Completion Guaranty Agreement by the Operating Partnership for the benefit of Wilmington Trust, N.A., related to the El Paso HGI Hotel Property, dated as of August 10, 2022
Execution Version
COMPLETION GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This COMPLETION GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Guaranty”) is made effective as of August 10, 2022, by LODGING FUND REIT III OP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership having an address at c/o Legendary Capital, 1635 43rd Street South, Suite 205, Fargo, ND 58103, Attn: Linzey Erickson (“Guarantor”), for the benefit of WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF COMM 2015- CCRE26 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, having an address at c/o CWCapital Asset Management, 900 19th Street NW 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, Re: COMM 2015-CCRE26; Loan No 440-20 (“Lender”).
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therein, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor.
NOW, THEREFORE, as a material inducement to Lender to consent to the Requested Actions and enter into the Modification Agreement and the other Modification Documents and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor covenants and agrees as follows:
NATURE AND SCOPE OF GUARANTY
Obligations arising or created after any attempted revocation by Guarantor and after (if Guarantor is a natural person) Guarantor’s death (in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor’s estate and Guarantor’s legal representatives and heirs). The fact that at any time or from time to time the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or reduced shall not release or discharge the obligation of Guarantor to Lender with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations. This Guaranty may be enforced by Lender and any subsequent holder of the Note and shall not be discharged by the assignment or negotiation of all or part of the Note.
(c) enforce Lender’s rights against any other guarantors of the Guaranteed Obligations, (d) join Borrower or any others liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty, (e) exhaust any remedies available to Lender against any collateral which shall ever have been given to secure the Loan, or (f) resort to any other means of obtaining payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.
or (Y) an Event of Default, (f) Lender’s transfer or disposition of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, (g) sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure) of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, (h) protest, proof of non-payment or default by Borrower, and (i) any other action at any time taken or omitted by Lender, and, generally, all demands and notices of every kind (including, without limitation, notice of acceleration and notice of intention to accelerate) in connection with this Guaranty, the Loan Documents, any documents or agreements evidencing, securing or relating to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and/or the obligations hereby guaranteed, (II) all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof, (III) any right or claim of right to cause a marshalling of the assets of Borrower or of any collateral for the Loan, or to cause Lender to proceed against any of the other security for the Guaranteed Obligations or the Obligations of Borrower before proceeding under this Guaranty against Guarantor, or, if there shall be more than one Guarantor, to require Lender to proceed against any other Guarantor or any of the Guarantors in any particular order, (IV) the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsive counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against or by Guarantor, (V) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or persons or the failure of Lender to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other person or persons, (VI) any defense based upon an election of remedies by Lender, (VII) any duty on the part of Lender to disclose to Guarantor any facts Lender may now or hereafter know about Borrower, any Tenant, or the Property, regardless of whether Lender has reason to believe that any such facts materially increase the risk beyond that which Guarantor intends to assume or has reason to believe that such facts are unknown to Guarantor or has a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts to Guarantor, it being understood and agreed that Guarantor is fully responsible for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrower, any Tenant or of the condition of the Property and of any and all circumstances bearing on the risk that liability may be incurred by Guarantor hereunder; (VIII) any lack of notice of disposition or of manner of disposition of any collateral for the Loan, (IX) any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any one or more of the Loan Documents, (X) any lack of commercial reasonableness in dealing with the collateral for the Loan, (XI) any deficiencies in the collateral for the Loan or any deficiency in the ability of Lender to collect or to obtain performance from any persons or entities now or hereafter liable for the payment and performance of any obligation hereby guaranteed, (XII) an assertion or claim that the automatic stay provided by 11 U.S.C. §362 (arising upon the voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding of Borrower) or any other stay provided under any other debtor relief law (whether statutory, common law, case law or otherwise) of any jurisdiction whatsoever, now or hereafter in effect, which may be or become applicable, shall operate or be interpreted to stay, interdict, condition, reduce or inhibit the ability of Lender to enforce any of its rights, whether now or hereafter required, which Lender may have against Guarantor or the collateral for the Loan, and (XIII) any modifications of the Loan Documents or any obligation of Borrower relating to the Loan by operation of law or by action of any court, whether pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, or any other debtor relief law (whether statutory, common law, case law or otherwise) of any jurisdiction whatsoever, now or hereafter in effect, or otherwise.
In addition, the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents shall in no way be limited, expanded or impaired by:
B. | any amendment to or modification of any of the Loan Documents; |
M. | the taking or failure to take any action of any type whatsoever. |
Any of the foregoing may be accomplished with or without notice to Borrower or Guarantor and with or without consideration.
EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT REDUCING OR DISCHARGING GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS
Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to each of the following, and agrees that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by any of the following, and waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights
(including without limitation rights to notice) which Guarantor might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the following:
(g) the Note, the Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents have been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic, it being agreed that Guarantor shall remain liable hereon regardless of whether Borrower or any other Person be found not liable on the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof for any reason.
understanding or agreement that other Persons (including Borrower) will be liable to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations, or that Lender will look to other Persons (including Borrower) to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and extend credit to Borrower, Guarantor represents and warrants to Lender as follows:
(b) Guarantor will furnish to Lender (x) unaudited quarterly financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, schedule of contingent liabilities, evidence of liquidity and associated notes, if any) within forty-five (45) days following the end of Guarantor’s first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, and (y) within ninety (90) days following the end of each fiscal year of Guarantor, a complete copy of Guarantor’s annual audited financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, schedule of real estate assets, schedule of contingent liabilities and associated notes). Such statements of Guarantor shall set forth the financial condition of Guarantor. Guarantor’s annual financial statements shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate certifying that each annual financial statement is true and correct and presents fairly the financial condition of Guarantor and as of the date thereof whether there exists an event or circumstance which constitutes a Default or Event of Default under this Guaranty, the nature thereof, the period of time it has existed and the action then being taken to remedy the same.
(ii) previously disclosed in writing to Lender together with a written explanation of why such litigation is not material.
SUBORDINATION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS
distributions so received except to pay such funds, payments, claims and/or distributions promptly to Lender, and Guarantor covenants promptly to pay the same to Lender.
COVENANTS
(a) | “GAAP’ shall mean generally accepted accounting principles, consistently |
applied.
(b) | “Liquid Assets” shall mean assets in the form of cash, cash equivalents, |
obligations of (or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by) the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided the full faith and credit of the United States supports such obligation or guarantee), certificates of deposit issued by a commercial bank having net assets of not less than $500 million, securities listed and traded on a recognized stock exchange or traded over the counter and listed in the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotations, or liquid debt instruments that have a readily ascertainable value and are regularly traded in a recognized financial market.
(d) | “Subsidiary” shall mean any Affiliate of Guarantor that is controlled by |
Guarantor.
setting forth in reasonable detail Guarantor’s Net Worth and Liquid Assets, based on such financial statement.
MISCELLANEOUS
(b) WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY (EACH, A “PROCEEDING”), GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY (A) SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS HAVINO JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK AND STATE OF NEW YORK, AND (B) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM
AND FURTHER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROCEEDING, THAT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY SHALL PRECLUDE LENDER FROM BRINGING A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION NOR WILL THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY ONE OR MORE JURISDICTIONS PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
GUARANTOR FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT, IN ADDITION TO ANY METHODS OF SERVICE OF PROCESS PROVIDED FOR UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY NEW YORK STATE OR UNITED STATES COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO GUARANTOR AT THE ADDRESS INDICATED IN THIS GUARANTY, AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE UPON RECEIPT; EXCEPT THAT IF GUARANTOR SHALL REFUSE TO ACCEPT DELIVERY, SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN SO MAILED.
necessary in making proof of this Guaranty to produce or account for more than a single counterpart containing the respective signatures of, or on behalf of, each of the parties hereto. Any signature page to any counterpart may be detached from such counterpart without impairing the legal effect of the signatures thereon and thereafter attached to another counterpart identical thereto except having attached to it additional signature pages.
one or more interests therein to investors (the transactions referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) are hereinafter each referred to as “Secondary Market Transaction”). Guarantor shall cooperate with Lender in effecting any such Secondary Market Transaction and shall cooperate to implement all requirements imposed by any Rating Agencies involved in any Secondary Market Transaction. Guarantor shall provide such information and documents relating to Guarantor, Borrower, the Property and any tenants of the Property as Lender may reasonably request in connection with such Secondary Market Transaction. In addition, Guarantor shall make available to Lender all information concerning its business and operations that Lender may reasonably request. Lender shall be permitted to share all such information with the investment banking firms, Rating Agencies, accounting firms, law firms and other third-party advisory firms involved with the Loan and the Loan Documents or the applicable Secondary Market Transaction. It is understood that the information provided by Guarantor to Lender including any and all financial statements provided to Lender pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof may ultimately be incorporated into the offering documents for the Secondary Market Transaction and thus various investors or potential investors may also see some or all of the information. Lender and all of the aforesaid third-party advisors and professional firms shall be entitled to rely on the information supplied by, or on behalf of, Guarantor in the form as provided by Guarantor. Lender may publicize the existence of the Loan in connection with its marketing for a Secondary Market Transaction or otherwise as part of its business development.
(15) days of demand therefor shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date of demand until paid.
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PARTY AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY.
Guarantor’s Initials: /s/ SCM
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has executed this Guaranty the day and year first above written.
GUARANTOR:
Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP a Delaware limited partnership
By: Lodging Fund REIT ill, Inc.
Its. General Partner
/s/ Samuel Montgomery
By: Samuel Montgomery
Its: Chief Operating Officer
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