cooperate with the applicable Individual Borrower (at Borrowers sole cost and expense) in filing necessary applications for condominium declarations, re-subdivision or other land use changes; provided , that such declarations, subdivisions or land use changes do not have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the Individual Borrower.
Section 2.6 Cash Management .
2.6.1 Property Accounts/FF&E Concentration Account . (a) During the term of the Loan, an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, shall maintain each of the following:
(i) With respect to each Individual Property, an account (each, a Property Account , and collectively, the Property Accounts ) with the Property Bank which shall be held in the applicable Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees name, as applicable, in trust for the benefit of Lender, which Property Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of Lender and entitled as set forth in the applicable Property Account Agreement. An Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has established or shall establish each Property Account set forth on Schedule 2.6.1(a)(i) hereof.
(ii) Reserved.
(iii) Reserved.
(iv) Reserved.
(v) The account (the Operating Account ) set forth on Schedule 2.6.1(a)(v) with Operating Account Bank which shall be in the name of the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, in trust for the benefit of Lender, which Operating Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of Lender and entitled as set forth in the Operating Account Agreement. An Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has established (or otherwise reserved an account number for) or shall
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establish the Operating Account set forth on Schedule 2.6.1(a)(v) hereof. Until the opening of the Operating Account with the Operating Account Bank, funds will be held in the Property Accounts and disbursed from the Property Accounts as if the same were the Operating Accounts and, to the extent funds would have otherwise been obligated to be transferred from the Operating Accounts to the Cash Management Accounts pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such transfer shall instead be made directly from the Property Accounts.
(vi) The account (the FF&E Concentration Account ) set forth on Schedule 2.6.1(a)(vi) with Operating Account Bank which shall be in the name of the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, in trust for the benefit of Lender, which FF&E Concentration Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of Lender and entitled as set forth in the FF&E Concentration Account Agreement. Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has established or shall establish the FF&E Concentration Account set forth on Schedule 2.6.1(a)(vi) hereof.
(b) Borrower and/or Operating Lessee has caused or shall cause the delivery of irrevocable written instructions to each of the credit card companies or credit card clearing banks with which any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Manager has entered into merchants agreements to deliver all receipts payable with respect to the Properties directly to the applicable Property Account. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall, and shall cause Manager to, deposit all amounts received by it or Manager constituting Rents into the applicable Property Account, not less frequently than once every Business Day during the term of the Loan.
(c) Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, each hereby grants to Lender a first priority security interest in (i) each Property Account and all deposits at any time contained therein and the proceeds thereof, (ii) the Operating Account and all deposits at any time contained therein and the proceeds thereof and (iii) the FF&E Concentration Account and all deposits at any time contained therein and the proceeds thereof, in each case, will take all actions necessary to maintain in favor of Lender a perfected first priority security interest in each Property Account, the Operating Account and the FF&E Concentration Account, including, without limitation, filing UCC-1 Financing Statements and continuations thereof. Lender and Servicer shall have the sole right to make withdrawals from each Property Account, the FF&E Concentration Account and the Operating Account; provided , that Lender shall instruct the Operating Account Bank to (A) make disbursements to each Manager, at such Managers request for payment of Manager Required Payments with respect to the applicable Individual Property, (B) disburse amounts for Property Account Charges to the Property Accounts and (C) disburse amounts for FF&E from the FF&E Concentration Account. Notwithstanding Lenders sole dominion and control over the Operating Account, Lender hereby agrees that it will exercise its rights in the Operating Account in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and shall make funds available, as provided herein, for Manager Required Payments. All costs and expenses for establishing and maintaining each Property Account, the FF&E Concentration Account and the Operating Account shall be paid by Borrower and/or Operating Lessee. All monies now or hereafter deposited into each Property Account, the FF&E Concentration Account and the Operating Account shall be deemed additional security for the Debt.
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(d) Reserved.
(e) Borrower has obtained from each Property Bank, its agreement to transfer in immediately available funds by federal wire transfer or ACH transfer no less frequently than on each Business Day (and more frequently as requested by Manager), all amounts on deposit in the Property Accounts less any amounts for Property Account Charges (which amounts shall be disbursed from time to time to Manager, at Managers request for the payment of Property Account Charges) to the Operating Account (other than the reasonable fees of the Property Bank as more particularly described in the applicable Property Account Agreement).
(f) Borrower, Operating Lessee, Lender, each Manager and Agent entered into the Cash Management Agreement, pursuant to which Lender has agreed to instruct Operating Account Bank to transfer to the Cash Management Account (other than the reasonable fees of the Operating Account Bank as more particularly described in the Operating Account Agreement), in immediately available funds by federal wire transfer or ACH transfer, all amounts on deposit in the Operating Account not otherwise disbursed to, or at the direction of, Manager for payment of Manager Required Payments which exceed the Working Capital Peg Balance, not less frequently than on each Payment Date throughout the term of the Loan.
(g) Reserved.
(h) Subject to Priority Waterfall Payments made pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Cash Management Agreement and Section 2.6.2(e) hereof, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies available to Lender, apply any sums then present in the Cash Management Account to the payment of the Debt in any order in its sole discretion, subject to the terms of Section 7.10 of this Agreement.
(i) Each Property Account, the FF&E Concentration Account, the Operating Account and the Cash Management Account shall be an Eligible Account and shall not be commingled with other monies held by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, Manager, Property Bank, Agent, Operating Account Bank or FF&E Concentration Bank, as applicable; provided that the monies of any Individual Borrower and/or any Individual Operating Lessee held in such accounts may be commingled with the monies of the other Individual Borrower(s) or the other Individual Operating Lessee(s) in such accounts.
(j) No Individual Operating Lessee or Individual Borrower shall further pledge, assign or grant any security interest in any Property Accounts, the FF&E Concentration Account, the Operating Account or the Cash Management Account or the monies deposited therein or permit any lien or encumbrance to attach thereto, or any levy to be made thereon, or any UCC-1 Financing Statements, except those naming Lender as the secured party, to be filed with respect thereto.
(k) Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, obligations and costs and expenses (including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) arising from or in any way connected with any Property Account and/or each Property Account Agreement or with the Operating Account and/or the Operating Account Agreement (unless arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Lender), the FF&E Concentration Account and/the applicable FF&E Concentration Account Agreement Account or the performance of the obligations for which the Property Accounts, the FF&E Concentration Account or the Operating Account were established.
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2.6.2 Cash Management Account .
(a) An Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall establish and maintain a segregated Eligible Account (the Cash Management Account ) to be held by Agent in trust and for the benefit of Lender, which Cash Management Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of Lender. The Cash Management Account shall be entitled as set forth in the Cash Management Agreement. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee hereby grants to Lender a first priority security interest in the Cash Management Account and all deposits at any time contained therein and the proceeds thereof and will take all actions necessary to maintain in favor of Lender a perfected first priority security interest in the Cash Management Account, including, without limitation, filing UCC-1 Financing Statements and continuations thereof. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee will in any way alter or modify the Cash Management Account, and Borrower will notify Lender of the account number thereof. Lender and Servicer shall have the sole right to make withdrawals from the Cash Management Account and all costs and expenses for establishing and maintaining the Cash Management Account shall be paid by Borrower.
(b) The insufficiency of funds on deposit in the Cash Management Account shall not relieve Borrower from the obligation to make any payments, as and when due pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and such obligations shall be separate and independent, and not conditioned on any event or circumstance whatsoever.
(c) All funds on deposit in the Cash Management Account following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default may be applied by Lender pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document in such order and priority as Lender shall determine, subject to the terms of Sections 2.6.2(e) and 7.10 of this Agreement and subject to payment of Priority Waterfall Payments.
(d) Borrower hereby agrees that Lender may modify the Cash Management Agreement for the purpose of establishing additional sub-accounts in connection with any payments otherwise required under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and Lender shall provide prior written notice thereof to Borrower and Operating Lessee no less than five (5) Business Days prior to such modification.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the other Loan Documents to the contrary, Lender agrees that, notwithstanding the existence of an Event of Default, Lender shall at all times (i) instruct Property Banks to transfer to the Operating Account (other than reasonable fees of the Property Bank as more particularly described in the applicable Property Account Agreement) in immediately available funds by federal wire transfer or ACH transfer all amounts on deposit in each Property Account not less than once every Business Day, (ii) instruct Operating Account Bank to (A) permit each Manager (without further notice or
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direction required from Lender) to access and draw upon the Operating Account for the payment of Manager Required Payments and to maintain amounts in the Operating Account equal to the then applicable Working Capital Peg Balance, (B) disburse funds from the Operating Account to the FF&E Concentration Account in the amount of the Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit and (C) transfer to the Cash Management Account, on each Payment Date, all amounts on deposit in the Operating Account not otherwise disbursed in accordance with the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) and (iii) during a Cash Trap Period instruct Agent to apply amounts on deposit in the Cash Management Account to payment of the Priority Waterfall Payments. During a Cash Trap Period, any amounts remaining in the Cash Management Account after payment of the Priority Waterfall Payments shall be deposited in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve Account on each Payment Date and applied in accordance with Section 7.5 hereof . Notwithstanding the existence of an Event of Default or any remedies that are undertaken by Lender in connection with an Event of Default (including any foreclosure action), Lender shall not have any right to apply any funds on deposit in the Operating Account to the Debt (or direct the Operating Account Bank to deliver any such funds to Lender, including any transfer of the same to the Cash Management Account, other than as expressly provided in this Agreement), provided that the foregoing shall not otherwise affect Lenders right to apply funds that are properly transferred to the Cash Management Account to the Debt in accordance with Section 2.6.1(h) . If no Debt Yield Trigger Period is then continuing, all amounts on deposit in the Cash Management Account shall be disbursed to Operating Lessee on the Business Day immediately following the deposit thereof.
2.6.3 Payments Received Under the Cash Management Agreement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers obligations with respect to the payment of the Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount and amounts required to be deposited into the Reserve Accounts, if any, shall be deemed satisfied to the extent sufficient amounts are deposited in the Cash Management Account to satisfy such obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the Cash Management Agreement on the dates each such payment is required, regardless of whether any of such amounts are so applied by Lender.
Section 2.7 Withholding Taxes .
(a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Section 2.7 Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of Borrower) requires the deduction or withholding of any Section 2.7 Tax from any such payment by or on account of any obligation of Borrower, then Borrower shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Section 2.7 Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.7 ) the Lender or Servicer (as applicable) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made. For the purposes of this Section 2.7 , the term applicable law shall include FATCA.
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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower . Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any Other Taxes.
(c) Indemnification by Borrower . Borrower shall indemnify Lender and any Servicer, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Lender or Servicer or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Lender or Servicer and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender or the Servicer (either for its own account or for the account of a Lender) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Section 2.7 Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.7 , Borrower shall deliver to the Lender or any Servicer the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Lender or any Servicer.
(e) Status of Lenders . (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Section 2.7 Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and any Servicer, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable), such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable) as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or any Servicer as will enable Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable) to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.7(e)(ii)(A) , (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and any Servicer on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable)), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and any Servicer (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender
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becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable)), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Section 2.7 Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Section 2.7 Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a 10 percent shareholder of Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable); or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is a partnership or is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 or Exhibit A-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A 4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and any Servicer (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable)), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Section 2.7 Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable) to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
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(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Section 2.7 Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and any Servicer at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable) such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable) as may be necessary for Borrower or the Servicer (as applicable) to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D) , FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so. If a Servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 9.5 , such Servicer shall be subject to the requirements of this Section 2.7(e) as if it were a Lender.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Section 2.7 Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.7 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.7 ), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Section 2.7 Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Section 2.7 Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f) , in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Section 2.7 Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Section 2.7 Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Section 2.7 Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
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(g) Survival . Each partys obligations under this Section 2.7 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Servicer and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
(h) Lender hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence of any circumstances entitling Lender to additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.7 , Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different applicable lending office for the receipt of payments with respect to, or the funding or booking of, its Loan hereunder, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation (i) would eliminate or reduce such additional amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.7 in the future, and (ii) would not subject such lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with such designation.
Section 2.8 Defeasance .
2.8.1 Voluntary Defeasance .
(a) Provided no Event of Default shall then exist, Borrower shall have the right, on any Payment Date occurring at any time after the Permitted Release Date and prior to the Yield Maintenance End Date, to voluntarily defease all, but not part, of the then remaining principal balance of the Loan by and upon satisfaction of the following conditions (such event being a Defeasance Event ):
(i) Borrower shall provide not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender specifying the Payment Date (the Defeasance Date ) on which the Defeasance Event is to occur;
(ii) Borrower shall pay to Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance of the Loan to and including the Defeasance Date. If Lender agrees to accept a Defeasance Date that is not a Payment Date notwithstanding the requirement in this Section 2.8.1(a) that a Defeasance Event occur on a Payment Date, Borrower shall also pay interest that would have accrued on the Note through and including the next Payment Date, provided , however , if the Defeasance Deposit shall include (or if the U.S. Obligations purchased with such Defeasance Deposit shall provide for payment of) all principal and interest computed from the Payment Date prior to the Defeasance Date through the next succeeding Payment Date, Borrower shall not be required to pay such short term interest pursuant to this sentence;
(iii) Borrower shall pay to Lender all other sums, not including scheduled interest or principal payments, then due under the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents;
(iv) Borrower shall pay to Lender the required Defeasance Deposit for the Defeasance Event;
(v) Borrower shall execute and deliver a pledge and security agreement, in form and substance that would be reasonably satisfactory to a prudent lender creating a
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first priority lien on the Defeasance Deposit and the U.S. Obligations purchased with the Defeasance Deposit in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.8.1 (the Security Agreement );
(vi) Borrower shall deliver an opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to Lender that is standard in commercial lending transactions and subject only to customary qualifications, assumptions and exceptions opining, among other things, that Borrower has legally and validly transferred and assigned the U.S. Obligations and all obligations, rights and duties under and to the Note to the Successor Borrower, that Lender has a perfected first priority security interest in the Defeasance Deposit and the U.S. Obligations delivered by Borrower and that any REMIC Trust formed pursuant to a Securitization will not fail to maintain its status as a real estate mortgage investment conduit within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code as a result of such Defeasance Event;
(vii) Borrower shall deliver a Rating Agency Confirmation, and, if required by the applicable Approved Rating Agencies, Borrower shall also deliver or cause to be delivered an Additional Insolvency Opinion with respect to the Successor Borrower;
(viii) Borrower shall deliver an Officers Certificate certifying that the requirements set forth in this Section 2.8.1(a) have been satisfied;
(ix) Borrower shall deliver a certificate of Borrowers independent certified public accountant or another national recognized accounting firm acceptable to Lender in its reasonable discretion, certifying that the U.S. Obligations purchased with the Defeasance Deposit generate monthly amounts equal to or greater than the Scheduled Defeasance Payments;
(x) Borrower shall deliver such other certificates, documents or instruments as Lender may reasonably request; and
(xi) Borrower shall pay all reasonable, actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lender incurred in connection with the Defeasance Event, including (A) any costs and expenses associated with a release of the Lien of the Mortgage(s) as provided in Section 2.5.1 hereof, (B) reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Defeasance Event, (C) the costs and expenses of the Approved Rating Agencies, (D) any revenue, documentary stamp or intangible taxes or any other tax or charge due in connection with the transfer of the Note, or otherwise required to accomplish the defeasance and (E) the costs and expenses of Servicer and any trustee, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses.
(b) In connection with the Defeasance Event, Lender shall, at Borrowers direction, use the Defeasance Deposit on behalf of Borrower (and Borrower authorizes Lender to so use the Defeasance Deposit) to purchase U.S. Obligations which provide payments on or prior to, but as close as possible to, all successive scheduled Payment Dates after the Defeasance Date upon which interest and, if applicable, principal payments are required under this Agreement and the Note, and in amounts equal to or more than the scheduled payments due on such Payment
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Dates under this Agreement and the Note (including, without limitation, scheduled payments of interest, servicing fees (if any), and any other amounts due under the Loan Documents on such Payment Dates) and assuming the outstanding principal balance of the Note is prepaid in full on the Yield Maintenance End Date (the Scheduled Defeasance Payments ). Borrower, pursuant to the Security Agreement or other appropriate document, shall authorize and direct that the payments received from the U.S. Obligations shall be made directly to the Cash Management Account (unless otherwise directed by Lender) and applied to satisfy the Debt Service obligations of Borrower under this Agreement and the Note. Any portion of the Defeasance Deposit in excess of the amount necessary to purchase the U.S. Obligations required by this Section 2.8.1 and satisfy Borrowers other obligations under this Section 2.8.1 shall be remitted to Borrower.
2.8.2 Collateral . Each of the U.S. Obligations that are part of the defeasance collateral shall be duly endorsed by the holder thereof as directed by Lender or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and substance that would be satisfactory to a prudent lender (including, without limitation, such instruments as may be required by the depository institution holding such securities or by the issuer thereof, as the case may be, to effectuate book-entry transfers and pledges through the book-entry facilities of such institution) in order to perfect upon the delivery of the defeasance collateral a first priority security interest therein in favor of Lender in conformity with all applicable state and federal laws governing the granting of such security interests.
2.8.3 Successor Borrower . In connection with any Defeasance Event, Borrower shall establish or designate a successor entity (the Successor Borrower ) acceptable to Lender in its reasonable discretion, which shall be a Special Purpose Entity, which shall not own any other assets or have any other liabilities or operate other property (except in connection with other defeased loans held in the same securitized loan pool with the Loan). Borrower shall transfer and assign all obligations, rights and duties under and to the Note, together with the pledged U.S. Obligations to such Successor Borrower. Such Successor Borrower shall assume the obligations under the Note and the Security Agreement and Borrower shall be relieved of its obligations under such documents. Borrower shall pay $1,000 to any such Successor Borrower as consideration for assuming the obligations under the Note and the Security Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no other assumption fee shall be payable upon a transfer of the Note in accordance with this Section 2.8.3 .
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Closing . The obligation of Lender to make the Loan hereunder is subject to the fulfillment by Borrower or waiver by Lender of all of the conditions precedent to closing set forth in the application or term sheet for the Loan delivered by Borrower to Lender and the commitment or commitment rider, if any, to the application or term sheet for the Loan issued by Lender, and each such condition precedent shall be deemed to have been so satisfied or waived upon the making of the Loan by Lender to Borrower.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1 Borrower Representations . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee, where applicable, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date that:
4.1.1 Organization . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing with requisite power and authority to own or lease (as applicable) the applicable Individual Property and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified in connection with its businesses and operations. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee possesses all rights, licenses, permits and authorizations, governmental or otherwise, necessary to entitle it to own the applicable Individual Property and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged, other than to the extent the failure to do so does not result, and is not reasonably likely to result, in an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower. The sole business of each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee is the ownership or leasing (as applicable), management and operation of the applicable Individual Property. The ownership interests in Borrower and Operating Lessee are as set forth on the organizational chart attached hereto as Schedule 4.1.1 .
4.1.2 Proceedings . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee has taken all necessary action to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. This Agreement and such other applicable Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each such Individual Borrower and each such Individual Operating Lessee, enforceable against each such Individual Borrower and each such Individual Operating Lessee in accordance with their respective terms, subject only to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting rights of creditors generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
4.1.3 No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other applicable Loan Documents by each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) upon any of the property or assets of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement, management agreement or other agreement or instrument to which any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee is a party or by which any of any Individual Borrowers or any Individual Operating Lessees property or assets are subject (unless consents from all applicable parties thereto have been obtained), nor will such action, to Borrowers knowledge, result in any
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violation of the provisions of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee or any of any Individual Borrowers or any Individual Operating Lessees properties or assets, and any consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such Governmental Authority required for the execution, delivery and performance by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents has been obtained and is in full force and effect.
4.1.4 Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1.4 attached hereto, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Authority or other agency now pending or to Borrowers knowledge, threatened against or affecting any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal or any Individual Property, which actions, suits or proceedings, if determined against such Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee, Principal or Individual Property, would reasonably be expected to have an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect.
4.1.5 Agreements . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any restriction which has, or would reasonably be expected to have, an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower or an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is in default in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee or any Individual Property is bound. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has any material financial obligation under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is a party or by which such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee or any Individual Property is otherwise bound, other than (a) obligations incurred in the ordinary course of the operation of the Properties as permitted pursuant to clause (xxiii) of the definition of Special Purpose Entity set forth in Section 1.1 hereof, (b) obligations under the Loan Documents and (c) Permitted Encumbrances.
4.1.6 Title . Each Individual Borrower has good, marketable and insurable title to the real property comprising part of the applicable Individual Property and good title to the personal property and Improvements that constitute the balance of such Individual Property, free and clear of all Liens whatsoever except the Permitted Encumbrances, such other Liens as are permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Liens created by the Loan Documents. As of the Operating Lease Effective Date, each Operating Lessee will have good and marketable title to the leasehold interest with respect the real property comprising part of the applicable Individual Property and good title to the personal property and Improvements that constitute the balance of such Individual Property and that are not otherwise owned by the corresponding Individual Borrower. The Permitted Encumbrances, in the aggregate, do not have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the Individual Property affected thereby or an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect. Each Mortgage, when properly recorded in the appropriate records, together with any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed in connection therewith, will create (a) a valid, perfected first priority lien on the each Individual Borrowers and Individual Operating Lessees respective interests in the applicable Individual Property,
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subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and the Liens created by the Loan Documents and (b) perfected security interests in and to, and perfected collateral assignments of, all personalty (including the Leases), to the extent a security interest may be perfected therein by the recording of the applicable Mortgage or the filing of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code, all in accordance with the terms thereof, in each case subject only to any applicable Permitted Encumbrances, such other Liens as are permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Liens created by the Loan Documents. To Borrowers knowledge, there are no claims for payment for work, labor or materials affecting the Properties which are a Lien prior to, or of equal priority with, the Liens created by the Loan Documents and as to which Lender has not otherwise received affirmative insurance in the applicable Title Insurance Policy (in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in all respects).
4.1.7 Solvency . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has entered into this transaction or executed this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor and each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee has received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for its obligations under such Loan Documents. After giving effect to the Loan, the fair saleable value of the assets of each Individual Borrower and the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee, in the aggregate exceed and will, immediately following the making of the Loan, exceed the total liabilities of such Individual Borrower and corresponding Individual Operating Lessee, in the aggregate, including, without limitation, subordinated, unliquidated, disputed and contingent liabilities. The fair saleable value of the assets of each Individual Borrower and the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee is and will, immediately following the making of the Loan, be greater than the probable liabilities of such Individual Borrower and corresponding Operating Lessee, in the aggregate, including the maximum amount of its contingent liabilities on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured. The assets of each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee do not and, immediately following the making of the Loan will not, constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out its business as conducted or as proposed to be conducted. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee intends to, nor does it believe that it will, incur debt and liabilities (including contingent liabilities and other commitments) beyond its ability to pay such debt and liabilities as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee). No petition in bankruptcy has been filed against any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any of their respective constituent Persons in the last seven (7) years, and none of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any constituent Person in the last seven (7) years has ever made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or taken advantage of any insolvency act for the benefit of debtors. None of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, or any of their respective constituent Persons are 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 such Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees assets or property, and Borrower has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or such constituent Persons.
4.1.8 Full and Accurate Disclosure . No statement of fact made by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee in this Agreement or in any of the other
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Loan Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained herein or therein not misleading. There is no material fact presently known to any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee which has not been disclosed to Lender which has, nor as far as Borrower can reasonably foresee, would be reasonably likely to have, an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower or an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect.
4.1.9 No Plan Assets . As of the date of this Agreement, none of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Guarantor is an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to Title I of ERISA, and none of the respective assets of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Guarantor constitute or will constitute plan assets of any benefit plan investor within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the Plan Asset Regulations ). Except as could not reasonably be expected to have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower or an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect, none of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate is obligated to contribute to any employee benefit plan (as so defined) subject to Title IV of ERISA. Transactions contemplated hereunder by or with any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Guarantor are not subject to any state or other statute or regulation with respect to governmental plans within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA which are substantially similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code currently in effect and which prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to the exercise by Lender of any of its rights under the Loan Documents. No ERISA Event has occurred and to Borrowers knowledge no ERISA Event is reasonably likely to occur.
4.1.10 Compliance . Each Individual Borrower, each Individual Operating Lessee and each Individual Property and the use thereof comply in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements, including, without limitation, building and zoning ordinances and codes. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is in default or violation of any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority. There has not been committed by any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee or to the best of Borrowers knowledge, any other Person in occupancy of or involved with the operation or use of an Individual Property any act or omission affording the federal government or any other Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against such Individual Property or any part thereof or any monies paid in performance of Borrowers obligations under any of the Loan Documents.
4.1.11 Financial Information . All financial data, including, without limitation, the statements of cash flow and income and operating expense, that have been delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects (or to the extent that any such financial data was incorrect in any material respect when delivered, the same have been corrected by financial data subsequently delivered to Lender prior to the Closing Date in writing and containing an express reference to any and all such concerns), (ii) fairly represent the financial condition of each Individual Borrower, each Individual Operating Lessee and each Individual Property, as applicable, as of the date of such reports, and (iii) to the extent prepared or audited by an independent certified public accounting firm, have been
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prepared in accordance with GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts, throughout the periods covered, except as disclosed therein. The foregoing representation shall not apply to any such financial data that constitutes projections, provided that Borrower represents and warrants that such projections were made in good faith and that Borrower has no reason to believe that such projections are materially inaccurate. Except for Permitted Encumbrances, no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has contingent liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual forward or long term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments that are known to Borrower and are reasonably likely to have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower, except as referred to or reflected in said financial statements. Since the date of such financial statements, there has been no materially adverse change in the financial condition, operations or business of any Individual Borrower from that set forth in said financial statements.
4.1.12 Condemnation . No Condemnation or other similar proceeding has been commenced or, to the best of Borrowers knowledge, is threatened or contemplated with respect to all or any portion of any Individual Property or for the relocation of roadways providing access to any Individual Property, other than to the extent the same would not reasonably be expected to have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the Individual Property affected thereby.
4.1.13 Federal Reserve Regulations . 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 Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or for any other purpose which would be inconsistent with such Regulation U or any other Regulations of such Board of Governors, or for any purposes prohibited by Legal Requirements or by the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
4.1.14 Utilities and Public Access . Except as set forth in the related Title Insurance Policy or except to the extent that there is no Individual Material Adverse Effect on the affected Individual Property, (i) each Individual Property has rights of access to public ways and is served by water, sewer, sanitary sewer and storm drain facilities adequate to service such Individual Property for its intended uses; (ii) all public utilities necessary or convenient to the full use and enjoyment of each Individual Property are located either in the public right of way abutting such Individual Property (which are connected so as to serve such Individual Property without passing over other property) or in recorded easements serving such Individual Property and such easements are set forth in and insured by the applicable Title Insurance Policy; and (iii) all roads necessary for the use of each Individual Property for its current purposes have been completed and dedicated to public use and accepted by all Governmental Authorities.
4.1.15 Not a Foreign Person . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (or if such entity is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such entitys beneficial owner) is a foreign person within the meaning of § 1445(f)(3) of the Code.
4.1.16 Separate Lots . Except as set forth in the applicable Title Insurance Policy, each Individual Property is comprised of one (1) or more parcels which constitute a separate tax lot or lots and does not constitute a portion of any other tax lot not a part of such Individual Property.
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4.1.17 Assessments . Except as set forth in the applicable Title Insurance Policy, to Borrowers knowledge, there are no pending or proposed special or other assessments for public improvements or otherwise affecting any Individual Property, nor are there any contemplated improvements to any Individual Property that may result in such special or other assessments.
4.1.18 Enforceability . The Loan Documents are enforceable by Lender (or any subsequent holder thereof) in accordance with their respective terms, subject to principles of equity and bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws generally applicable to creditors rights and the enforcement of debtors obligations. The Loan Documents are not subject to any right of rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense by any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Guarantor, including the defense of usury, nor would the operation of any of the terms of the Loan Documents, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Loan Documents unenforceable (subject to principles of equity and bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws generally affecting creditors rights and the enforcement of debtors obligations), and none of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Guarantor has asserted any right of rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense with respect thereto.
4.1.19 No Prior Assignment . There are no prior assignments of the Leases or any portion of the Rents due and payable or to become due and payable which are presently outstanding.
4.1.20 Insurance . Borrower has obtained and has delivered to Lender certified copies of, or certificates with respect to, the Policies reflecting the insurance coverages, amounts and other requirements set forth in this Agreement. No claims have been made or are currently pending, outstanding or otherwise remain unsatisfied under any such Policy and would reasonably be expected to have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower, and none of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any other Person, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of any such Policy.
4.1.21 Use of Property . Each Individual Property is used exclusively for hotel and other appurtenant and related uses.
4.1.22 Certificate of Occupancy; Licenses . All certifications, permits, licenses and approvals, including without limitation, certificates of completion and occupancy permits and any applicable liquor license required for the legal use, occupancy and operation of each Individual Property as a hotel (collectively, the Licenses ), have been obtained and are in full force and effect, except for where the failure to obtain such licenses or for such licenses to not be in full force and effect does not have an Individual Material Adverse Effect. An Individual Borrower, an Individual Operating Lessee or Manager (as applicable) shall keep and maintain all Licenses necessary for the operation of each Individual Property as a hotel, except to the extent the failure to have such licenses would not reasonably be expected to result in an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower. The use being made of each Individual Property is in conformity in all material respects with the certificate of occupancy, if any, issued for such Individual Property.
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4.1.23 Flood Zone . Except as set forth in the Surveys or the flood determinations obtained by Lender, none of the Improvements on any Individual Property are located in an area as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and, if so located, the flood insurance required pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) is in full force and effect with respect to each such Individual Property.
4.1.24 Physical Condition . Except if the same do not, in the aggregate in respect of the Individual Property affected thereby, have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on such Individual Property or such Individual Borrower, and except as disclosed in the Property Reports, to Borrowers knowledge, (i) each Individual Property, including, without limitation, all buildings, improvements, parking facilities, sidewalks, storm drainage systems, roofs, plumbing systems, HVAC systems, fire protection systems, electrical systems, equipment, elevators, exterior sidings and doors, landscaping, irrigation systems and all structural components thereon, are in good condition, order and repair in all material respects; and (ii) there exists no structural or other material defects or damages in any Individual Property, whether latent or otherwise, and no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has received notice from any insurance company or bonding company of any defects or inadequacies in any Individual Property, or any part thereof, which have not been remedied prior to the Closing Date and would adversely affect 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.
4.1.25 Boundaries . Except as set forth in the Surveys, all of the improvements which were included in determining the appraised value of any Individual Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such Individual Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon any Individual Property, and no easements or other encumbrances upon any Individual Property encroach upon any of the Improvements, in each case, so as to result in an Individual Material Adverse Effect on such Individual Property or such Individual Borrower, except those which are insured against by the applicable Title Insurance Policy.
4.1.26 Leases . To Borrowers knowledge, no Individual Property is subject to any Material Lease other than the Material Lease(s) described on Schedule 5.1.21 attached hereto and made a part hereof and, to Borrowers knowledge, each rent roll with respect to an Individual Property attached hereto as Schedule 4.1.26 is true, complete and accurate in all material respects as of the Closing Date. Each Individual Borrower or the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee is the owner and lessor of landlords interest in the Leases with respect to the applicable Individual Property. To Borrowers knowledge, (i) with the exception of hotel guests and patrons, no Person has any possessory interest in any Individual Property or right to occupy the same except under and pursuant to the provisions of the Leases, (ii) the current Material Leases are in full force and effect and Borrower has not received or delivered written notice that either party is in default under a Material Lease except for (A) defaults which have been cured and (B) defaults that do not, in the aggregate for any Individual Property, have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on such Individual Property or such Individual Borrower. No Rent has been paid more than one (1) month in advance of its due date (except with respect to provision of rooms and banquet and meeting space and services in the ordinary course of business). All work to be performed by the applicable Individual Borrower under each Material Lease has been performed as required in all material respects and has been accepted by the
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applicable Tenant, and any payments, free rent, partial rent, rebate of rent or other payments, credits, allowances or abatements required to be given by the applicable Individual Borrower to any Tenant has already been received by such Tenant. To Borrowers knowledge, except as described on Schedule 4.1.26 , no Tenant under a Material Lease has assigned its Lease or sublet all or any portion of the premises demised thereby, no such Tenant holds its leased premises under assignment or sublease, nor does anyone except such Tenant and its employees occupy such leased premises. No Tenant under any Lease has a right or option pursuant to such Lease or otherwise to purchase all or any part of the leased premises or the building of which the leased premises are a part and no tenant under any Lease has any right or option for additional space in the Improvements.
4.1.27 Survey . To Borrowers knowledge, the Survey for each Individual Property delivered to Lender in connection with this Agreement does not fail to reflect any material matter affecting such Individual Property or the title thereto.
4.1.28 Inventory . Each Individual Borrower (and/or the applicable Operating Lessee, on and following the Operating Lease Effective Date) is the owner of all of the Equipment, Fixtures and Personal Property located on or at the applicable Individual Property. All of the Equipment, Fixtures and Personal Property located at a particular Individual Property are sufficient to operate such Individual Property in the manner required hereunder and in the manner in which the same is currently operated.
4.1.29 Filing and Recording Taxes . All mortgage, mortgage recording, stamp, intangible or other similar tax required to be paid by any Person under applicable Legal Requirements currently in effect in connection with the execution, delivery, recordation, filing, registration, perfection or enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Mortgages, have been paid, and, under current Legal Requirements, each of the Mortgages are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms by Lender (or any subsequent holder thereof), subject to principles of equity and bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws generally applicable to creditors rights and the enforcement of debtors obligations.
4.1.30 Special Purpose Entity/Separateness . (a) Each Individual Borrower, each Individual Operating Lessee and each Principal is a Special Purpose Entity.
(b) Intentionally omitted.
(c) Any and all of the stated facts and assumptions made in any Insolvency Opinion, including, but not limited to, any exhibits attached thereto, will have been true and correct in all respects, and Borrower, Operating Lessee and Principal, will have complied with all of the stated facts and assumptions made with respect to it in any Insolvency Opinion, in each case as of the date of such Insolvency Opinion. To Borrowers knowledge, each entity other than Borrower, Operating Lessee and Principal with respect to which an assumption is made or a fact stated in any Insolvency Opinion will have complied with all of the assumptions made and facts stated with respect to it in any such Insolvency Opinion, in each case as of the date of such Insolvency Opinion.
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(d) Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee represents with respect to itself and each Individual Borrower hereby represents as to any related Principal that, with respect to the period prior to the Closing Date, any amendment or restatement of any organizational document has been accomplished in accordance with, and was permitted by, the relevant provisions of such document prior to its amendment or restatement from time to time.
(e) Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee represents with respect to itself and any related Principal that, with respect to the period prior to the Closing Date, it:
(i) has been organized solely for the purpose of (A) in the case of an Individual Borrower, acquiring, developing, owning, holding, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging, managing and operating the applicable Individual Property, entering into and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents and documents in connection with prior financings, refinancing the applicable Individual Property in connection with a permitted repayment of the Loan, and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing, (B) in the case of any Principal, acting as a general partner of the limited partnership that owns the related Individual Property or as member of the limited liability company that owns the related Individual Property and transacting any and all lawful business that was incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing, and (C) in the case of an Individual Operating Lessee, being a party to the applicable Operating Lease in contemplation of the consummation of the Restructuring;
(ii) has not engaged in any business unrelated to the activities set forth in clause (i) above;
(iii) has not owned any real property other than (A) in the case of an Individual Borrower, the applicable Individual Property and (B) in the case of Operating Lessee, its leasehold interest in the applicable Individual Property;
(iv) has not had any assets other than (A) in the case of each Individual Borrower, the related Individual Property and personal property necessary or incidental to its ownership and operation of such Individual Property, (B) in the case of any Principal, acting as a general partner of the limited partnership that owns the related Individual Property or as member of the limited liability company that owns the related Individual Property, and (C) in the case of each Individual Operating Lessee, the leasehold interest in the related Individual Property and personal property necessary or incidental to its leasing and operation of such Individual Property.
(v) has not engaged in, sought, consented to or permitted (A) any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or merger, or (B) any sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of its assets or any sale of assets outside the ordinary course of its business;
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(vi) has at all times remained solvent and has paid its debts and liabilities (including, a fairly allocated portion of any personnel and overhead expenses that it shares with any Affiliate) from its assets as the same shall become due, and has maintained adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations (in each case, to the extent there existed sufficient cash flow from the operations of the Property to do so);
(vii) has not failed to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such entity;
(viii) has maintained its bank accounts, books of account, books and records separate from those of any other Person and has filed its own tax return, or was included as a disregarded entity in the filing of its parents tax return, or was included in the filing of a consolidated tax return, as applicable;
(ix) has maintained its own records, books, resolutions and agreements;
(x) except with respect to prior financings, has not (i) commingled its funds or assets with those of any other Person (ii) or participated in any cash management system with any other Person;
(xi) has held its assets in its own name;
(xii) has conducted its business in its name or in a name franchised or licensed to it by the applicable Manager or an Affiliate of such Manager (provided that an Individual Borrower may have conducted its business through an Affiliate of itself or the other Individual Borrower or an entity that acted as manager solely as an agent for such Individual Borrower under a prior financing that has been fully repaid on or before the Closing Date) except for business conducted on behalf of itself by another Person under a business management services agreement that is on commercially reasonable terms, so long as the manager, or equivalent thereof, under such business management services agreement holds itself out as an agent of such Special Purpose Entity;
(xiii) (A) has maintained its financial statements, accounting records and other entity documents separate from those of any other Person; (B) has shown, in its financial statements, its asset and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person; and (C) has not permitted its assets to be listed as assets on the financial statement of any of its Affiliates except as required by GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts, provided , however , that any such consolidated financial statement contained a note indicating that the Special Purpose Entitys separate assets and credit were not available to pay the debts of such Affiliate and that the Special Purpose Entitys liabilities did not constitute obligations of the consolidated entity, except as provided herein with respect to each other Individual Borrower;
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(xiv) has paid its own liabilities and expenses, including the salaries of its own employees, out of its own funds and assets, provided there was sufficient cash flow to do so, and has maintained a sufficient number of employees, if any, in light of its business operations;
(xv) has observed all limited partnership or limited liability company formalities, as applicable;
(xvi) has not had any Indebtedness other than as expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any prior financing that has been fully repaid on or before the Closing Date and such other liabilities as otherwise imposed by law, provided that no Principal has had any Indebtedness;
(xvii) other than as expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any prior financing and except for guarantees or obligations, in each case, that have been released or discharged or that will be released or discharged on or before the Closing Date, has not assumed or guaranteed or become obligated for the debts of any other Person, has not held out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person or has not pledged its assets to secure the obligations of any other Person;
(xviii) except as expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any prior financing and except for loans, in each case, that have been released or discharged or that will be released or discharged on or before the Closing Date, has not made loans to any Person and shall not hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person (other than cash and investment grade securities issued by an entity that is not an Affiliate of or subject to common ownership with such entity);
(xix) has not identified its partners, members or shareholders, or any Affiliate of any of them, as a division or department or part of it and has not identified itself as a division or department of any other Person;
(xx) other than capital contributions and distributions permitted under the terms of its organizational documents, has not entered into or been a party to, any transaction with any of its partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are commercially reasonable terms comparable to those of an arms length transaction with an unrelated third party;
(xxi) has not had any obligation to indemnify and has not indemnified its partners, officers, directors or members, as the case may be, in each case unless such an obligation or indemnification is fully subordinated to the Debt and shall not constitute a claim against it in the event that its cash flow is insufficient to pay the Debt;
(xxii) except in respect of prior financings that have been repaid or otherwise discharged or that will be repaid or discharged on or before the Closing Date, has not had any of its obligations guaranteed by any Affiliate;
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(xxiii) has not formed, acquired or held any subsidiary; provided , that a Principal has acquired and held its interest in the related Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee;
(xxiv) has complied with all of the terms and provisions contained in its organizational documents;
(xxv) has conducted its business so that each of the assumptions made about it and each of the facts stated about it in the Insolvency Opinion, or if applicable, any Additional Insolvency Opinion, are true;
(xxvi) has not permitted any Affiliate or constituent party independent access to its bank accounts, except as expressly permitted in any prior financing that was repaid in full on or before the Closing Date;
(xxvii) has always been duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing in the state of its formation and in all other jurisdictions where it is qualified to do business; and
(xxviii) has not been a party to any lawsuit, arbitration, summons, or legal proceeding that resulted in a judgment against it that has not been paid in full.
(f) Any assignment of limited liability company interests in any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal and the admission of the assignee as a member of such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee or such Principal was accomplished in accordance with, and was permitted by, the limited liability company agreement of such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee or such Principal, as in effect at such time.
(g) The Organizational Documents for each Individual Borrower or each Individual Operating Lessee that is a Delaware limited liability company and for each Principal shall provide that except for duties to such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee and/or Principal as set forth in the Organizational Documents (including duties to the member and the applicable Individual Borrowers, Individual Operating Lessees or Principals creditors solely to the extent of their respective economic interests in the Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal, but excluding (i) all other interests of the member, (ii) the interests of other Affiliates of the Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal, and (iii) the interests of any group of Affiliates of which the Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal is a part), the Independent Directors shall not have any fiduciary duties to the member, any officer or any other Person bound by the applicable Individual Borrowers, Individual Operating Lessees or Principals Organizational Documents; provided, however, the foregoing shall not eliminate the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. To the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 18-1101(e) of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, an Independent Director shall not be liable to any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or Principal, the member or any other Person bound by the applicable Individual Borrowers, Individual Operating Lessees or Principals Organizational Documents for breach of contract or breach of duties (including
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fiduciary duties), unless the Independent Director acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct. All right, power and authority of the Independent Directors shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in the applicable Individual Borrowers, Individual Operating Lessees or Principals Organizational Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of the applicable Individual Borrowers, Individual Operating Lessees or Principals Organizational Documents to the contrary, each Independent Director, in its capacity as an Independent Director, may only act, vote or otherwise participate in those matters referred to in Section 9(j)(iii) of the applicable Individual Borrowers, Individual Operating Lessees or Principals Organizational Documents or as otherwise specifically required by the applicable Organizational Documents, and such Independent Directors act, vote or other participation shall not be required for the validity of any action taken by the board of directors of such Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal unless, pursuant to the provisions of such Section 9(j)(iii) or as otherwise specifically provided in the applicable Organizational Documents, such action would be invalid in the absence of the affirmative vote or consent of such Independent Director.
(h) (i) any consents, waivers or amendments to the limited liability company agreement of any Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal that is a Delaware limited liability company (each a Company ), or limited partnership agreement of any Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal that is a Delaware limited partnership (each a Partnership ), that were required to effect any assignment of a limited liability company interest in such Company or assignment of a partnership interest in such Partnership, as the case may be, or for the admission of an assignee as a member of a Company, or as a partner of a Partnership, were obtained or accomplished in accordance with such limited liability company agreement or partnership agreement, as applicable, as in effect at the time of such assignment, and that any conditions to assignment of any limited liability company interest in a Company or any partnership interest in a Partnership, as the case may be, or for the admission of an assignee as a member of a Company or as a partner of a Partnership, as applicable, have been satisfied or waived, (ii) there have been at all times at least one member of each Company, and (iii) that have been at all times at least one general partner and one additional general or limited partner of each Partnership that were different Persons.
4.1.31 Management Agreement . Each Management Agreement is in full force and effect and, to Borrowers knowledge, there is no material default thereunder by any party thereto and no event has occurred that, with the passage of time and/or the giving of notice would constitute a material default thereunder. Each Management Agreement was entered into on commercially reasonable terms.
4.1.32 Illegal Activity . No portion of any Individual Property has been or will be purchased with proceeds of any illegal activity.
4.1.33 No Change in Facts or Circumstances; Disclosure . To Borrowers knowledge, all information submitted by and on behalf of any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee to Lender and in all financial statements, rent rolls (including the rent roll attached hereto as Schedule 4.1.26 ), reports, certificates and other documents submitted in connection with the Loan or in satisfaction of the terms thereof and all statements of fact made by Borrower or Operating Lessee in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, are true,
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complete and correct in all material respects. The foregoing representation shall not apply to any such financial information that constitutes projections, provided that each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee represents and warrants that it has no reason to believe that such projections are materially inaccurate. There has been no material adverse change in any condition, fact, circumstance or event that would make any such information inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading in any material respect or that otherwise has or would be reasonably likely to have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower or Aggregate Material Adverse Effect. Each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee has disclosed to Lender all material facts and have not failed to disclose any material fact that could cause any Provided Information or representation or warranty made herein to be materially misleading.
4.1.34 Investment Company Act . No Individual Operating Lessee or Individual Borrower is (a) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (b) a holding company or a subsidiary company of a holding company or an affiliate of either a holding company or a subsidiary company within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended; or (c) subject to any other federal or state law or regulation which purports to restrict or regulate its ability to borrow money.
4.1.35 Embargoed Person . As of the date hereof, (a) none of the funds or other assets of any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any person, entity or government subject to trade restrictions under U.S. law, including but not limited to, the USA PATRIOT Act (including anti-terrorism provisions thereof), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq. , The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq. , and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated thereunder with the result that the investment in such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan made by the Lender is in violation of law ( Embargoed Person ); (b) none of the funds or other assets of any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (c) no Embargoed Person has any interest of any nature whatsoever in any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee with the result that the investment in such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan is in violation of law; and (d) none of the funds of any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee have been derived from or are the proceeds of, any unlawful activity with the result that the investment in such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan is in violation of law.
4.1.36 Principal Place of Business; State of Organization . Each Individual Borrowers and Individual Operating Lessees principal place of business as of the date hereof is the address set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee is organized under the laws of the State listed opposite of such Individual Borrower and such Individual Operating Lessee on Schedule 4.1.36 , and the organizational identification number of each such Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee is listed in Schedule 4.1.36 .
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4.1.37 Intentionally Omitted .
4.1.38 Mortgage Taxes . As of the date hereof, each Individual Borrower represents that it has paid (or escrowed sufficient funds with the escrow agent for payment of) all state, county and municipal recording and all other similar taxes imposed upon the execution and recordation of the Mortgage to which it is a party.
4.1.39 Operating Lease . The execution of each Operating Lease by the Individual Borrower that is party thereto (and the same becoming effective on the Operating Lease Effective Date) is necessary or desirable to effectuate the Restructuring and qualify Sponsor REIT as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856-860 of the Code and applicable regulations relating thereto.
4.1.40 Cash Management Account . Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender that:
(a) The Cash Management Agreement, and this Agreement create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York) in the Cash Management Account in favor of Lender, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee. Other than in connection with the Loan Documents and except for Permitted Encumbrances, no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has sold, pledged, transferred or otherwise conveyed the Cash Management Account;
(b) The Cash Management Account constitutes a deposit account and/or securities account within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York;
(c) Pursuant and subject to the terms hereof and the other applicable Loan Documents, Agent has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by Lender, without further consent by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee, directing disposition of the Cash Management Account and all sums at any time held, deposited or invested therein, together with any interest or other earnings thereon, and all proceeds thereof (including proceeds of sales and other dispositions), whether accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper, deposit accounts, instruments, documents or securities; and
(d) The Cash Management Account is not in the name of any Person other than the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, as pledgor, or Lender, as pledgee. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has consented to Agent complying with instructions with respect to the Cash Management Account from any Person other than Lender.
4.1.41 Intentionally Omitted .
4.1.42 Taxes . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee is treated as a partnership or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee has timely filed or caused to be filed
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all federal income and other material Section 2.7 Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid all federal income and other material Taxes and related liabilities required to have been paid by it, except Section 2.7 Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves. There are no Liens for Section 2.7 Taxes on or with respect to any of any Individual Borrowers or any Individual Operating Lessees income or assets, other than Liens for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or which are contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee has set aside on its books adequate reserves.
4.1.43 Labor . No work stoppage, labor strike, slowdown or lockout is pending or threatened by employees and other laborers at the Properties. Except as described on Schedule 4.1.43 , none of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or, to Borrowers knowledge without inquiry, Manager (i) is involved in or, to the best of Borrowers knowledge, threatened with any material labor dispute, material grievance or litigation relating to labor matters involving any employees and other laborers at the Properties, including, without limitation, violation of any federal, state or local labor, safety or employment laws (domestic or foreign) and/or charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints, (ii) to the best of Borrowers knowledge, has not engaged with respect to the Properties, in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway Labor Act, or (iii) is not a party to, or bound by, any existing collective bargaining agreement or union contract with respect to employees and other laborers at the Properties. As of the Closing Date, Borrower has received no notice that any payments that are required to be paid under any collective bargaining agreement have not been paid.
4.1.44 Project Improvement Plans . There exists no project improvement plan applicable to any Individual Property.
4.1.45 Intentionally Omitted.
4.1.46 Intentionally Omitted .
4.1.47 Material Property Agreements .
(a) Each Material Property Agreement that is currently in effect (if any) is listed on Schedule 4.1.47 hereof, and each such Material Property Agreement is in full force and effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1.47 hereof, there are no material defaults by the applicable Individual Borrower thereunder or, to Borrowers knowledge, any material defaults thereunder by any other party thereto. Borrower has not given or received any notice of default under any of the Material Property Agreements that remains uncured or in dispute.
(b) Borrower has delivered true, correct and complete copies of the Material Property Agreements (including all amendments and supplements thereto) to Lender.
(c) All fees and other compensation for services previously performed under the Material Property Agreements have been paid in full or are not yet due and payable as of the date hereof.
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Section 4.2 Survival of Representations . Borrower and Operating Lessee agree that all of the representations and warranties of Borrower and Operating Lessee set forth in Section 4.1 hereof and elsewhere in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall survive for so long as any amount remains owing to Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by Borrower but shall be deemed to have been given on the date hereof. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents by Borrower and Operating Lessee shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lender notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by Lender or on its behalf.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.1 Affirmative Covenants . From the date hereof and until payment and performance in full of all obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents or the earlier release of the Liens of the Mortgages encumbering the Properties (and all related obligations) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each of Borrower and Operating Lessee hereby covenants and agrees with Lender to comply with the following covenants:
5.1.1 Existence; Compliance with Legal Requirements . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights, licenses, permits and franchises and comply in all material respects with all Legal Requirements applicable to such Individual Borrower or such Individual Operating Lessee and the related Individual Property, including, without limitation, building and zoning codes and certificates of occupancy and the procurement of all necessary and required hospitality, liquor or innkeepers licenses, other than to the extent the failure to do so would not result in an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower. There shall never be committed by any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee, and no Individual Borrower Individual Operating Lessee shall permit any other Person in occupancy of or involved with the operation or use of the related Individual Property to commit any act or omission affording the federal government or any state or local government the right of forfeiture against such Individual Property or any part thereof or any monies paid in performance of Borrowers obligations under any of the Loan Documents. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee hereby covenants and agrees not to commit, permit or suffer to exist any act or omission affording such right of forfeiture. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall at all times maintain, preserve and protect all rights it has in necessary franchises and trade names and preserve all the remainder of its property used or useful in the conduct of its business and shall keep the related Individual Property in good working order and repair, and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto, all as more fully provided in the Loan Documents. Each Individual Borrower and/or the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee shall keep the related Individual Property insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers, to such extent and against such risks, and maintain liability and such other
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insurance, as is more fully provided in this Agreement. After prior written notice to Lender, any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, at its own expense, may contest by appropriate legal proceeding promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the validity of any Legal Requirement, the applicability of any Legal Requirement to itself, the corresponding Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) or the related Individual Property or any alleged violation of any Legal Requirement, provided that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured; (ii) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of any instrument to which such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder and such proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable statutes, laws and ordinances; (iii) neither the applicable Individual Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost during the pendency of such dispute; (iv) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly upon final determination thereof comply with any such Legal Requirement determined to be valid or applicable or cure any violation of any Legal Requirement; (v) such proceeding shall suspend the enforcement of the contested Legal Requirement against it, the corresponding Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) and the related Individual Property during the pendency of such dispute; and (vi) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall furnish such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to insure compliance with such Legal Requirement, together with all interest and penalties payable in connection therewith. Lender may apply any such security, as necessary to cause compliance with such Legal Requirement at any time when, in the reasonable judgment of Lender, the validity, applicability or violation of such Legal Requirement is finally established or the applicable Individual Property (or any part thereof or interest therein) shall be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost.
5.1.2 Taxes and Other Charges . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.1.2 , each Individual Borrower and/or the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee shall pay all Taxes and Other Charges now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the related Individual Property or any part thereof prior to delinquency; provided , however , each such Individual Borrowers and/or Individual Operating Lessees obligation to directly pay Taxes and Other Charges shall be suspended for so long as Borrower complies with the terms and provisions of Section 7.2 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.1.2 , each Individual Borrower shall, or shall cause the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee to, not later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of a written request from Lender, deliver to Lender receipts for payment or other evidence satisfactory to Lender that the Taxes and Other Charges with respect to the related Individual Property have been so paid or are not then delinquent no later than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Taxes and/or Other Charges would otherwise be delinquent if not paid ( provided , however , no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall be required to furnish such receipts for payment of such Taxes and Other Charges during any period that Taxes and Other Charges have been paid by Lender pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof or by Manager pursuant to a Management Agreement). Except as otherwise provided in the following sentence, neither Individual Borrower nor the related Individual Operating Lessee shall suffer, and each Individual Borrower and the related Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly cause to be paid and discharged, any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or charge whatsoever which may be or become a Lien or charge against the related Individual Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances), and shall promptly pay for all
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utility services provided to such Individual Property. Any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, at its own expense, may contest, by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount or validity or application in whole or in part of any Taxes or Other Charges, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured; (ii) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of any other instrument to which such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder and such proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable statutes, laws and ordinances; (iii) neither the applicable Individual Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost during the pendency thereof; (iv) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly upon final determination thereof pay the amount of any such Taxes or Other Charges, together with all costs, interest and penalties which may be payable in connection therewith; (v) such proceeding shall suspend the collection of such contested Taxes or Other Charges from the applicable Individual Property during the pendency thereof; (vi) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall furnish such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to insure the payment of any such Taxes or Other Charges, together with all interest and penalties thereon; and (vii) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall deliver written notice of such contest to Lender. Lender may pay over any such cash deposit or part thereof held by Lender to the claimant entitled thereto at any time when, in the reasonable judgment of Lender, the entitlement of such claimant is established or the applicable Individual Property (or part thereof or interest therein) shall be in imminent danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost or there shall be any danger of the Lien of any Mortgage being primed by any related Lien.
5.1.3 Litigation . Borrower shall give prompt written notice to Lender of any litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened against any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee which might have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on any Individual Property or any Individual Borrower or Aggregate Material Adverse Effect.
5.1.4 Access to Properties . Subject to the rights of Tenants, guests, and patrons, each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall permit agents, representatives and employees of Lender to inspect the applicable Individual Property or any part thereof at reasonable hours upon reasonable advance notice.
5.1.5 Notice of Default . Borrower and/or Operating Lessee shall promptly advise Lender of any material adverse change in any Individual Borrowers, any Individual Operating Lessees or Guarantors condition, financial or otherwise, or of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default of which Borrower or Operating Lessee has knowledge.
5.1.6 Cooperate in Legal Proceedings . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall cooperate fully with Lender with respect to any proceedings before any court, board or other Governmental Authority which may in any way materially and adversely affect the rights of Lender hereunder or any rights obtained by Lender under any of the other Loan Documents and, in connection therewith, permit Lender, at its election, to participate in any such proceedings.
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5.1.7 Perform Loan Documents . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall in a timely manner observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of, and shall pay when due all costs, fees and expenses to the extent required under the Loan Documents executed and delivered by, or applicable to, such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall enter into or otherwise suffer or permit any amendment, waiver, supplement, termination or other modification of any Loan Document executed and delivered by, or applicable to, such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee without the prior written consent of Lender.
5.1.8 Award and Insurance Benefits . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall cooperate with Lender in obtaining for Lender the benefits of any Awards or Insurance Proceeds lawfully or equitably payable in connection with the related Individual Property, and Lender shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements, and the payment by Borrower of the expense of an appraisal on behalf of Lender in case of Casualty or Condemnation affecting any Individual Property or any part thereof) out of such Insurance Proceeds.
5.1.9 Further Assurances . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall, at Borrowers sole cost and expense:
(a) without limiting any other obligation of any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee hereunder, upon the written request of Lender, furnish to Lender all instruments, documents, boundary surveys, footing or foundation surveys, certificates, plans and specifications, appraisals, title and other insurance reports and agreements, and each and every other document, certificate, agreement and instrument required to be furnished by such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents or which are reasonably requested by Lender in connection therewith, provided, that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the foregoing shall not require any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee to obtain updated appraisals after the Closing Date, unless specifically required by the terms of this Agreement;
(b) execute and deliver to Lender such documents, instruments, certificates, assignments and other writings, and do such other acts reasonably necessary, to evidence, preserve and/or protect the collateral at any time securing or intended to secure the obligations of Borrower and Operating Lessee under the Loan Documents, as Lender may reasonably require including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of all writings necessary to transfer any hospitality, liquor and other licenses required for the continued operation of any Individual Property into the name of Lender or its designee after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to the extent such transfer is permitted by applicable law or, to the extent such transfer is not permitted by applicable law, reasonably cooperate with Lender in obtaining new hospitality, liquor or other licenses required for the continued operation of an Individual Property and terminating existing licenses, in each case solely at the direction of Lender; and
(c) do and execute all and 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 Lender shall reasonably require from time to time.
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5.1.10 Principal Place of Business, State of Organization . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall cause or permit any change to be made in its name or identity (including its trade name or names) unless such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall have first notified Lender in writing of such change at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change, and shall have first taken all action required by Lender for the purpose of perfecting or protecting the lien and security interests of Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall change its organizational structure or place of organization or formation (as set forth in Section 4.1.36 hereof), except as permitted pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, without first obtaining the prior written consent of Lender and delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation. Upon Lenders request, the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall, at Borrowers sole cost and expense, execute and deliver additional financing statements, security agreements and other instruments which may be necessary to effectively evidence or perfect Lenders security interest in the applicable Individual Property as a result of such change of principal place of business or place of organization (in the case of a change of place of organization, if approved in accordance with the foregoing sentence). Each Individual Borrowers and each Individual Operating Lessees principal place of business and chief executive office has been for the preceding four months (or, if less, the entire period of the existence of such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee) and will continue to be the address of each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee set forth at the introductory paragraph of this Agreement unless Borrower notifies Lender in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of change and Borrower authorizes Lender to file UCC-3 financing statements as necessary or desirable to maintain the priority of the liens granted hereunder (provided that Lender acknowledges that, in connection with the Restructuring, the principal place of business of each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee will be changed to 1600 Tysons Blvd., Suite 1000, McLean, Virginia, and within a reasonable time thereafter, again to 1650 Tysons Blvd., Suite 1300, McLean, Virginia, and notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall only be required to provide written notice thereof promptly upon each such change, provided that, in connection therewith, each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee shall, at Borrowers sole cost and expense, execute and deliver additional financing statements, security agreements and other instruments which may be necessary to effectively evidence or perfect Lenders security interest in the applicable Individual Property as a result of such change of principal place of business or place of organization). No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall change its organizational identification number without the prior written consent of Lender. Upon receipt of a written request from Lender, Borrower shall execute a certificate in form satisfactory to Lender listing the trade names under which each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee intends to operate the related Individual Property, and representing and warranting that each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee does business under no other trade name with respect to such applicable Individual Property.
5.1.11 Financial Reporting . (a) Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee will keep and maintain or will cause to be kept and maintained on a Fiscal Year basis, in accordance with GAAP (or such other accounting basis acceptable to Lender) as
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interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts, proper and accurate books, records and accounts reflecting all of the financial affairs of such Individual Borrower or such Individual Operating Lessee and all items of income and expense in connection with the operation on an individual basis of the related Individual Property. Lender shall have the right from time to time at all times during normal business hours upon reasonable notice (and, in any event, not more than two (2) times in any calendar year unless an Event of Default is continuing, in which case no such restriction shall apply) to examine such books, records and accounts at the office of Borrower, Operating Lessee or any other Person maintaining such books, records and accounts and to make such copies or extracts thereof as Lender shall desire. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay any reasonable and actual costs and expenses incurred by Lender to examine any Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees accounting records with respect to any Individual Property, as Lender shall reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate in the protection of Lenders interest.
(b) Borrower will furnish to Lender annually, within seventy-five (75) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of Borrowers and Operating Lessees unaudited financial statements covering the Properties on a combined basis for such Fiscal Year and containing statements of profit and loss for Borrower, Operating Lessee and the Properties and a balance sheet for Borrower and Operating Lessee. Such statements shall set forth the financial condition and the results of operations for the Properties (on a combined basis) for such Fiscal Year, and shall include, but not be limited to, amounts representing annual Net Operating Income, Gross Income from Operations and Operating Expenses (not including any contributions to the Replacement Reserve Account). Borrowers and Operating Lessees annual financial statements shall be accompanied by (i) an Officers Certificate stating that each such annual financial statement presents fairly the financial condition and the results of operations of Borrower, Operating Lessee and the Properties being reported upon as of such date and has been prepared in accordance with GAAP (or such other accounting basis acceptable to Lender), as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts and (ii) occupancy statistics including revenue per available room and average daily rates for the Properties on a combined basis as well as for each Individual Property. Together with Borrowers and Operating Lessees annual financial statements, Borrower shall furnish to Lender an Officers Certificate certifying as of the date thereof whether there exists, to Borrowers knowledge, an event or circumstance which constitutes a Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents executed and delivered by, or applicable to, Borrower or Operating Lessee, and if such Default or Event of Default exists, the nature thereof, the period of time it has existed and the action then being taken to remedy the same.
(c) Within one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, Borrower shall provide a complete copy of Guarantors (or its publicly traded parent) annual financial statements audited by a Big Four accounting firm or other independent certified public accountant acceptable to Lender in accordance with GAAP as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts (or such other accounting basis acceptable to Lender). The financial information for the Properties, each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall be included as part of Guarantors (or its publicly traded parents) annual audited financial statements.
(d) Borrower will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to Lender on or before forty (40) days after the end of (i) prior to a Securitization, each calendar month and (ii) after a
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Securitization, each calendar quarter, each the following items, accompanied by an Officers Certificate stating that (A) such items are true, correct, accurate, and complete and fairly present the financial condition and results of the operations of Borrower, Operating Lessee and the Properties on a combined basis as well as each Individual Property (subject to normal year-end adjustments) as of the relevant date, as applicable, and (B) the representations and warranties of Borrower and Operating Lessee set forth in subsection (xxiii) of the definition of Special Purpose Entity are true and correct as of the date of such certificate: (i) an occupancy report for the subject month, including an average daily rate and revenue per available room; (ii) monthly or quarterly (as applicable) and year to date operating statements prepared for each calendar month or quarter (as applicable), noting EBITDA, Gross Income from Operations, and Operating Expenses (not including any contributions to the Replacement Reserve Account), and other information necessary and sufficient to fairly represent the financial position and results of operation of the Properties during such calendar month or quarter (as applicable), and containing a comparison of budgeted income and expenses and the actual income and expenses, all in form satisfactory to Lender, (iii) during a Cash Trap Period, upon the written request of Lender, a detailed explanation of any variances of ten percent (10%) or more between budgeted and actual amounts for such periods and (iv) the most current Smith Travel Research Reports then available to Borrower or Operating Lessee reflecting market penetration and relevant hotel properties competing with the Properties.
(e) Lender hereby acknowledges receipt of the forecasted Annual Budget for the remainder of the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2016. Borrower or Operating Lessee shall submit to Lender an Annual Budget upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date which is five (5) Business Days after receipt by Borrower or Operating Lessee, as applicable, of such Annual Budget from Manager and (ii) December 31 of then-current calendar year (which, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, shall be for informational purposes only). If a Cash Trap Period is continuing, the Annual Budget shall be subject to Lenders reasonable written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (each such Annual Budget, an Approved Annual Budget ); provided , however, that Lender shall not withhold its consent with respect to (i) expenditures necessary to comply with life, health or safety matters and (ii) Employment Costs (as such term is defined in the Management Agreement). So long as no Cash Trap Period is continuing, any Annual Budget and any amendments or modifications thereto shall be deemed an Approved Annual Budget and Lender shall have no approval right with respect thereto. In the event that Borrower is required to submit an Annual Budget for approval pursuant to this Section 5.1.11(e) , each such request for approval of an Annual Budget shall contain the following legend in prominently displayed in bold, all caps and fourteen (14) point or larger font in the transmittal letter requesting approval: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN ANNUAL BUDGET. LENDERS RESPONSE IS REQUESTED WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS . In the event that Lender fails to grant or withhold its approval to such Annual Budget within such ten (10) day period, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a second request for approval containing the following legend in prominently displayed in bold, all caps and fourteen (14) point or larger font in the transmittal letter requesting approval: THIS IS A SECOND REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN ANNUAL BUDGET. LENDERS RESPONSE IS REQUESTED WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS. LENDERS FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN SUCH TIME PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN LENDERS APPROVAL BEING DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GRANTED . In the event that Lender fails to grant or withhold its approval to such Annual Budget within such ten (10) day period,
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then Lenders approval shall be deemed to have been granted. In the event that Lender timely disapproves a proposed Annual Budget in accordance with the foregoing, Borrower or Operating Lessee shall promptly revise such Annual Budget and resubmit the same to Lender (and each such resubmittal shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 5.1.11(e) as if the applicable proposed Annual Budget were being submitted to Lender for its initial review of the same, provided that the aforesaid ten (10) day periods shall each be five (5) days in connection with any such resubmittal). Borrower or Operating Lessee shall promptly revise each proposed Annual Budget and resubmit the same to Lender in accordance with the foregoing until Lender approves the proposed Annual Budget. Until such time that Lender approves a proposed Annual Budget, the most recently Approved Annual Budget shall apply; provided that, each line item of such Approved Annual Budget shall be increased by the amount of the increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for the immediately preceding calendar year (other than the line items in respect of Taxes, Insurance Premiums, union wages, utilities expenses and Other Charges, which line items shall be adjusted to reflect actual increases in such expenses).
(f) In the event that, during any Cash Trap Period, any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee must incur a capital expense not set forth in the Approved Annual Budget (each an Extraordinary Expense ), then Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a reasonably detailed explanation of such proposed Extraordinary Expense for Lenders approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed; provided , that Lenders consent shall not be required in connection with: capital expenditures (i) necessary to comply with life, health or safety matters and Legal Requirements and (ii) for which Borrower and/or Operating Lessee is permitted to use Excess Cash Flow Reserve Funds, to the extent that there are sufficient funds available. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the date of the Restructuring, nothing in this clause (f) shall be deemed to limit Managers rights set forth elsewhere with respect to the Operating Account and the FF&E Concentration Account.
(g) During the continuance of a Cash Trap Period, no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) shall approve (to the extent such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is permitted to approve or reject such operating budget pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement) any operating budget pursuant to the Management Agreement to which it is a party without the prior written consent of Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Lender shall cooperate with each Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) to follow the procedures for budget approval set forth in each Management Agreement to the extent Borrower or Operating Lessee notifies Lender thereof.
(h) Any reports, statements or other information required to be delivered under this Agreement may be delivered via email or on a diskette and/or, if requested by Lender and within the capabilities of Borrowers data systems without change or modification thereto, with report files in electronic form of Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel (which files may be prepared using a spreadsheet program and saved as word processing files). Borrower agrees that Lender may disclose information regarding the Properties and Borrower that is provided to Lender pursuant to this Section 5.1.11(h) in connection with the Securitization to such parties requesting such information in connection with such Securitization.
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5.1.12 Business and Operations . Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall continue to engage in the businesses presently conducted by it (or, with respect to each Individual Operating Lessee, contemplated to be conducted by it pursuant to the applicable Operating Lease) as and to the extent the same are necessary for the ownership or leasing (as applicable), maintenance, management, leasing and operation of their respective Individual Property. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall qualify to do business and will remain in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation as and to the extent the same are required for the ownership, maintenance, management and operation of their respective Individual Property. Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall at all times during the term of the Loan, continue to own or lease all of Equipment, Fixtures and Personal Property which are necessary to operate their respective Individual Property in the manner required hereunder and in the manner in which it is currently operated.
5.1.13 Title to the Properties . Each Individual Borrower and each Operating Lessee shall warrant and defend (a) the title to each Individual Property and every part thereof, subject only to Liens permitted hereunder (including Permitted Encumbrances), and (b) the validity and priority of the Lien of the Mortgage to which it is a party on the applicable Individual Property, subject only to Liens permitted hereunder (including Permitted Encumbrances), in each case against the claims of all Persons whomsoever. Borrower shall reimburse Lender for any losses, costs, damages or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and court costs) incurred by Lender if an interest in any Individual Property, other than as permitted hereunder, is claimed by another Person.
5.1.14 Costs of Enforcement . In the event (a) that any Mortgage encumbering any Individual Property is foreclosed in whole or in part or that any such Mortgage is put into the hands of an attorney for collection, suit, action or foreclosure, (b) of the foreclosure of any mortgage encumbering such Individual Property prior to or subsequent to any Mortgage encumbering any Individual Property in which proceeding Lender is made a party, or (c) of the bankruptcy, insolvency, rehabilitation or other similar proceeding in respect of Borrower or any of its constituent Persons or an assignment by Borrower or any of its constituent Persons for the benefit of its creditors, Borrower and its successors or assigns, shall be chargeable with and agrees to pay all out-of-pocket costs of collection and defense, including reasonable third party attorneys fees and expenses, incurred by Lender or Borrower in connection therewith, but excluding regular servicing fees and in connection with any appellate proceeding or post judgment action involved therein, together with all required service or use taxes.
5.1.15 Estoppel Statement . (a) After request by Lender, Borrower shall within ten (10) Business Days furnish Lender with a statement, duly acknowledged and certified, setting forth (i) the original principal amount of the Note (and any Components thereof), (ii) the unpaid principal amount of the Note, (iii) the Interest Rate of the Note, (iv) the date installments of interest and/or principal were last paid, (v) any offsets or defenses to the payment of the Debt, if any, claimed by Borrower, and (vi) that the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents are valid, legal and binding obligations of Borrower, Operating Lessee and/or Guarantor (as applicable), subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws and general principles of equity, and have not been modified or if modified, giving particulars of such modification; provided , however , that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall not be required to provide such statement more than one (1) time in any calendar year.
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(b) Borrower and Operating Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Lender upon request, (i) a tenant estoppel certificate from each commercial Tenant party to a Material Lease at any Individual Property and (ii) an estoppel certificate from each counterparty under any Material Property Agreement, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender; provided , however , that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall not be required to seek such statement more than one (1) time in any calendar year.
5.1.16 Loan Proceeds . Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loan received by it on the Closing Date only for the purposes set forth in Section 2.1.4 hereof.
5.1.17 Intentionally Omitted .
5.1.18 Confirmation of Representations . Borrower and Operating Lessee shall deliver, upon written request from Lender in connection with any Securitization, (a) one (1) or more Officers Certificates certifying as to the accuracy of all representations in all material respects made by Borrower and Operating Lessee in the Loan Documents as of the date of the closing of such Securitization in all relevant jurisdictions or, if any such representations require qualification on such date, setting forth such qualifications in reasonable detail, and (b) certificates of the relevant Governmental Authorities in all relevant jurisdictions indicating the good standing and qualification of Borrower, Operating Lessee, Principal and Guarantor as of the date that is within thirty (30) days of the Securitization.
5.1.19 No Joint Assessment . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall not suffer, permit or initiate the joint assessment of the related Individual Property (a) with any other real property constituting a tax lot separate from such Individual Property, and (b) which constitutes real property with any portion of such Individual Property which may be deemed to constitute personal property, or any other procedure whereby the lien of any taxes which may be levied against such personal property shall be assessed or levied or charged to such real property portion of the Individual Property.
5.1.20 Intentionally Omitted .
5.1.21 Leasing Matters . (a) Subject to subsection (b) below, any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee may enter into any Lease or other rental arrangement, exercise all extensions and renewals and enter into any modification, amendments and supplements to any Leases without the prior approval of Lender, provided that, any new Lease entered into after the date hereof shall (i) have rental rates comparable to existing local market rates in all material respects, provided, however, so long as no Cash Trap Period is in effect, a Lease of commercial space demising less than 5,000 square feet, with a term of less than five (5) years may be made on lower than market rate terms with a tenant who is not an Affiliate of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee if Borrower or Operating Lessee reasonably determines in its prudent business judgment that such Lease will provide additional incremental revenue to the applicable Individual Property in excess of its stated rent, (ii) be on
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commercially reasonable terms and shall not contain any terms which would materially adversely affect Lenders rights under the Loan Documents and (iii) be subordinate to the Mortgage encumbering the applicable Individual Property and shall provide that the lessee agrees to attorn to Lender or any purchaser at a sale by foreclosure or power of sale; provided , that with respect to any approval (or deemed approval) by Lender (or with respect to any Lease that does not require Lenders approval), Lender shall, upon request of Borrower, enter into a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement with any lessee entering into such Lease on Lenders then standard form, subject to such commercially reasonable changes thereto as such lessee and Lender shall mutually agree upon (each acting reasonably).
(b) Any (i) Material Leases or (ii) Leases to an Affiliate of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee with respect to an Individual Property written after the Closing Date (other than any Lease with Hilton Grand Vacations, HWHI or any of their respective subsidiaries that (A) is entered into prior to the consummation of the Restructuring, (B) is not a Material Lease, (C) complies with the requirements set forth in Section 5.1.21(a) , and (D) is terminable upon not more than ninety (90) days prior written notice and without payment of any termination fee or penalty) shall be subject to the prior written approval of Lender, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Material Lease(s) listed on Schedule 5.1.21 attached hereto and previously delivered to Lender are hereby approved by Lender. Upon written request of Lender, Borrower or Operating Lessee shall furnish Lender with executed copies of all Leases; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, neither Borrower nor Operating Lessee shall be required to deliver copies of all Leases more frequently than two (2) times per calendar year and, where Leases have been previously delivered to Lender, Borrower or Operating Lessee may, in lieu of delivering new copies thereof to Lender, deliver an Officers Certificate stating that such Leases remain unchanged (or, if terminated or expired, that such Leases have been terminated or expired, or, where Leases have been modified, supplemented or extended, deliver copies of the documents modifying, supplementing or extending the Leases without delivering copies of the documents previously provided. All renewals of Leases (other than with respect to renewal or extension rights set forth in the Lease in effect as of the Closing Date) and all proposed Leases shall provide for rental rates comparable to existing local market rates in all material respects, provided, however, so long as no Cash Trap Period is in effect, a Lease of commercial space demising less than 5,000 square feet, with a term of less than five (5) years may be made on materially lower than local market rate terms with a tenant who is not an Affiliate of any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee if Borrower or Operating Lessee reasonably determines in its prudent business judgment that such Lease will provide additional incremental revenue to the applicable Property in excess of its stated rent. Each Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, (i) shall observe and perform the obligations imposed upon the lessor under each Lease to which it is a party in a commercially reasonable manner; (ii) shall enforce the terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Leases upon the part of the lessee under each such Lease to be observed or performed in a commercially reasonable manner and in a manner not to impair the value of the Individual Property involved except that no termination by any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee or acceptance of surrender by a Tenant of any Material Lease (regardless of when any such Material Lease was entered into) shall be permitted unless by reason of (A) a Tenant default and then only in a commercially reasonable manner to preserve and protect the Individual Property; or (B) the exercise by a Tenant of any termination right
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expressly provided in any existing Material Lease or any Material Lease hereafter entered into in compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 5.1.21 ; (iii) shall not collect any of the rents more than one (1) month in advance (other than security deposits, payments of the first months rent upon signing of the Lease, and rent for providing rooms and banquet and meeting space and services in the ordinary course of business); (iv) shall not execute any other assignment of lessors interest in the Leases or the Rents (except as contemplated by the Loan Documents); (v) shall not alter, modify or change the terms of the Leases in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of the Loan Documents; (vi) shall not alter, modify or change the terms of any Material Lease (regardless of when any such Material Lease was entered into) without the prior written consent of Lender, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, which consent shall be subject to the deemed approval provisions set forth in this Section; and (vii) shall execute and deliver at the request of Lender all such further assurances, confirmations and assignments in connection with the Leases as Lender shall from time to time reasonably require. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall enter into a lease of all or substantially all of any Individual Property (except for the execution of the Operating Lease in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) without Lenders prior written consent. Each such request for approval of a Lease shall contain the following legend in prominently displayed in bold, all caps and fourteen (14) point or larger font in the transmittal letter requesting approval: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A LEASE. LENDERS RESPONSE IS REQUESTED WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS. In the event that Lender fails to grant or withhold its approval to such Lease within such ten (10) day period, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a second request for approval containing the following legend in prominently displayed in bold, all caps and fourteen (14) point or larger font in the transmittal letter requesting approval: THIS IS A SECOND REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A LEASE. LENDERS RESPONSE IS REQUESTED WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS. LENDERS FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN SUCH TIME PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN LENDERS APPROVAL BEING DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GRANTED. In the event that Lender fails to grant or withhold its approval to such Lease within such five (5) day period, then Lenders approval shall be deemed to have been granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender consent shall not be required in connection with (i) any Lease (or amendment, modification or termination thereof) that is not a Material Lease, (ii) renewals, expansions or extensions of any Lease (including a Material Lease) by a tenant that is a party to such lease as of the Closing Date so long as the rental terms are on market terms (or on terms contemplated in the Lease in place on the Closing Date or any new Lease entered into in accordance with this Agreement), (iii) any de minimis modifications of any Material Lease, (iv) a commercially reasonable termination of any Material Lease arising from a default by the tenant thereunder or (v) an assignment of any Lease by the tenant thereunder for which Borrower has a consent right which is not to be unreasonably withheld, pursuant to the terms of such Lease.
5.1.22 Alterations . Borrower or Operating Lessee, as applicable, shall obtain Lenders prior written consent to any alterations to any Improvements, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed except with respect to alterations that would be reasonably likely to have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the
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applicable Individual Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lenders consent shall not be required in connection with any alterations to an Individual Property that (a) constitute Required Repairs, (b) upon completion of same, will not have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower and provided that the cost thereof, when aggregated with the cost of all other alterations undertaken at such Individual Property in the applicable calendar year is less than four percent (4%) of the Release Amount for such Individual Property (the Threshold Amount ), provided , that any amounts expended for alterations pursuant to clauses (a) , (c)(ii) , (c)(iii) , and (d) through (g) of this Section 5.1.22 shall not be included toward the calculation of the aggregate annual costs of such alterations for purposes of the Threshold Amount, (c) are (i) specifically provided for in the Approved Annual Budget, (ii) a permitted variance for health, life and safety items under the Management Agreement or (iii) otherwise consented to by Lender and to be funded from the Reserve Funds or the Borrower Remainder Account (as defined in the Cash Management Agreement) in accordance with this Agreement, (d) constitute a tenant improvement required to be made under a Lease existing on the Closing Date or a Lease entered into after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (e) are performed in connection with the Restoration of such Individual Property undertaken in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, (f) are for Replacements if there are sufficient reserves on deposit in the Replacement Reserve Account (or the FF&E Concentration Account) to pay for such obligations, (g) constitute decorative work performed in the ordinary course of business that are paid out of the Manager Accounts for payment of FF&E costs, or (h) are required to be performed pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement, provided that an Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, does not otherwise have a right to consent thereto pursuant to the related Management Agreement. If the total unpaid amounts due and payable with respect to alterations to the Improvements being conducted at any Individual Property (excluding alterations of the kind described in clauses (a) , (c)(ii) , (c)(iii) , and (d) through (g) of the preceding sentence) shall at any time exceed four percent (4%) of the Release Amount for an Individual Property, Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender as security for the payment of such amounts and as additional security for Borrowers obligations under the Loan Documents any of the following in any amount sufficient to cover the excess of the aggregate cost of such alterations over the applicable Threshold Amount (the Alterations Deposit ): (A) cash, (B) U.S. Obligations, (C) other securities having a rating reasonably acceptable to Lender and, after a Securitization, that, at Lenders option, the applicable Approved Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such securities or (D) a Letter of Credit. The Alterations Deposit shall be disbursed from time to time by Lender to the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee for completion of the alterations at the applicable Individual Property upon the satisfaction of the following conditions: (1) Borrower shall submit a request for payment to Lender at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which Borrower requests that such payment be made, which request for payment shall specify the alterations for which payment is requested, (2) on the date such request is received by Lender and on the date such payment is to be made, no Event of Default shall be continuing, and (3) such request shall be accompanied by an Officers Certificate (x) stating that the applicable portion of the alterations at the applicable Individual Property to be funded by the requested disbursement have been completed in good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements, such Officers Certificate to be accompanied by copies of paid invoices or copies of invoices to be paid, and with respect to any invoices in excess of $25,000, copies of any
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licenses, permits or other approvals by any Governmental Authority required in connection with the applicable portion of the alterations, (y) identifying each contractor that supplied materials or labor in connection with the applicable portion of the alterations to be funded by the requested disbursement and (z) stating that, upon such disbursement, each such contractor has been paid or will have been paid in full for all amounts then due and owing to such contractor. Each Alterations Deposit shall be held by Lender in an interest-bearing account and, until disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.1.22 , shall constitute additional security for the Debt and other obligations under the Loan Documents. Upon the completion of the alterations in respect of which any Alteration Deposit is being held, Lender shall promptly return to Borrower any remaining portion of the Alterations Deposit upon the request of Borrower, provided that (1) on the date such request is received by Lender and on the date such disbursement is to be made, no Event of Default shall be continuing, and (2) such request shall be accompanied by an Officers Certificate stating that the alterations have been fully completed in good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements, such Officers Certificate to be accompanied by copies of paid invoices or copies of invoices to be paid, as applicable, and, with respect to any invoices in excess of $25,000, copies of any licenses, permits or other approvals by any Governmental Authority required in connection with alterations (to the extent not received by Lender in connection with prior disbursement requests) and stating that each contractor providing services in connection with the alterations has been paid in full or will have been paid in full upon such disbursement.
5.1.23 Operation of Property . (a) Each Individual Borrower and the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee shall (and shall, if necessary, exercise its rights under the applicable Management Agreement to cause the applicable Manager to) cause the applicable Individual Property to be operated, in all material respects, in accordance with the applicable Management Agreement (or Replacement Management Agreement, as applicable) and in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements. In the event that a Management Agreement expires or is terminated (without limiting any obligation of Borrower or Operating Lessee to obtain Lenders consent to any termination or modification of any Management Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement), the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly enter into a Replacement Management Agreement with the applicable Manager or another Qualified Manager.
(b) Each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, shall: (i) promptly perform and/or observe, in all material respects, all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed and observed by it under any Management Agreement to which it is a party and do all things necessary to preserve and to keep unimpaired its material rights thereunder; (ii) promptly after they become aware, notify Lender of any material default under any such Management Agreement; (iii) promptly deliver to Lender a copy of each financial statement, business plan, capital expenditures plan, any material written notice, material written report and material written estimate received by it under any such Management Agreement; and (iv) enforce the performance and observance of all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed and/or observed by the applicable Manager under any such Management Agreement, in a commercially reasonable manner.
(c) Any Replacement Management Agreement shall be with a Qualified Manager and shall include rights to utilize such Qualified Managers (or its Affiliates)
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intellectual property for purposes of branding the Property unless the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee enters into a franchise agreement reasonably acceptable to Lender on third-party market rate terms with a Qualified Manager. No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall permit the applicable Manager or any Affiliate of HWHI to rebrand the applicable Individual Property to a lower category based on the annual chain scale published by Smith Travel Reports without the consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. At no time shall any Individual Property be operated as an unbranded hotel.
5.1.24 Intentionally Omitted .
5.1.25 Embargoed Person . Borrower, Operating Lessee and Principal have performed and shall perform reasonable due diligence to insure that at all times throughout the term of the Loan, including after giving effect to any Transfers permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents, (a) none of the funds or other assets of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal or Guarantor constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (b) no Embargoed Person has any interest of any nature whatsoever in any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal or Guarantor with the result that the investment in such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee, such Principal or Guarantor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan is in violation of law; and (c) none of the funds of any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee, any Principal or Guarantor have been derived from, or are the proceeds of, any unlawful activity, including money laundering, terrorism or terrorism activities, with the result that the investment in such Individual Borrower, such Individual Operating Lessee, such Principal or Guarantor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan is in violation of law, or may cause any Individual Property to be subject to forfeiture or seizure.
5.1.26 Intentionally Omitted .
5.1.27 Payment of Obligations . Each Individual Borrower will pay its respective obligations, including tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such Individual Borrower has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts, or (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in an Aggregate Material Adverse Effect, and provided that the foregoing shall not require any partners, members, shareholders or other owners of any Individual Borrower to make additional capital contributions to such Individual Borrower.
5.1.28 Special Purpose Entity Covenants . (a) No Individual Borrower shall engage in any business other than acquiring, developing, owning, holding, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging, managing and operating the applicable Individual Property, entering into and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents with Lender, refinancing the applicable Individual Property in connection with a permitted repayment of the Loan, and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the
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foregoing. No Individual Operating Lessee shall engage in any business other than leasing the applicable Individual Property pursuant to the applicable Operating Lease, owning personal property related thereto, managing and operating such Individual Property or engaging an eligible independent contractor to manage and operate such Individual Property, entering into and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents with Lender and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing. No Principal shall engage in any business other than acting as a general partner of the limited partnership that owns the related Individual Property or as member of the limited liability company that owns the related Individual Property and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing.
(b) No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall have any Indebtedness other than (I) in the case of an Individual Borrower, the Loan, (II) Permitted Debt and (III) such other liabilities that it is expressly permitted to incur pursuant to this Agreement or as otherwise imposed by law, no Principal shall have any Indebtedness.
(c) Except pursuant to the applicable Operating Lease or Owner Agreement, no Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal shall assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person, shall not hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person and shall not pledge its assets to secure the obligations of any other Person, in each case except as permitted pursuant to this Agreement with respect to each other or as required by applicable law with respect to the liabilities of the limited partnership of which Principal is a general partner.
(d) Until the Debt has been paid or defeased in full, each of Borrower, Operating Lessee and Principal shall remain a Special Purpose Entity.
(e) Each Individual Borrower, Operating Lessee and Principal will comply with all of the stated facts and assumptions made with respect to it in any Insolvency Opinion or any Additional Insolvency Opinion. Each Affiliate of any Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal with respect to which an assumption is made or a fact stated in any Insolvency Opinion will comply with all of the assumptions made and facts stated with respect to it in any such Insolvency Opinion. Each Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee and Principal covenants that, in connection with any Additional Insolvency Opinion delivered in connection with this Agreement, it shall provide an updated certification regarding compliance with the facts and assumptions made therein.
(f) Borrower, Operating Lessee or Principal shall provide Lender with five (5) Business Days written notice prior to the removal of an Independent Director of any Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal, and no Independent Director shall be removed other than for Cause.
5.1.29 Taxes . Each Individual Borrower will be treated as a partnership or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each Individual Borrower will timely file or cause to be filed all federal income and other material Section 2.7 Tax returns and reports required to be filed by it and will pay or cause to be paid all federal income and other material Taxes and related liabilities required to be paid by it, except Section 2.7 Taxes that are being
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contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Individual Borrower sets aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts. No Individual Borrower will permit any Liens for Section 2.7 Taxes to be imposed on or with respect to any of its income or assets, other than Liens for Section 2.7 Taxes not yet due or delinquent or which are contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which Borrower sets aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, as interpreted by the Uniform System of Accounts.
5.1.30 Required Repairs . The applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall perform the repairs at each Individual Property, as more particularly set forth on Schedule 5.1.30 hereto (such repairs hereinafter referred to as Required Repairs ). The applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall complete each of the Required Repairs within the time frame set forth on Schedule 5.1.30 (collectively, the Required Repairs Deadline ). It shall be an Event of Default if the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee does not complete the Required Repairs at the applicable Individual Property on or before the Required Repairs Deadline; provided , however , if such applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall have been unable to complete a Required Repair by the Required Repair Deadline, after using commercially reasonable efforts to do so and provided that the failure to complete such Required Repair does not endanger any tenant, patron or other occupant of the applicable Individual Property or the general public and does not materially and adversely affect the value of such Individual Property, the Required Repair Deadline shall be automatically extended solely as to such Required Repair to permit the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee to complete such Required Repair so long as such applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is at all times thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceeding to complete the same.
5.1.31 O&M Program . Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the operations and maintenance plan(s) described on Schedule 5.1.31 hereto (as the same may be amended, restated or replaced from time to time, each an O&M Program ) are true and complete descriptions of the O&M Programs in place with respect to the Properties, and (b) the applicable Individual Borrower has as of the date hereof complied in all material respects with the applicable Individual Propertys O&M Program. During the term of the Loan, the applicable Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee shall comply in all material respects with the terms and conditions of its Individual Propertys O&M Program.
5.1.32 Material Property Agreements . Each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee shall at all times comply in all material respects with all Material Property Agreements to which it is a party or otherwise bound. Each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee agrees that, without the prior written consent of Lender, such party will not amend, modify or terminate any of the Material Property Agreements to which it is a party or otherwise bound in any material and adverse respect.
5.1.33 Operating Lease . Borrower represents, covenants and warrants that it is the express intent of each Individual Borrower and the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee that the Operating Lease to which the same are a party constitute a lease under applicable real property laws and laws governing bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors rights generally, and that the sole interest of each such Individual Operating Lessee in the applicable Individual
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Property is as tenant under the applicable Operating Lease. In the event that it shall be determined that an Operating Lease is not a lease under applicable real property laws or under laws governing bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors rights generally, and that the interest of the applicable Individual Operating Lessee thereunder in the applicable Individual Property is other than that of tenant under an operating lease, Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that it shall cause such Individual Operating Lessees interest in the applicable Individual Property, however characterized, to continue to be subject and subordinate to the lien of the related Mortgage and subordinate to the applicable Individual Borrowers fee estate interest in the applicable Individual Property, on all the same terms and conditions as contained, respectively, in such Mortgage and such Operating Lease.
Section 5.2 Negative Covenants . From the Closing Date until payment and performance in full of all obligations of Borrower and Operating Lessee under the Loan Documents or the earlier release of the Liens of all Mortgages encumbering the Properties and any other collateral in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee hereby covenants and agrees with Lender that it will not do, or permit to be done, directly or indirectly, any of the following:
5.2.1 Operation of Property . (a) No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall, without Lenders prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld): (i) surrender, terminate, or cancel any Management Agreement to which it is a party; provided , that such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee may, without Lenders consent, (x) replace the Manager thereunder so long as the replacement manager is a Qualified Manager pursuant to a Replacement Management Agreement or (y) terminate such Management Agreement in connection with the Restructuring, provided that the Restructuring Conditions are satisfied prior to or concurrently therewith; (ii) reduce or consent to the reduction of the term of such Management Agreement; (iii) increase or consent to the increase of the amount of any charges or fees under such Management Agreement; or (iv) otherwise modify, change, supplement, alter or amend, or waive or release any of its rights and remedies under, such Management Agreement in any material adverse respect.
(b) Upon receipt of written notice from Lender of the occurrence of an Event of Default and thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, no Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall exercise any rights, make any material decisions, grant any material approvals or otherwise take any material action under any Management Agreement to which it is a party without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent may be granted, conditioned or withheld in Lenders sole discretion.
(c) Borrower and Operating Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Manager Account to be an Eligible Account.
5.2.2 Liens . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any portion of any Individual Property or permit any such action to be taken, except for Permitted Encumbrances. Any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, at its own expense, may contest, by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, any such Lien
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on any portion of any Individual Property, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured; (ii) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of any other instrument to which such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder and such proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable statutes, laws and ordinances; (iii) neither the applicable Individual Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost during the pendency thereof; (iv) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly upon final determination thereof pay any amounts that secure such Lien, together with all costs, interest and penalties which may be payable in connection therewith; (v) such proceeding shall suspend the collection of the amounts secured by such Lien from the applicable Individual Property during the pendency thereof; (vi) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall furnish such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to insure the payment of any such amounts secured by such Lien, together with all interest and penalties thereon; and (vii) such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall deliver written notice of such contest to Lender. Lender may pay over any such cash deposit or part thereof held by Lender to the claimant entitled thereto at any time when, in the reasonable judgment of Lender, the entitlement of such claimant is established or the applicable Individual Property (or part thereof or interest therein) shall be in imminent danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost or there shall be any danger of the Lien of any Mortgage being primed by any related Lien.
5.2.3 Dissolution . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall (a) engage in any dissolution, liquidation or consolidation or merger with or into any other business entity, (b) engage in any business activity not related to the ownership or leasing (as applicable) and operation of the applicable Individual Property, (c) transfer, lease or sell, in one transaction or any combination of transactions, all or substantially all of its properties or assets of except to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents, (d) modify or amend in any material respect, waive or terminate its Organizational Documents or its qualification and good standing in any jurisdiction, in each case, without obtaining the prior written consent of Lender or Lenders designee or (e) cause any Principal with respect to it to (i) dissolve, wind up or liquidate or take any action, or omit to take an action, as a result of which such Principal would be dissolved, wound up or liquidated in whole or in part, or (ii) amend, modify, waive or terminate the organizational documents of such Principal, in each case, without obtaining the prior written consent of Lender or Lenders designee.
5.2.4 Change in Business . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall enter into any line of business other than the ownership or leasing (as applicable), management, maintenance and operation of the applicable Individual Property (and any ancillary business related to such ownership or leasing (as applicable), management, maintenance and operation), or 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. Nothing contained in this Section 5.2.4 is intended to expand the rights of Borrower contained in Section 5.2.10 hereof, and for the avoidance of doubt, the rights of Borrower to effectuate Transfers is governed solely by Section 5.2.10 hereof.
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5.2.5 Debt Cancellation . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall cancel or otherwise forgive or release any claim or debt which is in excess of $100,000 (other than termination of Leases in accordance herewith or the forgiveness in the ordinary course of such Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees business of Rent in arrears in connection with a settlement with a Tenant under a Lease, provided that in the case of a Material Lease, the amount of Rent so forgiven is less than the aggregate amount of two (2) months basic Rent under such Material Lease) owed to such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee by any Person, except for adequate consideration and in the ordinary course of such Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees business.
5.2.6 Zoning . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall initiate or consent to any zoning reclassification of any portion of any Individual Property or seek any variance under any existing zoning ordinance or use or permit the use of any portion of any Individual Property in any manner that could result in such use becoming a non-conforming use under any zoning ordinance or any other applicable land use law, rule or regulation, without the prior written consent of Lender.
5.2.7 No Joint Assessment . No Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall suffer, permit or initiate the joint assessment of any Individual Property (a) with any other real property constituting a tax lot separate from such Individual Property, and (b) which constitutes real property with any portion of such Individual Property which may be deemed to constitute personal property, or any other procedure whereby the lien of any taxes which may be levied against such personal property shall be assessed or levied or charged to such real property portion of such Individual Property.
5.2.8 Intentionally Omitted .
5.2.9 ERISA . (a) Assuming compliance by the Lender with paragraph (d) of this Section 5.2.9 , neither Individual Borrower shall engage in any transactions contemplated under this Agreement which would cause any obligation, or action taken or to be taken, hereunder (or the exercise by Lender of any of its rights under the Note, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents) to be a non-exempt (under a statutory or administrative class exemption) prohibited transaction under Section 406(a) of ERISA.
(b) Intentionally omitted.
(c) Borrower further covenants and agrees if any employee benefit plan, whether or not subject to Title I of ERISA, holds an equity investment in any Individual Borrower or Guarantor, Borrower shall deliver to Lender such certifications, from time to time throughout the term of the Loan, as requested by Lender in its sole discretion, but not more frequently than once per calendar year, and on no less than thirty (30) Business Days advance written notice (but in no event shall Borrowers failure to perform this Section 5.2.9(c) constitute an Event of Default), that no Individual Borrower is subject to any state statutes regulating investments and fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans and that one or more of the following circumstances with respect to each Individual Borrower is true:
(i) Equity interests in each Individual Borrower or such Individual Borrowers applicable corporate parent are publicly offered securities, within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101(b)(2);
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(ii) Less than twenty-five percent (25%) of each outstanding class of equity interests in each Individual Borrower or such Individual Borrowers applicable corporate parent are held by benefit plan investors within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101(b)(2), as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA; or
(iii) each Individual Borrower or such Individual Borrowers applicable corporate parent qualifies as an operating company or a real estate operating company within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101(c) or (e) or another exception to ERISA applies such that each such Individual Borrowers assets or such Individual Borrowers applicable corporate parents assets should not constitute plan assets of any benefit plan investor within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d) Lender represents and warrants that, throughout the term of the Loan, no portion of the assets used by any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitutes assets of a (i) benefit plan investor within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations unless the applicable Lender is relying on an available prohibited transaction exemption, all of the conditions of which are and continue to be satisfied or (ii) governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) which is subject to any provision which is substantially similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code ( Applicable Similar Law ), unless the acquisition and holding of the Loan or any interest therein will not give rise to a violation of any such Applicable Similar Law.
(e) Borrower, Operating Lessee and Guarantor will fund or cause to be funded any Plan established or maintained by Borrower, Operating Lessee, Guarantor, or any ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be, in amounts necessary to satisfy the applicable minimum funding standards, within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA (whether or not such standards are waived). As soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) days after Borrower or Operating Lessee knows that any ERISA Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, Lender will be provided with a statement, signed by an Authorized Representative of Borrower, Operating Lessee and/or Guarantor, describing said ERISA Event and the action which Borrower, Operating Lessee and/or Guarantor proposes to take with respect thereto.
5.2.10 Transfers . (a) Each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee acknowledges that Lender has examined and relied on the experience of each such Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee and their respective stockholders, general partners, members, principals and (if any such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee is a trust) beneficial owners in owning and operating properties such as the Properties in agreeing to make the Loan, and will continue to rely on each Individual Borrowers ownership of the respective Individual Property as a means of maintaining the value of the Properties as security for repayment of the Debt and the performance of the Other Obligations. Borrower
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acknowledges that Lender has a valid interest in maintaining the value of the Properties so as to ensure that, should Borrower default in the repayment of the Debt or the performance of the Other Obligations, Lender can recover the Debt by a sale of the Properties.
(b) Without the prior written consent of Lender, Borrower and Operating Lessee shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Party to do any of the following (collectively, a Transfer ): (i) sell, convey, mortgage, grant, bargain, encumber, pledge, assign, grant options with respect to, or otherwise transfer or dispose of (directly or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, and whether or not for consideration or of record) the Properties or any part thereof or any legal or beneficial interest therein or (ii) permit a Sale or Pledge of an interest in any Restricted Party, in each case, other than any Transfer which constitutes a Permitted Transfer.
(c) A Transfer shall include, but not be limited to, (i) an installment sales agreement wherein any Individual Borrower agrees to sell the applicable Individual Property or any part thereof for a price to be paid in installments; (ii) an agreement by any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee leasing all or a substantial part of any Individual Property for other than actual occupancy by a space Tenant thereunder or a sale, assignment or other transfer of, or the grant of a security interest in, any Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees right, title and interest in and to any Leases or any Rents; (iii) if a Restricted Party is a corporation, any merger, consolidation or Sale or Pledge of such corporations stock or the creation or issuance of new stock; (iv) if a Restricted Party is a limited or general partnership or joint venture, any merger or consolidation or the change, removal, resignation or addition of a general partner or the Sale or Pledge of the partnership interest of any general partner or any profits or proceeds relating to such partnership interest, or the Sale or Pledge of limited partnership interests or any profits or proceeds relating to such limited partnership interest or the creation or issuance of new limited partnership interests; (v) if a Restricted Party is a limited liability company, any merger or consolidation or the change, removal, resignation or addition of a managing member or non-member manager (or if no managing member, any member) or the Sale or Pledge of the membership interest of a managing member (or if no managing member, any member) or any profits or proceeds relating to such membership interest, or the Sale or Pledge of non-managing membership interests or the creation or issuance of new non-managing membership interests or (vi) if a Restricted Party is a trust or nominee trust, any merger, consolidation or the Sale or Pledge of the legal or beneficial interest in a Restricted Party or the creation or issuance of new legal or beneficial interests.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.2.10 , the following shall not be deemed to be a Transfer (and, as such, may be consummated without the prior consent of Lender, any Rating Agency Confirmation (other than, with respect to subsection (i) below, as set forth in the Restructuring Conditions) or the payment of any fee in connection therewith, but subject to the satisfaction of any conditions and requirements expressly set forth herein with respect thereto):
(i) The Restructuring, provided that the Restructuring Conditions are satisfied prior to or substantially concurrently therewith or Borrower otherwise receives the consent of Lender and a Rating Agency Confirmation.
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(ii) The Sale or Pledge, in one or a series of transactions, of the direct or indirect equity interests in Borrower or any other Restricted Party; provided , that, (A) after giving effect to such Sale or Pledge, Guarantor shall (x) own not less than fifty and one tenths percent (50.1%) of the economic and direct or indirect legal and beneficial interests in each Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee (on a look-through basis) and (y) Control each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee, (B) upon the written request of Lender, Borrower shall deliver to Lender notice of each Sale or Pledge described in this Section 5.2.10(d)(ii) not less than ten (10) days following such request, (C) no Sale or Pledge of any direct equity interest in any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal shall be permitted, (D) no pledge of any direct equity interest of any Restricted Party that is not an Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal (such entities being subject to the prohibition set forth in the foregoing clause (C) ) shall be permitted unless such Restricted Party has material other assets (including equity interests owned by such Restricted Party directly and/or through its subsidiaries) that are in addition to its direct or indirect ownership interests in any Individual Borrower, any Individual Operating Lessee or any Principal (i.e., no such pledge shall be permitted unless the Restricted Party being pledged directly or indirectly owns material assets in excess of its indirect interests in the Properties), (E) after giving effect to such Sale or Pledge, each Individual Borrower and each Individual Operating Lessee shall continue to be a Special Purpose Entity, and (F) the proposed transferee(s) in connection with such Sale or Pledge shall satisfy Lenders then current know your customer requirements (provided that such requirement shall be applied consistent with the requirements that are then applied by Lender to all prospective borrowers of similar size and type and relating to similar transactions) and Lender shall have received Satisfactory Search Results with respect to each such proposed transferee (and owners of its direct or indirect equity interests) which will own, following the consummation of the Sale or Pledge, a ten percent (10%) or greater equity interest (directly or indirectly) in any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee after giving effect to such Transfer. If after giving effect to any such Sale or Pledge, more than forty-nine percent (49%) in the aggregate of direct or indirect interests in a Restricted Party are owned by any Person and its Affiliates that owned less than forty-nine percent (49%) direct or indirect interest in such Restricted Party as of the Closing Date, Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Additional Insolvency Opinion.
(iii) Any Sale or Pledge of any direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest in any Excluded Entity.
(e) No Transfer of any Individual Property or any portion thereof or any direct or indirect legal or beneficial direct or indirect interest in any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee (in each case, other than a Permitted Transfer) shall occur during the period that is one hundred twenty (120) days prior to, and sixty (60) days after, a Securitization. After such period and without limitation to the right to consummate any Permitted Transfer (which, for the avoidance of doubt shall not be governed or restricted by this Section 5.2.10(e) ), a Transfer of (a) the Properties or (b) all of the direct interests in Borrower and Operating Lessee (unless the Operating Leases are terminated in connection with such Transfer), or, if applicable to any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee, the related Principal, including any such Transfer effectuated pursuant to a merger (any Transfer
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referenced in the foregoing clause (a) or clause (b), a Permitted Assumption ), shall be permitted without Lenders consent, provided that Lender receives not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of such Permitted Assumption and no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Permitted Assumption is consummated, and further provided that the following additional requirements are satisfied:
(i) Borrower shall pay Lender a transfer fee equal to $250,000.00;
(ii) Borrower shall pay any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Lender in connection with such Permitted Assumption (including, without limitation, Lenders reasonable counsel fees and disbursements and all recording fees, title insurance premiums and mortgage and intangible taxes and the fees and expenses of the Approved Rating Agencies);
(iii) Each proposed transferee (individually and/or collectively, as the context may dictate, the Transferee ) must be (A) a Qualified Transferee or (B) at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned (directly or indirectly) and Controlled by a Qualified Transferee;
(iv) With respect to a Transfer of the Properties rather than by Transfer of the legal or beneficial direct or indirect interest in Borrower and Operating Lessee (unless the Operating Leases are terminated in connection with such Transfer), if applicable, the Transferee to which the Properties are conveyed shall assume all of the obligations of Borrower and Operating Lessee (unless the Operating Leases are terminated in connection therewith) under the Loan Documents in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Lender, including, without limitation, by entering into an assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender;
(v) The Transferee and the Transferees principals that Control the Transferee (the Related Entities ) must be able to satisfy all the representations and covenants set forth in Sections 4.1.35 , 5.1.25 and 5.2.9 of this Agreement, and the Transferee and the Related Entities shall deliver (A) all organizational documentation reasonably requested by Lender, which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Lender and, following a Securitization, satisfactory to the Approved Rating Agencies, and (B) all certificates and agreements necessary to evidence the Permitted Assumption and a due authority, execution and enforceability opinion reasonably acceptable to Lender;
(vi) The Transferee and each owner of an equity interest (directly or indirectly) in the Transferee which will, following the consummation of the Permitted Assumption, own a ten percent (10%) or greater equity interest (directly or indirectly) in any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (unless the applicable Operating Lease is terminated in connection with such Permitted Assumption) shall satisfy Lenders then current know your customer requirements (provided that such requirement shall be applied consistent with the requirements that are then applied by Lender to all prospective borrowers of similar size and type and relating to similar transactions) and Lender shall have received Satisfactory Search Results with respect to Transferee (and owners of its direct or indirect equity interests) which will own, following the
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consummation of the Permitted Assumption, a ten percent (10%) or greater equity interest (directly or indirectly) in any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee (unless the applicable Operating Lease is terminated in connection with such Permitted Assumption) after giving effect to such Permitted Assumption;
(vii) Borrower or Transferee, at its sole cost and expense, shall deliver to Lender an Additional Insolvency Opinion reflecting such Transfer;
(viii) There shall be no material litigation relating to the creditworthiness of the Transferee or any Related Entity or any regulatory action pending against Transferee or any Related Entities, in each case, which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of such Transferee or such Related Entity;
(ix) If, in connection with the Permitted Assumption, Guarantor no longer owns a direct or indirect interest in any Individual Borrower or any Individual Operating Lessee (unless the Operating Leases are terminated in connection with such Transfer), one (1) or more Qualified Transferees (as applicable, the Replacement Guarantor ) shall have assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of Guarantor arising under the Guaranty after the date of such Transfer (but not any which may have accrued prior thereto) or execute a Replacement Guaranty;
(x) If the Permitted Assumption is accomplished by deed or conveyance of the Properties rather than by a Transfer of the legal or beneficial direct or indirect interest in Borrower and Operating Lessee (unless the Operating Leases are terminated in connection with such Transfer), if applicable, Borrower shall deliver, at its sole cost and expense, an endorsement to each Title Insurance Policy, as modified by the assumption agreement, as a valid first lien on the applicable Individual Property and naming the applicable Transferee as owner of the applicable Individual Property, which endorsement shall insure that, as of the date of the recording of the assumption agreement, the applicable Individual Property shall not be subject to any additional exceptions or liens other than those contained in the relevant Title Insurance Policy and any other Permitted Encumbrances;
(xi) The receipt by Lender of a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such Permitted Assumption; and
(xii) Each Individual Property shall be managed by a Qualified Manager pursuant to a Management Agreement.
Immediately upon a Transfer of the Properties and the satisfaction of all of the above requirements, Borrower and Operating Lessee shall be released from all liability under this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents for acts or omissions occurring after such Transfer. The foregoing release shall be effective upon the date such Permitted Assumption is consummated, but Lender agrees to provide written evidence thereof reasonably requested by Borrower.
(f) In the case of a Transfer that is a Permitted Assumption pursuant to Section 5.2.10(e) , Guarantor shall be released from the Guaranty for all liability arising after the
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date of such Transfer upon (i) an assumption of the Guaranty by the Replacement Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.2.10(e)(ix) or (ii) the execution by the Replacement Guarantor of a replacement guaranty, in form and substance that is the same as the Guaranty, covering all liability arising after the date of such Transfer (but not any which may have accrued prior thereto) (a Replacement Guaranty ).
(g) Lender shall not be required to demonstrate any actual impairment of its security or any increased risk of default hereunder in order to declare the Debt immediately due and payable upon the consummation of any Transfer in violation of this Section 5.2.10 . This provision shall apply to every Transfer regardless of whether voluntary or not, or whether or not Lender has consented to any previous Transfer.
5.2.11 Intentionally Omitted .
5.2.12 Intentionally Omitted .
5.2.13 Affiliate Transactions . None of Individual Borrower, Individual Operating Lessee or Principal may enter into or be 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 commercially reasonable and are no less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arms length transaction with an unrelated third party. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to apply to Transfers between Affiliates of any direct or indirect ownership interest in any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, which Transfers shall governed solely by Section 5.2.10 .
5.2.14 Operating Lease . Without Lenders prior written consent, no Individual Borrower and/or the corresponding Individual Operating Lessee shall (a) surrender, terminate or cancel the Operating Lease to which it is a party, (b) release any of its respective material rights and remedies under such Operating Lease if the same would have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower, (c) modify, change, supplement, alter or amend such Operating Lease if the same would have, or reasonably be expected to have, an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower or Aggregate Material Adverse Effect or (d) waive, excuse, condone or in any way release or discharge the other party of or from its material obligations, covenants and/or conditions under such Operating Lease if the same would have an Individual Material Adverse Effect on the applicable Individual Property or the applicable Individual Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2.14 to the contrary, an Operating Lease may be amended by the Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lease that are party thereto, without Lenders prior written consent, upon the release of the applicable Individual Property pursuant to Section 2.5.2 or Section 2.5.3 hereof to (x) terminate the Operating Lease with respect to such Individual Property being released and (y) reduce the amount of Minimum Rent (as defined in the Operating Lease) by the amount of Minimum Rent allocable to such Individual Property as set forth in such Operating Lease.
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ARTICLE VI
INSURANCE; CASUALTY; CONDEMNATION
Section 6.1 Insurance . (a) An Individual Borrower or an Individual Operating Lessee shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance for Borrower, Operating Lessee and the Properties providing at least the following coverages:
(i) comprehensive all risk special form insurance including, but not limited to, loss caused by any type of windstorm or hail, on the Improvements and the Personal Property, (A) in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Full Replacement Cost , which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean actual replacement value (exclusive of costs of excavations, foundations, underground utilities and footings) with a waiver of depreciation; (B) waiving all co-insurance provisions or to be written on a no co-insurance form; (C) providing no deductible greater than $500,000 per occurrence; the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee may utilize a $5,000,000 aggregate deductible (basket aggregate) in conjunction with a per occurrence deductible which will not exceed $500,000 per occurrence except with respect to flood, windstorm and earthquake coverage, providing for a deductible not to exceed five percent (5%) of the total insurable value of the Property (the Base Deductible ), subject to a $1,000,000 minimum; provided , however , that the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall be permitted to maintain a maximum deductible with respect to flood, windstorm and earthquake coverage of fifteen percent (15%) of the total insurable value of the Property (the Increased Deductible ) if Guarantor delivers the Deductible Guaranty, guaranteeing any failure by the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee to pay its obligations (the Guaranteed Excess Deductible Obligations ) actually incurred with respect to that portion of the Increased Deductible which exceeds the Base Deductible and not otherwise insured by a third-party provider (such difference, the Excess Deductible ); and (D) if any of the Improvements or the use of the Individual Property shall at any time constitute legal non-conforming structures or uses, coverage for loss to the undamaged portion in an amount equal to the Full Replacement Cost for the undamaged portion and for coverage for demolition costs and coverage for increased costs of construction provide a combined minimum limit of $250,000,000 for the Individual Property known as Hilton San Francisco and $100,000,000 for the Individual Property known as Parc 55. In addition, the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall obtain: (y) flood insurance, including tsunami, in amounts acceptable to Lender, except for any Individual Property where any portion of the Improvements is currently or at any time in the future located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, flood insurance in an amount equal to the maximum amount of such insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 or the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, as each may be amended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the limits provided with respect to flood are eroded by five percent (5%) or more due to claims, the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall reinstate the available flood limits within ninety (90) days to the limits in place as of the Closing Date, and (z) earthquake insurance, including earth movement due to volcanic eruption, in an amount equal to the aggregate exceedance
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probability gross loss estimates as indicated in a portfolio seismic risk analysis for a 475-year return period for all high risk locations insured by such insurance, including the Properties (such analysis to be approved by Lender and Rating Agencies and secured by the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee using the most current RMS software, or its equivalent, to include consideration of loss amplification, at the expense of the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee); provided that the insurance pursuant to clauses (y) and (z) hereof shall be on terms consistent with the comprehensive all risk insurance policy required under this subsection (i) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Rating Agency approval, the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall be permitted to provide coverage for named windstorm in an amount equal to the 1,000-year Probable Maximum Loss as indicated in a risk analysis for all high risk locations under the Policy (such analysis to be approved by Lender and Rating Agencies and secured by the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee utilizing a third-party engineering firm qualified to perform such risk analysis using the most current RMS software, or its equivalent, to include consideration of storm surge and loss amplification, at the expense of the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee). The risk analyses for earthquake and windstorm required pursuant to this subsection (i) shall be referred to herein individually as an Acceptable Risk Analysis and collectively as Acceptable Risk Analyses ;
(ii) business income or rental loss insurance (A) with loss payable to Lender; (B) covering all risks required to be covered by the insurance provided for in subsection (i) above; (C) in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the projected gross revenues from the operation of the Properties (as reduced to reflect expenses not incurred during a period of Restoration) on an actual loss sustained basis for the entire period of Restoration or for a twenty-four (24) month period of indemnity; and (D) containing an extended period of indemnity endorsement which provides that after the physical loss to the Improvements and Personal Property has been repaired, the continued loss of income will be insured until such income either returns to the same level it was at prior to the loss, or the expiration of six (6) months from the date that the applicable Individual Property is repaired or replaced and operations are resumed, whichever first occurs, and notwithstanding that the policy may expire prior to the end of such period. The amount of such business income or rental loss insurance shall be determined prior to the date hereof and at least once each year thereafter based on the applicable Individual Borrowers and/or Individual Operating Lessees reasonable estimate of the gross revenues from each Individual Property (as reduced to reflect expenses not incurred during a period of Restoration) for the succeeding twelve (12) month period. All proceeds payable to Lender pursuant to this subsection shall be held by Lender and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve Borrower of its obligations to pay the obligations secured by the Loan Documents on the respective dates of payment provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents except to the extent such amounts are actually paid out of the proceeds of such business income insurance;
(iii) at all times during which structural construction, repairs or alterations are being made with respect to the Improvements, and only if the Individual Property
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coverage form does not otherwise apply, (A) owners contingent or protective liability insurance (or an equivalent) covering claims not covered by or under the terms or provisions of the below mentioned commercial general liability insurance policy and (B) the insurance provided for in subsection (i) above written in a so called builders risk completed value form (1) on a non-reporting basis, (2) against all risks insured against pursuant to subsection (i) above, (3) including permission to occupy the Individual Property and (4) with an agreed amount endorsement waiving co insurance provisions;
(iv) comprehensive boiler and machinery insurance, if steam boilers or other pressure fixed vessels are in operation, in an amount not less than $50,000,000 on terms consistent with the commercial property insurance policy required under subsection (i) above;
(v) commercial general liability insurance against claims for personal injury, bodily injury, death or property damage occurring upon, in or about the Individual Property, such insurance (A) to be on the so called occurrence form with a combined limit of not less than $1,500,000.00 in the aggregate and $1,000,000.00 per occurrence; including a self-insured retention of not greater than $500,000.00; (B) to continue at not less than the aforesaid limit until required to be changed by Lender in writing by reason of changed economic conditions making such protection inadequate and (C) to cover at least the following hazards: (1) premises and operations; (2) products and completed operations on an if any basis; (3) independent contractors; (4) contractual liability for all insured contracts and (5) contractual liability covering the indemnities contained in Section 9 of the Mortgages to the extent the same is insurable;
(vi) if applicable, automobile liability coverage for all owned and non-owned vehicles, including rented and leased vehicles containing minimum limits per occurrence of $1,000,000.00;
(vii) if applicable, workers compensation and employers liability subject to the workers compensation laws of the applicable state;
(viii) umbrella/excess liability insurance in an amount not less than $100,000,000.00 per occurrence and in the aggregate on terms consistent with the commercial general liability insurance policy required under subsection (v) above, including, but not limited to, supplemental coverage for employers liability, liquor liability and automobile liability, which umbrella liability coverage shall apply in excess of such supplemental coverage;
(ix) the insurance required under this Section 6.1(a)(i) , (ii) , (v) and (viii) above shall include Terrorism Coverage or, if excluded from the policies required above, coverage for the peril of terrorism and acts of terrorism shall be provided through a separate policy acceptable to Lender and the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall maintain insurance for loss resulting from perils and acts of terrorism on terms (including amounts) consistent with those required under Section 6.1(a)(i) , (ii) , (v) and (viii) above at all times during the term of the Loan. For so long as TRIPRA or a subsequent statute, extension or reauthorization thereof, is in effect
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and continues to cover both foreign and domestic acts, Lender shall accept terrorism insurance with coverage against acts which are certified within the meaning of TRIPRA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of terrorism coverage that shall be required for the Policies required in Section 6.1(a)(i) and (ii) above shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the amounts required for the Properties pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) and (ii) and (2) $1,100,000,000, but in no event less than the original principal amount of the Loan. If (A) TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute, extension or reauthorization thereof is not in effect, (B) TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute, extension or reauthorization is modified which results in a material increase in terrorism insurance premiums, or (C) there is a disruption in the terrorism insurance marketplace as the result of a terrorism event which results in a material increase in terrorism insurance premiums for properties located in the United States, then provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall be required to carry terrorism insurance throughout the term of the Loan as required by the preceding sentence, but in such event the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee 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 (without giving effect to the cost of the terrorism, earthquake and windstorm components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance), and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount;
(x) Employment Practices Liability, including third party coverage, in an amount not less than $5,000,000:
(xi) Crime coverage in amounts not less than $5,000,000;
(xii) Liquor Liability in amounts not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and to be included in the umbrella/excess liability insurance required in subsection (viii) above;
(xiii) environmental insurance against claims for pollution and remediation legal liability related to each Individual Property ( PLL Policy ) as follows: (A) to be a claims made and reported policy for an initial term of nine years; (B) with limits of liability of $10,000,000 for each Pollution Condition and $25,000,000 in the aggregate; (C) with a self-insured retention amount of $50,000 for each Pollution Condition; (D) shall name the Lender as an additional named insured per Mortgagee Assignment endorsements providing automatic rights of assignment in the event of defaults; (E) the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall not be permitted to add any additional locations during the PLL Policy term; and (F) shall, throughout the PLL Policy term, include the same coverages, terms, conditions and endorsements (and shall not be amended in any way without the prior written consent of Lender) as the PLL Policy approved as of the Closing Date; and
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(xiv) upon sixty (60) days written notice, such other reasonable insurance and in such reasonable amounts as Lender from time to time may reasonably request against such other insurable hazards which at the time are commonly insured against for property similar to the Individual Property located in or around the region in which the Individual Property is located.
(b) All insurance provided for in Section 6.1(a) hereof, shall be obtained under valid and enforceable policies (collectively, the Policies or in the singular, the Policy ), and shall be subject to the approval of Lender as to insurance companies, amounts, deductibles, loss payees and insureds. The Policies shall be issued by financially sound and responsible insurance companies having a rating of (1) A or better (or its equivalent) by S&P, Fitch (if Fitch is rating the Securitization and is rating the insurance company) and Moodys (if Moodys is rating the Securitization and is rating the insurance company) provided , however , that if the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee elects to have its insurance coverage provided by a syndicate of insurers, then, if such syndicate consists of five (5) or more members, (A) at least sixty percent (60%) of the insurance coverage (or seventy-five percent (75%) if such syndicate consists of four (4) or fewer members) and one hundred percent (100%) of the first layer of insurance coverage shall be provided by insurance companies having a claims paying ability rating of A or better (or its equivalent) by S&P, Fitch (if Fitch is rating the Securitization and is rating the insurance company) and Moodys (if Moodys is rating the Securitization and is rating the insurance company) and (B) the remaining forty percent (40%) of the insurance coverage (or the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) if such syndicate consists of four (4) or fewer members) shall be provided by insurance companies having a claims paying ability rating of BBB+ or better (or its equivalent) by S&P, Fitch (if Fitch is rating the Securitization and is rating the insurance company) and Moodys (if Moodys is rating the Securitization and is rating the insurance company) and (2) A VIII or better by AM Best. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall be permitted to maintain a portion of the coverage with United Specialty Insurance Company ( United ) in their current participation amounts and positions within the syndicate provided that Borrower obtains reinsurance with a cut-through endorsement, acceptable to Lender and the Rating Agencies, with respect to any Otherwise Rated Insurer from an insurance company which shall be rated at least A with S&P and A2 with Moodys, to the extent Moodys rates the Securities and rates the applicable insurance company, or such higher rating as may be required by a Rating Agency, not to exceed A+ with S&P and A1 with Moodys, to the extent Moodys rates the Securities and rates the applicable insurance company. The Policies described in Section 6.1 hereof (other than those strictly limited to liability protection) shall designate Lender as loss payee. Prior to the expiration dates of the Policies theretofore furnished to Lender, evidence that the Policies shall continue in force uninterrupted, to be followed by evidence satisfactory to Lender of payment of the premiums due thereunder (the Insurance Premiums ) as such Insurance Premiums shall become due and payable, shall be delivered by Borrower to Lender.
(c) Any blanket insurance Policy shall specifically allocate to each Individual Property the amount of coverage from time to time required hereunder or shall otherwise provide the same protection as would a separate Policy insuring only the Properties in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.1(a) hereof. In the event the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee adds any locations to the Policy that are subject to the perils of earthquake, flood or wind/named storm, Borrower shall notify Lender and provide updated
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Acceptable Risk Analyses as applicable and the limits provided for such perils shall be increased as necessary so as to be in compliance with the requirements of Section 6.1 . In the event the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee adds any locations to the Policy providing coverage for terrorism which is within a 1,000 foot radius (the Radius ) of an Individual Property, the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee shall (1) increase the limits of any such Policy so that it shall be adequate to maintain the coverage set forth in this Section 6.1 for each property in the aggregate within the Radius that is covered by such blanket policy calculated on a total insured value basis or (2) provide the required coverage on a separate policy in compliance with the requirements of this Section 6.1 .
(d) All Policies provided for or contemplated by Section 6.1(a) hereof shall name the applicable Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee as named insureds and, in the case of liability policies, except for the Policy referenced in Section 6.1(a)(vii) of this Agreement, shall name Lender as the additional insured, as its interests may appear, and in the case of property damage, including but not limited to terrorism, boiler and machinery, flood and earthquake insurance, shall contain a standard non-contributing mortgagee clause in favor of Lender providing that the loss thereunder shall be payable to Lender and guaranteeing thirty (30) days notice of cancellation to Lender except ten (10) days notice for non-payment of premium.
(e) All Policies shall contain clauses or endorsements to the effect that:
(i) no act or negligence of the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, or anyone acting for such applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, or of any Tenant or other occupant, or failure to comply with the provisions of any Policy, which might otherwise result in a forfeiture of the insurance or any part thereof, shall in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the insurance insofar as Lender is concerned;
(ii) the Policy shall not be materially changed (other than to increase the coverage provided thereby) or canceled without at least thirty (30) days written notice to Lender and any other party named therein as an additional insured; provided , that ten (10) days notice will be required for non-payment of premium or; if issuer will not or cannot provide the notices required herein, Borrower shall be obligated to provide such notice;
(iii) the issuers thereof shall give ten (10) days written notice to Lender if the issuers of such Policy elect not to renew the Policy prior to its expiration or, if the issuers will not or cannot provide the notices required herein, Borrower shall be obligated to provide such notice; and
(iv) Lender shall not be liable for any Insurance Premiums thereon or subject to any assessments thereunder.
If at any time Lender is not in receipt of written evidence that all insurance required hereunder is in full force and effect, Lender shall have the right to take such action as Lender deems necessary to protect its interest in the Properties, including, without limitation, the obtaining of such insurance coverage as Lender in its sole discretion deems appropriate after ten (10) Business Days notice to Borrower if prior to the date upon which any such coverage will lapse or at any
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time Lender deems necessary (regardless of prior notice to Borrower) to avoid the lapse of any such coverage. All premiums 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, shall be secured by the Mortgages and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
Section 6.2 Casualty . If any Individual Property shall be damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other casualty (a Casualty ), Borrower or Operating Lessee shall give prompt written notice of such damage to Lender (provided that no notice shall be required in connection with a Casualty that is de minimis), and the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly commence and diligently prosecute the completion of the Restoration of the Individual Property pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof as nearly as possible to the condition the Individual Property was in immediately prior to such Casualty, with such alterations as may be reasonably approved by Lender and otherwise in accordance with Section 6.4 hereof. Borrower shall pay all costs of such Restoration whether or not such costs are covered by insurance. Lender may, but shall not be obligated to make proof of loss if not made promptly by the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee. In addition, Lender may participate in any settlement discussions with any insurance companies with respect to any Casualty in which the Net Proceeds or the costs of completing the Restoration are equal to or greater than the Casualty/Condemnation Threshold Amount and the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, shall deliver to Lender all instruments required by Lender to permit such participation.
Section 6.3 Condemnation . (a) Borrower shall promptly give Lender notice of the actual or threatened commencement of any proceeding for the Condemnation of any Individual Property and shall deliver to Lender copies of any and all papers served in connection with such proceedings. Lender may participate in any such proceedings, and the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee, as applicable, shall from time to time deliver to Lender all instruments requested by it to permit such participation. The applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall, at its 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. Notwithstanding any taking by any public or quasi-public authority through Condemnation or otherwise (including, but not limited to, any transfer made in lieu of or in anticipation of the exercise of such taking), Borrower shall continue to pay the Debt at the time and in the manner provided for its payment in the Note and in this Agreement and the Debt shall not be reduced until any Award shall have been actually received and applied by Lender, after the deduction of expenses of collection, to the reduction or discharge of the Debt. Lender shall not be limited to the interest paid on the Award by the condemning authority but shall be entitled to receive out of the Award interest at the rate or rates provided herein or in the Note. If any Individual Property or any portion thereof is taken by a condemning authority, (a) if Restoration of such Individual Property would be deemed feasible by a prudent Lender acting reasonably based upon the nature of the Condemnation, the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall promptly commence and diligently prosecute the Restoration of the applicable Individual Property pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof and otherwise comply with the provisions of Section 6.4 hereof; provided, that, such applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall not be obligated to pursue completion of the Restoration if Lender is obligated to disburse Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof with respect thereto (and the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual
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Operating Lessee has satisfied all applicable conditions to such disbursement) and Lender fails to disburse such proceeds and (b) if Restoration of such Individual Property is not considered feasible by a prudent Lender acting reasonably based upon the nature of the Condemnation, then Lender shall apply the Net Proceeds of such Condemnation to the principal of the Loan in accordance with Section 2.4.2 hereof. If any Individual Property is sold, through foreclosure or otherwise, prior to the receipt by Lender of the Award, Lender shall have the right, whether or not a deficiency judgment on the Note shall have been sought, recovered or denied, to receive the Award, or a portion thereof sufficient to pay the Debt.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, if the Loan or any portion thereof is included in a REMIC Trust and, immediately following a release of any portion of the Lien of the Mortgage in connection with a Condemnation of an Individual Property (but taking into account any proposed Restoration on the remaining portion of such Individual Property) (based solely on real property and excluding any personal property or going concern value), the Loan-to-Value Ratio is greater than 125% (such value to be determined, in Lenders sole discretion, by any commercially reasonable method permitted to a REMIC Trust), the principal balance of the Loan must prepaid down by an amount not less than the least of the following amounts: (i) the Condemnation Proceeds, (ii) the fair market value of the released property at the time of the release, or (iii) an amount such that the Loan-to-Value Ratio (as so determined by Lender) does not increase after the release, unless Lender receives an opinion of counsel that if such amount is not paid, the Securitization will not fail to maintain its status as a REMIC Trust as a result of the related release of such portion of the Lien of the Mortgage. Any such prepayment shall be deemed a voluntary prepayment and shall be subject to Section 2.4.1 hereof (other than the requirements to prepay the Debt in full and provide thirty (30) days notice to Lender).
Section 6.4 Restoration . The following provisions shall apply in connection with the Restoration of any Individual Property:
(a) If the Net Proceeds shall be less than the Casualty/Condemnation Threshold Amount and the costs of completing the Restoration shall be less than the Casualty/Condemnation Threshold Amount, the Net Proceeds will be disbursed by Lender to Borrower upon receipt, provided that all of the conditions set forth in Section 6.4(b)(i) (A) , (C) , (F) , (G) and (H) hereof are met and Borrower delivers to Lender a written undertaking to expeditiously commence and to satisfactorily complete with due diligence the Restoration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) If the Net Proceeds are equal to or greater than the Casualty/Condemnation Threshold Amount or the costs of completing the Restoration is equal to or greater than the Casualty/Condemnation Threshold Amount, Lender shall make the Net Proceeds available for the Restoration in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4 . The term Net Proceeds for purposes of this Section 6.4 shall mean: (i) the net amount of all insurance proceeds received by Lender pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) , (iv) , (ix) and (x) as a result of such damage or destruction, after deduction of the reasonable costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable counsel fees), if any, in collecting same ( Insurance Proceeds ), or (ii) the net amount of the Award, after deduction of the reasonable costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable counsel fees), if any, in collecting same ( Condemnation Proceeds ), whichever the case may be.
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(i) The Net Proceeds shall be made available to the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee for Restoration provided that each of the following conditions are met:
(A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(B) (1) in the event the Net Proceeds are Insurance Proceeds, less than thirty percent (30%) of the total floor area of the Improvements on the Individual Property has been damaged, destroyed or rendered unusable as a result of such Casualty or (2) in the event the Net Proceeds are Condemnation Proceeds, less than twenty two and one half percent (22.5%) of the land constituting the Individual Property is taken, and such land is located along the perimeter or periphery of the Individual Property, and no portion of the Improvements is located on such land;
(C) the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall commence the Restoration as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after such Casualty or Condemnation, whichever the case may be, occurs) and shall diligently pursue the same to satisfactory completion, provided, that for purposes of this clause the filing of an application for a building permit for the Restoration shall be deemed to be commencement of the Restoration provided that the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee promptly commences work thereafter and diligently proceeds to the completion of such Restoration;
(D) Lender shall be satisfied that any operating deficits, including all scheduled payments of principal and interest under the Note, which will be incurred with respect to the Individual Property as a result of the occurrence of any such Casualty or Condemnation, whichever the case may be, will be covered out of (1) the Net Proceeds, (2) the insurance coverage referred to in Section 6.1(a)(ii) hereof, if applicable, or (3) by other funds of Borrower or Operating Lessee;
(E) Lender shall be satisfied, subject to a force majeure delay, that the Restoration will be completed on or before the earliest to occur of (1) one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the Maturity Date, (2) such time as may be required under all applicable Legal Requirements in order to repair and restore the applicable Individual Property to the condition it was in immediately prior to such Casualty or to as nearly as possible the condition it was in immediately prior to such Condemnation, as applicable, or (3) the expiration of the insurance coverage referred to in Section 6.1(a)(ii) hereof;
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(F) the Individual Property and the use thereof after the Restoration will, in all material respects, be in compliance with and permitted under all applicable Legal Requirements (including as a legal non-conforming use);
(G) the Restoration shall be done and completed by the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee in an expeditious and diligent fashion and in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements;
(H) such Casualty or Condemnation, as applicable, does not result in the loss of access to the Individual Property or the related Improvements;
(I) the Debt Yield immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation was equal to or greater than seven percent (7%) with respect to the affected Individual Property;
(J) Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Lender a signed detailed budget approved in writing by the applicable Individual Borrowers or Individual Operating Lessees architect or engineer stating the entire cost of completing the Restoration, which budget shall be reasonably approved by Lender in the same manner as each Annual Budget is to be approved by Lender during the continuance of a Cash Trap Period; and
(K) the Net Proceeds together with any cash or cash equivalent deposited by the applicable Individual Borrower and/or Individual Operating Lessee with Lender are sufficient in Lenders reasonable discretion to cover the cost of the Restoration.
(ii) The Net Proceeds shall be held by Lender in an interest bearing Eligible Account and, until disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(b) , shall constitute additional security for the Debt and Other Obligations under the Loan Documents. The Net Proceeds shall be disbursed by Lender to, or as directed by, the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee from time to time during the course of the Restoration, upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to Lender that (A) all materials installed and work and labor performed (except to the extent that they are to be paid for out of the requested disbursement) in connection with the Restoration have been paid for in full, and (B) there exist no notices of pendency, stop orders, mechanics or materialmans liens or notices of intention to file same, or any other liens or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever on the Individual Property which have not either been fully bonded to the satisfaction of Lender and discharged of record or in the alternative fully insured to the satisfaction of Lender by the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policy with respect to such Individual Property.
(iii) All plans and specifications required in connection with the Restoration shall be subject to prior review and acceptance in all respects by Lender and by an independent consulting engineer selected by Lender (the Casualty Consultant ). Lender shall have the use of the plans and specifications and all permits, licenses and approvals required or obtained in connection with the Restoration. The identity of the
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contractors, subcontractors and materialmen engaged in the Restoration, as well as the contracts under which they have been engaged, shall be subject to prior review and reasonable acceptance by Lender and the Casualty Consultant. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with making the Net Proceeds available for the Restoration including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and disbursements and the Casualty Consultants fees, shall be paid by Borrower. Lender shall grant or deny with a reasonable explanation any consent required hereunder within fourteen (14) days after the receipt of the applicable request and all documents in connection therewith. In the event that Lender fails to respond within said fourteen (14) day period, such failure shall be deemed to be the consent and approval of Lender if (A) Borrower has delivered to Lender the applicable documents, with the notation IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED, FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS APPROVAL REQUEST WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS FROM RECEIPT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE LENDERS APPROVAL prominently displayed in bold, all caps and fourteen (14) point or larger font in the transmittal letter requesting approval and (B) Lender does not approve or reject (with a reasonable explanation) the applicable request within fourteen (14) days from the date Lender receives such request as evidenced by a certified mail return receipt or confirmation by a reputable national overnight delivery service that the same has been delivered to Borrower.
(iv) In no event shall Lender be obligated to make disbursements of the Net Proceeds in excess of an amount equal to the costs actually incurred from time to time for work in place as part of the Restoration, as certified by the Casualty Consultant, minus the Casualty Retainage. The term Casualty Retainage shall mean an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the costs actually incurred for work in place as part of the Restoration, as certified by the Casualty Consultant, until the Restoration has been completed. The Casualty Retainage shall in no event, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this Section 6.4(b) , be less than the amount actually held back by the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee from contractors, subcontractors and materialmen engaged in the Restoration. The Casualty Retainage shall not be released until the Casualty Consultant certifies to Lender that the Restoration has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(b) and that all approvals necessary for the re-occupancy and use of the Individual Property have been obtained from all appropriate governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, and Lender receives evidence satisfactory to Lender that the costs of the Restoration have been paid in full or will be paid in full out of the Casualty Retainage; provided , however , that Lender will release the portion of the Casualty Retainage being held with respect to any contractor, subcontractor or materialman engaged in the Restoration as of the date upon which the Casualty Consultant certifies to Lender that the contractor, subcontractor or materialman has satisfactorily completed all work and has supplied all materials in accordance with the provisions of the contractors, subcontractors or materialmans contract, the contractor, subcontractor or materialman delivers the lien waivers and evidence of payment in full of all sums due to the contractor, subcontractor or materialman as may be reasonably requested by Lender or by the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policy with respect to such Individual
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Property, and Lender receives an endorsement to such Title Insurance Policy insuring the continued priority of the lien of the related Mortgage and evidence of payment of any premium payable for such endorsement. If required by Lender, the release of any such portion of the Casualty Retainage shall be approved by the surety company, if any, which has issued a payment or performance bond with respect to the contractor, subcontractor or materialman.
(v) Lender shall not be obligated to make disbursements of the Net Proceeds more frequently than once every calendar month.
(vi) If at any time the Net Proceeds or the undisbursed balance thereof shall not, in the opinion of Lender in consultation with the Casualty Consultant, be sufficient to pay in full the balance of the costs which are estimated by the Casualty Consultant to be incurred in connection with the completion of the Restoration, the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall (A) deposit the deficiency (the Net Proceeds Deficiency ) with Lender or (B) deliver a Letter of Credit reasonably satisfactory to Lender in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds Deficiency before any further disbursement of the Net Proceeds shall be made. The Net Proceeds Deficiency deposited with Lender shall be held by Lender and shall be disbursed for costs actually incurred in connection with the Restoration on the same conditions applicable to the disbursement of the Net Proceeds, and until so disbursed pursuant to this Section 6.4(b) shall constitute additional security for the Debt and Other Obligations under the Loan Documents.
(vii) The excess, if any, of the Net Proceeds (and the remaining balance, if any, of the Net Proceeds Deficiency) deposited with Lender after the Casualty Consultant certifies to Lender that the Restoration has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(b) , and the receipt by Lender of evidence satisfactory to Lender that all costs incurred in connection with the Restoration have been paid in full, shall be remitted by Lender to Borrower, provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under the Note, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
(c) Lender shall, with reasonable promptness following any Casualty or Condemnation, notify Borrower whether or not Net Proceeds are required to be made available to the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee for a Restoration pursuant to this Section 6.4 (or, if the same are not required to be made available to such applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee for Restoration pursuant to this Section 6.4 , whether Lender will nevertheless make the same available, which election Lender may make in its sole and absolute discretion). All Net Proceeds not required (i) to be made available for the Restoration or (ii) to be returned to Borrower as excess Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 6.4(b)(vii) hereof may be retained and applied by Lender toward the payment of the Debt in accordance with Section 2.4.2 hereof, whether or not then due and payable in such order, priority and proportions as Lender in its sole discretion shall deem proper, or, at the discretion of Lender, the same may be paid, either in whole or in part, to Borrower for such purposes as Lender shall approve, in its discretion.
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(d) In the event of foreclosure of the Mortgage with respect to an Individual Property, or other transfer of title of an Individual Property in extinguishment in whole or in part of the Debt all right, title and interest of the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee in and to the Policies that are not blanket Policies then in force concerning such Individual Property and all proceeds payable thereunder shall thereupon vest in the purchaser at such foreclosure or Lender or other transferee in the event of such other transfer of title.
(e) Intentionally omitted.
(f) In addition to the foregoing, in connection with any partial Condemnation or Casualty, if any Net Proceeds shall be equal to or greater than sixty percent (60%) of the Release Amount in respect of the applicable Individual Property, then Borrower shall have the right, but not the obligation, regardless of the provisions of Section 2.4.1 hereof, elect not to proceed with a Restoration and to prepay the Adjusted Release Amount of the applicable Individual Property (a Casualty/Condemnation Prepayment ) utilizing the Net Proceeds (together with other funds of Borrower or Operating Lessee if such Net Proceeds are less than the Adjusted Release Amount) and obtain the release of the applicable Individual Property from the Lien of the Mortgage thereon and related Loan Documents, provided that (i) Borrower and/or Operating Lessee shall have satisfied the requirements of Section 2.5.2 hereof (excluding Section 2.5.2(e) ), (ii) Borrower shall consummate the Casualty/Condemnation Prepayment on or before the second Payment Date occurring following the proposed date of the intended Casualty/Condemnation Prepayment and (iii) Borrower pays to Lender, concurrently with making such Casualty/Condemnation Prepayment, any other amounts required pursuant to Section 2.4.2 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, unless such payment is made during the continuance of an Event of Default, no Yield Maintenance Premium or other premium or penalty or charge shall be due with respect to a Casualty/Condemnation Prepayment.
ARTICLE VII
RESERVE FUNDS
Section 7.1 Intentionally Omitted .
Section 7.2 Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds .
(a) To the extent Taxes, Other Charges and/or Insurance Premiums are not reserved for in a Manager Account maintained by the applicable Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement to which it is a party or previously paid by such Manager pursuant to such Management Agreement (provided, that to the extent so reserved or paid, Borrower delivers to Lender the invoices and other evidence of payment required under Section 5.1.2 and Section 6.1 hereof in which case the required deposit will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such amount), Borrower shall pay to Lender, on each Payment Date during a Cash Trap Period, (i) in any case in which Taxes and Other Charges are not so reserved or paid by the applicable Manager, one twelfth (1/12) of the Taxes and Other Charges that Lender reasonably estimates will be payable during the next ensuing twelve (12) months in order to accumulate with Lender sufficient funds to pay all such Taxes and Other Charges at least thirty (30) days
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prior to the dates upon which such payments are required to be made and/or (ii) in any case in which Insurance Premiums are not so reserved or paid by the applicable Manager, one twelfth (1/12) of the Insurance Premiums that Lender estimates will be payable for the renewal of the coverage afforded by the Policies upon the expiration thereof in order to accumulate with Lender sufficient funds to pay all such Insurance Premiums at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the Policies (said amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) above hereinafter called the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds ). The account in which the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds are held shall hereinafter be referred to as the Tax and Insurance Reserve Account . Lender will apply the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds to payments of Taxes and Other Charges and Insurance Premiums required to be made by Borrower and/or Operating Lessee pursuant to Section 5.1.2 or Section 6.1 hereof (as applicable) and under the Mortgages. In making any payment relating to the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds, Lender may do so according to any bill, statement or estimate procured from the appropriate public office (with respect to Taxes and Other Charges) or insurer or agent (with respect to Insurance Premiums), 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. Provided that sufficient amounts are on deposit in the Tax and Insurance Escrow Account, Lender shall, upon Borrowers written request, reimburse the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee (as applicable) from amounts on deposit in the Tax and Insurance Escrow Account for all real property Taxes, Other Charges and Insurance Premiums actually paid by such Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee. As a precondition to any such reimbursement, Borrower shall submit to Lender an Officers Certificate setting forth the amount of tax payments made and jurisdictions in which such payments were made (if applicable) and upon the written request of Lender receipts for payment or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that such real, property Taxes, Other Charges and Insurance Premiums have been paid. If the amount of the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds shall exceed the amounts due for Taxes, Other Charges and Insurance Premiums pursuant to Section 5.1.2 hereof, Lender shall, in its sole discretion, return any excess to Borrower or credit such excess against future payments to be made to the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds. If at any time Lender reasonably determines that the Tax and Insurance Escrow Funds are not or will not be sufficient to pay Taxes, Other Charges and Insurance Premiums by the dates set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above, Lender shall provide written notice to Borrower of such determination and Borrower shall, commencing with the first Payment Date following Borrowers receipt of such written notice, increase its monthly payments to Lender by the amount that Lender estimates is sufficient to make up the deficiency at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date of the Taxes and Other Charges and/or thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the Policies, as the case may be. Any amounts remaining in the Tax and Insurance Escrow Account after the Debt has been paid in full or the Loan has been defeased shall be promptly returned to Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent that any of the insurance required to be maintained by any Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee under this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document is effected under a blanket policy reasonably acceptable to Lender insuring substantially all of the real property owned, directly or indirectly, by Guarantor, Borrower shall not be required to make deposits pursuant to the foregoing with respect to Insurance Premiums.
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Section 7.3 Replacements and Replacement Reserve .
7.3.1 Replacement Reserve Funds . Borrower shall pay to Lender on each Payment Date an amount equal to the Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit to fund the cost of Replacements; provided , however , that Replacements shall not include expense items that otherwise would be expensed in the operating statements of the Property pursuant to the Uniform System of Accounts and provided , further , that, for so long as the applicable Individual Borrower and corresponding Individual Operating Lessee maintain the related Individual Property in accordance with the applicable Management Agreement, the Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any amounts either (x) deposited into the FF&E Concentration Account for the applicable calendar month as set forth in the Annual Budget and required pursuant to the terms of the applicable Management Agreement if Borrower delivers evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that such deposit has been made or (y) otherwise accounted for pursuant to the Working Capital Peg Balance held in the Operating Account Agreement if Borrower delivers evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that the Working Capital Peg Balance sufficiently cover such amounts. Amounts so deposited shall hereinafter be referred to as the Replacement Reserve Funds and the account in which such amounts are held shall hereinafter be referred to as Borrowers Replacement Reserve Account .
7.3.2 Disbursements from Replacement Reserve Account . (a) Lender shall make disbursements from the Replacement Reserve Account to pay the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee only for the costs of the Replacements with respect to the related Individual Property upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in this Section 7.3.2 .
(b) Lender shall disburse to the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee the Replacement Reserve Funds from the Replacement Reserve Account from time to time upon satisfaction by the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee of each of the following conditions: (i) the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall submit a written request for payment to Lender at least five (5) days prior to the date on which Borrower requests such payment be made and specifies the Replacements to be paid, (ii) on the date such payment is to be made, no Event of Default shall exist and remain uncured and (iii) Lender shall have received an Officers Certificate: (A) stating that, to Borrowers knowledge, all Replacements to be funded by the requested disbursement have been performed in good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, in all material respects, (B) identifying each Person that supplied materials or labor in connection with such Replacements to be funded by the requested disbursement, and (C) stating that each such Person has been paid or will be paid the amounts then due and payable to such Person in connection with the Replacements with the proceeds of such disbursement, such Officers Certificate to be accompanied by lien waivers or other evidence of payment satisfactory to Lender. Lender shall not be required to make disbursements from the Replacement Reserve Account with respect to any Individual Property unless such requested disbursement is in an amount greater than Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) (or a lesser amount if the total amount in the Replacement Reserve Account is less than $25,000.00), in which case only one disbursement of the amount remaining in the account shall be made) and such disbursement shall be made only upon satisfaction of each condition
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contained in this Section 7.3.2 . Subject to Section 7.3.2(c) below, in no event shall Lender be obligated to disburse funds to Borrower or Operating Lessee from the Replacement Reserve Account if an Event of Default exists.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall make disbursements from the Replacement Reserve Account at the request of Manager upon receipt of a certificate (i) setting forth the amount of the requested disbursement, (ii) certifying that the requested disbursement will be used for the costs of FF&E as required by, and provided in the applicable Management Agreement and (iii) certifying that the amounts being requested are in accordance with the budget provided under the Management Agreement, subject to variances permitted thereby.
7.3.3 Performance of Replacements . (a) Each applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall make Replacements to the related Individual Property when required in order to keep such Individual Property in good condition and repair and to keep such Individual Property or any portion thereof from deteriorating, consistent with the requirements of the Management Agreement. The applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall complete all Replacements to the related Individual Property in a good and workmanlike manner as soon as practicable following the commencement of making each such Replacement.
(b) During a Cash Trap Period, Lender reserves the right, at its option, to approve all contracts or work orders for amounts in excess of One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) with materialmen, mechanics, suppliers, subcontractors, contractors or other parties providing labor or materials in connection with the Replacements. Upon Lenders request, the applicable Individual Borrower or Individual Operating Lessee shall assign any contract or subcontract to Lender.
(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default, in the event Lender determines in its reasonable discretion that any Replacement is not being performed in a workmanlike or timely manner or that any Replacement has not been completed in a workmanlike or timely manner, upon three (3) Business Days written notice to Borrower, Lender shall have the option to withhold disbursement for such unsatisfactory Replacement and to proceed under existing contracts or to contract with third parties to complete such Replacement and to apply the Replacement Reserve Funds toward the labor and materials necessary to complete such Replacement and, without the requirement of providing any prior notice to Borrower, to exercise any and all other remedies available to Lender upon an Event of Default hereunder.
(d) During the continuance of an Event of Default, in order to facilitate Lenders completion or making of such Replacements pursuant to Section 7.3.3(c) above, the applicable Individual Borrower and Individual Operating Lessee each grants Lender the right to enter onto the related Individual Property and perform any and all work and labor necessary to complete or make such Replacements and/or employ watchmen to protect such Individual Property from damage (subject to the rights of Tenants and guests at such Individual Property). All sums so expended by Lender, to the extent not from the Replacement Reserve Funds, shall be
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deemed to have been advanced under t