1 EXHIBIT 10.31 COVER SHEET SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN OVERLOOK VININGS INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER ASSOCIATES, LTD., A GEORGIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AS SELLER, AND THE ENTITY IDENTIFIED IN ITEM NO. I BELOW, AS PURCHASER, COVERING AND DESCRIBING THE WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL, 2857 PACES FERRY ROAD, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339 NO.1 Purchaser's Name: WYNDHAM HOTEL COMPANY, LTD. --------------------------------------- Address: 2001 BRYAN STREET --------------------------------------- SUITE 2300 --------------------------------------- DALLAS, TEXAS 75201 --------------------------------------- ATTENTION: MR. STEVE MILLER ----------------------------- Telephone Number:(214) 978-4500 --- ---------- Facsimile Number:(214) 978-4601 --- ---------- Individual or Type of Entity (Check): ------------ an individual residing in the state of --------------------------------- ------------ a corporation organized in the state of ------------------------------------ ------------ a general partnership organized in the state of ----------------------------------------------- x ------------ a limited partnership organized in the state of Texas ----------------------------------------------- ------------ A limited liability company organized in the state of ----------------------------------------------- NO. 2 (a) Purchase Price (Check one or both): x ------------- Financed Purchase Price : Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand and --------------------------------------------- NO/100 Dollars ($12,500,000) --------------------------------------------- [See Section 2.2 of the Contract for the current outstanding principal balance of the Bonds.] x -------------- Cash Purchase price: Twelve Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand and ----------------------------------------------- NO/100 DOLLARS ($12,250,000.) 2 (b) Alternate Purchase Price (If bidder checked Financed Purchase Price in No. 2(a) above, but will accept Seller's requirement to proceed with a Cash Purchase Price if Purchaser were unable to obtain the Consents to Transfer referenced in Section 2.2 of the Contract, then so indicate below.] x Yes, I will accept a Cash Purchase Price of: --------------- Twelve Million Two Hundred and Fifty ------------------------------------------------- Thousand and NO/100 DOLLARS ($ 12,250,000 ------------------------------------------------- --------------- No, I will accept a Financed Purchase Price only. [If bidder checked Cash Purchase Price in No. 2(a) above, but will accept Seller's requirement to proceed with a Financed Purchase Price if Purchaser were unable to obtain the Discharge Documents referenced in Section 2.3 of the Contract, then so indicate below.] x Yes, I will accept a Financed Purchase Price of: --------------- Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand --------------------------------------------------- and NO/100 DOLLARS ($12,500,000). --------------------------------------------------- --------------- No, I will accept a Cash Purchase Price only. NO. 3 Broker's Name: N/A ----------------- Address: --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone Number: ( ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Facsimile Number: ( ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Commission: and No/100 DOLLARS --------------------------------------------------------------------- ($ ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO. 4 Purchaser's Counsel: Janis Loegering - ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: Locke Purnell Rain Harrell --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dallas, Texas 75201 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone Number: (214) 740-8000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Facsimile Number: (214) 740-8800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Purchaser has executed with Seller that certain Confidentiality and Inspection Agreement between Owner and Recipient dated March 4, 1996 and has attached such agreement to the attached Sale and Purchase Agreement and labeled such agreement EXHIBIT "C". Purchaser's Initials: /s/ SKM Seller's Initials /s/ 3 INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF ATTACHED SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT (1) The attached Cover Sheet (the page following) must be completed and initialed by the party making a bid on the Subject Properties. (2) "Purchaser" and "Broker" (if any) must sign in their respective signature blocks on Pages 36 and 37 of the Sale and Purchase Agreement. (3) Revisions to the Sale and Purchase Agreement by Purchaser are not encouraged. If Purchaser makes any such revisions, however, they must be (a) clear and legible and (b) initialed by Purchaser. (4) The Exhibits attached to the Sale and Purchase Agreement are not to be completed or signed by Purchaser. In the event Seller accepts Purchaser's offer and a sale of the Subject Properties is consummated, execution counterparts of the documents set forth in the Exhibits will be provided at Closing. (5) The Sale and Purchase Agreement must be returned to Seller in accordance with the instructions provided in the Invitation to Bid and Instructions and Conditions of Bid delivered to you by counsel to Seller. 4 INDEX ARTICLE I SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Incorporation By Reference of Cover Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Agreement of Purchase and Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ARTICLE 2 CONSIDERATION FOR CONVEYANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2 Financed Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3 Cash Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4 Independent Contract Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ARTICLE 3 EARNEST MONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ARTICLE 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SURVEY AND TITLE POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1 Permitted Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.2 Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.3 Title Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.4 Future Encumbrances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ARTICLE 5 ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE FURNISHED TO PURCHASER BY SELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.1 Submission Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.2 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.3 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ARTICLE 6 INSPECTION AND AUDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6.1 Inspection Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6.2 Condition of Subject Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ARTICLE 7 DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION PRIOR TO THE CLOSING... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.1 Damage or Destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.2 Purchaser's Option in Excess of Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.3 Purchaser's Option Less than Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7.4 Estimated Cost of Repair, Replacement and Restoration............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7.5 Condemnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 ARTICLE 8 CONDITION OF PROPERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8.1 Condition of Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8.2 Purchaser's Additional Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.3 Management of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.4 Liquor License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.5 Management Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ARTICLE 9 CLOSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9.1 Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9.2 Delivery of Items At Closing By Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.3 Delivery of Items at Closing By Purchaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9.4 Credits and Prorations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9.5 Purchaser's Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 9.6 Seller's Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9.7 Representations and Warranties of Purchaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9.8 Covenants of Purchaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9.9 Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ARTICLE 10 REAL ESTATE COMMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 10. I Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 10.2 Broker Indemnifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 ARTICLE 11 REMEDIES OF DEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 11.1 Termination Of Contract By Purchaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 11.2 Purchaser's Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 11.3 Seller's Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12.1 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12.2 Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 12.3 Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 12.4 Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.5 Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.6 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.7 Times And Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.8 Descriptive Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.9 Entire Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.10 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6 12.11 Non-recordable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12.12 Third-Party Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.13 Legal Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.14 Contemplation of Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.15 Return of Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.16 Security for Unpaid Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.17 Completion of Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.18 Effect of Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 12.19 Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 12.20 Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 EXHIBITS - EXHIBIT A - . . . . . Legal Description of the Real Property EXHIBIT B - . . . . . Leases EXHIBIT C - . . . . . Confidentiality Agreement EXHIBIT D - . . . . . Limited Warranty Deed EXHIBIT E - . . . . . Blanket Conveyance, Bill of Sale and Assignment EXHIBIT F - . . . . . Closing Memorandum and Indemnification Agreement EXHIBIT G - . . . . . Letter to Tenant EXHIBIT H - . . . . . Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act Affidavit EXHIBIT I - . . . . . Erisa Statement EXHIBIT J - . . . . . Letter Agreement and Form of Forbearance Agreement EXHIBIT K - . . . . . Form of Assumption Agreement EXHIBIT L . . . . . . Forms of Releases 7 SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT THIS SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Contract") is made to be effective as of the Effective Date (as defined in Section 12.2 hereof) by and between Overlook Vinings Inn and Conference Center Associates, Ltd., a Georgia limited partnership ("Seller"), having its principal place of business at 520 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-3111, and the individual or entity, as the case may be, identified in ITEM NO. 1 on the foregoing Cover Sheet ("Purchaser"). WITNESSETH: ARTICLE I SALE AND PURCHASE 1.1 Incorporation By Reference of Cover Sheet. The foregoing Cover Sheet (the "Cover Sheet") is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Contract for all purposes. 1.2 Agreement of Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Seller agrees to sell and convey to Purchaser, and Purchaser agrees to purchase from Seller the following: (a) the fee estate of Seller in and to the real property described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof, together with all right, title and interest of Seller in and to any and all strips or gores, roads, casements, streets and ways bounding such real property, and rights of ingress and egress thereto (collectively, the "Real Property"); (b) all right, title and interest of Seller in and to all improvements situated upon the Real Property, including, but not by way of limitation, those certain buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements of every kind and nature presently situated on, in, under or hereafter erected, installed or used in or about the Real Property, and commonly known as the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2857 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30339 (the "Hotel"), consisting of approximately 159 hotel rooms (collectively, the "Improvements"); -1- 8 (c) all right, title and interest of Seller in and to the tangible personal property owned by Seller located upon the Real Property or within the Improvements, including specifically, without limitation, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and other equipment, utility distribution systems, appliances, beds, chairs, tables, desks and other furniture, television sets, carpeting, draperies and curtains, tools, lamps, paintings, decorations, refrigerators, ovens, linens, napkins, silverware, glasses, and supplies, and other items of personal property (excluding cash) used in connection with the operation of the Real Property and the Improvements; excluding, however, all property leased pursuant to the Leases [as defined in Section 1.2(e) hereof] (collectively, the "Personal Property"); (d) all reservation deposits, advance payments, security deposits and prepaid items and other amounts, deposits or credits paid to or received by Seller or the Hotel prior to Closing [as defined in Section 2.1 hereof], and attributable to the period subsequent to Closing, specifically excluding all cash which is attributable to the period prior to Closing (collectively, the "Prepaid Accounts"); (e) all of Seller's right, title and interest in all written leases or other tenancy agreements pursuant to which any portion of the Real Property or the Improvements is used or occupied by anyone other than Seller, such agreements, if any, being described on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof (collectively, the "Leases"); and (f) all of Seller's right, title and interest, if any, in and to (i) all assignable contracts and agreements relating to the upkeep, repair, maintenance or operation of the Real Property, the Improvements or the Personal Property which will extend beyond the Closing Date (as defined in Section 9.1 hereof), including specifically, without limitation, all assignable equipment leases and all assignable management and operating agreements (collectively, the "Miscellaneous Contracts"), (ii) all assignable warranties and guaranties (express or implied) issued to Seller in connection with the Improvements or the Personal Property; (iii) all licenses, permits or similar documents relating to the Real Property or the Improvements, to the extent same are assignable; (iv) telephone exchanges, trade names, marks and other identifying material relating to the Real Property or the Improvements, to the extent same are assignable; (v) plans, drawings, specifications, surveys, engineering reports, and other technical descriptions relating to the Real Property or the Improvements in Seller's possession; and (vi) all other items of intangible personal property owned by Seller that relate in any way to the ownership, use, leasing, maintenance, service or operation of the Real -2- 9 Property or the Improvements, including guest lists and software (collectively, the "Intangibles"). The Real Property, the Improvements, the Personal Property, the Prepaid Accounts, the Leases and the Intangibles are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the "Subject Properties." ARTICLE 2 CONSIDERATION FOR CONVEYANCE 2.1 Consideration. Seller agrees to sell and Purchaser agrees to purchase the Subject Properties for an amount equal to the Purchase Price identified in Item No. 2 on the Cover Sheet. The Purchase Price shall be due and payable, as applicable, either (i) in cash by wire transfer of immediately available federal funds (the "Cash Payment") at the closing of title and delivery of the Deed [as such term is defined in Section 9.2(a) hereof] (the "Closing"), or (ii) subject to the terms of Section 2.2, Purchaser's assumption of Seller's liabilities and obligations from and after the Closing under the Bond Documents (as defined in Section 2.2) (the "Assumption") in connection with the $9,675,000 Development Authority of Cobb County Industrial Development Revenue Bonds 1985 Series (Overlook Inn Project) (the "Bonds"), issued pursuant to a certain Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Indenture"), by and between the Development Authority of Cobb County (the "Authority") and The Citizens and Southern National Bank (predecessor to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the "Trustee"), with the balance of the Purchase Price to be paid in cash at Closing (the "Assumption Payment"). 2.2 [THIS SECTION 2.2 IS APPLICABLE TO A FINANCED PURCHASE PRICE ONLY] Financed Purchase Price. With the consent of the Trustee, the Authority and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, in Liquidation (the "Guarantor"), the Purchase Price may be paid in the form of the Assumption Payment, which shall consist of (i) Purchaser's assumption of Seller's liabilities and obligations under the Bond Documents (hereinbelow defined), the current outstanding principal balance thereunder being $9,675,000, pursuant to an Assignment, Assumption, Consent and Release Agreement, to be executed and delivered by the Trustee, the Authority, the Guarantor, Seller and Purchaser, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "K" to evidence the Assumption (the "Assumption Agreement"), and (ii) cash in an amount equal to the difference between the Purchase Price and $9,675,000. For purposes of this Contract, the term "Bond Documents" shall mean all of the following: - 3 - 10 (a) The Indenture, as defined in Section 2.1; (b) Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Loan Agreement"), between the Authority and Seller pertaining to the Bonds; (c) Note, dated October 1, 1985, in the original principal amount of $9,675,000 made by Seller payable to the order of the Authority, and assigned by the Authority without recourse to the Trustee; (d) Deed to Secure Debt from Seller to the Authority, The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company ("MBLIC"), and the Trustee, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Deed to Secure Debt"), filed November 26, 1985, recorded at Deed Book 3738, Page 1, Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, as assigned by Memorandum of Assignment from the Authority to the Trustee, dated as of October 1, 1985, recorded at Deed Book 3738, Page 56, Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia; (e) Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges dated November 26, 1985, by and between Seller and the Authority; (f) Forbearance Agreement, as defined in this Section 2.2; and (g) all other agreements entered into by Seller in connection with the Bonds. Purchaser and Seller hereby acknowledge that Seller's payment obligations under the Loan Agreement were guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement dated as of October 1, 1985 made by MBLIC for the benefit of the Authority (the "Guaranty"). Purchaser and Seller further acknowledge that due to the placement of MBLIC in rehabilitation on July 16, 1991 and Seller's subsequent failure to (i) substitute Alternate Security (as defined in the Loan Agreement) for the Guaranty, and (ii) prepay all outstanding principal and accrued interest under the Note and the Loan Agreement, the Trustee declared an "Event of Default" under the Indenture. Subsequent to the Trustee's declaration of such Event of Default, the Bonds were not redeemed, the principal amount thereof continues to be due and payable, and Seller has continued to make timely payment of all interest due under the Note and the Loan Agreement and amounts in excess thereof, as described in Section 8 of the Forbearance Agreement. - 4 - 11 Purchaser and Seller further acknowledge that Seller and the Trustee have entered into a letter agreement dated October 30, 1995, wherein the Trustee has evidenced its agreement that concurrently with the execution of this Contract by Seller, the Trustee will enter into a Forbearance Agreement (the "Forbearance Agreement"), the letter agreement and the form of Forbearance Agreement approved by the Trustee being attached hereto as Exhibit "J". Purchaser's obligation to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Forbearance Agreement, including, without limitation, the obligation to obtain the items referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) in the paragraph immediately following, shall be secured by a Junior Deed to Secure Debt, as such term is defined in the Forbearance Agreement, to be executed at Closing by Purchaser in favor of Seller and the Guarantor, the form of which Junior Deed to Secure Debt shall be acceptable to Seller, the Guarantor and the Trustee. Upon Seller's acceptance of this Contract, Seller and, if requested by Seller, Purchaser, shall use all reasonable commercial efforts to obtain, without the payment of any fee, premium or penalty by Seller except for Seller's attorneys' fees, (i) not later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, but not later than the Closing, (A) the consents of the Trustee, the Authority and the Guarantor to the sale of the Subject Properties to Purchaser and to Purchaser's Assumption (the "Consents to Transfer"), and (B) a release of Seller from all liability under the Bond Documents from and after the Closing, and (ii) not later than nine (9) months after the Closing, (A) a discharge of the Indenture, and (B) releases by the Authority and the Trustee of Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty (the Consents to Transfer and the item referenced in clause (ii) immediately preceding are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Consents"). Seller and Purchaser agree in good faith to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Consents, and Purchaser agrees to take all such actions as may be required by Seller which, in Seller's judgment, shall be necessary to obtain such Consents, including, without limitation, Purchaser's execution of the Assumption Agreement and providing to Seller information with regard to Purchaser's proposed method of causing the discharge of the Indenture. Purchaser shall not make, or permit its agents to make, any contact with the Trustee and the Authority or their respective counsel without participation in such contact by Seller or its agents, and shall cause the Assumption Agreement to be executed by the parties thereto substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "K". If, in Seller's reasonable judgment, Seller believes Purchaser is not in good faith using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Consents, then Seller may, at Purchaser's expense, take such actions as Seller deems necessary to obtain the Consents without participation in such actions by Purchaser or its agents. Seller or Purchaser, as applicable, shall provide the Consents to the other promptly after receipt. If the Consents to Transfer are not obtained within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, Seller shall have the right to (i) require Purchaser to pay - 5 - 12 the Purchase Price in the form of a Cash Payment at the Closing, but only if Purchaser has evidenced its intention to do so in Item 2(b) of the Cover Sheet in the amount set forth therein, whereupon the Closing shall thereafter occur in accordance with the terms of Sections 2.3 and 9.1(a) hereof; or (ii) terminate this Contract, by written notice to Purchaser, in which event the Escrow Agent (as such term is defined in Section 4.3) shall return the Earnest Money to Purchaser, as the sole remedies of Seller and Purchaser, and such parties shall have no further obligations, liabilities or responsibilities hereunder, except as set forth in Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement. Nothing contained in this Section 2.2 shall be deemed to waive or modify the terms of Article 11 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any period of time granted to the parties hereto in this Section 2.2 in connection with obtaining the Consents to Transfer may be extended for an additional thirty (30) days at Seller's sole discretion if, in Seller's judgment, the action required or permitted to be taken within such time period cannot be accomplished within such period and Seller and Purchaser shall be diligently pursuing the accomplishment of such action. 2.3 [THIS SECTION 2.3 IS APPLICABLE TO A CASH PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] Cash Purchase Price. Upon Seller's acceptance of this Contract, Seller and Purchaser shall obtain the execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Authority and the Guarantor, as applicable, of the following not later than the Closing (collectively, the "Discharge Documents"): (i) evidence of the discharge and release of the lien of the Indenture (the "Discharge"); (ii) the Note marked "Paid"; (iii) a cancellation and discharge and release from the land records of the Deed to Secure Debt; (iv) releases of the Guaranty in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit "L" (the "Releases"); (v) a withdrawal of any and all claims based upon the Bond Documents in connection with the placement of the Guarantor in rehabilitation on July 16, 1991 pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Forbearance Agreement; and - 6 - 13 (vi) termination of any currently effective Financing Statements. Seller and, if requested by Seller, Purchaser, agree in good faith to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Discharge Documents and Purchaser agrees to take all such actions which, in Seller's judgment, shall be necessary to obtain the Discharge Documents. If, in Seller's reasonable judgment, Seller believes Purchaser is not in good faith using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Discharge Documents, then Seller may, at Purchaser's expense, take such actions as Seller deems necessary to obtain the Discharge Documents without participation in such actions by Purchaser or its agents. The Discharge Documents shall be obtained within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, and Seller's obligation to close the transaction contemplated hereby is conditioned upon the Discharge Documents being obtained within such ninety (90) day period. Seller or Purchaser, as applicable, shall notify the other in writing of (i) its receipt of assurance from the Authority and the Trustee that the Discharge Documents will be obtained by the Closing (the "Assurance"), promptly after such receipt, or (ii) its determination that it will be unable to receive the Assurance in accordance with reasonable commercial standards, promptly after the date on which it has made such determination; or (iii) refusal by the Trustee and/or the Authority and/or the Guarantor to authorize, execute or deliver the Discharge Documents, promptly after obtaining knowledge of such refusal. If, within such ninety (90) day period, either of the circumstances referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) immediately preceding shall occur, then Seller shall have the right to (i) require Purchaser to pay the Purchase Price in the form of the Assumption Payment at the Closing, but only if the Purchaser has evidenced its intention to do so in Item 2(b) of the Cover Sheet in the amount set forth therein, whereupon the Closing shall occur in accordance with the terms of Sections 2.2 and 9.1(b) hereof; or (ii) terminate this Contract, by written notice to Purchaser, in which event the Escrow Agent shall return the Earnest Money to Purchaser, as the sole remedies of Seller and Purchaser, and such parties shall have no further obligations, liabilities or responsibilities hereunder, except as set forth in Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement. Nothing contained in this Section 2.3 shall be deemed to waive or modify the terms of Article 11 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any period of time granted to the parties hereto in this Section 2.3 in connection with obtaining the Assurance may be extended for an additional thirty (30) days at Seller's sole discretion, if in Seller's judgment, the action required or permitted to be taken within such time period cannot be accomplished within such period and Seller and Purchaser shall be diligently pursuing the accomplishment of such action. - 7 - 14 2.4 Independent Contract Consideration. Upon the Effective Date, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a check in the amount of Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($50.00) ("Independent Contract Consideration"), which amount the parties hereby acknowledge and agree has been bargained for and agreed to as consideration for Seller's execution and delivery of this Contract. The Independent Contract Consideration is in addition to and independent of any consideration or payment provided in this Contract, and is NON-REFUNDABLE in all events. ARTICLE 3 EARNEST MONEY Upon Purchaser's execution of this Contract, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller four (4) fully executed counterparts of this Contract, and shall simultaneously deliver to Seller by cashier's check or certified bank check payable to the order of the Escrow Agent, drawn by a bank satisfactory to Seller, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Price (the "Earnest Money"). The Escrow Agent shall, promptly upon receipt from Seller of tile executed Contract and the Earnest Money, place the Earnest Money in an interest bearing account in an institution approved by Seller and Purchaser. The interest thus derived shall become part of the Earnest Money and shall be paid to the party entitled to the Earnest Money in accordance with the terms hereof. If the sale contemplated by this Contract is consummated in accordance with the terms hereof, the Earnest Money shall be applied to the Purchase Price to be paid to Seller at the Closing. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE EARNEST MONEY SHALL CONSTITUTE ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF THIS CONTRACT AND SHALL BE NONREFUNDABLE TO PURCHASER UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS (I) PURCHASER HAS COMPLIED WITH EACH OF THE TERMS OF THIS ARTICLE 3; (II) SELLER HAS EXECUTED THIS CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 12.2 HEREOF; AND (III) SELLER HAS SENT TO PURCHASER ONE (1) FULLY EXECUTED COUNTERPART OF THIS CONTRACT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SELLER SHALL NOT EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT UNTIL PURCHASER HAS ALSO DELIVERED TO SELLER THE EARNEST MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH. In the event the Escrow Agent cannot comply with the obligations pursuant to this Article 3. Purchaser and Seller shall mutually select another escrow agent. Within five (5) days after the Effective Date, the Escrow Agent will deliver to Seller an insured closing letter issued by the Underwriter (as defined in Section 4.3 hereof) in a form acceptable to Seller. - 8 - 15 The Escrow Agent must sign this Contract as evidence that the Escrow Agent agrees to be bound by the obligations contained herein. Upon receipt of the Earnest Money, the Escrow Agent shall promptly deposit the same into an interest bearing escrow account with such bank as the Escrow Agent may select subject to Purchaser's approval, having as the beneficiary thereof the Purchaser, whose Taxpayer ID is as follows: __________________________________________. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Escrow Agent shall have the right to disburse same to Purchaser or Seller, in accordance with the terms of this Contract, upon ten (10) days written notice to the parties; provided, however, that the Escrow Agent shall not have received any written objections to such disbursement within ten (10) days after receipt by Purchaser and Seller of said notice. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that the Escrow Agent shall have no liability to any party on account of its failure to disburse the Earnest Money in the event of any unresolved dispute as to which party is entitled to receive the same. In the event of any dispute as to which party hereto is entitled to receive the Earnest Money, the Escrow Agent shall have the right, at its sole election, either to retain the funds and disburse them in accordance with the final order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to deposit the Earnest Money with said court, pending a final decision of such controversy. The parties hereto further agree that the Escrow Agent shall not be liable except in the event of its negligence or willful misconduct. ARTICLE 4 SURVEY AND TITLE POLICY 4.1 Permitted Exceptions. The Subject Properties shall be sold and conveyed subject to the following (collectively, the "Permitted Exceptions"): (a) Zoning and building laws, restrictions, regulations and ordinances of the municipality in which the Real Property is located, if any. (b) Covenants, conditions, easements and restrictions of record as referred to in Schedule B-Section 2 of the Title Commitment (as defined in Section 4.3 hereof); and, if the Purchase Price is to be paid in the form of the Assumption Payment, Items (c), (d) and (e) of Schedule B-Section 1 of the Title Commitment. (c) State of facts an accurate survey or a personal inspection would show. (d) All matters shown on the Survey (as defined in Section 4.2 hereof). - 9 - 16 (e) All notes or notices of violations of law or municipal ordinances, orders or requirements noted in or issued by any state or municipal department or public authority having jurisdiction against or affecting the Subject Properties on the Closing Date. (f) Any and all assessments becoming liens subsequent to the Effective Date hereof and, in addition, if at the Effective Date the Subject Properties, or any part thereof, shall be or shall have been affected by any assessment or assessments which are payable in installments or may be paid in installments without penalty (other than interest), Purchaser shall pay all such installments which shall become due and payable or which may be paid without penalty (other than interest) after the Effective Date, except that any installment relating to the current fiscal year (with any interest thereon) shall be apportioned between the parties at Closing. (g) All liens for real estate taxes on the Subject Properties for the year in which the Closing shall occur, which are not yet due and payable on the Closing Date. (h) Those matters determined to be "Permitted Exceptions" pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.4 hereof. 4.2 Survey. Purchaser hereby acknowledges that prior to its execution hereof, Purchaser received from Seller, at Seller's sole cost and expense, a survey of the Real Property and the Improvements, as determined and prepared by Planners & Engineers Collaborative, dated August 15, 1986 and last updated May 30, 1995, Job No. 7323/13H7 (the "Survey"). If this Contract is terminated, Purchaser will return the Survey and any copies thereof to Seller. If Purchaser elects to obtain an updated and/or recertified current Survey, it may do so at its sole cost and expense. 4.3 Title Policy. Purchaser hereby acknowledges that prior to its execution hereof, Purchaser received from Seller a Commitment for Title Insurance (the "Title Commitment"), issued by Schaaf & Hodges, 1853 Piedmont Road, Suite 202, Marietta, Georgia 30066 (Tel: 770-971-4312) (the "Escrow Agent"), acting as agent for Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation (the "Underwriter" covering the Real Property and the Improvements, together with copies of all documents constituting exceptions to Seller's title as reflected in the Title Commitment. At Closing, Purchaser will obtain an Owner's Policy of Title Insurance (the "Title Policy") at Purchaser's sole cost and expense, as provided in Section 9.5 hereof. -10- 17 4.4 Future Encumbrances. If on or before the Closing Date, it comes to the attention of Purchaser that additional matters adversely affecting title to the Subject Properties that are not Permitted Exceptions become recorded in the public records and such matters arise by, through or under Seller, then within ten (10) days after receipt of notice thereof by Seller, Seller will notify Purchaser, in writing, whether it elects, in its sole discretion, to cure such title matters. In the event Seller elects not to cure such matters prior to Closing, Purchaser shall have the right, for five (5) days only after receipt of Seller's notice, to notify Seller in writing of Purchaser's election to (i) immediately terminate this Contract, in which event Purchaser shall receive a full refund of the Earnest Money, and no party hereto shall have any further rights or claims hereunder or arising out of this Contract, except for Purchaser's liability pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in Section 5.2 hereof), or (ii) waive such title matters, without any reduction in the Purchase Price, with the Closing to occur within ten (10) days after the date of Purchaser's notice or the Closing Date, whichever first occurs, whereupon such waived title matters shall also be deemed "Permitted Exceptions". In the event that Purchaser fails to notify Seller within such five (5) day period, Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived such title matters, as provided in this Section 4.4(ii). In the event Seller elects to cure such title matters and Seller is unable to cure same by the Closing Date, then Seller may extend the Closing for a period of time after the Closing Date in order to cure same, but in no event shall the Closing be extended for more than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (as same may be extended pursuant to the terms of this Contract). If cure is unable to be effected within such extended sixty (60) day period, then this Contract shall terminate at 11:59 P.M. on the sixtieth (60th) day of such period and the Earnest Money shall be returned to Purchaser, unless Purchaser has waived such title matters during such sixty (60) day period. ARTICLE 5 ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE FURNISHED TO PURCHASER BY SELLER 5.1 Submission Items. Purchaser hereby acknowledges that prior to its execution hereof, Purchaser received the written materials that were contained in a certain bid package delivered to Purchaser or that were obtained by Purchaser in connection with its due diligence of the Subject Properties including, without limitation, the following: (a) 1993, 1994 and 1995 year to date financial statements. - 11 - 18 (b) A list of all Miscellaneous Contracts in the possession of Manager [as such term is defined in Section 5.1(e) hereof], together with copies of same. Purchaser shall assume all of the Miscellaneous Contracts at Closing, provided such Miscellaneous Contracts permit such assumption. (c) Phase I Environmental Site Assessment dated March 30, 1995 prepared by Hillman Environmental Company, Tampa, Florida, Project No. F1-2123. (d) A list of the Leases, together with copies of each of the Leases. (e) Management Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1991, by and between Seller, as "Owner", and Wyndham Hotel Company Ltd., as "Manager", as amended December 28, 1993 (the "Management Agreement"). (f) The Bond Documents. The items described in this Section 5.1 are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Submission Items." Seller and Purchaser acknowledge that Seller's obligations under this Article 5 are limited to records and information that are in the immediate possession of Manager. 5.2 Confidentiality. All of the Submission Items and any other reports, documents or information given by Seller to Purchaser in connection herewith shall be returned to Seller or kept in confidence by Purchaser pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement identified on the Cover Sheet (the "Confidentiality Agreement"). 5.3 Information. As an essential inducement to Seller to sell the Subject Properties to Purchaser on the favorable terms and conditions set forth in this Contract, Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that: (i) all documents, materials, reports, studies and other information delivered or disclosed to Purchaser by Seller or its representatives, including, without limitation, Marfralis Corporation d/b/a Lively & Associates (the "Information") are being provided to Purchaser for informational purposes only and only as an accommodation to Purchaser; (ii) Seller has not made, is not making, and will not make any representation, warranty or promise of any kind, express or implied, concerning the accuracy or completeness of all or any part of the Information; and (iii) any inaccuracy, incompleteness, or deficiency in any part of the Information shall be solely the risk and responsibility of Purchaser, shall not be chargeable in any respect to Seller, and - 12 - 19 shall not form the basis of any claims by Purchaser against Seller, its employees, agents or assigns, such claims being expressly waived and relinquished by Purchaser. Upon Purchaser's request, however, Seller will consider waiving any conflicts of interest in the event Purchaser desires to engage any such person or entity to prepare, author, compile or create any documents, materials, reports, studies or other information directly for Purchaser's benefit. ARTICLE 6 INSPECTION AND AUDIT 6.1 Inspection Rights. Purchaser, its agents, employees, contractors and representatives, have inspected and audited the Subject Properties pursuant to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement. Purchaser shall indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless Seller from and against any and all claims, liens (including, without limitation, mechanic's and materialman's liens), actions, suits, proceedings, costs, expenses, damages or other liabilities, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and court costs, all as incurred, arising out of the rights granted to Purchaser pursuant to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement. Purchaser, its agents, employees, contractors and representatives, shall keep confidential any and all information, documents and reports obtained or prepared by them relating to the Subject Properties in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement. At Seller's request, Purchaser shall furnish to Seller copies of all studies, tests and surveys undertaken and completed in connection with such inspections and, upon Seller's request therefor, certify same to Seller, at Seller's expense. The terms of this Section 6.1 shall survive the Closing or the termination of this Contract. 6.2 Condition of Subject Properties. Purchaser has accepted the condition of the Subject Properties and Submission Items and Purchaser may not hereafter terminate this Contract by reason of the condition of the Subject Properties or Submission Items, except as expressly provided in this Contract. ARTICLE 7 DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION PRIOR TO THE CLOSING 7.1 Damage or Destruction. Until Closing, the risk of loss or damage to the Subject Properties by fire or other casualty is assumed by Seller, but without any - 13 - 20 obligation on the part of Seller to repair or replace any such loss or damage unless Seller elects to do so as hereinafter provided. Seller shall notify Purchaser of the occurrence of any such loss or damage to the Real Property and the Improvements ("Seller's Notice") within ten (10) days after such occurrence or by the Closing Date, whichever first occurs. If the estimated cost of repair, replacement or restoration of such loss or damage (as defined in Section 7.4 hereof) to the Real Property and the Improvements is equal to or in excess of five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price, either party may upon notice to the other, terminate this Contract, in which event this Contract shall be terminated and of no further force or effect and no party hereto shall thereafter have any further rights against, or obligations or liabilities to, any other by reason of this Contract, except for Purchaser's liability pursuant to Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement, and any monies paid by Purchaser as Earnest Money shall be returned to Purchaser and all insurance proceeds shall be paid to Seller. If Seller elects to make such repairs and restorations, Seller's Notice shall set forth an adjourned date for Closing; provided, however, whether or not Seller elects to make such repairs and restorations, if the cost to repair, replace or restore such loss or damage is equal to or in excess of five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price, Purchaser shall have the following options: (i) to declare the Contract canceled and of no further force or effect and to receive a refund of all monies paid by Purchaser as Earnest Money, in which event no party shall thereafter have any further rights against, or obligations or liabilities to, any other by reason of this Contract, except for Purchaser's liability pursuant to Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement, or (ii) to complete the purchase in accordance with this Contract without reduction of the Purchase Price; provided, however, if Seller carries hazard insurance covering such loss or damage, Seller shall turn over to Purchaser at the Closing the net proceeds actually collected by Seller under the provisions of such hazard insurance policies, to the extent that they are attributable to loss of or damage to the Real Property and the Improvements, less any sums theretofore expended by Seller in repairing or replacing such loss or damage or in collecting such proceeds. 7.2 Purchaser's Option in Excess of Amount. If the estimated cost of repair, replacement or restoration of such loss or damage to the Real Property and the Improvements is equal to or in excess of five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price, Purchaser may exercise the resulting option under (i) or (ii) of Section 7.1 above only by written notice given to Seller within five (5) business days after receipt of Seller's bid from a contractor in accordance with Section 7.4 hereof. If Purchaser does not give such notice to Seller within the prescribed time period, Purchaser shall be deemed to have elected its option under Section 7.1 (ii). - 14 - 21 7.3 Purchaser's Option Less than Amount, If the estimated cost of repair, replacement or restoration of such loss or damage to the Real Property and the Improvements is less than five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price and Seller does not elect to make such repairs and restorations, Purchaser shall complete the purchase in accordance with Section 7.1 (ii) above. 7.4 Estimated Cost of Repair, Replacement and Restoration. The terms "estimated cost of repair, replacement and restoration" or "estimated value of such portion of the Real Property and the Improvements to be taken", as such terms are used in this Article 7, shall mean a firm bid for the actual cost of repair and restoration obtained by Seller, within twenty (20) days of receipt of Seller's Notice, from a reputable contractor regularly doing business in the locality where the Subject Properties are located. 7.5 Condemnation. If an amount equal to or in excess of five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price of the Subject Properties is taken prior to the Closing by any governmental or quasi-governmental body or agency in the exercise of the power of eminent domain and such loss permanently and materially impairs the current use of the Subject Properties, then either party, upon notice to the other, may terminate this Contract, in which event the Earnest Money will be returned to Purchaser and all condemnation awards and proceeds shall be paid to Seller and no party hereto shall thereafter have any further rights against, or obligations or liabilities to, any other by reason of this Contract except for Purchaser's obligations and liabilities pursuant to Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement. If this Contract is not so terminated and the Closing hereunder is completed, all condemnation awards and proceeds shall be paid to Purchaser. If the governmental authority exercising its power of eminent domain has not determined the value of that portion of the Real Property and the Improvements to be taken, then the estimated value of such portion to be taken shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 hereof, except that such determination shall be made by an appraiser mutually acceptable to Purchaser and Seller. ARTICLE 8 CONDITION OF PROPERTY 8.1 Condition of Property. It is expressly understood and agreed that Purchaser shall accept the conveyance of the Subject Properties in their present condition, "AS-IS, WHERE-IS," subject to all patent and latent defects and all faults, if any, with no representation or warranty by Seller as to their fitness, suitability, merchantability, habitability, or usability, including, but not limited to, - 15 - 22 (i) the quality or condition of the Improvements and the Real Property, including, without limitation, the water, soil and geology, (ii) the manner of operating the Subject Properties and the expenses related thereto, and (iii) the compliance of the Subject Properties with any laws, rules, ordinances or regulations of any governmental body; and (iv) the nature and extent of any servitudes, rights-of-way, leases, possession, liens, encumbrances, licenses, reservations, conditions or otherwise. Purchaser acknowledges that it is not relying upon any representation, warranty, statement, or other assertion with respect to the condition of the Subject Properties made by Seller, and accepts the Subject Properties under the express understanding that there are no express or implied warranties made by Seller with respect to the condition or value of the Subject Properties (except for limited warranties of title set forth in any of the closing documents). Purchaser declares that it is experienced in the ownership and operation of properties similar to the Subject Properties and therefore acknowledges that it will rely solely on its own investigation and examination of the Subject Properties, which it was qualified to make, and not on any information provided or to be provided by Seller. Seller makes no representation as to any environmental matters relating to the Subject Properties including, without limitation, soil conditions, Purchaser having been given the opportunity to inspect the Subject Properties prior to its execution hereof to satisfy itself that there are no Hazardous Materials (defined in this Section 8.1) on or in the Subject Properties that would cause either State or Federal Agencies to order a cleanup of the Subject Properties under any Environmental Law. As used herein, the term "Environmental Law" shall mean and include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq. and all other similar existing and future federal, state and municipal statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances governing the environment or the generation, disposal or storage of any Hazardous Materials, all as amended from time to time, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The term "Hazardous Materials" shall mean and include asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum products and any other hazardous or toxic materials, wastes and substances that are defined as such in any Environmental Law. Seller makes no representation as to the condition or value of the Subject Properties. Purchaser hereby waives and releases Seller of and from any claims, actions, causes of action, demands, rights, liabilities, obligations, damages, costs, expenses or compensation whatsoever, direct or indirect, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, that Purchaser now has or that may arise in the future on account of or in any way growing out of or in connection with the economic, physical or environmental condition of the Subject Properties, or any Environmental Law or applicable regulation. - 16 - 23 The provisions of this Section 8.1 shall be contained in the Deed to be delivered to Purchaser at Closing and shall survive Closing and the future transfer of any or all of the Subject Properties by Purchaser. 8.2 Purchaser's Additional Waivers. Purchaser agrees that Seller shall not be responsible or liable to Purchaser for any construction defects, errors, omissions or on account of any other conditions affecting the Subject Properties, as Purchaser is purchasing the Subject Properties AS IS, WHERE IS and WITH ALL FAULTS. Purchaser or anyone claiming, by, through, or under Purchaser, hereby fully releases Seller, its employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents from any and all claims that it may now have or hereafter acquire against Seller, its employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents for any cost, loss, liability, damage, expense, demand, action or cause of action arising from or related to any construction defects, errors, omissions, or other conditions affecting the Subject Properties. Purchaser further acknowledges and agrees that this release shall be given full force and effect, according to each of its expressed terms and provisions, including, but not limited to, those relating to unknown and unsuspected claims, damages and causes of action. Purchaser further agrees that Seller shall bear no responsibility or liability for th performance of, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under any of the Bond Documents or any other documents executed by any party in connection with the Bonds or the Forbearance Agreement, and Purchaser hereby waives any right to object to the terms and conditions of any such documents or Seller's performance of, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under any such documents. 8.3 Management of Properties. Seller agrees that it will continue to cause the Subject Properties to be managed and operated by Manager through the Closing in a manner consistent with the manner currently being practiced. Seller makes no representations and assumes no responsibility with respect to continued occupancy of the Real Property and the Improvements or any part thereof by any tenant now in possession. Prior to Closing, Seller shall be entitled, but not obligated, to enforce the rights under any Lease in any court having jurisdiction over such matter. The removal by Seller of a tenant that is in default under its Lease shall not give rise to any claim on the part of Purchaser or affect this Contract in any manner whatsoever. 8.4 Liquor License. The liquor license currently in effect at the Hotel will not be assigned to Purchaser at Closing. Therefore, it is Purchaser's obligation and responsibility to obtain a liquor license for the Hotel at its sole cost and expense. If requested by Purchaser, Seller will reasonably cooperate (at no cost or expense to Seller) 17 - 24 with Purchaser's attempts to satisfy all liquor license requirements so that no lapse in licensing will occur on or after the Closing. However, Purchaser's failure to obtain a liquor license for the Hotel is not a condition or contingency to Purchaser's obligation to close the transaction contemplated hereby. 8.5 Management Agreement. If requested by Purchaser, Seller will reasonably, cooperate (at no cost to Seller) with Purchaser's attempts to obtain consent from Manager to the transfer to Purchaser of the Management Agreement relating to the Hotel. Seller makes no representation or warranty that the Management Agreement is assignable, and Purchaser's failure to obtain the consent of Manager to an assignment of the Management Agreement from Seller to Purchaser is not a condition or contingency to Purchaser's obligation to close the transaction contemplated hereby. ARTICLE 9 CLOSING 9.1 Closing Date. (a) [THIS SECTION 9.1(a) IS APPLICABLE TO A CASH PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] Cash Payment. The Closing hereunder shall take place at the offices of the Escrow Agent. The Closing shall occur (i) no later than thirty (30) days after Purchaser's receipt of the Assurance and simultaneously with the effectiveness of the Discharge Documents: or (ii) if Purchaser is unable to obtain the Discharge Documents and Purchaser has made the election to pay the Purchase Price in the form of the Assumption and the Assumption Payment, then the Closing shall occur as set forth in Sections 2.2 and 9.1 (b) (the "Closing Date"). (b) [THIS SECTION 9.1(b) IS APPLICABLE TO A FINANCED PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] Assumption Payment. The Closing hereunder shall take place at the offices of the Escrow Agent. The Closing shall occur on or before the date which is thirty (30) days after (i) Purchaser's written notification to Seller that Purchaser has obtained the Consents to Transfer, in the event the Purchase Price will be paid by Purchaser in the form of the Assumption and the Assumption Payment; or (ii) if Purchaser is unable to obtain the Consents to Transfer and Purchaser has made the election to pay the Purchase Price in the form of the Cash Payment, then the Closing shall occur as set forth in Sections 2.3, 9.1(a) and 9.2(m) hereof (the "Closing Date"). - 18 - 25 9.2 Delivery of Items At Closing By Seller. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall accept and execute where indicated (if Purchaser's execution is required by the terms of such items) each of the following items: (a) Limited Warranty Deed (the "Deed"), in the form attached hereto and labeled Exhibit "D", duly executed and acknowledged by Seller and in form for recording, conveying to Purchaser the fee simple title of Seller in and to the Real Property and the Improvements, subject to the Permitted Exceptions; (b) a Blanket Conveyance, Bill of Sale and Assignment in the form attached hereto and labeled Exhibit "E", duly executed and acknowledged by Seller, conveying to Purchaser the property described therein, without warranty, subject to the Permitted Exceptions; (c) a Closing Memorandum and Indemnification Agreement (the "Closing Memorandum") in the form attached hereto and labeled Exhibit "F"; (d) a letter in the form attached hereto and labeled Exhibit "G" to be addressed to each tenant under the Leases advising such tenant that the Subject Properties have been sold to Purchaser and that Purchaser has assumed the obligation to refund such tenant's security deposit, if any, in accordance with such Lease, with the exact amount of the deposit specified for such tenant; (e) all keys to all locks on the Subject Properties in the possession of Seller; (f) a certification, executed by Seller, similar to the certification described in clause (g) immediately following, which is required under Georgia law to avoid withholding under the terms of O.C.G.A. Section 48-7-1128; and (g) a certification in the form attached hereto and labeled Exhibit "H", executed by Seller containing the following: (i) Seller's U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number; (ii) the business address of Seller; and - 19 - 26 (iii) a statement that Seller is not a foreign person within the meaning of Sections 1445 and 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") (i.e., Seller is not a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust or foreign estate, as those terms are defined in the IRC and applicable Income Tax Regulations). (h) an Owner's Affidavit in form and content acceptable to the Escrow Agent; (i) a "Georgia Residency Affidavit" certifying that Seller is a Georgia Resident or is deemed to be a Georgia Resident for purposes of Georgia income tax withholding; (j) a lien waiver duly executed by Broker (as such term is defined in Section 10.1) and an Affidavit regarding Broker's Commission (as such term is defined in Section 10.1), duly executed by Seller in form and content acceptable to the Escrow Agent: (k) such evidence or documents as may be required by the Escrow Agent evidencing the legal status and capacity of Seller and the authority of the person or persons who are executing the various documents on behalf of Seller in connection with the transfer of the Subject Properties; (l) a duly executed Closing Statement prepared in accordance with the terms of this Contract; and (m) [THIS SUBSECTION (m) IS APPLICABLE TO A CASH PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] (i) If the Trustee has delivered to the holders of the Bonds a conditional notice of redemption stating that the Bonds shall be redeemed on the Closing Date, but only if moneys sufficient to pay the redemption price thereof are received by the Trustee as of such date (the "Conditional Notice of Redemption"), then on the Closing Date a portion of such Cash Payment sufficient to pay (without reinvestment) all principal and interest on the Bonds to the Closing Date and all other amounts required to discharge the Indenture (collectively, the "Discharge Price") shall be deposited with the Trustee and the remainder of the Purchase Price shall be retained by Seller. - 20 - 27 (ii) If the Trustee has not delivered to the holders of the Bonds the Conditional Notice of Redemption, then on the Closing Date a portion of such Cash Payment sufficient to pay the Discharge Price on the date established for the redemption of the Bonds after the Closing Date (the "Redemption Date") [which Redemption Date shall be set in accordance with the Indenture] shall be deposited with the Trustee, and Seller shall simultaneously deliver to the Trustee irrevocable direction to cause the Bonds to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, to deliver to the holders of the Bonds the notice of redemption required under the Indenture and to satisfy all other conditions to Discharge, and the remainder of the Purchase Price shall be retained by Seller. 9.3 Delivery of Items at Closing By Purchaser. At the Closing, Purchaser shall: (a) deliver to Seller the Purchase Price, subject to prorations and similar items, as described in Section 9.4 hereof; (b) deliver to Seller such evidence or documents as may be required by the Seller or the Escrow Agent evidencing the status and capacity of Purchaser and the authority of the person or persons who are executing the various documents on behalf of Purchaser in connection with the acquisition of the Subject Properties; (c) deliver to Seller a separate letter in the form of Exhibit "I" attached hereto and made a part hereof, duly executed by Purchaser, confirming that Purchaser is not acquiring the Subject Properties with the assets of an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), and in the event Purchaser is unable or unwilling to make such a representation, Purchaser shall be deemed to be in default hereunder and Seller shall have the right to terminate this Contract and to receive and retain the Earnest Money; (d) join Seller in execution of the items described in Sections 9.2 (b), (c) and (d); and (e) [THIS SUBSECTION (e) IS APPLICABLE TO A FINANCED PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] deliver to Seller the Assumption Agreement and the Junior Deed to Secure Debt referenced in Section 2.2 hereof. - 21 - 28 (f) [THIS SUBSECTION (f) IS APPLICABLE TO A CASH PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] deliver to Seller the Discharge Documents executed by the Trustee, the Authority, Seller, Purchaser and the Guarantor, effective as of the Closing Date. 9.4 Credits and Prorations (a) As of 12:01 a.m., according to the time zone in which the Subject Properties are located, on the Closing Date, Seller shall cause to be compiled a list of all accounts receivable from guests then occupying or using the Hotel (the "Guest Ledger Accounts") and a list of all accounts receivable from guests previously occupying or using the Hotel which are not included in the Guest Ledger Accounts (the "City Ledger Accounts"). Such Guest Ledger Accounts and City Ledger Accounts shall remain the property of Seller and Seller shall be entitled to collect same for its own account; provided, however, any and all amounts collected by Seller pursuant to the Guest Ledger Accounts which are in payment for occupancy on the Closing Date shall be paid to Purchaser upon Seller's receipt thereof. All other accounts receivable accruing after 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date shall be the property of Purchaser. (b) Representatives of Seller and Purchaser shall cause to be compiled an inventory of unopened food and beverage items on the Subject Properties as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date. At Closing, Purchaser shall reimburse Seller for the cost of the food and beverage items listed on such inventory, to the extent permitted by applicable law. (c) At the Closing, the following items shall be adjusted and prorated between Seller and Purchaser on a per diem basis as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date: (i) Rents and other charges payable under the Leases. For purposes hereof, all rents and other charges payable under the Leases for the calendar month in which the Closing occurs shall be prorated on the basis of sums actually collected by Seller prior to the Closing. All rent collections prior to the Closing shall be first applied to arrears for prior months, with any balance to be applied to current monthly charges. From and after Closing, all rent collections shall be first applied to current monthly charges, with the balance, if any, to be applied to arrears for prior months. After the Closing, - 22 - 29 Purchaser shall have a duty and obligation to Seller to remit such unpaid rents and other charges to Seller when collected by Purchaser; provided, however, Seller shall provide Purchaser with a list of any outstanding rents and other charges that are known to Seller at Closing. Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to collect any such unpaid rents or other charges in arrears. The provisions of this Section 9.4(c)(i) shall survive the Closing. (ii) Payments under the Miscellaneous Contracts assumed by Purchaser on the basis of the actual payments owed thereunder. If the actual payments owed under the Miscellaneous Contracts are not known at the Closing, the proration of such payments shall be made on the basis of the best evidence then available and thereafter adjusted when the actual amount of such payments are ascertainable. (iii) Real estate, ad valorem and personal property taxes, sewer rents and charges, and other state, county and municipal taxes, charges and assessments (special or otherwise) which may be paid in installments shall be prorated on the basis of the calendar year for which the same are levied, imposed or assessed, any apportionment of such taxes to be made with respect to a tax year for which either the tax rate or assessed valuation or both have not yet been fixed, to be upon the basis of the tax rate and/or assessed valuation last fixed; provided that the parties hereto agree that to the extent the actual taxes for the current year differ from the amount so apportioned at the Closing, the parties hereto will make all necessary adjustments by appropriate payments between themselves following the Closing, and this provision shall survive Closing. Seller shall pay regular installments of special assessments that have become due prior to the Closing. All installments of special assessments or portions due on or after the Closing for a period from and after the Closing shall be assumed and paid by Purchaser. Any fees paid or payable to Seller's tax representative for the purpose of reducing the taxes described in this clause (iii) for the year in which the Closing shall occur shall be prorated at Closing as herein provided. - 23 - 30 (iv) Charges for water, electricity, gas and other utilities. The consumption of all water, electricity, gas and other utilities is measured by meter, and Seller shall furnish a current reading of each meter at the Closing, which readings shall have been made either as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date or as close to the Closing as reasonably possible, and in any event Seller shall be responsible for paying charges therefor to 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date or submitting proof that such charges were previously paid. In the event meter readings current as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date are not available at Closing, then Seller shall pay at Closing the charges to the date of the most recent reading or submit proof that such charges were previously paid, and the parties further agree to notify the utility companies to read the meters as soon as possible after Closing and adjust and prorate such utility charges when the actual readings are available. (v) Guest room revenues in the manner set forth in Section 9.4(a). above. (vi) Parking revenues, restaurant revenues, rents under the Leases and other revenues from the Subject Properties which are not provided for in Section 9.4(a) hereof (herein referred to as "other income"). vii) Any other trade accounts and operating expenses (including specifically, without limitation, room revenue assessments and hotel/motel taxes) of the Subject Properties incurred during the month in which Closing occurs. (viii) All amounts paid by Seller in connection with the Bonds, including, but not limited to, annual fees paid to the Trustee and the Authority pursuant to the Bond Documents; provided, however, that any funds held by the Trustee in any fund established under the Indenture as of the Closing shall not be so prorated, but shall belong solely to Seller, and either (A) the Trustee shall pay all such funds to Seller as of the Closing, or (B) such funds shall remain on deposit with the Trustee under the Indenture, and Purchaser shall pay to Seller an - 24 - 31 amount of cash equal to the aggregate of all such funds as of Closing, such amount to be in addition to the Purchase Price. (d) In making such apportionments, Seller shall be entitled to other income paid with respect to the day before Closing, and Seller shall be responsible for taxes and other expenses incurred with respect to the day before Closing. All such apportionments shall be subject to post-Closing adjustments as necessary to reflect later relevant information not available at Closing and to correct any errors made at Closing with respect to such apportionments; provided, however, that such apportionments shall be deemed final and not subject to further post-Closing adjustments if no such adjustments have been requested after a period of thirty (30) days from such time as all necessary information is available to make a complete and accurate determination of such apportionments. The provisions of this Section 9.4(d) shall survive the Closing. (e) Anything hereinabove contained to the contrary notwithstanding: (i) As to any arrears of other income at the time of the Closing, Seller and Purchaser agree that moneys received by Purchaser from guests of the Hotel or tenants of the Subject Properties owing such past due or other income shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Closing Memorandum. After Closing, Seller may pursue the collection of any past due other income directly against the party liable for payment of same, and Purchaser shall cooperate with Seller in all reasonable ways in obtaining the collection of such sums; provided, however, Purchaser shall not be obligated to incur any cost or expense in so cooperating. (ii) At Closing, Seller shall credit to the account of Purchaser against the Purchase Price (a) any security deposits held by Seller delivered pursuant to any Leases executed by Seller or Seller's predecessors-in-interest, as lessor, which will continue in effect after Closing; and (b) any unearned reservation deposits and other items prepaid by guests of the Hotel. (iii) If and to the extent additional rent under the Leases due and payable by tenants for increases in ad valorem taxes and/or operating expenses for the calendar year in which Closing - 25 - 32 occurs and any preceding calendar year are not billed, collected and apportioned at the Closing, Seller and Purchaser agree that the provisions of the Closing Memorandum shall govern and control. (iv) Charges, or portions thereof, referred to in this Section 9.4, other than Section 9.4(c)(vi) above, which are payable solely and directly by any tenants under the Leases, shall not be apportioned hereunder and Purchaser shall accept title subject to any of such unpaid charges, and Purchaser shall look solely to the tenant responsible therefor for the payment of the same. If Seller shall have paid any of such charges on behalf of any tenant, and shall not have been reimbursed therefor by the time of Closing, the reimbursement of such charges shall be treated as delinquent rent which shall be recovered by Seller in accordance with the provisions of the Closing Memorandum. (f) Seller shall receive a credit at Closing in an amount equal to any deposits paid by Seller pursuant to the terms of any of the Miscellaneous Contracts. If any provider of a public utility to the Subject Properties is holding deposits as of the Closing Date, Seller shall retain all right to the return of any of such deposits, or Seller shall receive a credit at Closing in the amount of such deposits. 9.5 Purchaser's Costs. At Closing, Purchaser shall pay for the following: (a) the base premium charges and surcharges for any endorsements or other modifications for the Title Policy to be issued to Purchaser; (b) any costs for updating or recertifying the Survey; (c) all fees for the issuance of an updated Title Commitment, escrow fees and any and all other title related fees charged by the Escrow Agent; (d) costs of recording all documents delivered by Seller to Purchaser or by Purchaser to Seller at the Closing; (e) the attorneys' fees of Purchaser's counsel in connection with or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Contract; - 26 - 33 (f) all deed stamps, documentary stamp taxes, intangible taxes and other transfer taxes, if any; (g) any mortgage, conveyance and tax certificate fees charged by the Escrow Agent; (h) all costs of the Authority, their respective counsel and agents, bond counsel and all other costs (other than Seller's counsel) in connection with obtaining the Consents and Purchaser's assumption of the Bond Financing or obtaining the Discharge Documents, as applicable; and (i) any other expenses not expressly stipulated herein as expenses to be paid by Seller. 9.6 Seller's Costs: (a) the cost of the Survey; (b) the charges for the preparation of the Title Commitment, if any; and (c) the attorney's fees of Seller's counsel in connection with or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Contract; and (d) the Commission, as such term is defined in Section 10.I hereof. 9.7 Representations and Warranties of Purchaser. Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller as follows: (a) Purchaser is not acquiring the Subject Properties with the assets of an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA; and (b) Purchaser has the full right, power and authority to purchase the Subject Properties as provided in this Contract and to carry out Purchaser's obligations hereunder, and all requisite action necessary to authorize Purchaser to enter into this Contract and to carry out its obligations hereunder have been, or by the Closing, will have been taken. 9.8 Covenants of Purchaser. Purchaser hereby covenants with Seller as follows: - 27 - 34 (a) Purchaser shall not contact Manager regarding the possible transfer of the Management Agreement to Purchaser without first obtaining the prior written approval of Seller, and then only in cooperation with Seller. (b) Purchaser shall pay any and all transfer fees or termination fees, if applicable, incurred in connection with the transfer and/or termination of any of the Miscellaneous Contracts (collectively, the "Transfer Fees"). Purchaser agrees to indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless Seller, its successors and assigns, against any and all claims, actions, suits, proceedings, costs, expenses, damages or other liabilities, including attorneys' fees and court costs, arising as a result of or with respect to Purchaser's failure to (i) pay the Transfer Fees, or (ii) perform the duties and obligations of Purchaser, as assignee of Seller, under the terms of any of the Miscellaneous Contracts. Seller shall have the right to require that Purchaser provide to Seller at Closing such security as Seller may reasonably request (e.g. an escrow account maintained with the Escrow Agent, a letter of credit, etc.) to insure that all Transfer Fees, if any, are paid in a timely manner and that Purchaser, as assignee of Seller, performs the duties and obligations of Purchaser under the terms of the Miscellaneous Contracts. (c) Purchaser shall consent to any amendments to the Bond Documents which may be required to facilitate the Discharge and the release of Deed to Secure Debt simultaneously. (d) Purchaser shall have fully performed each and every one of its obligations to be performed under this Contract and each of the representations and warranties of Purchaser shall be true and correct as of the Closing. 9.9 Possession. Possession of the Subject Properties shall be delivered to Purchaser immediately following the Closing and the funding to Seller of the Purchase Price, subject to the rights of any tenants lawfully in possession under the Leases. ARTICLE 10 REAL ESTATE COMMISSION 10.1 Commissions. Seller and Purchaser hereby covenant and agree one with the other that no real estate commissions, finders' fees or brokers' fees have been or will be incurred in connection with this Contract or the transactions contemplated hereby, except as specified in this Section 10.1. A commission ("Commission") in the amount set forth - 28 - 35 in ITEM NO. 3 of the Cover Sheet shall be payable by Seller to the entity identified in ITEM NO. 3 of the Cover Sheet at Closing, if and when Closing occurs but not otherwise. Purchaser and Broker hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless, from and against any claims, causes of action or liabilities, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, that may be incurred by Seller with respect to any claim for other real estate commissions, brokers' fees or finders' fees relative to this Contract or the sale of the Subject Properties arising out of the acts of Purchaser or Broker, as applicable. Seller hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless from and against any claims, causes of action or liabilities, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, that may be incurred by Purchaser with respect to any claim for real estate commissions, broker's fees or finders' fees relative to this Contract or the sale of the Subject Properties arising out of the acts of Seller. The provisions of Section 10.1 shall survive the Closing or termination of this Contract. 10.2 Broker Indemnifications. By executing this Contract, Broker agrees that if for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the act or default of the Purchaser or Seller hereunder or the unavailability or uninsurability of the title to the Subject Properties) the Closing should not occur or this Contract should be canceled or terminated by Seller or Purchaser, then Seller shall be released and the Broker hereby releases Seller, from any and all liability, claim or cause of action whatsoever, and the Commission shall not be due or payable to Broker. The Commission, if any, shall be the sole compensation paid to Broker. Broker shall not be entitled to reimbursement for any expenses or any other obligations Broker incurs in relation to or in connection with the performance of its services in relation to this Contract. Upon payment of the Commission, if any, to Broker, Seller shall have no further duty or obligation to Broker and payment of such Commission, if any, by Seller shall release Seller as of such date from any and all claims Broker may have against Seller relating to the Subject Properties whether known or unknown and whether past, present or future. The provisions of this Section 10.2 shall survive the Closing or termination of this Contract. ARTICLE 11 REMEDIES OF DEFAULT 11.1 Termination Of Contract By Purchaser. If this Contract is terminated by Purchaser in accordance with any one or more Sections hereof that entitle Purchaser to terminate this Contract, then the Earnest Money shall be returned to Purchaser by the Escrow Agent, and no party hereto shall have any further obligations to any other - 29 - 36 hereunder, except for Purchaser's obligations and liabilities under Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement. 11.2 Purchaser's Default. If the Purchaser fails or refuses to consummate the purchase of the Subject Properties for any reason other than Seller's failure to tender performance of Seller's obligations hereunder, or termination of the Contract pursuant to a right granted to Purchaser hereunder to do so, then the Earnest Money shall be paid to the Seller by the Escrow Agent as liquidated damages. Such amount is agreed upon by and between Seller and Purchaser as liquidated damages due to the difficulty and inconvenience of ascertaining and measuring actual damages and the uncertainty thereof; and no other damages, rights or remedies, except as provided in Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement, shall in any case be collectible, enforceable or available to Seller, but Seller shall accept said cash payments as Seller's total damages and relief. In the event Purchaser is unable to obtain the Consents to Transfer or the Discharge Documents, as applicable, as contemplated in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, respectively, then the Earnest Money shall be delivered by Escrow Agent to Purchaser, and no party hereto shall have any further obligations to any other hereunder, except for Purchaser's obligations and liabilities under Section 6.1, 9.5(h) and Article 10 hereof and the Confidentiality Agreement. 11.3 Seller's Default. In the event of Seller's default hereunder, this Contract shall be terminated, the Earnest Money shall be returned to Purchaser by the Escrow Agent and the sum of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($75,000.00) shall be paid to Purchaser by Seller as liquidated damages. Such amount is agreed upon by and between Seller and Purchaser as liquidated damages due to the difficulty and inconvenience of ascertaining and measuring actual damages and the uncertainty thereof; and no other damages, rights or remedies shall in any case be collectible, enforceable or available to Purchaser, but Purchaser shall accept said cash payment as Purchaser's total damages and relief. It is expressly understood and agreed that except for the remedy expressly set forth in this Section 11.3, Purchaser shall have no right, and by its execution hereof, hereby waives and negates the right, to pursue enforcement of specific performance of the obligations of Seller under this Contract or to exercise any other remedies at law or in equity. - 30 - 37 ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Notices. All notices, demands, consents, or other communications of any type (collectively "Notices") given by Seller to Purchaser or by Purchaser to Seller, whether required by this Contract or in any way related to any of the transactions contracted for herein, shall be void and of no effect unless given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.1. All notices shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the person to whom the notice is directed, either in person or by United States Mail, as a registered or certified item, return receipt requested. Notices may also be sent by facsimile transmission ("fax") or overnight mail; provided, however, if sent by fax, such notice shall be deemed received only on the date of written confirmed receipt by the other party of all legible copies of all pages of the fax sent. Notices delivered by mail or overnight mail shall be effective when deposited in a post office or other proper depository, as the case may be, under the care or custody of the United States Postal Service or other carrier, as the case may be, enclosed in a wrapper with the proper postage affixed and addressed, if to the Purchaser, as follows: [AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN ITEM NO. 1 OF THE COVER SHEET] with a copy to: [PURCHASER'S COUNSEL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN ITEM NO. 4 OF THE COVER SHEET] and addressed, if to the Seller, as follows: Ms. Yvonne M. Compitello Senior Vice President c/o MBL Life Assurance Corporation Real Estate Investment Division 520 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102-3111 Tel: (201) 481-8615 Fax: (201) 268-4332 - 31 - 38 with a copy to: Mary Ann Maurer, Esq. c/o MBL Life Assurance Corporation Law Department 520 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102-3111 Tel: (201) 481-8336 Fax: (201) 268-4335 with a copy to: Phyllis Pattillo Stephenson, Esq. Meredith, Donnell & Abernathy 800 N. Shoreline, Suite 1500 - North Tower Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Tel: (512) 866-8158 Fax: (512) 880-5717 Any party hereto may change the address or contact for notice specified above by giving the other party ten (10) days advance written notice of such change of address or contact. 12.2 Effective Date. This Contract may be executed in multiple counterparts on the respective dates set forth below, each of which shall constitute an original, but which together shall constitute but one Contract. Execution by Purchaser hereof shall constitute an offer by Purchaser to Seller to purchase the Subject Properties for the price and on and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, which offer shall automatically terminate and be of no force or effect unless Seller shall execute and return to Purchaser one (1) fully executed counterpart of this Contract within ten (10) business days after Seller's receipt of the Contract. Notwithstanding the above and Article 3 hereof, the date of execution hereof by Seller shall be the effective date of this Contract (the "Effective Date"), and Seller shall send to Purchaser by facsimile transmission on the Effective Date Seller's signature page of this Contract. 12.3 Assignment. This Contract is freely assignable by Seller. This Contract may not be assigned by Purchaser. [THIS PARAGRAPH IS APPLICABLE TO A CASH PURCHASE PRICE ONLY.] This Contract is freely assignable by Seller. This Contract may be assigned by Purchaser without Seller's prior consent; provided. however that notwithstanding any such assignment, Purchaser shall not be released from its obligations hereunder. - 32 - 39 12.4 Laws. This Contract shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, and the obligations of the parties hereto are and shall be performable in the county wherein the Subject Properties are located. Where required for proper interpretation, words in the singular shall include the plural; the masculine gender shall include the neuter and feminine, and vice versa. 12.5 Modification. This Contract may not be modified or amended, except by an agreement in writing signed by Seller and Purchaser. Seller and Purchaser may waive any of the conditions contained herein or any of the obligations of the other hereunder, but any such waiver shall be effective only if in writing and signed by the party waiving such conditions or obligations. 12.6 Authority. Each person executing this Contract warrants and represents that he is fully authorized to do so. 12.7 Times And Dates. Time is of the essence of this Contract and all times and dates shall be in accordance with Newark, New Jersey Time. 12.8 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles, Sections and paragraphs contained in this Contract are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. 12.9 Entire Contract. This Contract, including the Exhibits hereto and the Submission Items, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties, whether written or oral, pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings of the parties in connection therewith. No representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or condition not expressed in this Contract shall be binding upon the parties hereto or shall affect or be effective to interpret, change or restrict the provisions of this Contract unless the parties have complied with the terms of Section 12.5 hereof. 12.10 Construction. This Contract shall not be construed more strongly against any party regardless of who was more responsible for its preparation. 12.11 Non-recordable. This Contract, a memorandum of this Contract, an interest in ownership of the Subject Properties or any other document that would constitute an exception to Seller's title shall not be recorded and the provisions hereof shall not constitute a lien on the Subject Properties. Purchaser hereby appoints Seller as Purchaser's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, for the purposes of the execution - 33 - 40 of any documents and doing any acts as shall be necessary to effect the discharge of the recording of this Contract or any other exception to the Title Commitment or any update thereof. 12.12 Third-Party Beneficiary. It is specifically understood and agreed that (i) no person or other entity shall be a third-party beneficiary hereunder; (ii) none of the provisions of this Contract shall be for the benefit of or be enforceable by anyone other than the parties hereto; and (iii) only the parties hereto shall have any rights hereunder. 12.13 Legal Relationship. Nothing herein shall be construed as to constitute or establish any type of joint venture, partnership, or any other type of legal relationship between the parties other than the vendor-vendee relationship established hereby between Seller and Purchaser. 12.14 Contemplation of Closing. If Purchaser closes the sale contemplated herein, Purchaser shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any breach or default by Seller of any covenant, representation or warranty under this Contract existing as of the Closing Date but not thereafter (but not under any of the documents executed at Closing that shall thereafter continue to be effective in accordance with their terms). 12.15 Return of Documents. Upon termination of this Contract for any reason by Purchaser or Seller, Purchaser shall have the obligation to return to Seller all documents and copies thereof (including the Survey) received by Purchaser and any other information or documentation resulting from Purchaser's inspections, with the exception of internally prepared memoranda or work product. Neither Seller nor the Escrow Agent shall have any obligation to return the last Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($5,000.00) of the Earnest Money to Purchaser upon any permitted termination of this Contract by Purchaser until all of such documents and copies thereof (including the Survey) received by Purchaser have been returned to Seller. 12.16 Security for Unpaid Accounts. Any contents of safe deposits, baggage or other property of departed guests held by Seller as security for unpaid accounts receivable shall be removed by Seller on or before the Closing Date. 12.17 Completion of Documents. Purchaser understands and agrees that the forms of closing documents which are attached as exhibits hereto may have to be modified in order to be made appropriate for the transaction contemplated herein. It is anticipated by the parties that such modifications will consist of inserting appropriate information in the blanks contained in the forms of closing documents attached as exhibits hereto. - 34 - 41 Purchaser agrees that Seller may make such reasonable changes to the closing documents as are appropriate to reflect the transaction contemplated hereby and as may be required by the Authority or the Trustee. 12.18 Effect of Holidays. In the event any date specified or computed under this Contract for the performance of an obligation by either Seller or Purchaser, or for the occurrence of any event provided for herein, shall be a Saturday, Sunday or "recognized holiday" (defined for purposes hereof as any holiday observed by national banks in Newark, New Jersey, then the date for such performance or occurrence shall automatically be extended to the next calendar day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or recognized holiday. 12.19 Survival. Various provisions of this Contract which are not required to be performed by Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date but which are identified as provisions to survive Closing shall continue to be effective and enforceable against Purchaser after the Closing Date. 12.20 Exhibits. The following Exhibits attached hereto shall be deemed to be an integral part of this Contract: (a) EXHIBIT A - Legal Description of the Real Property (b) EXHIBIT B - Leases (c) EXHIBIT C - Confidentiality Agreement (d) EXHIBIT D - Limited Warranty Deed (e) EXHIBIT E - Blanket Conveyance, Bill of Sale and Assignment (f) EXHIBIT F - Closing Memorandum and Indemnification Agreement (g) EXHIBIT G - Letter to Tenant (h) EXHIBIT H - Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act Affidavit (i) EXHIBIT I - Erisa Statement (j) EXHIBIT J - Letter Agreement and Form of Forbearance Agreement - 35 - 42 (k) EXHIBIT K - Form of Assumption Agreement (l) EXHIBIT L - Forms of Releases EXECUTED on this 16 day of February 1996, by Purchaser. WYNDHAM HOTEL COMPANY, LTD., a Texas limited partnership By: /s/ ANNE RAYMOND ----------------------------------- Name: Anne Raymond ------------------------------ Title: Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------ - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXECUTED on this 5th day of March 1996, by Seller. OVERLOOK VININGS INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER ASSOCIATES, LTD., a Georgia limited partnership By: Metro IRB, Inc., General Partner By: /s/ MICHAEL S. RYAN ----------------------------------- Name: Michael S. Ryan ----------------------------- Title: President ----------------------------- [SIGNATURES OF ESCROW AGENT AND BROKER FOLLOW ON PAGE 37] - 36 - 43 The Escrow Agent acknowledges receipt of a fully executed counterpart of this Contract and the Earnest Money in the amount of $1,250,000.00 on this 6th day of March, 1996. By its execution of this Contract below, the Escrow Agent agrees to be bound by the terms hereof to the extent that the Contract imposes duties upon the Escrow Agent. SCHAAF & HODGES By: /s/ MICHAEL L. SCHAAF ------------------------------- Name: Michael L. Schaaf -------------------------- Title: Partner -------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broker executes this Contract solely for the purpose of confirming and agreeing to the terms of Article 10 hereof. ----------------------------------- By: -------------------------------- Name: --------------------------- Title: -------------------------- - 37 - 44 EXHIBIT "F" CLOSING MEMORANDUM AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT [Consisting of 4 pages and follows this page] 45 CLOSING MEMORANDUM AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT THIS CLOSING MEMORANDUM AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into to be effective as of ____________________, 199___ (the "Closing Date"), by and between Overlook Vinings Inn and Conference Center Associates, Ltd., a Georgia limited partnership ("Seller"), and ______________________________________, a _______________________ ("Purchaser"). In connection with and in consideration of the closing ("Closing") of the transaction contemplated under that certain Sale and Purchase Agreement (the "Contract") dated effective as of __________________________, 199___, by and between Seller and Purchaser, covering that certain property (the "Property") located in Cobb County, Georgia, commonly known as The Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2857 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, and more particularly described in the Contract, Seller and Purchaser hereby agree as follows: 1. Defined Terms. Unless specifically defined herein, all terms used herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to such terms in the Contract. 2. Proration Date. All prorations have been made as of 12:01 a.m., according to the time zone in which the Property is located, on the Closing Date. 3. Operating Expenses. Except as otherwise herein provided, any and all costs and expenses relating to the operation, management or ownership of the Property for the period prior to the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, accounts and payments under service contracts and utility charges, are the responsibility of Seller and will be paid by Seller promptly upon receipt of billing therefor. Any and all costs and expenses relating to the operation, management or ownership of the Property for the period from and after the Closing Date (including the Closing Date), including, but not limited to, accounts and payments under the Miscellaneous Contracts (including, without limitation, all transfer or termination fees, if any, required to be paid under the terms thereof) and utility charges, are the responsibility of Purchaser and will be paid by Purchaser promptly upon receipt of billing therefor, and Purchaser hereby holds Seller harmless with respect to same and agrees to indemnify Seller from any loss, liability or claim, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, relating to same. To the extent not reflected in the closing statements (the "Closing Statements") evidencing the transaction contemplated under the Contract, Purchaser and Seller agree to adjust between themselves outside of Closing any amounts which are the responsibility of the other pursuant to this paragraph. 4. Real Estate Taxes: Fees to Tax Representative. The 199___ real property ad valorem taxes with respect to the Property shall be paid by Purchaser prior to their 46 becoming delinquent, with Seller being charged at Closing an amount equal to that portion of such taxes which relate to the period before the Closing Date. Such prorations shall be based upon the best available information at the time if the 199__ taxes have not yet been assessed at the time of Closing. To the extent that the actual taxes for the current year differ from the amount so apportioned at Closing, the parties hereto shall make all necessary adjustments by appropriate payments between themselves following the Closing. Further, Purchaser shall be charged at Closing with the fees paid or payable to Seller's tax representative for the purpose of reducing such real property ad valorem taxes in an amount equal to that portion of such fees which relate to calendar 199__ from and after the Closing Date, which fees shall be prorated at Closing, as herein provided. 5. Room Charges. As of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date, Seller has compiled a listing of all Guest Ledger Accounts indicating that such accounts total $_______________ and has compiled a listing of all City Ledger Accounts indicating that such accounts total $______________. Seller shall retain ownership of the Guest Ledger Accounts and the City Ledger Accounts; provided, however, any funds collected pursuant to the Guest Ledger Accounts which are in payment for occupancy on the Closing Date shall be the property of Purchaser ("Closing Date Revenues") and Seller shall remit same to Purchaser upon Seller's receipt thereof. Purchaser shall make a good faith effort after the Closing to collect all Guest Ledger Accounts and City Ledger Accounts in the usual course of Purchaser's operation of the Property, but Purchaser shall not be obligated to institute any lawsuit or other collection procedures to collect such accounts. In the event that after Closing Purchaser receives payment of any of the Guest Ledger Accounts or City Ledger Accounts, Purchaser shall promptly remit such payment to Seller; provided Purchaser may retain the Closing Date Revenues. 6. Other Income. The provisions of this paragraph shall control the allocation of income from the Property other than Guest Ledger Accounts and City Ledger Accounts addressed in paragraph 4 hereof. As of the Closing Date, Seller has collected tenant rent and other income for the month of ___________________ in the amount of $____________. Seller shall pay to Purchaser Purchaser's pro rata share of any delinquent or unpaid rents and other income which are paid to Seller after Closing and which relate to the period from and after the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall pay to Seller, Seller's pro rata share of said delinquent or unpaid rents and other income which are paid to Purchaser and which relate to the period prior to the Closing Date. Purchaser will make a good faith effort after the Closing to collect all delinquent or unpaid rents and other income in the usual course of Purchaser's operation of the Property, but Purchaser will not be obligated to institute any lawsuit or other collection procedures to collect delinquent rents. 7. Periodic Accounting. On the fifth (5th) day of each calendar month beginning with the first (1st) full calendar month following Closing and ending with the 47 sixth (6th) full calendar month following Closing, Purchaser shall send to Seller an accounting of the accounts receivable with respect to the Property which existed as of the Closing Date, including specifically, without limitation, the Guest Ledger Accounts and the City Ledger Accounts, showing whether Seller has received payment of such accounts receivable, the outstanding balance thereof, and the age of such accounts receivable. 8. Brokerage Commission. Seller and Purchaser acknowledge the payment by Seller of a brokerage commission to _______________________________________. Seller and Purchaser each hereby indemnify and agree to hold the other harmless from and against any and all loss, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) resulting from any other claim for any fee, commission, or similar payment by any broker, agent, finder, or salesman as a result of any action of Seller or Purchaser, respectively, related to the origination, negotiation, or consummation of the transaction contemplated under the Contract. 9. Errors or Omissions. Seller and Purchaser agree to adjust between themselves after Closing any errors or omissions in the prorations or adjustments set forth in the Closing Statements. 10. Survival. This Contract and the agreements and the provisions contained herein shall survive Closing and the execution and delivery of any documents in connection therewith. EXECUTED effective as of the day and year first above written. SELLER: OVERLOOK VININGS INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER ASSOCIATES, LTD., a Georgia limited partnership By: Metro IRB, Inc., General Partner By: ---------------------------- Name: ----------------------- Title: ---------------------- 48 PURCHASER: . a ---------------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------ By: --------------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- 49 EXHIBIT "J" LETTER AGREEMENT AND FORM OF FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT [Consisting of 23 pages and follows this page] 50 [NATIONSBANK LETTERHEAD] October 30, 1995 VIA FACSIMILE AND FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL Mr. Mark Mahony Senior Vice President Metro IRB, Inc. 520 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Re: Wyndham Gardens Hotel-Vinings (the "Property")/ $9,675,000 Development Authority of Cobb County Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Overlook Inn Project), Series 1985 (the "Bonds") Dear Mark: This letter of intent supersedes our letter to you dated August 2, 1995, regarding a proposed forbearance arrangement with respect to the Property. As we have previously indicated, NationsBank of Georgia, National Association, as trustee for holders of the Bonds (the "Trustee"), would be willing to support a supplemental indenture of the type you suggest, providing for the ability to purchase Bonds in lieu of payment or redemption at a purchase price of par plus accrued interest, subject to review and approval of the definitive supplemental indenture by the Trustee and our counsel, and receipt of an opinion of bond counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to us. In addition to stating that the supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted under the Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the supplement have been satisfied, that opinion would need to confirm that the supplemental indenture (after taking into account any transfer of the Property and the implementation of the forbearance arrangement discussed below, as well as other applicable factors) would not cause interest on the Bonds to become includable in the gross income of recipients thereof for federal income tax purposes. With regard to your request for a forbearance agreement, and subject to the caveats noted below, the Trustee is agreeable in principle to entering into a forbearance agreement in the form attached to this letter as Annex A (the "Forbearance Agreement"), 51 Letter to Mr. Mahony October 30, 1995 Page 2 contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Contract (as that term is defined in the Forbearance Agreement) by all parties thereto. Although it is our position that the Trustee does not need Bondholder consent in order to enter into the Forbearance Agreement, we intent to advise the Bondholders of our plans to do so. Our ultimate willingness to execute and deliver the Forbearance Agreement may be subject to the absence of objections or contrary instructions from the Bondholders. Accordingly, this letter merely constitutes an agreement in principle, and no forbearance arrangement shall become effective against the Trustee unless and until (a) the Forbearance Agreement has been executed and delivered by all parties thereto and (b) all other conditions stated therein to the effectiveness thereof have been satisfied. Please acknowledge the foregoing by executing the enclosed counterpart of this letter on behalf of the owner of the Property and returning it to me as soon as possible. Very truly yours, John S. Hiott Vice President ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO IN PRINCIPLE: OVERLOOK VININGS INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER ASSOCIATES, LTD. By: /s/ METRO IRB, INC. , ----------------------------- as general partner By: /s/ MARK MAHONY ------------------------- Name: Mark Mahony Title: Sr. Vice President 52 Letter to Mr. Mahony October 30, 1995 Page 3 cc: Ronald D. Stallings, Esq. Robert C. Lewinson, Esq. Brant Baber, Esq. Mr. Frank Lively 53 Draft #5 (PGF&M Draft #4) 10/19/95 FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT THIS FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of _________, 199_ by and among NATIONSBANK OF GEORGIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (formerly known as The Citizens and Southern National Bank), as Trustee (in such capacity, the "Trustee") under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, OVERLOOK VININGS INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER ASSOCIATES, LTD., a Georgia limited partnership (together with its permitted successors and assigns hereunder, the "Developer"), and MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN LIQUIDATION, a mutual insurance company of New Jersey (the "Guarantor"). RECITALS WHEREAS, Development Authority of Cobb County, a public body corporate and politic (the "Authority"), and the Developer entered into a Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Loan Agreement"), whereby the Authority loaned to the Developer proceeds of the Authority's $9,675,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, 1985 Series (Overlook Inn Project) (the "Bonds"), for the purpose of providing construction and permanent financing for a hotel and conference center development located within Cobb County, Georgia, now known as the Wyndham Gardens Hotel-Vinings (the "Development"), which loan was further evidenced by a certain Note, dated October 1, 1985 (the "Note"), in the original principal amount of $9,675,000, made by the Developer payable to the order of the Authority; and WHEREAS, the Bonds were issued by the Authority pursuant to a Trust Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Indenture"), between the Authority and the Trustee; and WHEREAS, the Developer's obligations under the Loan Agreement and the Note were secured by (i) a certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Guaranty"), made by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company ("MBL") for the benefit of the Authority, and (ii) a certain Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Deed to Secure Debt"), made by and among the Developer, the Authority, MBL and the Trustee; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the Indenture, the Authority pledged and assigned to the Trustee, inter alia, all of the Authority's rights under (a) the Loan Agreement (except for certain rights to notice and payment expressly reserved by the 54 Authority as more particularly set forth in the Indenture), and (b) the Note, the Guaranty and the Deed to Secure Debt (the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Note and the Deed to Secure Debt are sometimes referred to as the "Bond Documents"); and WHEREAS, on July 16, 1991, the Guarantor was placed in a rehabilitation proceeding captioned In the Matter of the Rehabilitation of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, General Equity Part, Docket No. C-91-00109 (the "Rehabilitation Proceedings"), in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division-Mercer County (the "Rehabilitation Court"), and the Guarantor is the successor of MBL; and WHEREAS, the Guarantor is now being operated by a rehabilitator operating under the supervision of the Rehabilitation Court; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Bond Documents, upon the commencement of the Rehabilitation Proceedings (i) the Trustee gave notice to the Developer to provide Alternate Security (as defined in the Indenture) for the Guaranty, which the Developer was unable to do, (ii) pursuant to the Indenture, the Trustee called all of the Bonds for redemption and made demand of the Guarantor that it pay the redemption price of the Bonds, which the Guarantor failed to do, and (iii) the Trustee made demand upon the Developer for payment sufficient to pay the full principal of and interest on the Bonds, which demand has not been satisfied, thus resulting in the occurrence of Events of Default under the Indenture (collectively, the "Existing Events of Default"); and WHEREAS, notwithstanding the continuation of the Existing Events of Default, to the date of this Agreement, the Developer has continued to provide the Trustee with sufficient funds to pay semiannual interest on the Bonds on or before the applicable interest payment dates and to build an unexpended fund balance under the Indenture (i.e., the "Accumulated Excess Funds", as that term is defined in Section 1(e) hereof); and WHEREAS, under the terms of certain orders entered in the Rehabilitation Proceedings (the validity of which orders are currently being contested by the Trustee), the Trustee has been restrained and enjoined from exercising the various remedies available to it under the Bond Documents by reason of the Existing Events of Default (collectively, the "Restraining Orders"); and WHEREAS, in conjunction with the Developer's efforts to market the Development for sale, the Developer has required that -2- 55 the Trustee enter into a forbearance agreement in order to assure that no remedial action would be taken with respect to the Existing Events of Default during the applicable forbearance period, thereby providing the purchaser of the Development with time to either provide Alternate Security (as that term is defined in the Loan Agreement) for the Bonds or to otherwise purchase, restructure or refund the Bonds, and the Trustee has agreed in principle to do so, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of that certain letter dated October __, 1995, from the Trustee to the Developer, and accepted on behalf of the Developer and the Guarantor on October __, 1995 (the "Letter Agreement"); and WHEREAS, the Developer has entered into that certain [TITLE OF PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT] dated __________, 199__ (the "Purchase Contract") with [NAME OF PURCHASER], a __________________ (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to which the Developer has agreed to sell the Development to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Development from the Developer, in connection with which the Purchaser has agreed to assume the Developer's obligations under the bond Documents upon the condition, among others, that the Trustee enter into this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Trustee considers it to be in the best interest of the holders of the Bonds (the "Bondholders") for the Trustee to enter into this Agreement, and the Trustee has not received instructions from the requisite percentage of Bondholders to do otherwise; NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: SECTION 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. SECTION 2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BY THE DEVELOPER. (a) As of the Effective Date (as that term is defined in Section 23 hereof), the Bonds have a due, but unpaid, principal balance of $9,675,000 and accrued interest thereon has been paid to but not including [THE INTEREST PAYMENT DATE NEXT PRECEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE, OR IF THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE, THEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE]. -3- 56 (b) The Developer and the Guarantor acknowledge that the Existing Events of Default have occurred and continue under the Loan Agreement and the other Bond Documents by reason of, among other things, failure of the Developer to provide Alternate Security for the Guaranty and failure of the Guarantor and the Developer to pay the Bonds in full upon the call for redemption, resulting in the entire principal amount of the Bonds being immediately due and payable. (c) The Developer is not aware of any facts or circumstances which would cause the Bond Documents not to continue to be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Developer, enforceable against the Developer in accordance with their respective terms. (d) The Developer is not aware of any facts or circumstances which would cause the liens and security interests heretofore granted by the Developer to the Authority or the Trustee with respect to the Development and the other property subject to the lien and security interests granted under the Deed to Secure Debt and the proceeds thereof not to be duly perfected first priority liens and security interests, subject only to the exceptions set forth on Exhibit C to the Deed to Secure Debt, and except that the Developer makes no representation as to the perfection of any security interest in rents granted under the Deed to Secure Debt. (e) The Developer acknowledges and agrees that the Trustee shall be entitled to retain and hold pursuant to the terms of the Indenture all sums now or hereafter held by it and representing the excess of (i) payments made by the Developer to the Trustee under the Note over (ii) the portion of such payments applied by the Trustee to interest payments on the Bonds and fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of other consultants and agents) (together with earnings thereon, "Accumulated Excess Funds"), subject to the provisions of Section 8 hereof. SECTION 3. TERMS OF FORBEARANCE. (a) Agreement to Forbear. As long as each of the conditions to the obligation of the Trustee to forbear specified with respect to each Forbearance Period described below, and each of the "Forbearance Conditions" (as that term is defined in Section 4 hereof), which shall be conditions to the obligation of the Trustee to forbear throughout the term of this Agreement, is and remains satisfied, as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion, the Trustee agrees that it will not, -4- 57 during each of the Forbearance Periods described below, exercise any default remedy available to the Trustee under the Bond Documents during the period from the Effective Date through the ending date of each such Forbearance Period. This Agreement shall terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) __________, 199___ [the earlier to occur of (A) the date which is 15 months after the Effective Date or (B) September 30, 1997], (ii) the first day on which no Forbearance Period shall be in effect hereunder (whether due to the failure of the Developer to satisfy a condition to the commencement of a subsequent Forbearance Period, or otherwise) or (iii) the date on which this Agreement shall be terminated as a result of the breach hereof by the Developer, or by mutual agreement of the parties. Neither this Agreement nor the Trustee's agreement to forbear shall be deemed a waiver of or consent to any of the Existing Events of Default or any other breach, violation or default now existing or hereafter occurring under any of the Bond Documents. (b) Forbearance Periods. This Agreement contemplates separate and sequential forbearance periods (each such period being herein referred to as a "Forbearance Period") as described below: (i) The Trustee will forbear in accordance with Section 3(a) above for a period (the "Initial Forbearance Period") from the Effective Date through and including _________________, 199____ [the earlier of (A) the date on which the Purchaser consummates its acquisition of the Development and assumes the Developer's obligations under the Bond Documents pursuant to the Purchase Contract or (B) the first Business Day which is at least 90 days after the Effective Date] (the "Initial Forbearance Expiration Date"), provided that each of the following conditions is met: (1) On or before the Effective Date, the Developer shall pay to the Trustee an amount equal to the product of (A) the semiannual interest payment coming due on the Bonds on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Effective Date, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of whole calendar months which shall have passed since the Interest Payment Date next preceding the Effective Date, and the denominator of which shall be six (6), for credit to the amount required to be paid under the terms of the Loan Agreement for deposit in the Revenue Fund under the Indenture with respect to the Interest Payment Date referred to in clause (A) of this paragraph. -5- 58 (2) On the first day of the first calendar month next succeeding the Effective Date, and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter during the Initial Forbearance Period (and each subsequent Forbearance Period, if any), the Developer shall pay to the Trustee an amount (the "Monthly Payment") equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of an amount equal to the product of (A) the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding and (B) seven and five-eighths percent (7.625%) per annum--being the original coupon rate on the Bonds--based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each, for deposit in the Revenue Fund under the Indenture. A portion of each Monthly Payment equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of an amount equal to the product of (Y) the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding and (Z) five and seventy-two one hundredths percent (5.72%) per annum, based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty days each--the current coupon rate on the Bonds--shall be credited against the Developer's obligations under the Loan Agreement to provide the Trustee with funds to pay interest on the Bonds. The balance of each Monthly Payment shall be treated as Accumulated Excess Funds. No credit shall be given against any other payments described in paragraphs (3) and (4) below, or in Section 4(d)(ii) or 4(d)(iii) hereof for Accumulated Excess Funds on hand with the Trustee. (3) On or before the Effective Date, the Developer shall establish a fund or reserve (the "Tax and Insurance Reserve") with the Trustee for the payment of all insurance premiums, taxes, and assessments against or affecting the Development and shall make the initial deposit therein, as contemplated in Section 4(d)(ii) hereof. (4) On or before the Effective Date, the Developer shall establish a fund or reserve (the "Repair and Replacement Reserve") with the Trustee to provide funds for the payment of "Repairs and Replacements" (as that term is defined in Section 4(d)(iii) hereinbelow) and shall make the initial deposit therein, as contemplated in said Section. (5) The Developer shall not be in violation of any of the Forbearance Conditions. -6- 59 (ii) The Trustee agrees to forbear as provided in Section 3(a) hereof for another Forbearance Period beginning on the Initial Forbearance Expiration Date and continuing until _____________, 199__ [the same date as is specified in Section 3(a)], provided that each of the following conditions precedent shall have been (and in the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), shall continue to be) satisfied: (1) On or before the Initial Forbearance Expiration Date, (A) the transfer of the Development to the Purchaser shall have been consummated in accordance with Section 6 hereof, and (B) the Guarantor shall have released its interest under the Deed to Secure Debt as contemplated in Section 9(c) hereof. (2) On or before the first Business Day of each calendar month, the Developer shall pay the Monthly Payment to the Trustee, in the manner and for the purposes specified in Section 3(b)(i)(2) hereof. (3) The Developer shall not be in violation of any of the Forbearance Conditions. SECTION 4. Conditions to Forbearance. The following conditions (collectively, the "Forbearance Conditions") shall constitute Forbearance Conditions in each of the Forbearance Periods, the continued satisfaction of each of which, as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion, shall be a condition to the agreement of the Trustee to standby and forbear as set forth in Section 3(a) above. (a) The Developer shall duly and punctually observe, perform and discharge each and every obligation and covenant on its part to be performed under this Agreement. (b) From and after the date hereof, there shall occur or exist no new or additional default or event of default by the Developer under the Bond Documents or any new or additional breach, violation, default or event of default by the Developer under any of the other Bond Documents, except the following: (i) any default arising solely as a result of the financial condition or Rehabilitation Proceedings of the Guarantor; (ii) failure of the Developer to pay the redemption price of the Bonds pursuant to the Loan Agreement; -7- 60 (iii) any default by reason of the failure of the Guarantor to make payments due under the Guaranty; and (iv) failure to provide Alternate Security under the Bond Documents. (c) It is the express intent of the parties hereto that, from and after the date of transfer of the Development to the Purchaser, the right of the Trustee to exercise remedies under the Bond Documents by reason of any of the Existing Events of Default or any new Events of Default shall not be affected or constrained by any order heretofore or hereafter entered in the Rehabilitation Proceedings (but shall in any event be subject to the provisions of this Agreement). To that end, the Developer or the Guarantor, or either of them, shall cause the Restraining Orders to be lifted with respect to the Development and the Trustee no later than the date on which the Purchaser consummates its acquisition of the Development, and neither the Developer nor the Guarantor nor any affiliate thereof shall take any action (or give financial or other support to any other person or entity in connection with taking any action) seeking to have the Restraining Orders re-imposed with respect to the Development or the Trustee or to have other restraining orders of similar effect imposed on the Development or the Trustee. The agreements contained in the immediately preceding sentence shall survive the termination of this Agreement until the Bonds have been paid in full and the Deed to Secure Debt has been cancelled. (d) the Developer shall observe each of the following additional covenants: (i) The Developer shall make timely payments to the Trustee of all amounts payable by the Developer under the terms of the Bond Documents (other than payments with respect to the principal of the Bonds), including, without limitation, amounts necessary to pay accrued interest on the Bonds on each Interest Payment Date. (ii) On the Effective Date and monthly thereafter with each interest payment due to the Trustee in accordance with the preceding Sections 3(b)(i)(2) and 3(b)(ii)(2), or as otherwise directed by the Trustee, the Developer shall pay to the Trustee a sum equal to the premiums that will next become due and payable on the hazard insurance policies covering the Development, or any part thereof, plus taxes and assessments next due on the Development, or any part thereof, as estimated by the Trustee, less all sums paid previously to the Trustee for such purpose and not theretofore disbursed from the Tax and Insurance Reserve, -8- 61 divided by the number of payments to be made before the date which is one month prior to the date when such premiums, taxes and assessments will become delinquent. Such sums shall be held by the Trustee in a separate escrow account (which the Trustee shall invest, at the direction of the Developer, in interest-bearing accounts or other investments permitted under Article VII of the Indenture, in the same manner and to the same extent as other funds held by the Trustee are to be invested under the terms of the Indenture), for the purpose of paying such premiums, taxes and assessments, and upon the written request of the Developer, the Trustee shall make such monies available to the Developer for such purposes. The Trustee shall make such monies available in the form of one or more checks payable to the payee(s) identified to it by the Developer as being the Person(s) entitled to receive payment of such taxes, assessments and insurance premiums, as the case may be. Nothing herein, however, shall absolve the Developer of its duty to pay such taxes, assessments and insurance premiums as provided in the Bond Documents. Any excess reserve held by the Trustee from time to time under this Section 4(d)(ii) shall, at the direction of the Developer, be credited by the Trustee to subsequent reserve payments, and any deficiency shall be paid by the Developer to the Trustee before the date which is one month prior to the date when such premiums, taxes and assessments shall become delinquent. (iii) On the Effective Date and monthly thereafter with each interest payment due to the Trustee in accordance with the preceding Sections 3(b)(i)(2) and 3(b)(ii)(2), the Developer shall pay to the Trustee an amount equal to three and one-half percent (3.5%) of the gross income of the Development for the second preceding calendar month, for deposit in the Repair and Replacement Reserve. Upon written request of the Developer from time to time during the term of this Agreement, the Trustee shall make such funds so deposited with the Trustee available to or upon the order of the Developer to pay or reimburse the costs of "Repairs and Replacements", as hereinafter defined; provided that in no event shall the Trustee be liable for advancing its own funds or monies from any other source for such costs; provided, further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee shall have no discretion to fail to pay a properly submitted invoice for Repairs and Replacements from such funds, to the extent sufficient monies are then available in the Repair and Replacement Reserve, and the Trustee shall have no input into the Developer's planned use of the Repair and -9- 62 Replacement Reserve. The Developer will provide the Trustee with such substantiating evidence of these expenditures as the Trustee may reasonably request from time to time; however, the Trustee shall have no duty to investigate the accuracy or completeness of the statements and information contained in any such certificate, or to request such substantiating evidence from the Developer. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "Repairs and Replacements" shall mean the repair or replacement (including, without limitation, painting) of any exterior or interior component of any structure constituting a portion of the Development and any machinery, apparatus, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, appliances, mechanical and electrical systems, and components of any utility system (including, without limitation, electrical, water, sewer and storm water drainage, telephone, cable television or satellite television) (A) located on, over or under the land on which the Development is situated, (B) serving any structure or improvement located on said land, and (C) which is owned by the Developer or which the Developer has a legal obligation to maintain, repair or replace, as the case may be, or any other improvement to, or maintenance and repair items with respect to the Development, the cost of which is capitalizable. The provisions of this Section 4(d)(iii) are intended to be in furtherance of, and to supplement, any obligations which the Developer may have under the Loan Documents to maintain the Development, and not to limit the operation or applicability thereof. (iv) The Developer shall pay or reimburse to the Trustee, in accordance with and subject to the limitations set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, (A) the Trustee's ordinary forbearance administration fees, as compensation for services rendered by the Trustee in connection with the administration of this Agreement, plus (B) out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, long distance telephone charges, postage, courier charges, photocopying expenses and fax charges) incurred by the Trustee in connection with the performance of its services described in clause (A) of this paragraph, plus (C) the Trustee's extraordinary administration charges, as compensation for its services in connection with monitoring and participating in the Rehabilitation Proceedings. Amounts payable pursuant to this paragraph shall be in addition to (1) the periodic fee to which the Trustee is entitled under the Indenture for its services in administering the Bond Documents, and (2) out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the performance of its ordinary services in -10- 63 administering the Bond Documents, for which expenses the Trustee is entitled to be reimbursed under the terms of the Bond Documents. The periodic fee referred to in clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence is calculated at the rate of $250 per $1,000,000 of Bonds outstanding and is due and payable annually, in arrears, on November 1. (v) The Developer shall provide the Trustee with (A) monthly unaudited financial statements regarding the operations of the Development, including occupancy information, within twenty (20) days after the end of each calendar month, (B) within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Developer, an annual operating and capital budget for the Development for the next fiscal year, including but not limited to a budget for repairs and replacements, and (C) such other information regarding the operation and management of the Development as the Trustee may reasonably request. SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties of Developer. To induce the Trustee to enter into this Agreement, the Developer represents and warrants that (a) the Developer is entering into this Agreement freely and voluntarily with the advice of legal counsel of its own choosing, (b) the Developer has freely and voluntarily agreed to the terms, provisions and undertakings set forth in this Agreement, (c) the Developer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement by due and proper partnership action, and (d) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Developer and is the valid and binding obligation of the Developer enforceable against the Developer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights, and (ii) the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases. SECTION 6. Transfer of the Development. The Trustee hereby acknowledges that the Developer intends to transfer the Development to the Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Contract, and that the Purchaser will assume all of the obligations of the Developer under the Bond Documents and will acknowledge in writing that it is bound, as the successor "Developer", under this Agreement. So long as the Forbearance Conditions of Section 4 of this Agreement and all other conditions required in the applicable provisions of Section 3 hereof remain satisfied, the Trustee consents to such transfer of the Development (to the extent such consent is required under the terms of the Bond Documents), provided that (a) such transfer shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Bond -11- 64 Documents, (b) the Purchaser (i) shall pay not less than $2,000,000 of the purchase price of the Development in cash at closing with monies derived from its own funds (the "Equity Contribution"), and (ii) shall be experienced in the management and operation of hotels, or shall have retained a management firm experienced in the management and operation of hotels. If and to the extent the Purchaser reimburses the Developer, in cash, for the amount of Accumulated Excess Funds upon the consummation of the sale of the Property, a portion of the Accumulated Excess Funds so reimbursed which is equal to the lesser of (1) the amount of Accumulated Excess Funds so reimbursed and (2) $524,203.60, may be counted towards the Purchaser's Equity Contribution. The consent of the Trustee to such transfer shall not operate or be construed as a consent to any other transfer of the Development. Effective immediately upon the transfer of the Development to the Purchaser, all references herein to the Developer herein shall be deemed to mean the Purchaser unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning or intent. SECTION 7. Termination. If the Developer fails to satisfy any of the Forbearance Conditions under this Agreement, the Trustee may by written notice to the Developer declare a breach to have occurred under this Agreement (a "Notice of Breach"). If a failure to make any payment hereunder is not cured within five (5) days after a Notice of Breach is given to the Developer by the Trustee, or if any failure of the Developer to satisfy any other Forbearance Condition is not cured within thirty (30) days after the applicable Notice of Breach is given to the Developer by the Trustee, this Agreement may be terminated by the Trustee by written notice thereof to the Developer (a "Termination Notice"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Developer shall not be entitled to the aforesaid cure periods after the Trustee shall have sent two Notices of Breach, after which any subsequent failure to satisfy the Forbearance Conditions shall constitute immediate grounds for termination of this Agreement as provided herein. Upon giving the Termination Notice, the Trustee shall cease to be obligated to forbear as provided in Section 3 hereof and may exercise any and all remedies, and take any and all actions, available to the Trustee under the Bond Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity, including, but not limited to, commence or continue an action for foreclosure, for appointment of a receiver, or for perfection of a security interest in the Development and the rents, issues, products and proceeds thereof and any other property of the Developer which is subject to the liens and security interests of the Deed to Secure Debt. SECTION 8. Release of Moneys Held Under Indenture. Upon the earliest to occur of (a) delivery of Alternate Security to -12- 65 the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Bond Documents, (b) the refunding of the Bonds and discharge of the Indenture, or (c) receipt by the Trustee of written instructions from the holders of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding to do so, the Trustee shall release and deliver to or upon the order of the Developer all Accumulated Excess Funds remaining on hand with the Trustee, after making due provision for all fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses) then owing to the Trustee. In the event the Purchase Contract provides that any Accumulated excess Funds shall be paid to Overlook Vinings Inn and Conference Center Associates, Ltd. ("Overlook Associates") rather than to the Purchaser hereunder under the circumstances hereinabove described, all amounts paid to the Trustee from Accumulated Excess funds for its fees and expenses arising on and after the Effective date (including, but not limited to, fees and expenses associated with any refunding of the Bonds) shall be deemed to have been advanced by the Guarantor to or for the account of the Purchaser pursuant to that certain Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985, as amended, between the developer and the Guarantor, or pursuant to any other agreement between the Purchaser and the Guarantor relating solely to the Development (in either case, the "Reimbursement Agreement"), and shall be deemed to be secured by the Junior Deed to Secure debt (as that term is defined in Section 9(c) hereinbelow). The Trustee acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, it is holding Accumulated Excess Funds in the sum of $________. SECTION 9. Provisions Relating to the Guaranty. (a) The Trustee's agreement to forbear from exercising remedies under the Bond Documents as set forth in this Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a release of the Guaranty or of the Guarantor's obligations under the Guaranty; provided, however, that the Trustee hereby agrees to so release the Guaranty and the Guarantor upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the discharge of the Indenture in accordance with Section 13.01 thereof, (ii) the substitution of Alternate Security for the Guaranty in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bond Documents, and (iii) receipt by the Trustee of written instructions from the holders of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding to do so. (b) The Trustee hereby acknowledges that any claims relating to the Guaranty may only be asserted in the context of the Rehabilitation Proceedings. The Trustee hereby reserves its rights to raise and pursue objections in the Rehabilitation Proceedings (including, without limitation, its right to object to the classification of the Trustee's claims under the Guaranty -13- 66 as "Class 4" claims), and the Guarantor hereby reserves its right to contest such claims and objections. (c) The Trustee agrees, upon the request of the Guarantor, and subject to the further terms and conditions of this subsection (c), to consent to the execution and delivery by the Developer of a new, second priority deed to secure debt and security agreement in favor of the Guarantor with respect to the Development (the "Junior Deed to Secure Debt") for the purpose of securing the obligations of Overlook Associates or the Purchaser, or both, to the Guarantor under the Reimbursement Agreement (and only such obligations). The Junior Deed to Secure Debt shall be executed and delivered, if at all, no sooner than contemporaneously with the last to occur of (i) the lifting of the Restraining Orders with respect to the Development and the Trustee, and (ii) the release by the Guarantor (in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee) or any and all of the Guarantor's right, title and interest in, to an under the Deed to Secure Debt. To the extent the Guaranty grants the Guarantor a right of subrogation under the Bond Documents for amounts advanced pursuant to the Guaranty or the Reimbursement Agreement, or both, the Guarantor hereby expressly subordinates such rights of subrogation to the obligations secured by the Deed to Secure Debt immediately after giving effect to the release described in the immediately preceding sentence and agrees not to take any action for the enforcement of such rights unless and until the Bonds shall have been paid in full and the Deed to Secure Debt shall have been cancelled, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Guaranty, the Reimbursement Agreement or the Bond Documents. SECTION 10. Order of Rehabilitation Court. The Trustee acknowledges that the Developer is required to obtain the approval of the Rehabilitation Court to the transfer of the Development contemplated under Section 6 hereof, and the Developer agrees to use all reasonable commercial efforts to obtain such approval. SECTION 11. Relationship of Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to alter the existing relationship between the Developer and the Trustee set forth in the Bond Documents. This Agreement is not intended to create, nor shall it be construed to create, a partnership or joint venture relationship between the parties hereto. SECTION 12. Entire Agreement; Modification of Agreement. This Agreement and the Bond Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. All prior dealings and promises are merged -14- 67 into this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified, altered or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by all the parties hereto; provided, however, that the consent of the Guarantor to any such amendment shall not be required from and after the date on which the transfer consented to in Section 6 hereof is consummated unless such amendment adversely affects the Guarantor's rights hereunder. SECTION 13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia. SECTION 14. Non-Waiver of Default. Neither the terms of this Agreement, nor the Trustee's forbearance hereunder, nor the Trustee's continued forbearance in accordance with this Agreement and the Bond Documents, shall be deemed a waiver of or consent to any of the Existing Events of Default. The Developer agrees that neither the Existing Events of Default nor any new or additional Event of Default shall be deemed to have been waived, released or cured by virtue of the Trustee's agreement to forbear pursuant to the terms hereof or the execution of this Agreement by the Trustee. SECTION 15. No Novation, Etc. This Agreement is not intended to be, nor shall it be construed to create, a novation or accord and satisfaction, and, except as otherwise expressly stated herein, the Bond Documents shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding any prior mutual temporary disregard of any of the terms of any of the Bond Documents, the parties agree that the terms of each of the Bond Documents shall be strictly adhered to on and after the date hereof, except as expressly modified by this Agreement. SECTION 16. Notices. All notices required or contemplated hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been given when actually received or three days after deposit in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, certified or registered and return receipt requested, addressed as follows: To the Developer: Overlook Vinings Inn and Conference Center Associates, Ltd. c/o Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company 520 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Attention: Mark Mahony -15- 68 With a copy to: Baber & Kalinowski, P.C. 3050 Chain Bridge Road Suite 305 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Attention: Brant Baber, Esq. To the Trustee: NationsBank of Georgia, National Association 1301 Gervais Street, 4th Floor Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Attention: John Hiott With a copy to: Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy Sixteenth Floor 191 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Attention: Robert C. Lewinson, Esq. or to such other address as may be specified by notice given as required herein. SECTION 17. Savings Clause. If any term or provision of this Agreement or an application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to whom or which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. SECTION 18. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies arising under and contained in this Agreement shall be separate, distinct and cumulative, and none of them shall be in exclusion of the other; all remedies arising under or contained in this Agreement shall be in addition to every other remedy now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. Neither any course of dealing by the Trustee nor any failure or delay on its part to exercise any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power, or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or privilege. SECTION 19. Successors and Assigns. The covenants in this Agreement shall bind, and the benefits and advantages shall inure to, the respective heirs, legal and personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors and -16- 69 assigns of the parties hereto, including any transferee of the Development. SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. SECTION 21. Waiver of Notice of Acceptance. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement by the other parties hereto. SECTION 22. No New Obligations of the Guarantor or Developer. Except as explicitly provided herein, this Agreement shall not create any new obligations on the part of the Guarantor or the Developer, or any greater rights to the benefit of the Trustee that those obligations and rights that existed on July 16, 1991. In no event shall this Agreement or any provision hereof be deemed post-rehabilitation obligation of the Guarantor. SECTION 23. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date (the "Effective Date") which is the first Business Day after all of the following have occurred: (a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Developer and the Trustee, (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Guarantor shall have been duly approved by the Rehabilitation Court, and (c) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor. [THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] -17- 70 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers or representatives, as of the day and year first above written. DEVELOPER: OVERLOOK VININGS INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER ASSOCIATES, LTD. By: ____________________________________ ________________________________, as general partner By: ________________________________ Name: Title: Attest: ____________________________ Name: Title: [CORPORATE SEAL] TRUSTEE: NATIONSBANK OF GEORGIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee By: ______________________________ John S. Hiott Vice President -18- 71 Accepted and agreed: MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN LIQUIDATION By: _______________________________ Name:__________________________ Title:_________________________ [Forbearance Agreement-- Overlook Vinings Inn] -19- 72 EXHIBIT A TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT (Overlook) A. Ordinary Forbearance Administration Fees: $3,600 per annum, due and payable semi-annually in advance as follows-- (i) on the Effective Date, a prorated amount for the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including the next succeeding Interest Payment Date on the Bonds; (ii) thereafter, in semi-annual installments on each Interest Payment Date on the Bonds. Such fees shall be fully earned when due, and non-refundable when paid. B. Extraordinary Administration Charges: Fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation, legal fees and expenses of counsel, long distance telephone charges, postage, courier charges, photocopying expenses and fax charges) actually incurred by the Trustee in connection with monitoring and participating in the Rehabilitation Proceedings, subject to a maximum limit of $10,200 per quarter, which amounts shall be payable quarterly, in arrears, on the first day of January, April, July and October in each year during the term of this Agreement, based on invoices submitted by the Trustee to the Developer. -20- 73 EXHIBIT "L" FORMS OF RELEASES [Consisting of 6 pages and follows this page] 74 Draft #1 12/26/95 RELEASE OF GUARANTOR BY TRUSTEE THIS RELEASE OF GUARANTOR BY TRUSTEE (this "Release") is made as of the ____ day of _____________, 1996, by [NAME OF TRUSTEE] (as successor to NationsBank of Georgia, National Association), as trustee (the "Trustee") in favor of MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN LIQUIDATION (the "Guarantor"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Development Authority of Cobb County (the "Authority") issued its $9,675,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, 1985 Series (Overlook Inn Project) (the "Bonds") pursuant to a certain Trust Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1985 (as amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), between the Authority and the Trustee, the proceeds of which were used to make a loan (the "Loan") to Overlook Vinings Inn and Conference Center, Ltd., a Georgia limited partnership (the "Prior Owner"), pursuant to a certain Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (as amended, the "Loan Agreement"), between the Authority and the Prior Owner, and pursuant to a certain Note in the principal amount of $9,675,000 (the "Note"), made by Assignor payable to the order of the Issuer, in order to finance a hotel facility located within the State of Georgia (the "Project"), as more particularly described in the Loan Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Developer's obligations under the Loan Agreement and the Note were secured by (i) a certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Guaranty"), made by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company ("MBL") for the benefit of the Authority, and (ii) a certain Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Mortgage"), made by and among the Developer, the Authority, MBL and the Trustee; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the Indenture, the Authority pledged and assigned to the Trustee, inter alia, all of the Authority's rights under (a) the Loan Agreement (except for the Authority's rights to enforce and receive payments of money directly and for its own purposes under Section 4.01(d), 4.02(b), 5.03(b) and 6.01), and (b) the Note, the Guaranty and the Mortgage (the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Note and the Mortgage are sometimes referred to as the "Bond Documents"); and WHEREAS, on July 16, 1991, MBL was placed in a rehabilitation proceeding captioned In the Matter of the Rehabilitation of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, General Equity Part, Docket No. C-91-00109 (the "Rehabilitation Proceedings"), and the Guarantor is the successor of MBL; and 75 WHEREAS, the Guarantor and the Trustee have entered into a Forbearance Agreement with respect to the Bonds which provides for releases of the Guaranty by the Authority and the Trustee and the discharge of the Indenture under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, the Project was sold and conveyed to [NAME OF PURCHASER] (the "New Owner") prior to the date hereof; and WHEREAS, the New Owner agreed to cause releases of the Guaranty and the discharge of the Indenture to be accomplished not later than nine months after such conveyance; and WHEREAS, the Indenture is being discharged as of the effective date of this Release; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Authority hereby agrees as follows: 1. The Guarantor is hereby released from all of its obligations to the Authority under the Guaranty, whether relating to satisfaction of past, present or future obligations of the Prior Owner under any of the Bond Documents (the "Obligations"); the Guarantor shall have no further Obligations under or on account of the Guaranty; and the Authority shall not seek any payment under the Guaranty or make any claim in the Rehabilitation Proceedings. 2. This Release may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. 3. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto as of the date above written. 4. This Release shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia. [Signatures Set Forth on Following Page] - 2 - 76 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority and the Guarantor have caused this Release to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and the year first above written. AUTHORITY: THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF COBB COUNTY By: ____________________________ Name: Title: GUARANTOR: MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN LIQUIDATION By: ____________________________ Name: Title: - 3 - 77 Draft #1 12/26/95 RELEASE OF GUARANTOR BY AUTHORITY THIS RELEASE OF GUARANTOR BY AUTHORITY (this "Release") is made as of the ______ day of _________, 1996, by THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF COBB COUNTY, a public body corporate and politic (the "Authority") in favor of MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN LIQUIDATION (the "Guarantor"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Authority issued its $9,675,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, 1985 Series (Overlook Inn Project) (the "Bonds") pursuant to a certain Trust Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1985 (as amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), between the Authority and [NAME OF TRUSTEE] (as successor to NationsBank of Georgia, National Association), as trustee (the "Trustee"), the proceeds of which were used to make a loan (the "Loan") to Overlook Vinings Inn and Conference Center, Ltd., a Georgia limited partnership (the "Prior Owner"), pursuant to a certain Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (as amended, the "Loan Agreement") between the Authority and the Prior Owner, and pursuant to a certain Note in the principal amount of $9,675,000 (the "Note"), made by Assignor payable to the order of the Issuer, in order to finance a hotel facility located within the State of Georgia (the "Project"), as more particularly described in the Loan Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Developer's obligations under the Loan Agreement and the Note were secured by (i) a certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Guaranty"), made by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company ("MBL") for the benefit of the Authority, and (ii) a certain Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Mortgage"), made by and among the Developer, the Authority, MBL and the Trustee; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the Indenture, the Authority pledged and assigned to the Trustee, inter alia, all of the Authority's rights under (a) the Loan Agreement (except for the Authority's rights to enforce and receive payments of money directly and for its own purposes under Section 4.01(d), 4.02(b), 5.03(b) and 6.01), and (b) the Note, the Guaranty and the Mortgage (the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Note and the Mortgage are sometimes referred to as the "Bond Documents"); and WHEREAS, on July 16, 1991, MBL was placed in a rehabilitation proceeding captioned In the Matter of the Rehabilitation of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, General Equity Part, Docket No. C-91-00109 (the "Rehabilitation Proceedings"), and the Guarantor is the successor of MBL; and 78 WHEREAS, the Guarantor and the Trustee have entered into a Forbearance Agreement with respect to the Bonds which provides for releases of the Guaranty by the Authority and the Trustee and the discharge of the Indenture under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, the Project was sold and conveyed to [NAME OF PURCHASER] (the "New Owner") prior to the date hereof; and WHEREAS, the New Owner agreed to cause releases of the Guaranty and the discharge of the Indenture to be accomplished not later than nine months after such conveyance; and WHEREAS, the Indenture is being discharged as of the effective date of this Release; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Trustee hereby agrees as follows: 1. The Guarantor is hereby released from all of its obligations under the Guaranty, whether relating to satisfaction of past, present or future obligations of the Prior Owner under any of the Bond Documents (the "Obligations"); the Guarantor shall have no further Obligations under or on account of the Guaranty; and the trustee shall not seek any payment under the Guaranty or make any claim in the Rehabilitation Proceedings, and shall cause to be dismissed any claim in the Rehabilitation Proceedings which the Trustee may have made prior to the date hereof. 2. This Release may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. 3. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto as of the date above written. 4. This Release shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia. [Signatures Set Forth on Following Page] - 2 - 79 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee and the Guarantor have caused this Release to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and the year first above written. TRUSTEE: [NAME OF TRUSTEE] By: --------------------------------- Name: Title: GUARANTOR: MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN LIQUIDATION By: --------------------------------- Name: Title: - 3 -