ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement")
made and entered into this _____ day of _____________ _____, by and between
_______________________________________ , a ____________ limited liability
partnership (hereinafter referred to as Indemnitor ), and
_____________________________________, a corporation of the State of
____________, having its principal office at _________________
___________________________________________ (herein after referred to as Lender );
RECITALS:
A. Lender is loaning to Indemnitor the sum of ____________________________
($__________________) evidenced by a Promissory Note; and
B. This Agreement is being executed and delivered in connection with the Note
and the following obligations (collective ly, the "Indebtedness"): the full and prompt
payment and perfor mance of all of the indebtedness, obligations, covenants, agree ments
and liabilities of Indemnitor to Lender, together with all interest and other charges thereon,
whether direct or indirect, existing, future, contingent or otherwise, due or to become due,
under or arising out of or in connection with (1) the Note, this Agreement, the Deed of
Trust (the A Deed of Trust @ ), the Security Agreement, the Assignment of Leases and
Rents from Indemnitor, as assignor, to Lender, as assignee (the "Assignment"), and any
other instrument now or hereafter given to evidence, secure or guarantee Indemnitor's
obligations hereunder or thereunder (the Note, the Deed of Trust, the Assignment, the
Security Agreement, this Agreement and such other instruments are herein collectively
called the "Loan Documents"), and (2) any and all modifica tions, extensions and renewals
of any of the foregoing, and any and all expenses and costs incurred by Lender in the
collection or enforcement of any of the foregoing, or in the exercise of any of the rights or
remedies under the Loan Documents or applicable law, including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees ; and
C. It is a condition precedent to, and a material inducement for, the making of the
Loan that Indemnitor shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of, and as a material inducement for, the
making of the Loan, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Indemnitor agrees as follows:
Definitions . All capitalized terms used in this Agreement not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Deed of Trust. The term
"Lender" shall include Doe Life Insurance Company and any other person or entity which
holds or which may hereafter hold an interest in any of the Loan Documents and any
person
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or entity which acquires all or any part of the Secured Property by purchasing the Secured
Property at a foreclosure sale or by acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The
Secured Property is described as follows:
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Indemnification .
Indemnitor hereby uncondition ally and irrevoca bly indemni fies and agrees
to reimburse, defend, exonerate, pay and hold harmless Lender and its directors, officers,
policy holders, shareholders, employees, successors, assigns, agents, contractors,
subcontrac tors, experts, licensees, affiliates, lessees, mortgag ees, trustees and invitees,
from and against any and all Environ mental Damages (as defined in subparagraph (b) of
this Paragraph 2) arising from the presence of Hazardous Materials (as defined in
subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph 2) in, upon, about or beneath the Secured Property or
migrating to or from the Secured Property, or arising in any manner whatsoever out of the
violation of any Environmental Requirements (as defined in subparagraph 8 of this
Paragraph 2) pertaining to the Secured Property and the activities thereon, or the breach of
any warranty or covenant or the inaccuracy of any representation of Indemnitor contained
in the Loan Documents pertaining to Hazardous Materials or other environmental matters,
including, without limitation, the covenants and warranties contained in Paragraphs 18 and
19 of the Deed of Trust. This obligation shall include, but not be limited to, the burden
and expense of defending all claims, suits and adminis trative proceedings or investigations
or any directives of any governmental or quasi-governmental agency, department,
commission, board, bureau or instrumentality even if such claims, suits or proceedings are
groundless, false or fraudu lent and conducting all negotiations of any description, and
paying and discharging, when and as the same become due, any and all judg ments,
penalties or other sums due against Lender.
" Environmental Damages " means all claims, judgments, damages
(including, without limitation, punitive damages), losses, penalties, fines, liabilities
(including strict liability), encumbrances, liens, costs and expenses, of whatever kind or
nature, contingent or otherwise, matured or unmatured, foreseeable or unforeseeable,
including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements and consultants' fees,
which are incurred at any time as a result of the existence of any Hazardous Materials in,
upon, about or beneath the Secured Property or migrating to or from the Secured Property,
or the existence of a violation of Environmental Requirements pertaining to the Secured
Property, and regardless of whether or not the existence of such Hazardous Materials or
the violation of such Environmental Requirements arose prior to the present ownership or
operation of the Secured Property or as a result of the acts or omissions of Indemnitor or
any parties related to Indemnitor, including, without limitation:
claims, judgments, damages, losses, penalties, fines, liabilities,
encumbrances, liens, costs and expenses of any investigation or defense of
any claim, suit or administrative proceeding or inves tigation or any
directive of any governmental or quasi-governmental agency, department,
commission, board, bureau or instrumentality, whether or not such is
ultimately defeated, and of any settlement or judgment;
damages for personal injury, or injury to property or natural
resources occurring in, upon, about or off of the Secured Property,
foreseeable or unforeseeable, including, without limitation, lost profits,
consequential damages, the cost of demolition and rebuilding of any im -
provements on real property, interest and penal ties;
diminution in the value of the Secu red Property, and damages for
the loss of or restriction on the use of or adverse impact on the marketing of
the Secured Property or any portion thereof;
any loss resulting from a loss of prior ity of the Deed of Trust due
to the imposition of a lien against the Secured Property;
fees incurred for the services of attor neys, consultants, engineers,
contractors, experts, laboratories and all other costs incurred in connection
with the investigation, clean up or remediation of Hazardous Materials or
any violation of Environmental Requirements including, but not limited to,
the preparation of any feasibility studies or reports or the performance of
any clean up, remediation, removal, abatement, containment, closure,
restoration or monitoring work required by any federal, state or local
governmental agency or political subdivision, or reasonably necessary to
make full economic use of the Secured Property or any other property or
otherwise expended in connec tion with such conditions; and
liability to any person or entity to indemnify such person or entity
for costs expended in connection with the items referenced in this
subparagraph 2(b).
"Environmental Requirements" means all applicable statutes, regulations,
rules, ordinances, codes, licenses, permits, orders, approvals, plans, authorizations,
guidelines, concessions, franchises and similar items (whether now existing or hereafter
enacted or promulgated), of all governmental or quasi-governmental agencies,
departments, commissions, boards, bureaus or instrumentalities of the United States, states,
municipalities and political subdivisions of any of them and all applicable judicial and
administrative and regulatory decrees, judgments and orders relating to the protection of
human health or the environment, including without limitation:
all requirements, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to
reporting, licens ing, permitting, investigation, remediation and removal of
emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous
Materials, chemi cal substances, pollutants, contaminants or hazard ous or
toxic substances, materials or wastes wheth er solid, liquid or gaseous in
nature, into the air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relat ing to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, pollutants, con taminants or
hazardous or toxic substances, materi als or wastes, whether solid, liquid or
gaseous in nature; and
all requirements pertaining to the protection of the health and
safety of employees or the public.
"Hazardous Materials" means any substance, the presence of which
requires notification, investigation or remediation under any Environmental Requirement;
or
which is or becomes defined as "hazardous", "toxic", "noxious", "waste",
"substance", "material", "pollutant" or "contaminant" or requires
remediation under any present or future Environmental Requirement
or amendments thereto including, without limitation, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. ), Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 6901 et seq .), Federal Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq .), Federal Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq .), Federal Clean
Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq. ), Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Federal Pesticide Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq. ), Federal Toxic Substances
Control Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq .), Federal Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300(f) et seq. ); and all regulations
issued pursuant thereto and any so-called A Superfund @ or
A Superlien @ law, or any other federal, ____________ or local
statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree
regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct
concerning, any hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance or
material, as now or at any time hereafter in effect; or
which is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious,
radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise hazardous and is or
becomes regulated by any governmental authority, agency, department,
commission, board, agency or instrumen tality of the United States, any
state of the United States, or municipality or any political subdivision of
any of them; or
the presence of which on the Secured Property causes or threatens
to cause a nuisance upon the Secured Property or to adjacent proper ties or
poses or threatens to pose a hazard to the Secured Property or to the health
or safety of Persons on or about the Secured Property; or
which contains (a) asbestos; (b) gaso line, diesel fuel or other
petroleum hydrocarbons or volatile organic compounds, or 8
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or urea formalde hyde foam insulation; or
which contains or emits radioactive parti cles, waves or material,
including radon gas; or
which is or constitutes a part of an underground storage tank.
Survival .
The obligations of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall survive (I) the
repayment of all sums due under the Note; (ii) the release of the Secured Property or any
portion thereof from the lien of the Deed of Trust; (iii) the reconveyance or foreclosure of
the Secured Property under the Deed of Trust (notwithstanding that all or a portion of the
obligations secured by the Deed of Trust shall have been discharged thereby); (iv) the
acquisition of the Secured Property by Lender; and/or (v) the transfer of all of Lender's
rights in and to the Note and/or the Secured Property; and shall continue to be the personal
liability, obligation and indemnification of Indemnitor, binding upon Indemnitor, forever.
The liability of Indemnitor under this Agreement shall in no way be
limited or impaired by (I) any extensions of time for performance required by any of the
Loan Documents, (ii) any sale, assignment, or foreclo sure of the Note or Deed of Trust or
any sale or transfer of all or part of the Secured Property, (iii) any exculpatory provision
contained in any of the Loan Documents limiting Lender's recourse to the Secured
Property or to any other security, or limiting Lender's rights to a deficiency judgment
against Indemnitor, (iv) the accuracy or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties
made under any of the Loan Documents, (v) the release of Indemnitor or any other person
from performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions
contained in any of the Loan Documents by operation of law, Lender's voluntary act, or
other wise, (vi) the release or substitution in whole or in part of any security for the Note or
other Loan Documents or (vii) Lender's failure to record or file any Loan Document (or
Lender's improper recording or filing of any such Loan Documents) or to otherwise
perfect, protect, secure or insure any security interest or lien given as security for the
Indebtedness; and, in any such case, whether with or without notice to Indemnitor and
with or without consideration.
The obligations of Indemnitor hereunder (I) shall not be affected by any
investigation by or on behalf of Lender or by any information which Lender may have
obtained with respect to the matters indemnified against by the Indemnitor hereunder and
(ii) are separate and distinct from its obligations under the Note, the Deed of Trust and the
other Loan Documents.
Inconsistent Provisions . The provisions of this Agreement shall govern and
control over any inconsistent provision of the Note, the Deed of Trust and any other Loan
Documents, including, without limitation, any exculpatory or non-recourse provisions
contained in any of the Loan Documents, it being expressly understood and agreed that
any exculpatory or non-recourse provisions contained in any Loan Document shall not
apply to the obligations of Indemnitor under this Agreement.
Counsel . If at any time or times hereafter Lender employs counsel for advice or
other representation (I) with respect to the enforcement of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement against Indemnitor, (ii) to represent Lender in any litigation, contest, dispute,
suit or proceeding (whether instituted by Lender, Indemnitor, or any other party) in any
way or respect relating to this Agreement or the matters subject to this Agreement, or (iii)
to enforce Indemnitor's obligations hereunder, then, in any of the foregoing events, all of
the attorneys' fees and other expenses, costs and charges in any way or respect arising in
connection therewith or relating thereto shall be paid by Indemnitor to Lender.
Indemnitor's Waivers . Indemnitor waives any right or claim of right to cause a
marshaling of Indemnitor's assets or to cause Lender to proceed against any of the security
for the Loan before proceeding under this Agreement against the Indemnitor; Indemnitor
agrees that any payments required to be made hereunder shall become due immediately
upon demand, and if such payment is not immediately made, interest shall accrue on such
amount at the Increased Rate until such amount, plus interest, is paid in full. Indemnitor
expressly waives and relinquishes all rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to
indemnitors or guarantors, except any rights of subrogation which Indemnitor may have,
provided that the indemnity provided for hereunder shall neither be contingent upon the
existence of any such rights of subrogation nor subject to any claims or defenses
whatsoever which may be asserted in connection with the enforcement or attempted
enforcement of such subrogation rights including, without limitation, any claim that such
subrogation rights were abrogated by any acts of Lender. Indemnitor hereby agrees to
postpone the exercise of any and all rights of subrogation to the rights of Lender against
the Indemnitor hereunder and any rights of subrogation to any collateral securing the Loan
until the Loan shall have been paid in full.
Required Notification .
Indemnitor shall notify Lender upon receipt of any written inquiry, notice,
claim, charge, cause of action or demand or upon receipt of any verbal inquiry, notice,
claim, charge, cause of action or demand of any governmental or quasi - governmental
authority or any other type of verbal inquiry, notice, claim, charge, cause of action or
demand pertaining to the matters indemnified hereunder, including, without limitation, any
notice of inspection, abatement or noncompliance, stating the nature and basis of such
inquiry or notification. Indemnitor shall immediately deliver to Lender any and all
documentation or records as Lender may request in connection with such notice or inquiry,
and shall keep Lender advised of any subsequent developments.
If any action shall be brought against Lender, then after Lender notifies
Indemnitor thereof, Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate therein, and to assume the
defense thereof at the expense of Indemnitor with counsel satisfactory to Lender to settle
and compromise any such claim or action; provided, however, that Lender may elect to be
represented by separate counsel, at Lender's expense, and in any event no settlement or
compromise of any claim or action shall be effected without the consent of Lender.
Discharge . No dissolution, liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy or other matter
with respect to Indemnitor shall affect this Agreement or any of Indemnitor's obligations
hereunder.
Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such a manner as to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted
by law. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of any such provision to any
person or circumstance, shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
under applicable law, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby.
Notice to Parties . All notices and demands hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been sufficiently given or served for all purposes when presented
personally or sent by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested or generally
recognized overnight delivery service, addressed to the parties at the addresses stated
below, or at such other address as either party may hereafter notify the other in writing as
aforesaid:
Indemnitor: ______________________
______________________
______________________
Attn: __________________
Telefax No. ____________
Lender: ______________________
______________________
______________________
Attn: _________________
Telefax No. _____________
With a Copy to: _____________________
Attention: _____________
______________________
______________________
Service of any such notice or demand so made shall be deemed effective on the day of
actual delivery as shown by the addressee's return receipt or the expiration of forty - eight
(48) hours after the date sent by generally recognized overnight delivery service or mailed,
whichever is the earlier in time, except that service of any notice of default or notice of
sale provided or required by law shall, if mailed, be deemed effective on the date of
mailing.
Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of ____________, without regard to
principles of conflicts of law.
Headings . The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are for the
convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall not limit or
otherwise affect any of the terms hereof.
Changes and Modifications . This Agreement cannot be changed or modified
except by a written instrument, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such
change or modification is sought.
Legal Construction . This Agreement shall be given a fair and reasonable
construction in accordance with the intentions of the parties and without regard for or aid
from any canons requiring construction against the party drawing this Agreement. The
terms "herein", "hereof" or "hereunder" or similar terms used in this Agreement refer to
the entire instrument and not to the particular provision in which the term is used. Unless
otherwise stated, all references herein to Articles, Sections or Paragraphs are references to
Articles, Sections and Paragraphs of this Agreement. From and after the date hereof, the
Loan Documents shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter thereof, and all correspondence, memoranda, commitments or other
documents delivered prior to the date hereof shall be of no further force or effect.
Successors and Assigns . The covenants, agreements and obligations of
Indemnitor hereunder shall be binding upon Indemnitor and its respective legal
representatives, successors and assigns, and the rights, remedies and benefits of Lender
hereunder shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its legal representatives, successors and
assigns. There are no parties who or which are intended to be a third party beneficiary of
any benefit conferred under this Agreement, except for the legal representatives,
successors and assigns of Lender.
Loan Document . This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes
of the Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date first written above.
INDEMNITOR:
______________________
By:____________________
____________________
Managing Partner
STATE OF ____________
COUNTY OF ___________
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the said
county and state, on this first day of ___________, within my jurisdiction, the within
named ___________, who acknowledged that he is a Manager Partner of ___________, a
____________ Limited Liability Partnership, and that for and on behalf of the said limited
liability partnership, and as its act and deed he executed the above and foregoing
Environmental Indemnity Agreement, after first having been duly authorized by said
limited liability partnership so to do.
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_________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My commission expires:
_____________________
(Affix notarial seal)