Exhibit 10.9
SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (GP/LP)
THIS SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of July 10,
2003, made by RFS PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership (the
"PLEDGOR"), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT") for the banks and other financial institutions
("LENDERS") parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below.
Pledgor and RFS Financing Partnership, L.P., a Tennessee limited
partnership ("FINANCING;" Pledgor and Financing are each a "BORROWER" and
collectively, "BORROWERS"), are parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the
date of this Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among Borrowers, CNL Hospitality
Properties, Inc., the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which
the Lenders have agreed, among other things, to make Loans to Borrowers;
The Pledgor is the limited partner of Ridge Lake L.P., a Tennessee limited
partnership ("PARTNERSHIP");
It is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make Loans
under the Credit Agreement that the Pledgor and the Administrative Agent shall
have executed this Agreement as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement terms defined in the Credit
Agreement or in the recitals hereto shall have their defined meanings when used
herein, and the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"AGREEMENT" means this Security and Pledge Agreement, as the same may
from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
"COLLATERAL" means the Interests and all Proceeds.
"INTERESTS" means (a) all of Pledgor's limited partnership interests
in Partnership including, without limitation, all of Pledgor's right, title
and interest, now existing or hereafter acquired, under the Partnership
Agreement with respect to any interest now owned or hereafter acquired or
owned by Pledgor in Partnership as a partner, but not any of its
obligations from time to time as a partner (unless the Administrative Agent
shall become a partner as a result of its exercise of remedies pursuant to
the terms hereof) in Partnership;
(b) any and all moneys due and to become due to the Pledgor now or in
the future by way of a distribution made to the Pledgor in its capacity as
a limited partner in Partnership or otherwise in respect of the Pledgor's
interest as a limited partner in Partnership;
(c) any other property of Partnership to which the Pledgor now or in
the future may be entitled in its capacity as a limited partner in
Partnership by way of distribution, return of capital or otherwise;
(d) any other claim which the Pledgor now has or may in the future
acquire in its capacity as a limited partner in Partnership against
Partnership and its property; and
(e) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of any or all
of the foregoing.
"OBLIGATIONS" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties of, Partnership, the Pledgor, and each
Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any
Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter
arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement
by or against any Borrower, Pledgor, or any Affiliate thereof of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in
such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed
claims in such proceeding.
"PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT" means the Limited Partnership Agreement of
Partnership, dated as of September 22, 1997, as the same may be further
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"PROCEEDS" means all "proceeds" (as such term is defined in Section
9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on
the date hereof) of the Interests, including, without limitation, all
income, gain, credit, distributions and similar items from or with respect
to the Interests, collections thereon or distributions with respect
thereto.
"UCC" or "UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE" means the Uniform Commercial Code
from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
2. ASSIGNMENT AND GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. As collateral security for
the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all the Obligations and in order to
induce the Lenders to make Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent
(for the benefit of the Lenders), a first priority Lien on and security interest
in and to, and agrees and acknowledges that Administrative Agent has and shall
continue to have, a security interest in and to, and assigns, transfers, pledges
and conveys to Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) all of
Pledgor's right, title, and interest in and to the Collateral.
3. PLEDGOR REMAINS LIABLE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, (a) Pledgor shall remain liable under the Partnership
Agreement to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and
obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights
hereunder shall not release Pledgor from any of its duties or obligations under
the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) the
Administrative Agent shall not have any obligation or liability under the
Partnership Agreement by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative
Agent be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of Pledgor
thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment
assigned hereunder.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Pledgor represents and warrants
that:
(a) the Pledgor has the power and authority and the legal right to
execute and deliver, to perform its obligations under, and to grant the
Lien on the Collateral pursuant to, this Agreement and has taken all
necessary action to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of,
and grant of the Lien on the Collateral pursuant to, this Agreement;
(b) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Pledgor enforceable against the Pledgor in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
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reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles;
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not
violate any provision of any Laws or contractual obligation of the Pledgor
and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the
properties or revenues of the Pledgor pursuant to any Laws or contractual
obligation of the Pledgor, except as contemplated hereby;
(d) no consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act by or in
respect of, any arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any
other Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of the Pledgor or
Borrowers), is required in connection with the execution, delivery,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement;
(e) no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Pledgor, threatened by or against the Pledgor or against any of the
Collateral with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby;
(f) the Pledgor is the sole record and beneficial owner of, and has
good and sole legal title to, the Interests, free of any and all Liens or
options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the Liens
created by this Agreement;
(g) no security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or
lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or part of the
Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as may
have been or will be filed in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the
benefit of the Lenders) pursuant to this Agreement or have otherwise been
filed in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the
Lenders);
(h) upon the execution of this Agreement and the filing of the
financing statement in the appropriate office, the Lien granted pursuant to
this Agreement will constitute a valid, perfected first priority Lien on
the Collateral, prior to all other Liens, which will be enforceable as such
as against all creditors of the Pledgor and any Persons purporting to
purchase any Collateral from the Pledgor, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally. All
action necessary or desirable to perfect such security interest in each
item of the Collateral requested by the Administrative Agent, including the
filing of financing statements in the offices referred to on SCHEDULE I to
this Agreement has been or will be duly taken;
(i) the Pledgor's principal place of business, chief executive office
and the place where its records concerning the Collateral are kept is at
850 Ridge Lake Boulevard, Suite 300, Memphis, Tennessee 38120 and the
Pledgor will not change such principal place of business or chief executive
office or remove such records without giving the Administrative Agent at
least 30 days prior written notice thereof. The Pledgor will not change its
name, identity or structure in any manner which might make any financing
statement filed hereunder seriously misleading unless it shall have given
the Administrative Agent at least 30 days prior written notice thereof and
the Administrative Agent has provided its written consent with respect to
such change;
(j) the Pledgor is a limited partner of Partnership and its percentage
interests in Partnership as limited partner is 99%; and a complete and
correct copy of the Partnership Agreement has been delivered to each
Lender;
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(k) the Pledgor is a limited partnership duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Tennessee; and
(l) the execution and delivery of this Agreement will not result in
any violation of or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any
term of the Partnership Agreement or of any agreement or instrument of
Pledgor.
5. COVENANTS. The Pledgor covenants and agrees with the Administrative
Agent that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations are
paid in full:
(a) If the Pledgor shall, as a result of its ownership of the
Interests, become entitled to receive or shall receive any limited
partnership interest or other certificate (including, without limitation,
any certificate representing a distribution in connection with any
reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate
issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights, whether in
addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for any
of the Interests, or otherwise in respect thereof, the Pledgor shall accept
the same as the Administrative Agent's agent, hold the same in trust for
the Administrative Agent and deliver the same forthwith to the
Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by the
Pledgor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated
stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank and with, if
the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by
the Administrative Agent hereunder as additional collateral security for
the Obligations. In case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in
respect of the Interests or any property shall be distributed upon or with
respect to the Interests pursuant to the recapitalization or
reclassification of the capital of Partnership or pursuant to the
reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall be delivered to
the Administrative Agent to be held by it, subject to the terms hereof, as
additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any sums of money or
property so paid or distributed in respect of the Interests shall be
received by the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall, until such money or property is
paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property
in trust for the Administrative Agent, segregated from other funds of the
Pledgor, as additional collateral security for the Obligations.
(b) Except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Pledgor will not (i)
sell, assign, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of, or grant any
option with respect to, the Collateral, or (ii) create, incur or permit to
exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with
respect to, any of the Collateral, or any interest therein, except for the
Lien provided for by this Agreement. The Pledgor will defend the right,
title and interest of the Administrative Agent in and to the Collateral
against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever. The Pledgor will
not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, or
attempt, offer or contract to do so.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of the Pledgor, the Pledgor
will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and
documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including, without limitation, the filing of any financing or continuation
statements under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the
Liens granted hereby. The Pledgor also hereby authorizes the Administrative
Agent to file any such financing or continuation statement without the
signature of the Pledgor to the extent permitted by applicable law. If any
amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be
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or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, such note
or instrument shall be immediately pledged hereunder to the Administrative
Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Pledgor will advise the Administrative Agent promptly, in
reasonable detail, of any Lien or claim made or asserted against any of the
Collateral.
(e) The Pledgor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent
harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from
any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which
may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the
Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
6. CASH DISTRIBUTIONS; VOTING RIGHTS. Unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Pledgor shall be permitted to receive all cash
distributions paid in the normal course of business of Partnership and to
exercise all voting and partnership rights with respect to the Interests,
PROVIDED HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast or partnership right exercised or
other action taken which, in the Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment,
would impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in a
breach of any provision of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or this
Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Pledgor may make any
distributions permitted under the Credit Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this
restriction under this PARAGRAPH shall be void to the extent that same may
constitute a default under that certain Indenture dated February 26, 2003, as
amended, by RFS Partnership, L.P. and RFS Financing 2002, Inc., as Issuers, RFS
Hotel Investors, Inc. and RFS Leasing VII, Inc., as Guarantors, and U.S. Bank,
National Association, as Trustee.
7. RIGHTS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(a) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (i) the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to receive and shall receive any
and all cash distributions paid in respect of the Interests and make
application thereof to the Obligations in such order as it may determine,
and (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all shares or
certificates of or evidencing the Interests shall be registered in the name
of the Administrative Agent or its nominee, and (whether or not so
registered) the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise
(A) all voting, partnership and other rights pertaining to the Interests
and (B) any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription and any
other rights, privileges or options pertaining to the Interests as if it
were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right
to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Interests upon the merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change
in the partnership structure of Partnership, or upon the exercise by the
Pledgor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option
pertaining to such shares or certificates of or evidencing the Interests,
and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all
of the Interests with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar
or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as it may
determine), all without liability except to account for property actually
received by it, but the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to exercise
any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any
failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(b) The rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder shall not be
conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Administrative Agent of
any right or remedy against Borrowers, or against any other Person which
may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Obligations or
against any other collateral security therefor, guarantee thereof or right
of offset with respect thereto. The Administrative Agent shall not be
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liable for any failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part
of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so, nor shall it be under any
obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request
of the Pledgor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever
with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.
8. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.
(a) The Pledgor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable
power and authority in the place and stead of the Pledgor and in the name
of the Pledgor or in its own name, from time to time in the Administrative
Agent's discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this
Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and
all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, hereby gives the Administrative Agent the
power and right, on behalf of the Pledgor without notice to or assent by
the Pledgor to do the following:
(i) upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default
to ask, demand, collect, receive and give acceptances and receipts for
any and all moneys due and to become due with respect to the
Collateral and, in the name of the Pledgor or its own name or
otherwise, to take possession of, endorse and collect any checks,
drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of
moneys due with respect to the Collateral and to file any claim or to
take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or
otherwise as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the
purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to the
Collateral or whenever payable;
(ii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or
other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral; and
(iii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, (A) to direct any party liable for any payment to the
Pledgor with respect to the Collateral to make payment of any and all
moneys due and to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative
Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (B) to receive
payment of and receipt for any and all moneys, claims and other
amounts due and to become due at any time in respect of or arising out
of any Collateral; (C) to sign and endorse any invoices, drafts
against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection
with accounts and other documents relating to the Collateral; (D) to
commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in
equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the
Collateral and to enforce any other right in respect of any
Collateral; (E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought
against the Pledgor with respect to any Collateral; (F) to settle,
compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described above
and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as
the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; and (G) generally, to
sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or
otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as
though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for
all purposes, and to do, at the Administrative Agent's option and the
Pledgor's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and
things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect,
preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent's
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security interest therein, in order to effect the intent of this
Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the Pledgor might do.
The Pledgor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
(b) The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent (for the benefit
of the Lenders) hereunder are solely to protect its interests (for the
benefit of the Lenders) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty
upon it to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent shall be
accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to the Pledgor or to any other
partner of Partnership for any act or failure to act.
(c) The Pledgor also authorizes the Administrative Agent, at any time
and from time to time, to execute, in connection with the sale provided for
in SECTION 9 of this Agreement, any indorsements, assignments or other
instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral.
9. REMEDIES. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies
granted in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing,
evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured
party under the UCC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and to the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Administrative Agent, without demand of
performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of
any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon the
Pledgor, Borrowers or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses,
advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances
forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any
part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign, give option or options to
purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof
(or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or
private sale or sales, in the over-the-counter market, at any exchange, broker's
board or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and
at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery
without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent shall have the
right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law,
upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the
Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in the Pledgor,
which right or equity is hereby waived or released. The Administrative Agent
shall apply any Proceeds from time to time held by it and the net proceeds of
any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale,
after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred therein
or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way
relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to
the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the
Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the
payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any
provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615 of the UCC, need
the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to the Pledgor. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Pledgor waives all claims, damages and
demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent arising out of the
exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights hereunder except to
the extent any thereof arise solely from the willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of
Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and
proper if given at least ten (10) days before such sale or other disposition.
The Pledgor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale
or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the Obligations
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and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
10. REGISTRATION RIGHTS: PRIVATE SALES.
(a) If the Administrative Agent shall determine to exercise its right
to sell any or all of the Interests pursuant to SECTION 9 hereof, and if in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent it is necessary or advisable to
have the Interests, or that portion thereof to be sold, registered under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES
ACT"), the Pledgor will cause Partnership to (i) execute and deliver, and
cause the officers of Partnership to execute and deliver, all such
instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts
as may be, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, necessary or
advisable to register the Interests, or that portion thereof to be sold,
under the provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) to use its best efforts to
cause the registration statement relating thereto to become effective and
to remain effective for a period of one year from the date of the first
public offering of the Interests, or that portion thereof to be sold, and
(iii) to make all amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus
which, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, are necessary or
advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
applicable thereto. The Pledgor agrees to cause Partnership to comply with
the provisions of the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any and all
jurisdictions which the Administrative Agent shall designate and to make
available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings
statement (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 1l (a) of the Securities Act.
(b) If the Administrative Agent shall determine to exercise its right
to sell any or all of the Interests pursuant to SECTION 9 hereof, the
Administrative Agent may resort to one or more private sales thereof to a
restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other
things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and
not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. The Pledgor
acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and
other terms less favorable to the Administrative Agent than if such sale
were a public sale and agrees that such circumstances shall not, in and of
themselves, result in a determination that such sale was not made in a
commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative Agent shall be under no
obligation to delay a sale of any of the Interests.
(c) The Pledgor further agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause
to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make any sale or
sales of all or any portion of the Interests pursuant to this Section valid
and binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Laws. The
Pledgor further agrees that a continuing breach of any of the covenants
contained in this Section will cause irreparable injury to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a
consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section shall
be specifically enforceable against the Pledgor, and the Pledgor hereby
waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific
performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default
has occurred.
11. AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Pledgor acknowledges that the
rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement
with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request,
judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising
out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with
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respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Administrative Agent and the Pledgor, the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full and valid
authority so to act or refrain from acting, and neither the Pledgor nor
Borrowers shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry
respecting such authority.
12. AMENDMENTS, ETC. WITH RESPECT TO THE OBLIGATIONS. The Pledgor shall
remain obligated hereunder, and the Collateral shall remain subject to the Liens
granted hereby, notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against
the Pledgor, and without notice to or further assent by the Pledgor, any demand
for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and any of
the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of either
Borrower or any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may,
from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered, or released by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any
other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or part, as the Lenders (or the
Required Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and
any guarantee, right of offset or other collateral security at any time held by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations may be
sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or
insure any other Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or
any property subject thereto. The Pledgor waives any and all notice of the
creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of
or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon this
Agreement; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to
have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Agreement; and
all dealings between Borrowers and the Pledgor, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other, shall likewise be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this
Agreement. The Pledgor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for
payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon Borrowers or the Pledgor
with respect to the Obligations.
13. LIMITATION ON DUTIES REGARDING COLLATERAL. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable
for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any
delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose
of any Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or otherwise.
14. POWERS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST. All authorizations and agencies herein
contained with respect to the Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with
an interest.
15. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
16. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. The paragraph headings used in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof
or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
17. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES; INTEGRATION. The Administrative Agent
shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to this
paragraph), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived
any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Event of Default or
in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to exercise,
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nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent of any right or remedy hereunder
on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which
the Administrative Agent would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights
and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or
concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
This Agreement represents the agreement of the Pledgor and the Administrative
Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises or
representations by the Administrative Agent relative to the subject matter
hereof not reflected herein.
18. WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; GOVERNING LAW. None of
the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the Pledgor and
the Administrative Agent, PROVIDED that any provision of this Agreement that
imposes an obligation solely on the Pledgor or provides a right in favor solely
of the Administrative Agent may be waived by the Administrative Agent in a
letter or agreement executed by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the
Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and
assigns of the Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and its successors and assigns. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
19. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS. THE PLEDGOR HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN
RESPECT THEREOF MAY BE BROUGHT AGAINST IT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT,
THE PLEDGOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE
PLEDGOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE PLEDGOR AT ITS
ADDRESS SET FORTH UNDER ITS SIGNATURE BELOW. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE
PROCEED AGAINST THE PLEDGOR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
20. WAIVERS.
(a) THE PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY ACTION
DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 19, OR THAT SUCH PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT COURT, AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME.
(b) EACH OF THE PLEDGOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
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ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY TYPE AS TO ANY MATTER ARISING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
21. NOTICES. Any notices or other communications required or permitted to
be given by this Agreement or any other documents and instruments referred to
herein must be given in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
22. IRREVOCABLE AUTHORIZATION AND INSTRUCTION TO BORROWERS. The Pledgor
hereby authorizes and instructs Borrowers to comply with any instruction
received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (a) states that an
Event of Default has occurred and describes such Event of Default and (b) is
otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or
further instructions from the Pledgor, and the Pledgor agrees that Borrowers
shall be fully protected in so complying.
23. RELEASE OF LIENS. Upon payment and satisfaction in full of the
Obligations, the Administrative Agent agrees, upon the written request of the
Pledgor and at the Pledgor's sole expense, to execute, record and file such
instruments and perform such acts as are necessary to release the Collateral
from the Liens and security interest of this Agreement or any assignment or
other security document entered into pursuant hereto.
24. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOT A PARTNER. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed or interpreted (a) to transfer to the
Administrative Agent any of the obligations of a partner of Borrowers or (b) to
constitute the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders a partner of
Borrowers.
25. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
26. ENTIRETY. THIS AGREEMENT EMBODIES THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT AMONG
PLEDGOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT WITH RESPECT TO THE PLEDGE AND ASSIGNMENT
OF THE COLLATERAL AND THE OTHER MATTERS ADDRESSED HEREIN AND THEREIN, AND
SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, AND
UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF
AND THEREOF, AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED OR VARIED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO.
REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK.
SIGNATURE PAGE(S) FOLLOWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
PLEDGOR:
RFS PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: CNL ROSE GP CORP., its General Partner
By:/s/ Marcel Verbaas
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Name: Marcel Verbaas
Title: Senior Vice President
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Ansel McDowell
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Ansel McDowell
Principal
Signature Page to Security and Pledge Agreement
RFS Partnership, L.P./Ridge Lake L.P.
SCHEDULE I
UCC FILINGS
STATE FILING OFFICE DOCUMENT FILED
Tennessee Secretary of State Financing Statement