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EXHIBIT A
Initial Capital Contributions and Initial Capital Accounts
Member
BRG Member
I Janson Member
Starwood
Initial Senior
Preferred Capital
Contribution
$ 0
S0
$66,000,000
Starwood:
Initial Junior
Preferred Capital
Contribution
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
Initial Common
Capital
Initial Capital
Contribution
Account
$31,099,728
$31,099,728
$10,656,083
$10,656,083
$35,755,811
$101,755,811
Management Committee Representatives
Barry Stemlicht
Jeffrey Dishner
Dan Yih
Edd Hendee
BRG:
Stephen Hanson
Howard Muchnick
Michael Jacobs
Stacy Gilbert
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Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have meanings set
forth below.
"AAA" shall have the meaning provided in Section LQ.
"Act' shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (currently
Chapter 18 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code), as amended from time to time.
"Additional Capital Contribution" shall have the meaning provided in Section
"Adjusted EBITDA" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Master
Restaurant Purchase Agreement.
"Advisor" shall mean any accountant, attorney or other advisor retained by a
Member.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, (i) any Person directly or
indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 50% or more of the outstanding voting
securities or other ownership interests of the specified Person, (ii) any Person 50% or more of
whose outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person, and (iii) any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the specified Person.
In addition, "Affiliate" shall include as to any Person, any other Person related to such Person
within the meaning of Code Sections 267(b) or 707(b)(1). Without limiting the foregoing, BRG
Member, Hanson Member, the BRG Key Individual and each Person that-is-an Affiliate of any of
such Persons shall each be deemed to be an Affiliate of the other. For purposes of this Agreement,
the Company and the Investment Vehicles shall not be deemed Affiliates of Starwood, BRG or
any of their respective Affiliates.
"Agreed Upon Value" shall mean the fair market value (net of any liability
secured by such property that the Company assumes or takes subject to) agreed upon pursuant to
a written agreement between the Members of property contributed by a Member to the capital of
the Company, which shall for all purposes hereunder be deemed to be the amount of the Capital
Contribution applicable to such property contributed. The Agreed Upon Value of the Initial
Capital Contributions of Starwood, the BRG Member and the Hanson Member is set forth in
exhibit A.
"Agreement" shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended
from time to time.
"Aggregate Acquisition Percentage" shall mean one hundred percent (100%).
"Aggregate Closing Purchase Price" shall have the meaning provided in the
Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement.
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"Alternate Shortfall Amount" shall mean the positive difference (if any) between
(A) the Initial Restaurant Adjusted EBITDA Amount and (B) the Applicable Restaurant Value as
of the Cut-Off Date.
"Annual Business Plan" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.3.
"Applicable Debt Amount" shall mean an amount equal to $60,000,000.
"Applicable Restaurant Value" shall mean an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Initial Restaurant Value (ii) the Stand Alone Restaurant EBITDA Amount and (iii) the amount of
any reductions to the Initial Restaurant Value and/or the Stand Alone Restaurant EBITDA
Amount, in each case resulting from Uncontrollable Events.
"Appraised Value" shall have the meaning provided in exhibit I attached hereto.
"Asset Sale" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.5.
"Assignees" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.4(6).
"Bankruptcy Code" shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or
any other applicable bankruptcy or insolvency statute or similar law.
"Bankruptcy/Dissolution Event" shall mean, with respect to the affected party,
(i) the entry of an Order for Relief under the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) the admission by such party
of its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature, (iii) the making by it of an assignment
for the benefit of creditors generally, (iv) the filing by it of a petition in bankruptcy or a petition
for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy or
insolvency statute or any similar law, (v) the expiration of ninety (90) days after the filing of an
involuntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code without such petition being vacated, set aside or
stayed during such period, (vi) an application by such party for the appointment of a receiver for
the assets of such party, (vii) an involuntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement or readjustment of its debts under any other Federal or state insolvency law,
provided that the same shall not have been vacated, set aside or stayed within ninety (90) days
after filing, (viii) the imposition of a judicial or statutory lien on all or a substantial part of its
assets unless such lien is discharged or vacated or the enforcement thereof stayed within ninety
(90) days after its effective date, (ix) an inability to meet its financial obligations generally as
they accrue, or (x) a dissolution or liquidation.
"beneficial owner" shall have the meaning provided in Sections i
and12.3(b).
"Base Shortfall Amount" shall mean the positive difference (if any) between (A)
the Initial Restaurant Adjusted EBITDA Amount and (B) the Applicable Restaurant Value as of
the date of the Venture Termination Event
"Tirane shall mean any name, brand, mark, trademark, service mark, trade name,
symbol, logo, insignia, indicia of origin, slogan or design (whether registered or unregistered,
whether used alone or in connection with any other words, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, symbols, logos, insignias, indicia of origin, slogans and designs), or any programs,
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processes, procedures or systems (including, without limitation, any philosophy that drives
customer satisfaction, business management model, business strategy, or employee selection,
training and career development approach), in each case, together with any goodwill associated
therewith.
"BRG" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"BRG Change of Control" shall mean, if at any time, other than as a result of the
death or Disability of the BRG Key Individual, BRG Member ceases to be directly or indirectly
(i) wholly-controlled by the BRG Key Individual and (ii) owned (legally, beneficially and
economically) at least 75% by the BRG Key Individual.
"BRG Covered Party" shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.3(a).
"BRG Credit Event" shall mean any claim or potential claim under any
Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement for which Starwood (or any of its Affiliates) may
have liability and which claim or potential claim has arisen as a result of the actions or inactions
of any BRG Covered Party in violation of the terms of such Non-Recourse Carveout Credit
Enhancement and/or the financing extended to the Company or an Investment Vehicle in respect
of which the Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement was provided.
"BRG Elected Amount" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a).
"BRG Excluded Investments" shall mean (i) any Company Asset acquired by
BRG pursuant to a ROFO Sale, (ii) any investment constituting not more than five percent (5%)
of the outstanding equity of any Person whose equity securities are publicly traded, and
(iii) Avalon Restaurant Associates, In
"BRG Holdings Sub" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"DRG Indirect Permitted Transferee" shall mean (i) any Family Member of the
Key Individual, (ii) any trust created solely for the benefit of the BRG Key Individual and any
Family Member of the BRG Key Individual which is wholly-controlled by the BRG Key
Individual, or (iii) any partnership, limited liability company or corporation that at all times is
and remains wholly-owned and wholly-controlled, directly or indirectly, by the BRG Key
Individual.
"BRG Key Individual" shall mean Stephen P. Hanson.
"BRG Member" shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
"ERG Parent Contribution Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals.
"BRG Permitted Transferee" shall mean any Person that is directly or indirectly
(i) wholly-controlled by the BRG Key Individual, (ii) wholly-owned (legally, beneficially and
economically) by the BRG Key Individual alone or together with one or more BRG Indirect
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Permitted Transferees, and (iii) owned (legally, beneficially and economically) at least 75% by
the BRG Key Individual.
"BRO Related Agreement" shall mean the Master Restaurant Purchase
Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Hanson Employment Agreement, the Hanson Note
and the DC3 Management Agreement, the New Projects Option Agreement and any other
agreement entered into between the Company or any Investment Vehicle with BRG, BRG
Member, Hanson Member or any of their Affiliates which are subject to the terms of 9.5(aI
(including any provision of any agreement deemed to be a BRG Related Agreement in the
proviso set forth in the definition of Starwood Related Agreement); provide4, however, that to
the extent performance is owed by Starwood or an Affiliate of Starwood to the Company, an
Investment Vehicle, BRG, BRG Member, Hanson Member or any of their Affiliates under any
provision of such agreement, such provision of the agreement to the extent of such performance
shall be deemed to be a Starwood Related Agreement.
"BRG Representatives" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.2(4
"BRG Resignation Event" shall mean any termination by the BAG Key Individual
of his employment with the Company at any time prior to the expiration of the initial term of the
Hanson Employment Agreement other than for Good Reason that is not preceded by a BRO
Trigger Event.
"BRG Restricted Period" shall mean the period commencing on February 23,
2007, and ending on the earliest to occur of (i) the liquidation and termination of the Company,
(ii) a Company Sale, (iii) an Asset Sale involving a sale of all or substantially all of the Company
Assets, (iv) the occurrence of a Starwood Trigger Event, (v) the date on which the Company
terminates the BRG Key Individual's employment with the Company without Clang(' and which
termination is not preceded by a BRG Trigger Event, (vi) the date on which the BRG Key
Individual terminates his employment with the Company for Good Reason and which
termination is not preceded by a BRG Trigger Event, (vii) two (2) years following the later of (a)
the date on which the Company terminates the BRO Key Individual's employment with the
Company for Cause and (b) the occurrence of a BRG Trigger Event and (viii) February 23, 2012.
"BRG Restricted Person" shall mean any of (i) BRG; (ii) the BRG Key
Individual; (iii) any Family Member of the BRG Key Individual; (iv) any trust created for the
benefit of any of the Persons referred to in the preceding clauses (i)-(iii); or (v) any Person
directly or indirectly controlled or co-controlled by, or under common control with, any of the
Persons referred to in the preceding clauses (i)-(iv), which shall not in any event be deemed to
include any employee of the Company or any Company Portfolio Investment other than
employees who fall within any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
"BRG Vegas" shall mean B.R. Guest Vegas, Inc. a Nevada corporation.
"BRG Trigger Event" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events, in
each case following the receipt of written notice of the occurrence of such event from Starwood
and the Failure to Cure such event by BRG (except in the case of an event described in clauses
(iii), (iv) or (v) below which shall be a non-curable event): (i) a final finding by a court of
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competent jurisdiction of willful misconduct or act of fraud by, or criminal conviction
constituting a felony of, BR() or any of its Affiliates, in connection with or relating to the
Company, any Investment Vehicle or any Company Asset; (ii) the occurrence of a BRG Change
of Control; (iii) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy/Dissolution Event with respect to BRG or the
BRG Key Individual; (iv) the occurrence of a BRG Resignation Event or (v) the termination of
the BR() Key Individual's employment with the Company for Cause.
"B.R. Guest Brands" shall mean each of the Brands listed in Exhibit K.
"I355" shall mean Barry S. Sternlicht.
"BSS Controlled Party" shall mean any Person directly or indirectly controlled by
BSS.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York.
"Capital Account" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.6.
"Capital Contribution" shall mean, with respect to any Member, the aggregate
amount of (i) cash, and (ii) the Agreed Upon Value of other property contributed (or as the
context requires, to be contributed) by such Member to the capital of the Company.
"Capital Requirement Allocated Amount" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.2(4
"Cash Flow" shall mean, for any period for which Cash Flow is being calculated,
gross cash receipts (including the proceeds of any Asset Sale or the financing or refinancing
proceeds of any Company Assets) of the Company (but excluding Capital Contributions and
Company Loans) plus any amounts released from reserves and not applied to the relevant
obligation or liability for which such reserves were established or to other costs and expenses of
the Company, less the following payments and expenditures (i) all payments of operating
expenses of the Company, (ii) all payments of principal of, interest on and any other amounts
duc with respect to indebtedness, leases or other commitments or obligations of the Company
(including DC3 Loans, Company Loans, Credit Enhancement Loans, other loans by Members to
the Company and the Guaranty Fee), (iii) all sums expended by the Company for capital
expenditures, (iv) all prepaid expenses of the Company, and (v) all sums expended by the
Company which are otherwise capitalized.
"Cause" shall have the meaning provided in the Hanson Employment Agreement.
"Certificate of Formation" shall mean the Certificate of Formation of the
Company, as amended from time to time.
"CFO" shall mean the chief financial officer of the Company.
"CFO Cause Event" shall mean (i) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by
the CFO of any property of the Company or any Investment Vehicles; (ii) any failure or refusal
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by the CFO to perform any directive of the Management Committee or the President of the
Company or the duties of his employment (including any reporting obligations) which continues
for a period of thirty (30) days following written notice thereof by the Company or the President,
as the case may be, to the CFO and the Management Committee; (iii) any act by the CFO
constituting a felony or otherwise involving theft, fraud, dishonesty, misrepresentation or moral
turpitude; (iv) indictment of, conviction of, or plea of nob contendere (or a similar plea) to, any
criminal offense; (v) gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the CFO in the
performance of his duties as an employee, officer or director of the Company or any Investment
Vehicle; (vi) any act or omission to act of the CFO intended to hann or damage the business,
property, operations, financial condition or reputation of the Company or any Investment
Vehicle; (vii) any chemical dependence of the CFO which adversely affects the performance of
his duties and responsibilities to the Company or any Investment Vehicle; or (ix) the CFO's
violation of the Company's or any Investment Vehicle's code of ethics, code of business conduct
or similar policies applicable to the CFO.
"Claiming Party" shall have the meaning provided in Section 15.13.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, including the corresponding provisions of any successor law.
"Collateral Agreement" shall mean any agreement, instrument, document or
covenant concurrently or hereafter made or entered into under, pursuant to, or in connection with
this Agreement and any certifications made in connection therewith or amendment or
amendments made at any time or times heretofore or hereafter to any of the same (including,
without limitation, the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the
Hanson Employment Agreement, the Hanson Note, the New Projects Option Agreement, the
Starwood Note and the DC3 Management Agreement).
"Common Capital Contribution" shall mean a Capital Contribution made by a
Member to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement which is not a Senior
Preferred Capital Contribution or a Junior Preferred Capital Contribution.
"Company" shall mean B.R. Guest Parent Holdings, LLC, a limited liability
company organized under the Act
"Company Assets" shall mean all right, title and interest of the Company in and to
all or any portion of the assets of the Company and any property of any type (whether real,
personal, tangible or intangible) or estate or interest acquired in exchange therefor or in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, the Company Portfolio Investments and the
Company's interest in any Investment Vehicle.
"Company Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(d).
"Company Portfolio Investment" and "Company Portfolio Investments" shall
mean any Portfolio Investment owned, leased or managed by the Company or any Investment
Vehicle or in which the Company or any Investment Vehicle has a direct of indirect interest
(including, without limitation, the Initial Restaurants, DC3 and the B.R. Guest Brands).
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"Company Sale" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.5.
"Confidential Information" shall have the meaning provided in Section 10(a).
"Contributing Member" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(d).
"Contribution Agreement" shall mean that certain Contribution Agreement, dated
as of November 29, 2006, among Starwood, Hanson Member, SPH Enterprises, Inc. (Mk B.R.
Guest, Inc.), B.R. Guest Trademark Company, Inc., PH 2000, Inc. and BRG Holdings Sub, as the
same may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
"control", "controlled", "controls" or "controlling" shall mean in the case of any
Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting equity
interests, by contract, or otherwise.
"Credit Enhancement" shall have the meaning provided in Section al.
"Credit Enhancement Funding Percentage" shall mean, (i) in the case of any
Credit Enhancement Loan other than a Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement Loan or an
Initial Financing Credit Enhancement Loan, (x) fifty percent (50%) with respect to BRG and (y)
fifty percent (50%) with respect to Starwood, (ii) in the case of a Non-Recourse Carveout Credit
Enhancement Loan that is not made as a result of the actions or inactions of the Non-Credit
Provider in violation of the terms of the Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement or the
financing extended to the Company or Investment Vehicle in respect of which the Non-Recourse
Carveout Credit Enhancement was provided, (x) fifty percent (50%) with respect to BRO. and (y)
fifty percent (50%) with respect to Starwood, (iii) in the case of a Non-Recourse Carveout Credit
Enhancement Loan that is made as a result of the actions or inactions of the Non-Credit Provider
in violation of the terms of the Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement or the financing
extended to the Company or Investment Vehicle in respect of which the Non-Recourse Carveout
Credit Enhancement was provided, (x) one hundred percent (100%) with respect to the Member
who is the Non-Credit Provider and (y) zero percent (0%) with respect to the Member who is (or
who is Affiliated with) the Credit Provider, (iv) in the case of an Initial Financing Credit
Enhancement Loan or a Credit Enhancement Loan in respect of Credit Enhancement approved
by the Management Committee pursuant to Section 9A3 subsequent to a BRG Trigger Event (x)
one hundred percent (100%) with respect to Starwood and (y) zero percent (0%) with respect to
BRG, and (v) in the case of a Credit Enhancement Loan in respect of Credit Enhancement
approved by the Management Committee pursuant to Section 2,12 subsequent to a Starwood
Trigger Event (x) one hundred percent (100%) with respect to BRG and (y) zero percent (0%)
with respect to BRG.
"Credit Enhancement Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.13.
"Credit Provide?' shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.13.
"Curative Contribution" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(d).
"Cure Period" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(d).
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"Cut-Off Date" shall mean February 23, 2014.
"Damages" shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.2.
"DC3" chall mean the restaurant known as "Dos Caminos Third Avenue" located
at 825 Third Avenue, New York, New York.
"DO Acquisition" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"PC3 Acquisition Amendment( shall mean (i) that certain Assignment and
Assumption of Limited Liability Company Interests and Amendment to the Master Restaurant
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Hanson Member, RDM
Associates, LLC, a New York limited liability company, Donald Bernstein, Saul Victor, the
Trusts and the Company, (ii) that certain Novation Agreement, dated the date hereof, by and
among BRG Holdings Sub, the Company and Hanson Member, and (iii) that certain Assignment
and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among BRG Holdings Sub, the
Company and Hanson Member.
"DC3 LLC" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"DC3 Loans" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"DC3 Management Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in the
Contribution Agreement.
"Default Amount" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(d).
"Default Amount Allocated Amount" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.2(4
"Default Loan Rate" shall mean the per annum rate equal to the lower of (i) the
LIBOR Rate plus 1000 basis points and (ii) the highest rate permitted by applicable laws.
"Deficient Amount" shall have the meaning provided in Section al.
"Delaware UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the
State of Delaware from time to time.
"Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period, the date
which is two (2) Eurodollar Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period.
"Disability" shall have the meaning provided in the Hanson Employment
Agreement.
"Dissolution Event" shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.
"Distributable Funds" shall mean, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter or other
period, as applicable, an amount equal to the Cash Flow of the Company for such Fiscal Quarter
or other period, as applicable, as reduced by reserves for anticipated capital expenditures, future
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working capital needs and operating expenses, contingent obligations and other purposes, the
amounts of which shall be reasonably determined from time to time by the Management
Committee.
"Distributions" shall mean the distributions payable (or deemed payable) to a
Member (including, without limitation, its allocable portion of Distributable Funds).
"EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to any Stand Alone Restaurant, for any
period, an amount equal to (i) operating income of such Stand Alone Restaurant for such period
as set forth in the statement of operations contained in the applicable financial statements of such
Stand Alone Restaurant plus (ii) depreciation and amortization expenses of such Stand Alone
Restaurant for such period as set forth in the statement of cash flows in the applicable financial
statements of such Stand Alone Restaurant.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"Eurodollar Business Day" shall mean a Business Day on which banks in the City
of London, England are open for interbank or foreign exchange transactions.
"Exempt Member" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(O
"Exigent Circumstances" shall mean any Capital Contribution called in order to
do any of the following or, where the context so requires, shall mean the following
circumstance(s) which were the basis for the calling of the Capital Contribution:
(i)
to prevent a forfeiture or foreclosure with respect to (x) any material asset
of the Company and the Investment Vehicles, within the next thirty (30) days, under any loan or
indenture or as a result of the non payment of taxes or (y) any other asset of the Company and
the Investment Vehicles, within the next thirty (30) days, if such forfeiture or foreclosure would
constitute, or upon notice or passage of time would constitute, an event of default under any loan
or indenture;
(ii)
to pay for insurance required hereunder or approved by the Management
Committee; or
(iii)
to make any emergency repairs to any material asset of the Company or
the Investment Vehicles;
in each case where the Management Committee or management of the Company has been or it
appears reasonably likely will be unable or unwilling to obtain or expend the funds required for
such action within the required time period.
For purposes of this definition "material" means material to the Company and the
Investment Vehicles taken as a whole except in the case of an emergency repairs that relates to
health or safety.
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"Failure to Cure" shall mean, with respect to any Trigger Event, (i) in the case of
an event described in clause (i) of the definition of BRG Trigger Event or Starwood Trigger
Event (as applicable), the Person whose conduct is alleged to have resulted in the ERG Trigger
Event or Starwood Trigger Event (as applicable) does not cease to have any direct or indirect
interest in (economic or otherwise), rights, responsibilities or duties relating to, or employment,
involvement or association with, the Company, each Investment Vehicle and the Company
Assets, within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from BRG or Starwood (as
applicable) of the occurrence of such event and (ii) in the case of an event described in clause (ii)
of the definition of BRG Trigger Event or Starwood Trigger Event (as applicable), such
Stanwood Change of Control or ERG Change of Control (as applicable) is not cured within thirty
(30) days after receipt of written notice from BRG or Starwood (as applicable) of the occurrence
of such event.
"Family Member" shall mean, with respect to any individual, any spouse or lineal
descendant or spouse of a lineal descendant, whether by adoption or marriage, of such
individual.
"Fiscal Month" shall mean with respect to each Fiscal Quarter, each 4-week
period occurring in such Fiscal Quarter commencing as of the first Monday of such Fiscal
Quarter and ending on the Sunday of the 4th week of such Fiscal Quarter; provided, that the last
Fiscal Month of each Fiscal Quarter shall be 5 weeks long and shall end on the Sunday of the
13th week of such Fiscal Quarter and provided, further, that, if there is a 53rd week in any Fiscal
Year, the First Fiscal Month of the First Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year shall consist of a 5-
week period and shall end on the Sunday of the 5th week of such Fiscal Quarter.
"Fiscal Quarter" shall mean with respect to each Fiscal Year, each 13-week
period occurring in such Fiscal Year commencing as of the first Monday of such Fiscal Year and
ending on the Sunday of the 13th week of such Fiscal Year and every 13-week period thereafter;
provided, however, that if there is a 53rd week in any Fiscal Year, the first Fiscal Quarter of such
Fiscal Year shall end on the Sunday of the 14th week of such Fiscal Year.
"Fiscal Year" shall mean, each period commencing on the Monday following
Sunday closest to December 31st, and ending on the Sunday closest to December 31st of the
following year (for clarity, which such period shall be either 52-weeks or 53-weeks, depending
on the calendar year).
"flow-through entity" shall have the meaning provided in Sections _5 7 and
12.3(b).
"Foreip Corrupt Practices Act" shall mean the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
the United States, 15 U.S.C. Sections 78a, 78m, 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3, and 78ff, as amended,
if applicable, or any similar law of any jurisdiction where one or more properties owned or
leased by the Company or an Investment Vehicle are located or where the Company or any of
the Investment Vehicles transacts business or any other jurisdiction, if applicable.
"Gaming Approvals" shall mean all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations,
registrations, findings of suitability, franchises, entitlements, waivers and exemptions issued by
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any Gaming Authority necessary for or relating to the conduct of activities by any party hereto or
any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, the ownership, operation, management and
development of any Gaming Entity.
"Gaming Authorities" shall mean those federal, state, local, or other
governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards and officials
responsible for or involved in the regulation of gaming or gaming activities in any jurisdiction
within the 50 states of the United States, the United Kingdom, Bahamas, Bermuda, Mexico,
Canada, and any other sovereign nation which regulates gaming.
"Gaming Entity" shall mean Starwood, its Affiliates or any Person in which
Starwood or any Affiliate of Starwood has any direct or indirect economic or other financial
interest in a Person which conducts, or participates in, any gaming business or activities, as set
forth on the list to be provided to BRG on the date of this Agreement or notified in writing by
Starwood to BRG from time to time either voluntarily or promptly following a written request of
BRG.
"Gaming Trigger Event" shall have the meaning provided in Section En.
"Good Reason" shall have the meaning set forth in the Hanson Employment
Agreement.
"Guaranty Fee" shall mean the fee payable to the Starwood VII Funds and the
Starwood I lotel Funds pursuant to that certain letter agreement dated as of September 27, 2007
between B.R. Guest, LLC and the Starwood VII Funds and the Starwood Hotel Funds, as
amended by that certain letter agreement dated as of the date hereof between B.R. Guest, LLC
and the Starwood VII Funds and the Starwood Hotel Funds.
"Hanson Employment Agreement" shall mean that certain Employment
Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2007, between BRG Holdings Sub and the BRG Key
Individual, as novated by that certain Novation Agreement, dated the date hereof, by and among
BRG Holdings Sub, the Company and Hanson Member.
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"Hanson Loan" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Hanson Member" shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
"Hanson Note" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Master
Restaurant Purchase Agreement.
"Income" shall mean the gross income of the Company for any month, Fiscal
Year or other period, as applicable, including gains realized on the sale, exchange or other
disposition of the Company's assets.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.4(a).
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.4(a)
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"Initial Capital Contributions" shall have the meaning provided in Section _5 1.
"Initial Financing" shall mean the financing obtained by the Company and the
Investment Vehicles in connection with the acquisition of the Initial Restaurants and DC3,
including, without limitation, the Starwood Bridge Financing, the Refinancable Starwood
Preferred Capital or any refinancing thereof, which shall not exceed the Applicable Debt Amount
(in the case of the initial financing) and the Maximum Refinancing Amount (in the case of the
refinancing of such initial financing).
"Initial Financing Credit Enhancement Loan" shall mean a Credit Enhancement
Loan made in respect of Credit Enhancement provided in respect of the Initial Financing
(including any Credit Enhancement given by Starwood or any of its Affiliates to any Lender in
connection with obtaining funds for the purpose of providing the Starwood Bridge Financing (if
any) or any refinancing thereof).
"Initial LLC Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
Stanwood Preferred Capital" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals.
"Initial Restaurant Adjusted EBITDA Amount" shall mean an amount equal to
(i) nine (9) multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) the sum of the Adjusted EBITDA for each of the
Initial Restaurants (excluding BRG Vegas) used to determine the final Aggregate Closing
Purchase Price pursuant to the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement multiplied by the
Aggregate Acquisition Percentage for such restaurant, (y) the Adjusted EBITDA for DC3 used to
determine the DC3 Purchase Price (as defined in the Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement)
multiplied by the Aggregate Acquisition Percentage for DC3 and (z) in the event the assets and
liabilities of BRG Vegas were contributed pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Adjusted
EBITDA of BRG Vegas as calculated pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Master Restaurant Purchase
Agreement.
Initial Restaurant Value" shall mean (i) if the Venture Termination Event occurs
prior to the Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the total value ascribed to the Initial
Restaurants still owned by the Company or any Investment Vehicle as of the date of the Venture
Termination Event pursuant to a valuation opinion obtained from an Investment Bank at the time
of the Venture Termination Event plus (y) the purchase price received by the Company or an
Investment Vehicle in respect of the sale of any Initial Restaurant sold prior to the date of the
Venture Termination Event, or (ii) if the Venture Termination Event occurs after the Cut-Off
Date, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the total value ascribed to the Initial Restaurants still
owned by the Company or any Investment Vehicle as of the Cut-Off Date pursuant to a valuation
opinion obtained from an Investment Bank at the time of the Cut-Off Date plus (y) the purchase
price received by the Company or an Investment Vehicle in respect of the sale of any Initial
Restaurant sold prior to the Cut-Off Date. In connection with valuing any Initial Restaurant
pursuant to this definition, the Investment Bank shall determine the price at which such Initial
Restaurant would be sold in its as-is condition for cash by a willing seller, not compelled to sell,
to a willing buyer, not compelled to buy, with each of the seller and buyer being apprised of all
relevant facts, in an arm's length, negotiated transaction with an unaffiliated third party without
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time constraints.
Without limiting the foregoing, in valuing such Initial Restaurant, the
Investment Bank shall take into account (1) the EBITDA of such Initial Restaurant and the
potential for a decrease or increase thereof, (2) the occupancy arrangements of such Initial
Restaurant, including, without limitation (i) the remaining term of any lease or management
agreement and (ii) the likelihood that such lease or management agreement may be renewed,
extended or replaced with another such agreement, (3) any consents or other approvals required
to be obtained (or costs and expenses that might be incurred in order to obtain such consents or
other approvals), whether pursuant to any leases, management agreements or otherwise, in order
for the applicable Initial Restaurants (or direct or indirect interests therein) to be transferred and
(4) any terminations of, or penalties, fees or other payments or premiums required to be paid
under, any leases, management agreements or other agreements to which such Initial Restaurant
is a party that would result from effectuating such Venture Termination Event. Any Investment
Bank shall be chosen by the BRG Member from a list of three Investment Banks selected by
Starwood.
"Initial Restaurants" shall mean each of the restaurants listed in Exhibit I;
provided that (i) for purposes of the definition "Initial Restaurant Adjusted EBITDA Amount"
the term Initial Restaurants as used in such definitions shall exclude BRG Vegas LLC and 359
Columbus Avenue, LLC and shall include RSV'', Inc., (ii) for purposes of the definition "Initial
Financing" the term Initial Restaurants as used in such definition shall exclude BRG Vegas LLC
and 359 Columbus Avenue, LIE and shall include B.R. Guest Vegas, Inc. and RSVH, Inc., and
(iii) for purposes of the definitions "Initial Restaurant Value", "Stand Alone Restaurants" and
"Venture Termination Event", the term Initial Restaurants as used in such definitions shall
include DC3.
"Jnitial Starwood Contribution" shall have the meaning provided in Section al
"Institutional Lender" shall mean any one or more of the following entities:
a savings bank, a savings and loan association, a commercial bank or trust company, an
insurance company subject to regulation by any governmental authority or body, a real estate
investment trust, a union, governmental or secular employees' welfare, benefit, pension or
retirement fund, a pension fund property unit trust (whether authorized or unauthorized), an
investment company or trust, a merchant or investment bank or any other entity generally viewed
as an institutional lender; provided that, any of the foregoing entities may be considered an
Institutional Lender only if that entity, together with its Affiliates, has total assets of at least U.S.
$1,000,000,000 and stockholders' equity or net worth of at least U.S. $250,000,000 (or, in either
case, the equivalent thereof in a foreign currency) as of the date the entity makes a loan to the
relevant Person. Any Person otherwise satisfying the foregoing definition will be considered an
Institutional Lender whether (i) acting for itself or (ii) as trustee, as general partner of a
partnership, in a fiduciary, management or advisory capacity or, in the case of a bank, as agent
bank, for any number of lenders, so long as in the case of clause (ii) the day-to-day management
decisions relating to the loan made by that Institutional Lender are either exercised by or
recommended by that Institutional Lender and, during the life of the loan, the Institutional
Lender may only be removed from its clause (ii) capacity if it is replaced by another Institutional
Lender also acting in the manner specified in clause (ii).
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"Interest" shall mean, with respect to each Member, the entire limited liability
company interest of such Member in the Company, which includes, without limitation, any and
all rights, powers and benefits accorded a Member under this Agreement and the duties and
obligations of such Member hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, an interest awarded pursuant
to a Management Incentive Program as described in Section 6.3 shall not be considered an
Interest for purposes of this Agreement.
Interest Period" shall mean each period of time running from and including the
first day of each calendar month to but excluding the first day of the next calendar month;
provided that the first Interest Period for any loan shall commence on and include that date such
loan was made and end on and include the last day of the calendar month in which the date such
loan was made occurs.
"Interest Transfer" shall have the meaning provided in Section .112.
"Interim Budget" shall mean the budget attached hereto as Exhibit Q.
"Investment Bank" shall mean any of (i) the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Bank of America and (ii) any other nationally
recognized investment bank approved by the Members in writing.
"Investment Opportunity" shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.2(e).
"Investment Vehicle" shall mean (i) any Subsidiary or (ii) any other Person used
for the purpose of pursuing, making or holding Portfolio Investments (including, but not limited
to, a limited partnership, limited liability company or real estate investment mist) in which the
Company has a direct or indirect interest.
"Junior Adjusted Capital Contribution" shall mean, with respect to each Member,
such Member's aggregate Junior Preferred Capital Contributions less any distributions
previously made to that Member pursuant to Section 6.1(d).
"Junior Participation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any Member at any
time, the ratio of (i) the sum of the aggregate Junior Adjusted Capital Contributions made by
such Member, to (ii) the sum of the aggregate Junior Adjusted Capital Contributions made by all
the Members.
"Junior Preferred Capital Contribution" shall mean any Capital Contribution
made by a Member pursuant to a capital call made under (i) Section 5.2(a) in the event BRO has
contributed at least twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate capital called for pursuant to such
capital call under Section 5.2(a) or (ii) Section 5.2(b) (unless deemed a Senior Preferred Capital
Contribution pursuant to Section 5.2(d)).
"Junior Preferred Return" shall mean, with respect to each Member, as of any
date, a ten percent (10%) cumulative, annual return, compounded monthly, on the weighted
average of such Member's Junior Adjusted Capital Contribution (calculated by taking into
account the amount of such Member's Junior Adjusted Capital Contributions from time to time)
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from the dates such Member's Junior Adjusted Capital Contributions were contributed to the
Company to the date as of which such calculation is being made.
"Lender" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.13.
"LIBOR Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period, the average of the
London Interbank Offered Rates (in U.S. dollar deposits) for a term of one month commencing
on the Determination Date. On each Determination Date, the applicable lender will obtain the
LIBOR Rate for one month U.S. dollar deposits which st
ars on Telerate Page 3750 or such
other page as may replace such Page 3750, as of 11:00 M. (London time). If the Telerate
ceases publication or ceases to publish the LIBOR Rate, the applicable lender shall select a
comparable publication to determine the LIBOR Rate and provide notice thereof to the Company
and the Members.
"Lock-Out End Date" shall mean (x) with respect to BRG, the earliest of (i)
February 23, 2010, (ii) the occurrence of a Starwood Trigger Event, (iii) the occurrence of a
Gaming Trigger Event and (iv) the death or Disability of the BRO Key Individual, and (y) with
respect to Starwood, the earliest of (i) February 23, 2010, (ti) the occurrence of a BRG Trigger
Event (iii) the occurrence of a Gaming Trigger Event and (iv) the death or Disability of the BRG
Key Individual.
"Loss" shall mean the aggregate of losses, deductions and expenses of the
Company for any month, Fiscal Year or other period, as applicable, including losses realized on
the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company's assets.
"Major Decisions" shall mean those decisions listed on Exhibit F.
"Management Committee" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.2(4
"Management Incentive Program" shall have the meaning provided in Section
"Management Vehicle" shall mean the Investment Vehicle that provides
management services to the Company Portfolio Investments.
"Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement" shall mean that certain Master
Restaurant Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2006, among BRG Holdings Sub,
Hanson Member, Deana Hanson 2006 Management Trust, Deana DiBello Hanson, R.S.V.H.,
Inc. and the other sellers executing joinder agreements with respect thereto, as the same may be
amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, as assigned by that certain Assignment
and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among BRG Holdings Sub, the
Company and Hanson Member.
"Maximum Refinancing Amount" shall mean an amount equal to $70,000,000.
"Member" and "Members" shall mean Starwood, BRG Member, Hanson Member
and any other Person admitted to the Company pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of the
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Act, the Members shall constitute a single class or group of members. For the avoidance of
doubt, a Participant shall not be considered a Member for purposes of this Agreement.
"Member in Question" shall have the meaning provided in Section 15.12
"Net Income" shall mean the amount, if any, by which Income for any period
exceeds Loss for such period.
"Net Loss" shall mean the amount, if any, by which Loss for any period exceeds
Income for such period.
"New Projects Option Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in the
Contribution Agreement.
"New York BCC" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.17.
"Non-Claiming Party" shall have the meaning provided in Section 15.13.
"Non-Credit Provider" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.13.
"Non-Exempt Member" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(e).
"Non-Funding Member" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(4).
"Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement" shall mean Credit Enhancement
provided (i) in respect of environmental representations, covenants and indemnifications and/or
(ii) in connection with non-recourse financing obtained by the Company or any Investment
Vehicle covering certain customary "bad boy" acts, omissions, or occurrences (expressly
excluding non-payment of indebtedness) for which the borrower or other specified parties shall
be personally liable in respect of any loss, cost, liability, or expense incurred by the holder of
such financing and/or by its participants or related parties as a consequence of such "bad boy"
acts, omissions or occurrences.
"Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement Loan" shall mean a Credit
Enhancement Loan made in respect of a Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement
"NPV" shall mean, with respect to each Investment Opportunity, (i) the sum of
the present values (using a discount rate of 20%) of the sum of the projected annual cash flows
generated from such Investment Opportunity during its lifetime plus the terminal value of such
Investment Opportunity minus (ii) the projected initial equity investment in such Investment
Opportunity. The "terminal value" of any Investment Opportunity will be valued at (x) projected
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of such Investment Opportunity in
year 5 multiplied by eight (8) minus (y) any debt on such Investment Opportunity projected to be
outstanding at the end of year 5.
"OC" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9A1.
"OC Affiliate" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.11.
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"OFAC" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.12(c).
"Offered Settlement Amount" shall have the meaning provided in Section 15.13.
"Operating Expenses" shall have the meaning provided in Section Mc).
"Organizational Documents" shall mean for any Person, (i) in the case of a
corporation, that Person's certificate of incorporation and by-laws, and any shareholder
agreement, voting trust or similar arrangement applicable to any of that Person's authorized
shares of capital stock, (ii) in the case of a partnership, that Person's certificate of limited
partnership or partnership agreement, and any voting trusts or similar arrangements applicable to
any of its partnership interests, (iii) in the case of a limited liability company, that Person's
certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other document affecting the
rights of holders of limited liability company interests, or (iv) in the case of any other legal
entity, that Person's organizational documents and all other documents affecting the rights of
holders of equity interests in that Person.
"Organizational Expenses" shall mean any fees, costs or expenses incurred by or
on behalf of the Company or any Investment Vehicle to the extent attributable to the initial
organization of the Company or such Investment Vehicle; provided, however, that,
Organizational Expenses shall not include any costs and expenses and other professional fees
incurred by either of the Members to the extent such costs and expenses relate to the negotiation
of this Agreement, goods or services benefiting such Member in an individual capacity and not
benefiting the Company or any Investment Vehicle generally, all of which costs and expenses
shall be borne by the Member incurring them.
"Original Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning
provided in the recitals.
"Overhead Expenses" shall mean, with respect to any Member, rent for such
Member's (or its Affiliate's) place of business, salaries and benefits of personnel of such
Member or its Affiliates who are also engaged in work for the benefit of the Company or
any Investment Vehicle, office costs, such as office supplies, computer equipment and utilities,
and general and administrative expenses.
"Participants" shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.3.
"Permitted Transferee" shall mean, (i) with respect to BRG, any BRG Permitted
Transferee and (ii) with respect to Starwood, any Starwood Permitted Transferee.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other legal entity.
"Pledge Agreement" shall have the meaning provide in the recitals.
"Portfolio Investment" and "Portfolio Investments" shall have the meaning
provided in Section 1
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"Prime Rate" shall mean the average of the prime rates of interest announced
from time to time by each of the Reference Banks.
"Pro Rata Liquidation Value" shall mean, with respect to any Member, the cash
amount that such Member would have received on account of its Interest as a liquidating
distribution if (x) the Company sold all the Company Assets on the applicable valuation date for
a sales price equal to the Appraised Value determined in accordance with the procedures set
forth in Exhibit F attached hereto and (y) the Company applied the proceeds of such sale to
satisfy all outstanding indebtedness and liabilities (other than contingent liabilities unless the
Company has established reserves in respect of such contingent liabilities) of the Company, and
(z) the Company then distributed the remaining sales proceeds pursuant to Section 13.3(d) on the
applicable valuation date. The Management Committee (and, in the case of any calculation
made for purposes of the last sentence of Section 12.5, the Company's independent public
accounting firm if the Management Committee cannot agree on such calculation) will calculate
the amount of the liquidating distribution (which calculation will be conclusively presumed to be
correct and accurate absent manifest error).
"Pursuit Costs" shall mean all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the
Company or any Investment Vehicle associated with a potential or actual acquisition, lease,
license, franchise or disposition of a Portfolio Investment.
"Qualified Investment Opportunity" shall mean an Investment Opportunity (i) that
is solely limited to an opportunity to invest in or acquire a restaurant (other than a restaurant
located in a Starwood Hotel), (ii) the good faith and reasonable underwriting of which indicates
that the required equity, directly or indirectly, from the Company for such Investment
Opportunity does not and will not (over the life of the applicable investment) exceed
$10,000,000 and the NPV of such Investment Opportunity is greater than or equal to zero (0)%,
(iii) that is not and has not been brought to a Starwood Restricted Person (or its Affiliates) by a
Person other than the BRG Key Individual or the Company or an Investment Vehicle, (iv) that
has been presented to a Starwood Restricted Person by the BRG Key Individual or the Company
or an Investment Vehicle at least six (6) months prior to the end of the Starwood Restricted
Period; provided that such Investment Opportunity presented to a Starwood Restricted Person
shall cease to be a Qualified Investment Opportunity if such Investment Opportunity is not
placed in the deal log pursuant to Section 8.2(e) within forty-five (45) days after such
presentation to the Starwood Restricted Person and such Investment Opportunity is not presented
to the Management Committee (together with such information as is customarily provided to the
Management Committee in connection with the Management Committee's evaluation of an
Investment Opportunity) within ninety (90) days after such presentation to the Starwood
Restricted Person, (v) that is not being pursued by a BRG Restricted Person (or its Affiliates),
(vi) in respect of which the Company's (or applicable Investment Vehicle's) bid, if applicable,
has been accepted in writing, (vii) which a majority of the BRG Representatives voted (or acted
by written consent) in favor of pursuing and closing on and (viii) which no Starwood Restricted
Person (or its Affiliates) was aware of prior to the presentation of such Investment Opportunity
to the Management Committee or the Starwood Restricted Person, as the case may be.
"Redemption Option Notice" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.6.
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"Redemption Option Period" shall mean the period of ninety (90) days following
the occurrence of (i) a BRG Trigger Event or (ii) the occurrence of the death or Disability of the
BRO Key Individual provided such death or Disability occurs prior to February 23, 2010.
"Reference Banks" shall mean, collectively, (i) Citibank, M., Bank of America,
M. or their successors or (ii) such other banks as shall be mutually agreed in writing between
the Members.
"Refinancable Starwood Preferred Capital" shall mean sixty million dollars
($60,000,000) of Senior Preferred Capital Contributions made (or deemed made) by Starwood to
the Company.
"Regulations" shall mean the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to the
Code, as amended from time to time, including the corresponding provisions of any successor
regulations.
"Representatives" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.2(a).
"Restaurant Companies" shall mean the "Restaurant Companies" as defined in the
Master Restaurant Purchase Agreement and BRO Vegas.
"SCG" shall mean Starwood Capital Group Global I, L.L.C. and its successors.
"aeathes Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Adjusted Capital Contribution" shall mean, with respect to each Member,
such Member's aggregate Senior Preferred Capital Contributions less by any distributions
previously made to that Member pursuant to Section 6.1(b).
"Senior Participation Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any Member at any
time, the ratio of (i) the sum of the aggregate Senior Adjusted Capital Contributions made by
such Member, to (ii) the sum of the aggregate Senior Adjusted Capital Contributions made by all
the Members.
"Senior Preferred Capital Contribution" shall mean, with respect to each Member,
(a) the amount of such Member's Senior Preferred Capital Contribution set forth opposite such
Member's name in Exhibit A under the heading Initial Senior Preferred Capital Contributions
plus (b) any Capital Contribution made by such Member (i) pursuant to a capital call made under
Section 5.2(a) in the event BRG has contributed less than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate
capital called for pursuant to such capital call under Section 5.2(a), (ii) pursuant to Section 9.13
and (iii) any Capital Contribution designated as a Senior Preferred Capital Contribution pursuant
to Section 5.2(d) plus (c) in the case of Starwood only, any amounts paid by Starwood or any of
its Affiliates under any Starwood Guaranties.
"Senior Preferred Return" shall mean, with respect to each Member, as of any
date, a twelve percent (12%) cumulative, annual return, compounded monthly, on the weighted
average of such Member's Senior Adjusted Capital Contribution (calculated by taking into
account the amount of such Member's Senior Adjusted Capital Contributions from time to time)
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from the dates such Member's Senior Adjusted Capital Contributions were contributed to the
Company to the date as of which such calcultition is being made.
"Shortfall Amount" shall mean (i) if the date of the Venture Termination Event
occurs prior to the Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to (x) fifty percent (50%) multiplied by (y) the
Base Shortfall Amount, and (ii) if the date of the Venture Termination Event occurs after the
Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) multiplied by the lesser of (x) the Base
Shortfall Amount and (y) the Alternate Shortfall Amount.
"Stand Alone Restaurant EBITDA Amount" shall mean (i) if the Venture
Termination Event occurs prior to the Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to (A) seventy five percent
(75%) multiplied by (B) the sum of (x) nine (9) multiplied by the EBITDA for the twelve
calendar months immediately preceding the date on which the Venture Termination Event occurs
for the Stand Alone Restaurants still owned by the Company or any Investment Vehicle as of the
date of the Venture Termination Event plus (y) the purchase price received by the Company or
an Investment Vehicle in respect of the sale of any Stand Alone Restaurant prior to the date of
the Venture Termination Event, or (ii) if such Venture Termination Event occurs after the Cut-
Off Date, an amount equal to (A) seventy five percent (75%) multiplied by (B) the sum of (x)
nine (9) multiplied by (y) the sum of (A) the EBITDA for the twelve calendar months
immediately preceding the Cut-Off Date for the Stand Alone Restaurants still owned by the
Company or any Investment Vehicle or from which the Company is otherwise entitled to receive
a fee or other income as of the Cut-Off Date plus (B) the purchase price received by the
Company or an Investment Vehicle in respect of the sale of any Stand Alone Restaurant
(including the sale or assignment of any rights with respect to any Stand Alone Restaurant) prior
to the Cut-Off Date.
"Stand Alone Restaurants" shall mean the restaurants (excluding the Initial
Restaurants and any restaurant managed by the Company or any Investment Vehicle which is a
BRG Excluded Investment pursuant to clauses (iii) or (iv) of such definition) owned, managed,
franchised or operated by, or from which income is otherwise derived by the Company or any of
the Investment Vehicles) to the extent such restaurants are not located in a Starwood Hotel.
"Starwood" shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
"Starwood Affiliate Guaranties" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Starwood Bridge Financing" shall mean the Initial Financing, to the extent
provided by Starwood Lender.
"Starwood Bridge Financing Documents" shall mean all of the documents entered
into between the Company or any Investment Vehicle and the Starwood Lender in respect of the
Starwood Bridge Financing.
"Starwood Change of Control" shall mean, if at any time, Starwood ceases to be
directly or indirectly controlled or co-controlled by, or under common control with, SCG or any
Successor Starwood Fund GP.
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"Starwood Covered Party" shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.3(b).
"tarwood Credit Even%" shall mean any claim or potential claim under any
Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement for which BRG (or any of its Affiliates) may have
liability and which claim or potential claim has arisen as a result of the actions or inactions of
any Starwood Covered Party in violation of the terms of such Non-Recourse Carveout Credit
Enhancement and/or the financing extended to the Company or an Investment Vehicle in respect
of which the Non-Recourse Carveout Credit Enhancement was provided.
"Starwood Excluded Investments" shall mean (i) any Company Asset acquired by
Starwood pursuant to a ROE)°, Sale, (ii) any investment by any Starwood Restricted Person
constituting not more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding equity of any Person whose
equity securities are publicly traded, (iii) any investment made by any fluid or investment
partnership in which a Starwood Restricted Person has a non-controlling interest, (iv) any
investment or acquisition made by BSS or any BSS Controlled Party following the disability of
BSS or following the date on which BSS no longer directly or indirectly controls SCG or any of
the Starwood Funds that has an indirect economic interest in Starwood, (v) any investment
opportunity presented to, or being pursued by, a Starwood Restricted Person or its Affiliates as
of the date of execution of the Contribution Agreement, (vi) any acquisition of, or investment in,
(either in one transaction or a series of related transactions), a portfolio of assets containing a
Portfolio Investment which is the subject of an Investment Opportunity presented to the
Management Committee (an "Identified Portfolio Investment') if not more than eighty percent
(80%) of the acquisition cost of such portfolio of assets is allocated to the Identified Portfolio
Investment or not more than eighty percent (80%) of the EBITDA of such portfolio of assets is
derived from the Identified Portfolio Investment, and (vii) any acquisition of, or investment in,
any Person if not more than eighty percent (80%) of the EBITDA of such Person (measured at
the time of the applicable investment) is derived from the ownership or management of the
Identified Portfolio Investment.
"Starwood Fund" shall mean any Starwood Hotel Fund, any Starwood VII Fund
and any investment partnership or fund sponsored by SCG or its Affiliates which are intended to
be a successor or similar fund to the Starwood VII Funds or the Starwood Hotel Funds (or any
Affiliated Fund).
"Starwood Guaranty" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Starwood Guaranties" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Starwood Hotel" shall mean any hotel or other real property used for lodging
purposes which Starwood, any Starwood Fund or any of their Affiliates directly or indirectly
owns, manages, leases or in which Starwood, any Starwood Fund or any of its Affiliates has a
direct or indirect ergonomic, legal or beneficial interest.
"Starwood Hotel Funds" shall mean, collectively, Starwood Capital Hospitality
Fund 1-1, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Starwood Capital Hospitality Fund I-2, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, and Starwood Capital Hospitality Fund I-3, L.P., a partnership
formed under the laws of England and Wales.
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"Starwood Lender" shall mean an Affiliate of Stanwood providing the Starwood
Bridge Financing.
"Starwood Note" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Contribution
Agreement.
"Starwood Permitted Transferee" shall mean any Person that is directly or
indirectly controlled or co-controlled by, or under common control with, SCG or any Successor
Starwood Fund GP.
"Starwood Related Agreement" shall mean the Starwood Note, the Starwood
Bridge Financing Documents (if any) and any agreement entered into between the Company or
any Investment Vehicle with Starwood or any of its Affiliates which arc subject to Section 9.5(a)
(including any provision of any agreement deemed to be a Starwood Related Agreement in the
proviso set forth in the definition of BRG Related Agreement) provided, however, that to the
extent performance is owed by BRG, BRG Member, Hanson Member or any of their Affiliates
to the Company, any Investment Vehicle, Starwood or any of its Affiliates, under any provision
of such agreement, such provision of the agreement.to the extent of such performance shall be
deemed to be a BRG Related Agreement.
"Starwood Representatives" shall have the meaning provided in Section 50.2(a).
"Starwood Restricted Period" shall mean the period commencing on February 23,
2007 and ending on the earliest to occur of (i) the liquidation and termination of the Company,
(ii) a Company Sale, (iii) an Asset Sale involving a sale of all or substantially all of the Company
Assets, (iv) the occurrence of a BRG Trigger Event, (v) the death or Disability of the BRO. Key
Individual, (vi) the date on which BRG Member and Hanson Member are no longer members of
the Company, (vii) the date on which the BRG Key Individual is no longer employed by the
Company and (viii) the date on which the BRG Restricted Period terminates.
"Starwood Restricted Person" shall mean (i) Starwood, (ii) SCG,
BSS or (iv)
any Person directly or indirectly controlled by SCG or BSS.
"Starwood Trigger Event" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events, in each case following the receipt of written notice of the occurrence of such event from
BRG and the Failure to Cure such event by Starwood (except in the case of an event described in
clause (iii) below which shall be a non-curable event): (i) a final finding by a court of competent
jurisdiction of willful misconduct or act of fraud by, or criminal conviction constituting a felony
of, Starwood or any of its Affiliates, in connection with or relating to the Company, any
Investment Vehicle or any Company Assets; (ii) the occurrence of a Starwood Change of
Control; or (iii) the occurrence of a Banlcruptcy/Dissolution Event with respect to Starwood.
"Starwood Trusts Guaranties" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Starwood VII Funds" shall mean, collectively, Starwood Global Opportunity
Fund WI-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Starwood Global Opportunity Fund WI-B,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Starwood U.S. Opportunity Fund VII-D, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Starwood U.S. Opportunity Fund VII D-2, L.P., a Delaware limited
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partnership, Starwood International Opportunity Fund VII-E, L.P., a partnership formed under
the laws of England and Wales, and Starwood International Opportunity Fund VII-FE, L.P., a
partnership formed under the laws of England and Wales.
"Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity of which fifty percent (50%) or more is owned by the Company.
"Successor Starwood Fund or shall mean any Person who is the successor to, or
replacement of, a general partner of any Starwood Fund as of February 23, 2007 (or as of the
date of formation of such Starwood Fund, if such Starwood Fund is not in existence as of
February 23, 2007).
"Tax Distribution" shall mean with respect to any Member and any Fiscal Quarter
within a Fiscal Year, the product of (x) 43% and (y) the excess of (A) such Member's estimated
net taxable income of the Company for such Fiscal Quarter resulting from such Member's
ownership of a limited liability company interest in the Company, determined in good faith by
the Tax Matters Member, over (B) such Member's estimated net tax losses of the Company for
Fiscal Quarters within such Fiscal Year and net tax losses of the Company for prior Fiscal Years,
to the extent such losses were not previously utilized in the calculation of prior Tax
Distributions.
"Tax Distribution Cap" shall mean with respect to any Member and any Fiscal
Quarter within a Fiscal Year, the product of (a) the total amount of Distributions made or
available to be made in such Fiscal Quarter and (b) a fraction the numerator of which is equal to
such Member's Total Investment (minus any Distributions made to such Member under Sections
6.1(b) or 6.1(d)) as of such date and the denominator of which is equal to the Total Investment
(minus any Distributions made to such Member under Sections 6.1(b) or 6.1(d)) of all Members
as of such date.
"Tax Distribution Shortfall" shall mean with respect to any Member and any
Fiscal Quarter within a Fiscal Year, the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Tax Distributions
for such Member for all prior Fiscal Quarters exceed the aggregate Tax Distribution Caps for
such Member for all prior Fiscal Quarters.
"Tax Matters Member" shall have the meaning provided in Section LI.
"Termination Trigger Event" shall mean (1) the termination of the BRG Key
Individual's employment by the Company for Cause or (ii) a BR° Resignation Event.
"Total Investment" shall mean the sum of the aggregate Capital Contributions
made (or deemed made) by a Member.
"Transfer" means, as a noun, any transfer, sale, assignment, exchange, charge,
pledge, gift, hypothecation, conveyance, encumbrance or other disposition, voluntary or
involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise and, as a verb, voluntarily or involuntarily, by
operation of law or otherwise, to transfer, sell, assign, exchange, charge, pledge, give,
hypothecate, convey, encumber or otherwise dispose of.
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"Triaaer Event" shall mean, (i) with respect to BRG, a BRG Trigger Event, and
(ii) with respect to Starwood, a Starwood Trigger Event.
"Trusts" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Trust Loans" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals.
"Uncontrollable Events" shall mean fire, earthquake, flood, explosion, war,
terrorism, insurrection, riot, mob violence, sabotage, inability to procure labor, equipment,
facilities, materials or supplies, strikes, walk-outs, action of labor unions, condemnation, or an
increase of the Prime Rate above fifteen percent (15%) in each case only to the extent (i) written
notice of such event or circumstance has been provided by BRG to Starwood as promptly as
reasonably practicable after BRG or the BRG Key Individual becomes aware of the same, and
(ii) such event or circumstance is not primarily the direct result of the breach by a BRG
Restricted Person, of any of their obligations under this Agreement or any Collateral Agreement
or primarily the fault or negligence of a BAG Restricted Person.
"VCOC Fund" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.2(a).
"Venture Termination Event" shall mean (i) a Company Sale (whether directly or
indirectly by way of an Interest Transfer together with a Drag-Along Sale (as defined in Exhibit
Q)), (ii) an Asset Sale involving a sale of all or substantially all of the Company Assets, (iii) the
liquidation and termination of the Company, (iv) the acquisition by Starwood of BRG's Interests
pursuant to Exhibit 0 or Exhibit H or (v) the sale by the Company or an Investment Vehicle of
an Initial Restaurant following which neither the Company nor an Investment Vehicle continues
to own an interest in any Initial Restaurant. For purposes of this definition, a Venture
Termination Event shall be deemed to occur pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) above notwithstanding
the fact that one or more Initial Restaurants (but not more than four (4) Initial Restaurants) were
not transferred or sold in connection with such Company Sale or Asset Sale due to a failure to
obtain one or more consents or other approvals that are required in order for such Initial
Restaurant(s) to be transferred or sold in connection with such Company Sale or Asset Sale.
"Withdrawing Member" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.4(b).
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List of Monthly Reports
1.
The Monthly Operations Performance Overview Report substantially in the form
attached hereto.
2,
Consolidated Trial Balance in Microsoft Excel format
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Additional Reporting Requirements
Quarterly Reports
2.
Consolidating Balance Sheet, Income statement and Statement of Cash Flows,
prepared on an accrual basis for ownership entity, overhead company and all
properties.
3.
Statement of Members' Capital Accounts.
4.
The statement of the cost of each Portfolio Investment acquired by the Company
or any Investment Vehicle. (included in the quarterly updated business-plan).
5.
The statement of all material liabilities (contingent or non-contingent) accrued
with respect to such Portfolio Investment or otherwise paid by the Company or
any Investment Vehicle.
6.
A statement of all transactions with, or fees paid to, Affiliates of the Members.
For all operating properties:
1.
Accrual basis prepared balance sheet and Income Statement
2.
Actual to Budget Variance Analysis
3.
Management Summary
Annual Recoils
1.
A full set of audited financial statements (including an audited balance of the
Company and an audited statement of the Company's profits and loss) prepared in
accordance with US-GAAP, together with a management letter, if provided.
2.
A statement of the Members' Capital Accounts and changes therein for the
applicable Fiscal Year.
3.
A schedule and description of the real estate interests book value owned by the
Company or any Investment Vehicle as of the end of such Fiscal Year, if any, and
the schedule of the real estate interests acquired or disposed of by the Company or
any Investment Vehicle during such Fiscal Year, if any.
4.
A summary of any regulatory or legal proceedings against the Company or any
Investment Vehicle, any criminal proceedings against any key executive, any
regulatory or legal proceedings against any key executive, the subject matter
which relates to the Company or any Investment Vehicle, and which has, or if
successful may have, any material adverse effect on the business or operations of
the Company, any Investment Vehicle or the Company Assets.
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5.
Such other reports, information and statements that may be reasonably requested
from time to time by a Member or any VCOC Fund.
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Annual Business Plan Information
1. a narrative description of any acquisitions or sales that are planned and any other
activities proposed to be undertaken;
2. a projected annual income statement (accrual basis) on a quarter-by-quarter basis;
3. a projected balance sheet as of the end of the next Fiscal Year;
4. a schedule of projected operating cash flow (including itemized operating revenues,
project costs and project expenses) for such Fiscal Year on a quarter-by-quarter basis,
including a schedule of projected operating deficits, if any;
5. a marketing plan indicating the portions of the Company Portfolio Investments that the
Management Committee recommends be made available for sale or lease and the
proposed terms and conditions relating thereto;
6. a detailed budget reflecting on a line by line basis all projected operating expenses and
any proposed construction and capital expenditures for the Company Portfolio
Investments including projected dates for commencement and completion of the
foregoing;
7. a description of the proposed investment of any funds of the Company or any Investment
Vehicle which are (or are expected to become) available for investment;
8. a description, including the identity of the recipient (if known) and the amount and
purpose, of all fees and other payments proposed, expected or projected to be paid for
professional services and, if a fee or payment exceeds U.S. $50,000, for other services
rendered to or on behalf of the Company or any Investment Vehicle by third parties;
9. a projection of the amount of any anticipated Additional Capital Contributions which
may be called for pursuant to Section 5_,Z and the purposes for which such additional
Capital Contributions may be used; and
10. such other information reasonably requested from time to time by any Member.
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Major Decisions
(i)
any merger, conversion or consolidation involving the Company or any
Investment Vehicle or except as permitted by the terms of Section L2, the sale, lease, transfer,
exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or all of the
Interests of the Members in the Company, in one or a series of related transactions;
(ii)
except as expressly provided in Sections 5 and 6.3 or permitted by the
terms of Section
the admission or removal of any Member or the Company's issuance to any
third party of any equity interest in the Company or any Investment Vehicle (including any
interest, option, warrant or right to purchase or instrument convertible into, or exchangeable for,
equity interests in the Company or any Investment Vehicle);
(iii)
any amendment of this Agreement or the Certificate of Formation;
(iv)
except as provided in Section a any liquidation, dissolution or
termination of the Company or causing any voluntary Bankruptcy/Dissolution Event with respect
to the Company or any Investment Vehicle;
(v)
entering into any employment contracts, consultancy agreements (or other
similar agreements or arrangements), with respect to any director of operations, manager of more
than one Company Portfolio Investment, chief financial officer or any other senior executive or
any other person whose annual compensation (including salary and bonus but excluding the cost
of participation in any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any Investment
Vehicle) is in excess of US $150,000 or establishing or making any amendment to any bonus,
stock, health, retirement or other employee benefit plan;
(vi)
the incurrence by the Company or any Investment Vehicle, of any
indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of US $25,000 or any capitalized lease
obligation in an amount in excess of US $200,000 in any single case or US $500,000 in the
aggregate in any calendar year, or the entry into of any agreement, commitment, assumption or
guarantee with respect to any of the foregoing, which are not otherwise provided for in this
Agreement or specifically provided for in a line-item of the Annual Business Plan
(vii)
expenditures or the establishment of any reserves by the Company or any
Investment Vehicle, in an amount in excess of US $25,000 in any single case or US $200,000 in
the aggregate in any calendar year, which are not otherwise provided for in this Agreement or
specifically provided for in a line-item of the Annual Business Plan;
(viii) entering into any material agreement, contract, license or lease that
provides for payment or by its terms would impose an obligation or liability on the Company or
any Investment Vehicle of in excess of $200,000 in any single case or $1 million in the aggregate
in any calendar year, or the amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any term thereof;
(ix)
doing any act which would make it impossible or unreasonably
burdensome to carry on the business of the Company;
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(x)
any material change in the strategic direction of the Company or any
Investment Vehicle or any material expansion of the business of the Company or any Investment
Vehicle, whether into new or existing lines of business or any change in the structure of the
Company or any Investment Vehicle not specifically contemplated by the Annual Business Plan;
(xi)
adoption of, and any supplement to, revision of, or deviation from the
Annual Business Plan in any material respect;
(xii)
giving or granting any options, rights of first refusal, deeds of trust,
mortgages, pledges, ground leases, security or other interests encumbering any property or
Company Portfolio Investment or any portion thereof;
(xiii) except as permitted by the terms of Section 12 or in the ordinary course of
business (other than in the case of refinancing), selling, conveying, refinancing or effecting any
other transfer of any property or other asset of the Company or any Investment Vehicle or any
portion thereof or the entering into of any agreement, commitment or assumption with respect to
any of the foregoing;
(xiv) confessing a judgment against the Company or any Investment Vehicle of
in excess of $5,000 in any instance, submitting a Company or any Investment Vehicle claim to
arbitration or engaging, terminating and/or replacing counsel to defend or prosecute on behalf of
the Company or any Investment Vehicle any action or proceeding, in each case other than in
connection with ordinary course debt collection activities of the Company or any Investment
Vehicle;
(xv)
acquiring by purchase, ground lease or otherwise, any real property or
Portfolio Investment or the entry into of any agreement, commitment or assumption or the
making or posting of any deposit (refundable or non-refundable) with respect to any of the
foregoing;
(xvi) making or taking any decision to acquire any Portfolio Investment;
(xvii) the amount of, whether and when to make, contributions to the Company
(other than the contributions under Section 5.1(a) made contemporaneously with the execution of
this Agreement, contributions under Sections 5.2(b) and fel and 9.13);
(xviii) any approval or disapproval of the plans and specifications of a Company
Portfolio Investment and any changes and modifications to such plans and specifications
previously approved by the Management Committee;
(xix) purchasing or acquiring any stock, assets, obligations or securities of, or
any other interest in, or making a capital contribution to, any other Person (other than purchases
of inventory or equipment in the ordinary course of business and not in excess of US $200,000 in
any single case or US $1 million in the aggregate in any calendar year);
(xx)
entering into any partnership or joint venture with any Person;
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(xxi) the guarantee by the Company or any Investment Vehicle of any
obligations of any Person which is not a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company;
(xxii) any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any equity interests or
other securities of the Company or any Investment Vehicle;
(xxiii) the making of any non-cash distributions by the Company;
(xxiv) the determination of the amount of Distributable Funds for each applicable
period and except as provided in this Agreement, the making and amount of any cash
Distributions by the Company;
(xxv) the making of (or the entry into any agreement to make) any individual or
aggregate items of capital expenditure not specifically contemplated by a specific line-item in the
Annual Business Plan (whether in one or a series of related transactions) by the Company or any
Investment Vehicle with a value of in excess of US $1 million in any calendar year; and/or
(xxvi) without limiting any of the foregoing, any other matter determined from
time to time by the Management Committee to require the approval of, or be subject to the
modification by, the Management Committee (including, without limitation, the establishment of
rules and procedures relating to the affairs and dealings of the Company and the Investment
Vehicles).
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EXHIBIT G
Interest Transfers, Company Sale and Asset Sale Subject to Right of First Offer
(a)
ROFO Election/Tag-Along Election.
(i)
Offer Notice. If, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 12.5,
Starwood or BRG has the right to trigger or effectuate an Interest Transfer, an Asset Sale
or a Company Sale, then Starwood or BRG, as applicable (the "Initiator; it being agreed
that in the case of an Asset Sale, the "Initiator" shall mean, as the context requires, the
Company acting in accordance with the directions and instructions of the Initiator), shall
have the right to pursue and effect the same provided the Initiator shall first give to the
Member who is not the Initiator (the "Recipient") notice thereof (an "Offer Notice"),
which Offer Notice need not state the cash price the Initiator would be willing to accept
in respect of such Interest Transfer, Company Sale or Asset Sale (as applicable) but shall
state whether or not the assets or interests intended to be sold will be sold on a debt free
basis. Within forty-five (45) days from receipt of an Offer Notice (the "Exercise
Period"), the Recipient shall have the right, (x) to offer to purchase, based upon the Offer
Notice, all of the assets or interests (as applicable) proposed by the Initiator to be sold in
the relevant Interest Transfer, Company Sale or Asset Sale (the "ROFO Sale"), by giving
written notice of such election within the Exercise Period (the "ROFO Election"), stating
the cash price that the Recipient is willing to pay in respect of such sale (the "ROFO
Price"), which offer shall be irrevocable and may be accepted by the Initiator at any time
for thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Initiator of the ROFO Election (even if the
Initiator initially elects to proceed to initiate and consummate an Interest Transfer,
Company Sale or Asset Sale and not to accept an offer made by the Recipient pursuant to
a ROFO Election) and/or (y) in the case of an Interest Transfer, to elect to participate in
such Interest Transfer all of the Recipient's Interests in the Company (a "Tag-Along
Election") and, if a Tag-Along Election is made, the Recipient and the Recipient's
appointed Representative shall be obligated to consent to any transfer arranged by the
Initiator (a "Tag-Along Sale") on the terms set forth in clause (b) below. If each of the
Members shall give the other an Offer Notice, the one given first (i.e., the one received
earlier as determined by the date and time of receipt) shall be effective and the one given
thereafter shall not be effective.
(ii)
ROFO Election Made.
(1)
Initiator Options. If the Recipient has timely and properly
delivered the ROFO Election, the Initiator shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter
(the "Initiation Exercise Period"), have the right to (x) accept such offer at the
ROFO Price and, in such event, the Initiator and the Recipient (or its designee)
shall consummate the ROFO Sale on an "as is" and "where is" basis with no
representations or warranties (other than a representation from the Initiator, in the
case of an Interest Transfer or Company Sale, that it owns the Interests being
transferred free and clear of all liens and encumbrances other than liens and
encumbrances securing indebtedness of the Company) within sixty (60) days after
the date such Initiator's acceptance is received by the Recipient (or, in the event
certain governmental consents or approvals shall be required in order to
consummate the ROFO Sale, such longer period as shall be necessary to obtain
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such governmental consents and approvals) (the "ROFO Closing Period"), or
(y) pursue the Interest Transfer (and, at the Initiator's election, to cause all of the
Recipient's Interests in the Company to be sold or transferred simultaneously with
the Initiator's Interests in the Company being sold or transferred in connection
with such Interest Transfer on the terms set forth in clause (b) below, a
"Drag-Along Sale"), the Company Sale or the Asset Sale (as applicable) at a price
that is not less than 101% of the ROFO Price and on such other terms determined
by the Initiator in its sole discretion within two hundred ten (210) days after the
expiration of the Exercise Period, or (z) stop pursuing the Interest Transfer, the
Company Sale or the Asset Sale (as applicable). The Initiator shall, in all events,
keep the Recipient reasonably apprised of its intentions and, subject to the next
succeeding sentence, the progress of developments with respect to any sale
process, including the identity of any prospective purchaser, and the principal
terms of any proposed Interest Transfer, Company Sale or Asset Sale. The
Recipient may, no later than the expiration of the Initiator Exercise Period, notify
the Initiator of its intention to participate as a purchaser in the sale process
initiated by the Initiator, in which event the Initiator shall include the Recipient in
such process to the same extent as other prospective purchasers, and the Recipient
shall only be entitled to such information as is provided to other prospective
purchasers in the sale process.
(2)
Recipient Failure to Close. If the Recipient has timely and
properly delivered a ROFO Election, which is accepted in writing by the Initiator,
but thereafter the sale contemplated thereby fails to close within the ROFO
Closing Period as a result of a default of the Recipient (which default is not cured
within 10 days following the occurrence thereof) or the Recipient does not timely
deliver the Deposit to the Initiator in accordance with the terms hereof, then the
Recipient shall be in material default hereunder and shall pay to the Initiator an
amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the ROFO Price (as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty, it being agreed that the actual damages would be difficult or
impossible to calculate and such amount is a fair measure of the damages).
Thereafter, the Initiator may pursue and consummate the ROFO Sale described in
the Offer Notice (and, in the case of an Interest Transfer, any Drag-Along Sale, if
the Initiator so elects) and/or any other sale to non-affiliated third parties for a
cash price and such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Initiator
in its sole discretion (without regard to the ROFO Price) for an unrestricted
period. Further, the Recipient shall not thereafter under any circumstances be
entitled to make a ROFO Election pursuant to this Exhibit and, without limiting
the Initiator's rights to initiate a Drag-Along Sale (in the case of an Interest
Transfer), the Recipient shall cease to have any rights to make a Tag-Along
Election (in the case of an Interest Transfer) pursuant to this Exhibit.
(3)
Initiator Failure to Close. If the Recipient has timely and
properly delivered a ROFO Election, which is accepted in writing by the Initiator,
but thereafter the sale contemplated thereby fails to close within the ROFO
Closing Period as a result of a default of the Initiator (which default is not cured
within 10 days following the occurrence thereof), then the Initiator shall be in
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material default hereunder and the Recipient shall have the right to either (i) seek
specific performance from the Initiator in respect of such sale or (ii) elect not to
close, in which event the Initiator shall reimburse the Recipient for the reasonable
third-party, out-of-pocket costs incurred and paid by the Recipient in connection
with exercising the relevant ROFO Election, and the Initiator shall not thereafter
under any circumstances be entitled to make a ROFO Election pursuant to this
Exhibit and, without limiting the Recipient's rights to initiate a Drag-Along Sale
(in the case of an Interest Transfer), the Initiator shall cease to have any rights to
make a Tag-Along Election (in the case of an Interest Transfer) pursuant to this
Exhibit.
(iii)
ROFO Election/fag-Along Election Not Made. If the Recipient
does not timely or properly make a ROFO Election or, in the case of an Interest Transfer,
a Tag-Along Election, (x) the Recipient shall be deemed to have elected not to offer to
purchase the assets or interests (as applicable) proposed by the Initiator to be sold and, in
the case of an Interest Transfer, the Recipient shall be deemed to have elected not to
participate in the Interest Transfer arranged by the Initiator, but shall be subject to the
Drag-Along Sale, and (y) the Initiator shall be free to initiate and consummate the
Interest Transfer (and, in the case of an Interest Transfer, any Drag-Along Sal; if the
Initiator so elects), the Company Sale or the Asset Sale (as applicable) within two
hundred ten (210) days after the expiration of the Exercise Period at a price and on such
other terms as is determined by the Initiator in its sole discretion.
(b)
Tat- Along Sale/Drag-Along Sale in connection with an Interest Transfer.
(i)
In the event the Recipient has elected to participate in a Tag-Along
Sale pursuant to the terms hereof or the Initiator has elected a Drag-Along Sale pursuant
to the terms hereof, the Recipient shall be obligated to sell all of its Interests in the
Company, at a price (subject to any minimum price requirement applicable to the relevant
Interest Transfer pursuant to the terms of this Exhibit) and on such other terms as the
Initiator determines.
(ii)
The sale of the Interests owned by the Recipient shall be on no less
favorable terms and conditions as the sale by the Initiator of the Interests owned by the
Initiator. The Initiator and the Recipient shall share pro rata (in proportion to the sales
proceeds to be received by them in connection with such Interest Transfer) in (1) any
indemnity liability to the proposed transferee, (2) any escrow established for the purpose
of satisfying any such liability, (3) all expenses of investigating and consummating the
transactions contemplated by this Exhibit (whether or not consummated), and (4) all
other rights and obligations with respect to the sale.
(iii)
The Initiator shall provide the Recipient with written notice not
less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the Tag-Along Sale or Drag-Along Sale, as
applicable. Such notice shall set forth (1) the name and address of the proposed
transferee or transferees in the proposed sale, (2) the amount of consideration to be paid
for the applicable Interests owned by the Recipient and the conditions of payment, and
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(3) confirmation that the proposed transferee is willing to purchase the applicable
Interests owned by the Recipient.
(iv)
If the Recipient elects to participate in an Interest Transfer or the
Recipient is the subject of a Drag-Along Sale, and such Interest Transfer or Drag-Along
Sale fails to close as a result of a default of the Recipient (which default is not cured
within 10 days following the occurrence thereof), the Initiator may pursue and
consummate the Interest Transfer (and any Drag-Along Sale, if the Initiator so elects)
and/or any other sale of the Interests owned by the Initiator to non-affiliated third parties
for a cash price and such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Initiator in
its sole discretion for an unrestricted period. Further, without limiting the Initiator's
rights to initiate a Drag-Along Sale, the Recipient shall not thereafter under any
circumstances be entitled to make a Tag-Along Election pursuant to this Exhibit and shall
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Calendar for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2010
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Intentionally Omitted
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Takeout Financing Terms
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