(l) Subordination of Debt to Guarantor.
(i) Any indebtedness of Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates, to any of the Guarantors or their respective Affiliates, whether now or hereafter existing, whether direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several, or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or liabilities be evidenced by note, contract, open account or otherwise, and irrespective of the person or persons in whose favor such debts or liabilities may, at their inception, have been or may hereafter be created, or the manner in which they have been or may hereafter be acquired by the Guarantors, including, without limitation, all rights and claims of the Guarantors against Borrower (arising as a result of subrogation or otherwise) as a result of each Guarantor’s payment of all or a portion of the Guarantied Obligation, together with any interest thereon (collectively, “Guarantor Claims”), shall be and hereby is deferred, postponed and subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Loan. Further, until the Guarantors are released from this Guaranty, the Guarantors agree that should any of the Guarantors receive any payment, satisfaction or security for any Guarantor Claim, the same shall be delivered to Lender in the form received (endorsed or assigned as may be appropriate) for application on account of, or as security for, the Loan and until so delivered to Lender, shall be held in trust for Lender as security for the Loan.
(ii) In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief, or other insolvency proceedings involving the Guarantors as debtors, Lender shall have the right to prove its claim in any such proceeding so as to establish its rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian dividends and payments which would otherwise be payable upon Guarantor Claims. Each Guarantor hereby assigns such dividends and payments to Lender. Should Lender receive, for application against the Guarantied Obligation, any dividend or payment which is otherwise payable to the Guarantors and which, as between the Borrower and the Guarantors, shall constitute a credit against the Guarantor Claims, then, upon payment to Lender in full of the Guarantied Obligation, the Guarantors shall become subrogated to the rights of Lender to the extent that such payments to Lender on the Guarantor Claims have contributed toward the liquidation of the Guarantied Obligation, and such subrogation shall be with respect to that portion of the Guarantied Obligation which would have been unpaid if Lender had not received dividends or payments upon the Guarantor Claims.
(iii) Each Guarantor agrees that any liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Guarantor Claims shall be and remain inferior and subordinate to any liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Borrower’s assets securing payment of the Guarantied Obligation, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of the Guarantors or Lender presently exist or are hereafter created or attach. Without the prior written consent of Lender, each Guarantor shall not (i) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right such Guarantor may have against Borrower, or (ii) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including without limitation the commencement of, or joinder in, any liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor’s relief or insolvency proceeding) to enforce any liens, mortgage, deeds of trust, security interests, collateral rights, judgments or other encumbrances held by the Guarantors on assets of Borrower.
(m) Enforcement Costs. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, on written demand by Lender, all costs incurred by Lender in collecting any amount payable under this guaranty or enforcing or protecting its rights under the Loan Documents, in each case whether or not legal proceedings are commenced (the “Enforcement Costs”). Such fees and expenses shall be in addition to the Guarantied Obligations and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses of both in-house and outside counsel, paralegals and other hired professionals, special servicing fees (including portfolio management fees), court fees, costs incurred in connection with pre-trial, trial and appellate level proceedings (including discovery and expert witnesses), costs incurred in post-judgment collection efforts or in any bankruptcy proceeding to the extent such costs relate to the Guarantied Obligations or the enforcement of this guaranty. Amounts incurred by Lender shall be immediately due and payable, and shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date of disbursement until paid in full upon Lender’s written demand for payment. This Section shall survive the payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations.
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